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Gretchen Felker-Martin on “Manhunt,” Martyrdom, and the Unimportance of Being Valid
“Manhunt is really my attempt to show the utility and the importance of existing in discomfort.”
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In “How To Be Eaten,” Fairytales and Reality TV Are Twisted Sisters
The new novel takes classic fairytales and a Bachelor-like reality show and twines them into a fresh tale of wronged women.
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19 Wizards Ranked by How Well They Match My Gender Feelings
Orko is the worst part of He-Man. Orko does, however, get points for simply refusing to have their body perceived.
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Nicola Griffith’s Spear Is a Gender-Bending, Queer Arthurian Adventure
There’s magic! There’s sword fights! It’s Mulan meets Merlin with a healthy helping of sapphic romance.
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Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’
In this Autostraddle interview, Charlie Jane Anders discusses her new collection of short stories, “Even Greater Mistakes.”
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8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books with Queer Poly Relationships
8 great queer women-focused poly SF/F books coming right up!
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Malice’s Lesbian Love Story (and Bitter Realities) Are Worthy Additions to Dark Fantasy Re-Tellings
The dark fairytale re-telling has become an established fantasy sub-genre in its own right, and Malice’s sweet lesbian love story and bitter realities are a more-than-worthy addition.
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EXCLUSIVE: A+ Members, Read a Generous Excerpt of Arkady Martine’s “A Desolation Called Peace” Here!
We’re delighted to be able to share an exclusive EXTENDED excerpt of A Desolation Called Peace in honor of its launch.
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Cruising for Rivendell: What Draws Queer People to High Fantasy?
“I think people who are seekers can just really want something so badly to be real… but then you’re almost willing to do anything to make it real.”
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Curses, Crushes and Celesbians Abound in Emily M. Danforth’s “Plain Bad Heroines”
Plain Bad Heroines is a story so much about storytelling that it feels almost obscene to point it out. “This is story-telling, people!” it seems to shout, in the voice of The Happenings at Brookhants movie director Bo Dhillon, calling “cut” on a disastrous scene that somehow fits perfectly into his plan.
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Read These 10 Books with Queer Witches
Queers and witches just go together.
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Return of the Space Lesbians: Tamsyn Muir’s “Harrow the Ninth” Is a Maze of Grief, Gore, and Possibly Global Warming
Sometimes, what you really need is a story that understands how grief can ricochet through the entire universe.
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In “SFSX,” Tina Horn Builds a Purity-Obsessed Sci-Fi Vision of our Dystopian Present
Autostraddle recently spoke with Tina Horn via video call to chat about the first volume of SFSX, her myriad influences, building community around art, the sex worker rights’ movement, and incels.
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Read a F*cking Book: N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy Is a Revolution
N.K. Jemisin’s multiple Hugo Award-winning Broken Earth trilogy, which ended with The Stone Sky just a few months ago, asks the opposite of the questions posed by other epic fantasy series. What if the world doesn’t deserve to be saved? What if the most righteous thing a hero can do is watch the earth burn?
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8 Great Space Operas with Queer Women and Non-Binary Characters
Now is a great time to escape to outer space, don’t you think?
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Nino Cipri’s “FINNA” Confronts Capitalism and Killer Furniture
FINNA’s protagonists are two exes of less than a week, Jules (they/them) and Ava (she/her), who continue to work at the same godforsaken mega furniture store named LitenVärld, an IKEA approximation in an unknown city and country. A portal to another realm opens up and into it escapes an elderly customer who Jules and Ava must now retrieve, or risk being fired.
Why? Because capitalism.
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8 Queer Halloween Reads for Your Gay Spooky Needs
Here are 8 queer books appropriate for the Halloween season, from the genuinely terrifying to funny and lightly macabre.
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8 Great Trans Fantasy Novels
Eight excellent fantasy novels with trans main characters coming your way!
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8 Black Lesbian Speculative Fiction Books To Read Right Now
Where to find Black queer lady leads in dystopian, science fiction, magical realism, and paranormal fiction.
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8 Urban Fantasy Books That Feature Queer Women
These gritty and glittery queer urban fantasy novels feature sex-work activism, genetic experiments, polyamory, erotic antique-postcard painting, sibling rivalry and more — and a ton of queer women characters.