Romance Archives

Cover of Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur. White cursive text over an illustration of two woman standing side by side in front of a sunset. In the background there is a city on one side and a mountain on the other.

February 3, 2022 11 min read

13 queer F/F romances releasing this winter. Including contemporary (fake relationships, friends to lovers, etc), speculative fic and more. Read More

Aurora’s Angel is a Twisting, Slow Burn Romance

Martha Miller

Reviews

December 16, 2020 1 min read

Emily Noon’s adventure novel, Aurora’s Angel: Dark Fantasy Romance, begins with a quest. A battle-ready shapeshifter huntress, Aurora, is searching...

Fire on the Island is a Heartfelt Portrait of a Greek Island Community

John Copenhaver

Reviews

September 18, 2020 2 min read

As we shelter in our homes from the pandemic, the heat, the fires (if you are in California), mourning our...

A Professional Bridesmaid Finds Love in Before You Say I Do

Tara Scott

Reviews

July 30, 2020 3 min read

Jordan Cohen is a professional bridesmaid, helping brides in Britain have the day they’ve always dreamed of. Sometimes that means...

Read This! Aqualad’s Thrilling Gay Romance

William Johnson

Excerpts

June 16, 2020 1 min read

Aqualad is gay! Queer comic book dreams do come true! This month sees the release of You Brought Me the...

Something to Talk About is a Slow-burn Lesbian Romance

Martha Miller

Reviews

May 27, 2020 1 min read

On the red carpet at the SAG Awards, a powerful TV showrunner named Jo and her assistant Emma are photographed...

What Literature Taught Me About Infatuation & Romance

Frederick McKindra

Opinion

February 14, 2020 4 min read

Instead of love, what I learned from fiction was desire Read More

‘Reverb’ by Anna Zabo

Tara Scott

Romance

December 12, 2019 3 min read

If you like rock star romances, found families, and joyfully queer representation, Reverb is the book for you Read More

‘The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics’ by Olivia Waite

Tara Scott

Fiction

December 4, 2019 4 min read

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics is a gentle, lushly written story of sapphic love, which romance readers are sure to enjoy Read More

‘Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure’ by Courtney Milan

Tara Scott

Reviews

July 31, 2019 3 min read

If only one word could be used to sum up Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure, it would have to be fun. 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

How The Dead Teach the Living: A Dying Reader’s Guide

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

Read These! Thirteen F/F Romances to Warm Your Heart This Winter

Aurora’s Angel is a Twisting, Slow Burn Romance

Fire on the Island is a Heartfelt Portrait of a Greek Island Community

A Professional Bridesmaid Finds Love in Before You Say I Do

Read This! Aqualad’s Thrilling Gay Romance

Something to Talk About is a Slow-burn Lesbian Romance

What Literature Taught Me About Infatuation & Romance

‘Reverb’ by Anna Zabo

‘The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics’ by Olivia Waite

‘Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure’ by Courtney Milan

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