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What happens when a psychologist turns to fiction? One of our authors shares how therapy, trauma, and long walks shape his characters in SOUL MURDER and other work. Read the blog: vist.ly/4fy83 #WritingProcess #LGBTQBooks

“Boy wonder by day. Boy toy by night.” Jobert Abueva joins Ian Henzel to unpack Boy Wander—a pre-AIDS coming-of-age from Manila to Tokyo to the U.S., about excellence, secrecy, and finally being seen. Watch: vist.ly/4e92v #BoyWander #JobertAbueva #Memoir #LGBTQ #Podcast

When big publishers pivot away from queer books, independent LGBTQ+ presses keep publishing them — because this is our community. This season, support the voices that won’t disappear. 📚 vist.ly/4cuye #LGBTQBooks #IndiePress #QueerLit #ReadQueer

Author Glen Peters stopped by our booth to sign copies of his fabulous new novel, “Where the Nights Smell Like Bread.” rattlinggoodyarns.com/product/wher...

We LOVE meeting readers! We’re at Pride on the Page LGBTQ+ Literary Festival in Palm Springs today, at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. I’m on a publishers panel later today.

Poignant, hilarious & beautifully human. Alfred P. Doblin joins On the Air with Florenza to talk Tales of the Lavender Twilight—stories of love, loss & life’s next acts. 🎧 Listen → vist.ly/4cbb9 📘 Buy → vist.ly/4cbb6 #AlfredPDoblin #TalesOfTheLavenderTwilight #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks

Bluesky Love, loss & reinvention across LA, Rome, Spain & Switzerland. Glen Peters talks Where the Nights Smell Like Bread on Florenza’s podcast. 🎧 Watch → vist.ly/4c74j 📘 Buy → vist.ly/4c74i #GlenPeters #QueerLit #IndieBooks

Ep 19 — Michael Reed on “Desperate Measures”: queer folklore, family, and fear. WV as character, Joey’s origin, and a sequel tease. Watch: vist.ly/4c74c #QueerHorror #DesperateMeasuresBook #BookPodcast

From Chicago’s queer past to Palm Springs mayhem 🌴 St. Sukie de la Croix joins Spies, Lies & Private Lives to talk history, humor & his hit mystery series Twilight Manors in Palm Springs. 🎧 Listen → vist.ly/4b2v2 📘 Buy → vist.ly/4b2w6 #StSukieDeLaCroix QueerMystery #LGBTQBooks

Excited to be on the publisher's panel discussions at Pride on the Page this year in Palm Springs! Rattling Good Yarns Press will also be there for you to buy some great queer books. I hope I'll see you there! Location: Palm Springs Cultural Center Time: 10:00am-5:30pm vist.ly/4beaw

The Attenborough Center at Brighton University, the venue for the Coast is Queer Festival. Today is my big day, I have a solo 30-minute presentation on the state of queer books in the USA with what’s going on now, and later, I’m on a panel about resistance and fighting back in publishing.

A fabulous photo from the book launch for Genevieve Rheams debut lesbian romance, "We Will Plant Birds of Paradise!" Read a sample: vist.ly/49vwy Get the book: vist.ly/49vwu Watch the trailer: vist.ly/49vwx

Next week, I will be heading to the UK to attend the Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ literary festival in Brighton. I . It's such an honor to have been invited!

James Magruder on No One Is Looking at You: theater’s collaboration vs. fiction’s heavier lift, ageism in lit, journals, and books that feel like home. Watch → vist.ly/47zwy Listen → vist.ly/47zwx #QueerLit #AuthorInterview

🌺 Sometimes the only way to bloom is to break free. Genevieve Rheams’ We Will Plant Birds of Paradise is a tender debut lesbian romance of love, family, and courage. 🎥 Watch the trailer: vist.ly/47va3 #LesbianRomance #QueerLove #LGBTQBooks

🌺 "We Will Plant Birds of Paradise" by Genevieve Rheams—an inspiring lesbian romance about love, resilience & breaking free to bloom. 💕 👉 vist.ly/47v9w #LesbianRomance #QueerLit

✨ Honest. Funny. Heartbreaking. Unforgettable. James Magruder’s No One is Looking at You is a witty, tender collection of queer short stories spanning decades of love, secrecy, and humor. 🎥 Watch the trailer: vist.ly/46mc9 #LGBTQBooks #QueerReads

🌺 Sometimes the only way to bloom is to break free. Genevieve Rheams’ We Will Plant Birds of Paradise is a tender debut lesbian romance of love, family, and courage. 🎥 Watch the trailer: vist.ly/46h4j #LesbianRomance #QueerLove #LGBTQBooks

🌈 Before Halsted, there was Wells Street. Step into Chicago’s lost queer block—Carol’s Speakeasy, Den One, the Bijou, and more. Owen Keehnen’s Gay Chicago Memories: 1300 N. Wells brings it roaring back to life. 🎥 Watch the trailer: vist.ly/46cty #LGBTQHistory #QueerBooks

💄 Curlers. 🐩 Poodles. 🍰 Suspicious cakes. 🌴 Palm Springs at its weirdest. Brian & Stéphane are back in their campiest case yet—The Hunt for the Hairdo Killer. Watch the trailer: 👉 vist.ly/467wb #QueerReads #CampFiction #LGBTQBooks

📚✨ An old classic with a queer twist! ✨🏳️‍🌈 "Pride" by Samantha Ryan reimagines "Pride and Prejudice" as a swoon-worthy gay romance with sassy banter, cozy bookstores & sparks that fly. 💕 👉 vist.ly/45vvf

🌵✨ Step into the 1970s women’s land movement with Desert Haven by Penelope Starr. A powerful novel of feminism, resilience & love, set in women-centered desert communities. 🌈 📚 👉 vist.ly/45vvd

✨ "Tell Me About It" series by St Sukie de la Croix & Owen Keehnen shares LGBTQ secrets, confessions & life stories across 3 volumes. Audacious, hilarious & heartbreaking—voices that won’t be silenced. 📖 👉 vist.ly/45vq2

✨ Four new queer stories for Fall 2025—comedy, history, romance & short fiction. From Palm Springs chaos to Chicago’s queer past, sapphic love & witty tales—there’s a book for everyone. 🌈 👉 vist.ly/45t6s #LGBTQBooks #QueerReads #ReadWithPride

🏳️‍🌈 Discover Chicago’s LGBTQ story after Stonewall in Chicago After Stonewall: Gay Lib to Gay Life. From early queer press to the birth of Chicago Gay Life in 1975, this book chronicles a vibrant era. 📚 👉 vist.ly/45t6n

✨ "Tell Me About It" series by St Sukie de la Croix & Owen Keehnen shares LGBTQ secrets, confessions & life stories across 3 volumes. Audacious, hilarious & heartbreaking—voices that won’t be silenced. 📖 👉 vist.ly/45n2e

✍️ Read the article "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Stop Writing" by Richard Compson Sater—on serving in the Air Force while closeted, and how writing became survival. 👉 vist.ly/45ny7

🍸 Raise a glass to LGBTQ history! 🏳️‍🌈 Last Call Chicago: A History of 1001 LGBTQ-Friendly Taverns, Haunts & Hangouts by St Sukie de la Croix & Rick Karlin. A vibrant journey through Chicago’s queer nightlife. 👉 vist.ly/45nrx

✨ Step into the Roaring Twenties with whimsy! ✨ The Blue Spong and the Flight from Mediocrity by St Sukie de la Croix—humorous, fantastical, & boldly queer. Dare to escape the ordinary! 👉 https://rattlinggoodyarns.com/product/the-blue-spong-and-the-flight-from-mediocrity/

✍️ Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Stop Writing: Richard Compson Sater reflects on 24 years in the Air Force, life in the closet, and how photography + storytelling shaped his voice as a writer. 👉 Read the essay: vist.ly/44i5s #VeteranVoices #LGBTQStories #WritingLife

In his mid-60s, Alfred Doblin published his first book, Tales of the Lavender Twilight. With wit and honesty, he reflects on decades of writing, the changing lives of gay men of a certain age, and why authenticity is the key to both living and storytelling. Read the article 👉🏽 vist.ly/43ab3

HURRY BEFORE THE SALE ENDS! Grab 20% off books from Rattling Good Yarns Press at Bookshop.org during their Pride 2025 celebration! Be sure to enter the discount code PRIDE2025 during checkout! To learn more, go to: vist.ly/3n7mkdt vist.ly/3n7mkdq

🏳️‍🌈 Pride 2025: Still a Protest. Still a Fight. Author Alfred P. Doblin (Tales of the Lavender Twilight) drops truth in this op-ed about why we can’t let up—not now. 🔗 vist.ly/3n5vv7g #Pride2025 #QueerWriters #LGBTQRights #AlfredPDoblin

Author Daniel Meltz talks queerness, faith & writing in this Lavender Magazine interview about his new novel, Rabbis of the Garden State. A must-read! 🌈📘 🔗 vist.ly/3n5vr47 #GayAuthor #QueerLit

✍️ “Writing saved my life.” Author Elías Miguel Muñoz reflects on surviving exile and homophobia in post-revolutionary Cuba through storytelling. Read his powerful new blog + discover his novel Encore! Encore! 🔗 vist.ly/3n5gpbg #LatinxLit #QueerVoices

Excellent Op Ed piece by our author, Jobert Abueva in "The Philadelphia Inquirer." vist.ly/3n537q7

🔥 Some thirsts can't be quenched... 🔥 Thirst by Richard Compson Sater dives deep into love, identity, and heartbreak. Follow Neil and Ranger as their paths cross and collide in unexpected ways. Sexy, gritty, and full of heart. 💥 Get your copy here: vist.ly/3n4tkbg

Great news! 🌟 Zigzag by Philip Gambone just got a rave review in The Gay & Lesbian Review — “a tender, clear-eyed portrait of older gay men.” 📖 Review: vist.ly/3n495pe 🛒 Book: vist.ly/3n495pj #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks #Zigzag

Author Glenn Peters on Where the Nights Smell Like Bread—Italian-American roots, betrayal, vulnerability, and character-led storytelling. 🔗 YouTube: vist.ly/3n3r85j 🔗 Soundcloud: vist.ly/3n3r85m 🔗 Spotify: vist.ly/3n3r85h #WritingLife #LiteraryFiction #AuthorInterview #Podcast

💜 Late bloomers, sharp tongues, and one very classy Cocker Spaniel... Tales of the Lavender Twilight by Alfred P. Doblin is a funny, tender, and fearless collection about gay men navigating life’s second (or third!) act—with style. 📚 Grab your copy: vist.ly/3n3np3e #LGBTQBooks #QueerFiction