Lethe Press
@lethepress.bsky.social
Since 2001, Lethe Press has been publishing acclaimed queer and weird books. Our titles have won numerous Lambda Literary Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Mary Lynn Kotz Art-in-Literature Award.
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@lethepress.bsky.social
· Dec 20
In 1911, Xavier Marcel Boulestin wrote a witty gay novel about dandies, gossip, and style that did not appear in English until 2025. Here's the current notion for the cover.
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The Final Curtain has just been released! It’s a new anthology of Phantom of the Opera inspired stories, including my own “Now We Sing the Killing Song.” Go check it out!!
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Final Curtain
Amazon.com: Final Curtain eBook : Berman, Steve, Bulkin, Nadia, Currier, Jameson, Bennett, James, Grey, Orrin, Rountree, Josh, Linwood Grant, John, DiGirolamo, Cara, DeLucci, Theresa, Smith, Addison: Kindle Store
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December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Final Curtain has just been released! It’s a new anthology of Phantom of the Opera inspired stories, including my own “Now We Sing the Killing Song.” Go check it out!!
www.amazon.com/Final-Curtai...
www.amazon.com/Final-Curtai...
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Sometimes ... the music is really not the threat.
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sometimes ... the music is really not the threat.
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Who else is doing such a dark and fantastic anthology of gay fiction? Really? Who else has done almost forty of these books?
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Who else is doing such a dark and fantastic anthology of gay fiction? Really? Who else has done almost forty of these books?
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Spring of 2026 is for witches who adore witches.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Spring of 2026 is for witches who adore witches.
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Also note: Nick's essential book on the writing life, STARVE BETTER, is being reprinted by @lethepress.bsky.social early next year. Buy a copy for every aspiring writer you know so they can revel in the possibilities of easy money and instant fame!
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Starve Better | Lethe Press
by Nick Mamatas Starve Better: Surviving the Endless Horror of the Writing Life makes no promises of turning you into a bestselling author. It won’t indulge aspiring writers’ dreams of fame and fortun...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Also note: Nick's essential book on the writing life, STARVE BETTER, is being reprinted by @lethepress.bsky.social early next year. Buy a copy for every aspiring writer you know so they can revel in the possibilities of easy money and instant fame!
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
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Baffling Magazine’s Dec 1–15 window is coming up 🌀
Queer “timefuckery” + other speculative flash
✨ SF/F/H with a queer bent
✨ Under 1,200 words (they love <500)
✨ 8¢/word, simsubs encouraged
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#amwriting #flashfiction #queerfiction
Queer “timefuckery” + other speculative flash
✨ SF/F/H with a queer bent
✨ Under 1,200 words (they love <500)
✨ 8¢/word, simsubs encouraged
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#amwriting #flashfiction #queerfiction
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Baffling Magazine’s Dec 1–15 window is coming up 🌀
Queer “timefuckery” + other speculative flash
✨ SF/F/H with a queer bent
✨ Under 1,200 words (they love <500)
✨ 8¢/word, simsubs encouraged
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#amwriting #flashfiction #queerfiction
Queer “timefuckery” + other speculative flash
✨ SF/F/H with a queer bent
✨ Under 1,200 words (they love <500)
✨ 8¢/word, simsubs encouraged
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#amwriting #flashfiction #queerfiction
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Cover reveal! Here’s the early mock-up of the cover for my second collection of horror stories, Noctivagants, coming early 2027 with @lethepress.bsky.social !
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Cover reveal! Here’s the early mock-up of the cover for my second collection of horror stories, Noctivagants, coming early 2027 with @lethepress.bsky.social !
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my novella THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS, where the... well the titular character, the Death of Mountains, comes for a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. in the tradition of Scheherazade, they trade story for story to stave off the inevitable.
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The Death of Mountains | Lethe Press
The latest novella by Nebula finalist Jordan Kurella is a moving allegorical tale. As mankind continues to hurt the planet, leaving us with scarred lands, stories like The Death of Mountains are more ...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
my novella THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS, where the... well the titular character, the Death of Mountains, comes for a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. in the tradition of Scheherazade, they trade story for story to stave off the inevitable.
(out from @lethepress.bsky.social)
(out from @lethepress.bsky.social)
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I hope you’re all excited for this! :D It contains a new story from me called “The Music We Became,” and it’s my favorite story I’ve written in 2025! :D
Coming in November from @lethepress.bsky.social
"Capturing much of the menace and enchantment of the original, this will be a treat for Phantom fans."
Publishers Weekly
Featuring a brand new story from moi "The Road of Mirrors"
Pre-order link: www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
📚💙🏳️🌈☠️
"Capturing much of the menace and enchantment of the original, this will be a treat for Phantom fans."
Publishers Weekly
Featuring a brand new story from moi "The Road of Mirrors"
Pre-order link: www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
📚💙🏳️🌈☠️
October 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I hope you’re all excited for this! :D It contains a new story from me called “The Music We Became,” and it’s my favorite story I’ve written in 2025! :D
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'Tis the season to be queer and freaky, and my latest collection has you covered.
"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
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"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'Tis the season to be queer and freaky, and my latest collection has you covered.
"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
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whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
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Was just over at the Lethe Press site and saw this is going to drop in February 2026 -- The Pandemonium Waltz -- 17 stories. Cover by Derek. More info as the days proceed.
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Was just over at the Lethe Press site and saw this is going to drop in February 2026 -- The Pandemonium Waltz -- 17 stories. Cover by Derek. More info as the days proceed.
This boy contributed a great deal of art for Scruffians!
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This boy contributed a great deal of art for Scruffians!
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Time for a new pin-able post. I just can't get enough of these two covers!
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Time for a new pin-able post. I just can't get enough of these two covers!
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/
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From Lethe Press - preorder my novel now at a reduced price before launch.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
From Lethe Press - preorder my novel now at a reduced price before launch.
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
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Coming in November from @lethepress.bsky.social
"Capturing much of the menace and enchantment of the original, this will be a treat for Phantom fans."
Publishers Weekly
Featuring a brand new story from moi "The Road of Mirrors"
Pre-order link: www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
📚💙🏳️🌈☠️
"Capturing much of the menace and enchantment of the original, this will be a treat for Phantom fans."
Publishers Weekly
Featuring a brand new story from moi "The Road of Mirrors"
Pre-order link: www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
📚💙🏳️🌈☠️
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Coming in November from @lethepress.bsky.social
"Capturing much of the menace and enchantment of the original, this will be a treat for Phantom fans."
Publishers Weekly
Featuring a brand new story from moi "The Road of Mirrors"
Pre-order link: www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
📚💙🏳️🌈☠️
"Capturing much of the menace and enchantment of the original, this will be a treat for Phantom fans."
Publishers Weekly
Featuring a brand new story from moi "The Road of Mirrors"
Pre-order link: www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
📚💙🏳️🌈☠️
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October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Two new stories by yours truly, plus a special Halloween framing story. Watercolor art by @patricbates.bsky.social. Numbered first print run of 50 copies, so they will go fast!
www.etsy.com/listing/4376...
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September 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Two new stories by yours truly, plus a special Halloween framing story. Watercolor art by @patricbates.bsky.social. Numbered first print run of 50 copies, so they will go fast!
www.etsy.com/listing/4376...
www.etsy.com/listing/4376...
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New Review - a Mountain challenges Death but not quite as you think - a gorgeous novella awaits in The Death of Mountains by @kurellian.bsky.social out now and strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...
The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank the author for a copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Lethe Press Published – Out Now Price – £8.27 paperback £3.00 ebook The lat...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
New Review - a Mountain challenges Death but not quite as you think - a gorgeous novella awaits in The Death of Mountains by @kurellian.bsky.social out now and strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...
The best week of the year!
September 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The best week of the year!
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LONGSIGHT M40, coming October 1st from @lethepress.bsky.social
Preorder from Lethe and get a free signed bookplate!
Preorder from Lethe and get a free signed bookplate!
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
LONGSIGHT M40, coming October 1st from @lethepress.bsky.social
Preorder from Lethe and get a free signed bookplate!
Preorder from Lethe and get a free signed bookplate!
Unfortunately, we have to close submissions earlier than anticipated.
September 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Unfortunately, we have to close submissions earlier than anticipated.
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We received an anon on Tumblr requesting a list of queer SFF with fat characters, and here we are with a special delivery of 14 titles that fit the bill! Did you know you can request rec lists? Hit us up on Tumblr! You can see today's rec list in text form here: duckprintspress.com/2025/07/17/r...
July 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We received an anon on Tumblr requesting a list of queer SFF with fat characters, and here we are with a special delivery of 14 titles that fit the bill! Did you know you can request rec lists? Hit us up on Tumblr! You can see today's rec list in text form here: duckprintspress.com/2025/07/17/r...