queer Archives

January 23, 2019 3 min read

Catherine Guthrie's Flat is a complex, honest, and tender rendering of how breast cancer changed her understanding of her own body Read More

LGBTQIA – A is for Asexual not Ally: Asexual Writers and Queer Ace Stories

Sassafras Lowrey

Opinion

January 16, 2019 8 min read

"Before embracing my own ace-spectrum identity I hadn’t ever seen out asexual characters in fiction--thankfully that has changed there are so many wonderful queer asexual stories being published." Read More

‘Queerness In Play’ Edited by Todd Harper, Meghan Blythe Adams, and Nicholas Taylor

Alex Tunney

Reviews

December 9, 2018 4 min read

Media is often a mirror for audiences, presenting a version of the world on screen, canvas or the page. Unlike most other media, however, games allow for (increased) interaction with the creation Read More

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with GlitterShip

Alyssa Greene

Interviews

November 6, 2018 4 min read

"The mission was to create a science fiction and fantasy magazine where everything published was queer in some way." Read More

‘Undead Girl Gang’ by Lily Anderson

Sawyer Lovett

Young Adult

October 21, 2018 2 min read

The world building for this particular set of undead girls is so seamless and well done that it becomes a study in craft Read More

‘The Brilliant Death’ by Amy Rose Capetta

Christina Tesoro

Young Adult

October 18, 2018 2 min read

The Brilliant Death is a fast-paced joyride of a novel, containing magic, intrigue, and a genderfluid love story Read More

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with Crab Fat Magazine

Alyssa Greene

Interviews

September 25, 2018 5 min read

"We actively seek poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, and anything that blurs the lines of genre and form." Read More

‘The First Church of What’s Happening’ by Miah Jeffra

Christina Tesoro

Fiction

June 14, 2018 2 min read

Jeffra’s writing is delicate and deliberate when it comes to depicting despair....it inspires a sense of gratitude and reverence, as well as an appreciation for beauty and tenderness, even in the midst of profound sorrow. Read More

Poet Alicia Mountain on Making the Personal Universal

Shereen Lee

Interviews

May 2, 2018 6 min read

"I’m interested in what it looks like to stand tall in difficult feelings: embarrassment, love, anger, desire, cowardice, even joy which can be difficult too." Read More

‘Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World’ by Ashley Herring Blake

Michele Kirichanskaya

Young Adult

April 25, 2018 2 min read

Filled with tenderness and hope, Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World is a love letter to queer kids everywhere Read More

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘Flat: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer’ by Catherine Guthrie

LGBTQIA – A is for Asexual not Ally: Asexual Writers and Queer Ace Stories

‘Queerness In Play’ Edited by Todd Harper, Meghan Blythe Adams, and Nicholas Taylor

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with GlitterShip

‘Undead Girl Gang’ by Lily Anderson

‘The Brilliant Death’ by Amy Rose Capetta

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with Crab Fat Magazine

‘The First Church of What’s Happening’ by Miah Jeffra

Poet Alicia Mountain on Making the Personal Universal

‘Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World’ by Ashley Herring Blake

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta