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Terran
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he/him, writer of SFF + queer love 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #amwriting #amreading
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Happy #SapphicSeptember! I’ve read some fantastic FF books this month, allow me to highlight some new favorites #AmReading #BookSky #QueerReads

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Excellent! I enjoyed Hell Followed With Us, still planning to dig into the others
And the dialogue is SO entertaining! Particularly loved the out-of-time trio, Graham (1847), Maggie (1665) and Arthur (1916). Such an entertaining dynamic between them and the POV character. I liked how it resolved, and what was left open-ended... Definitely would recommend!
Ministry of Time was great! 4.25⭐️ I do think it helps that I enjoy many genres? At times this had me hooked by my love of historical fiction (and historical romance) probably at least as much as my love of sci fi. The specificity of the historical account really shone through.
I expand on ALL the great *sapphic* reads I found this month here in this thread. Enjoy!
Happy #SapphicSeptember! I’ve read some fantastic FF books this month, allow me to highlight some new favorites #AmReading #BookSky #QueerReads

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My top 5 reads for September:

1. In Universes by Emet North (F/F)
2. Metal from Heaven by August Clarke (F/F)
3. The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (F/F)
4. The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas
5. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
I also enjoyed:
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (4.25⭐️), and Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (3.75⭐️),
… both of which had (quite minor) sapphic subplots.

We stan 1665 Margaret Kemble and her quest to find lady love in the 21st century LMAO. Maggie, the woman that you are!

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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A time travel romance, a speculative spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingeniously constru...
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Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K Mulford & K Elle Morrison (3.5⭐️), a sweet, cozy romance with a side dish of murder mystery…

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Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford, K. Elle Morrison
Get ready for a bewitching tale of love, laughter, and supernatural shenanigans in the heart of ...
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Chlorine by Jade Song (4⭐️), a literary coming-of-age horror story about growing up in a pressure cooker (student athlete, asian daughter, racialized other, queer youth) and doing something drastic about it…
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Chlorine by Jade Song
In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line betwe...
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Salt Bones (4⭐️), Latine new release magical realism horror-thriller that tells a powerful and disturbing story about family secrets and how they stay buried…

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Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan
Three women in one twisted family race for answers in this "stunning" mystery set in the Mexicali...
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Now for some Sapphic honorable mentions:

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (4.25⭐️), novella about a humble wagon train of (suspiciously sapphic) Librarians fleeing bandits and helping vulnerable queer women out of fascist territory…

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Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
In Upright Women Wanted, award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an exp...
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Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
(book one: 5⭐️, book two: 4.5⭐️)

Book 1 left me speechless last month, so book 2 had a LOT to live up to. Verdict: nailed it!

Sapphic gladiator team smashing the patriarchy? Yes please! The incredible art style, the butch rep, the HEART? What a feast.

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Review by terranstorm - Cosmoknights: Book One
Speechless! This was fantastic, exceeding all expectations. Sapphic gladiator team smashing th...
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Lady Dragon by AM Strickland (4.5⭐️)

I had a great time with this one! A sapphic YA fantasy romp with a big heart. The grumpy/sunshine pairing landed well for me, especially with the sort of ND-coded, highly literal dragon princess navigating messy interspecies diplomatic relations…

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Review by terranstorm - Lady Dragon
I had a great time with this one! A sapphic YA fantasy romp with a big heart.The grumpy/sunshi...
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (4.5⭐️)

Fantastic. A swoony YA romance, a moving coming-of-age tale, and a heart-wrenching portrait of 1950s America for Chinese Americans, for lesbians, and especially for someone who is both…

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Review by terranstorm - Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Fantastic. A swoony YA romance, a moving coming-of-age tale, and a heart-wrenching portrait of...
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The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (4.5⭐️)

I’ve been craving something daring from the queer horror space, and C. Starling delivered! A desperate Medieval siege leads to a bacchanalian fever dream of “salvation” that is a worse horror by far…

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Review by terranstorm - The Starving Saints
I’ve been craving something daring from the queer horror space, something truly wonderful and ...
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Metal from Heaven by August Clarke (5⭐️)

This book is insane. That is a compliment.

What a wild, hallucinogenic, self-indulgent fantasy adventure, one that is somehow made so specifically to my taste…

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Review by terranstorm - Metal from Heaven
This book is insane. That is a compliment.  It will not be for everyone. Many will rightly dec...
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In Universes by Emet North (5⭐️)

This landed like a punch, and a much-needed one. “A mind-bending tour across parallel worlds”—All true, but you could have warned me this would alter my brain chemistry!

For fans of Everything Everywhere All At Once, weird and poignant and hopeful…

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Review by terranstorm - In Universes
This landed like a punch, and a much-needed one. “A mind-bending tour across parallel worlds, ...
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Happy #SapphicSeptember! I’ve read some fantastic FF books this month, allow me to highlight some new favorites #AmReading #BookSky #QueerReads

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On my list so far: House of Hunger, The Starving Saints, The Lamb, Overgrowth (sci fi-horror), Old Wounds, Voice Like a Hyacinth, Chlorine, Girl Dinner?? and I preordered Vampires at Sea
And though it has mostly been *queer* horror hitting that sweet spot for me, I'm currently reading Buffalo Hunter Hunter and eating it UP. I loved Vampires of El Norte and will auto-buy Isabel Cañas from now on incl her latest. And I'm basically always here for sci fi-horror like Annihilation✨
Some faves this year: Sorrowland, Monstrilio, Woods All Black, The Honeys (YA), Our Wives Under the Sea, Don't Let the Forest In (YA), Summer Sons, realistically anything by Lee Mandelo or Ryan La Sala and probably CG Drews...
Been falling in love with queer horror this year and I'm planning to lean into that even harder for spooky season. Got any recs?
My top 5 for August:

1. Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland
2. Cosmoknights (Book One) by Hannah Templer
3. Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
4. The Duke Steals Hearts and Other Body Parts by Elias Cold
5. Hazelthorn by CG Drews - ARC, Releases Oct 28
August reads #AmReading #BookSky

Among them, I got my hands on an ARC for Hazelthorn by CG Drews (out Oct 28) and it's 👀 really, really good