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Excerpt from MM Romantasy Divine Judgement by Mell Eight Title: Divine Judgment Author: Mell Eight Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 03/10/2026 Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 43908 Genre: Romantasy, MM Romance, nonexplicit, gods, priests, royalty, prisoners, punishment, rewards, disability, magic/magic-users Add to Goodreads Description Ves’s life has always been a troubled one. An orphan growing up on the streets and imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Ves knows how bad things can be. When he’s chosen to go before the God of Judgment to be judged for his crimes, Ves knows the result of that will either be insanity or death.

Check out an Excerpt from MM Romantasy Divine Judgement by Mell Eight

Getting to know an Artist Quinn Rowan Dex In this installment of getting to know an artist we feature Quinn Rowan Dex an artist, and poet who likes to dabble in a few different genres, often with surreal or horror themes, with a focus on l…

In this installment of getting to know an artist we feature Quinn Rowan Dex an artist, and poet who likes to dabble in a few different genres, often with surreal or horror themes, with a focus on life and death. @quinnrowandex.bsky.social #bsky.art
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A screenshot of the Kickstarter page for the “We’ve Always Been Here: A multicultural LGBTQ+ art book” showing 13,116€ in funding, 250 backers, and 25 days to go. Halfway is at 13,500€!

Omg, woke up to 250 backers and nearly halfway funded!! 🥳

Please keep sharing to make sure our queer histories (and the work of 50+ amazing artists) is preserved and celebrated! 🩷

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EXPLORE THE RICHAND FASCINATING HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN ST.LOUIS IN New Book BLACK ST.LOUIS  Black St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city’s founding as a French fur-trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. Authors Calvin Riley and NiNi Harris highlight great figures who showed leadership, incredible innovation, and courage despite the injustices they faced. Learn about people like feisty Charlton Tandy, a Union Army veteran who fought for civilrights, and John Berry Meachum, an ex-slave who led the Black community with kindnessand founded the First African Baptist Church. In the early 20th century, businesswoman…

coming soon EXPLORE THE RICH AND FASCINATING HISTORY OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN ST. LOUIS IN BLACK ST.
LOUIS

Abrams ComicArts Announces Fall 2026 Graphic Novels Season Abrams ComicArts is proud to announce its Fall 2026 season of graphic novels. The season brings together political history, civil rights nonfiction, pop culture, classic adaptations, literary fiction, and manga, reflecting the full scope of the publisher’s comics program and the range of what the medium can do. Among the season’s most timely books is The Dissidents, a new graphic novel by Derf Backderf. Set in the United States during World War I, the book follows cartoonists, journalists, and activists targeted by the federal government under the Espionage Act as dissent is criminalized and fear is used as a political weapon.

Coming soon Abrams ComicArts Announces Fall 2026 Graphic Novels Season

Excerpt from LGBTQ+ Romantic Mystery Impulse Caught Title: Impulse Caught Author: Emily Carrington Publisher: Changeling Press Cover Art: Angela Knight Genres: Contemporary, Mystery /Suspense /Intrigue, New Releases, Romance Themes: 2nd Chance Romance, LGBTQ+ Gay, Multicultural & Interracial Series: Marisburg Chronicles (#9) Multiverse: Sticks & Stones (#3) Book Length: Novella Page Count: 76 Synopsis Riku takes charge in bed, but will he have any control over the day-to-day decisions of a marriage? Money and status differences challenge Riku and Theo to find a middle ground. Their passion is white-hot, but their ideas of living comfortably are at odds.

Check out an Excerpt from LGBTQ+ Romantic Mystery Impulse Caught

Advance Listening Party for Songs of Resistance by Various Artists

March 5, 2026 at 8pm ET //5pm PT on Grimalkin’s Bandcamp

We'll be chatting about the tracks and artists in the chat while we listen to it together.
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Fantagraphics To Publish Requiem For Gaza, New Investigative Graphic Journalism by Chris Hedges & Joe Sacco In a profound and elegiac work of investigative journalism, the writer Chris Hedges and the cartoonist Joe Sacco collaborate to present the testimony of displaced Palestinians who survived the genocide.In the spring of 2025 the cartoonist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, and Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, traveled to Cairo where they interviewed 29 Palestinian families who had recently left Gaza. In Requiem for Gaza

coming soon - Fantagraphics To Publish Requiem For Gaza, New Investigative Graphic Journalism by Chris Hedges & Joe Sacco

WOW Presents Plus Announces “Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars” with Brooke Lynn Hytes, Priyanka, and Jimbo Hold onto your beavers! Today, WOW Presents Plus announced that it is expanding the Drag Race universe in Canada with the all-new series, “Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars”. Brooke Lynn Hytes serves as host and resident judge, alongside judges Priyanka (“Canada’s Drag Race” S1 Winner) and Jimbo (“RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars” S8 Winner), forming the first all-drag judging panel in Drag Race her-story. The series will premiere later this year on WOW Presents Plus, and the full cast is set to be announced at a later date. The six-episode, one-hour spin-off of the award-winning original series “Canada’s Drag Race” welcomes back queens with unfinished business to compete for the chance to be crowned “Canada’s Ultimate All-Star," and win a cash prize of $100,000.

WOW Presents Plus Announces “Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars” with Brooke Lynn Hytes, Priyanka, and Jimbo

Hold onto your beavers! Today, WOW Presents Plus announced that it is expanding the Drag Race universe in Canada with the all-new series, “Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars”. Brooke Lynn Hytes…

NEW OFFICIAL TRAILER for “WHAT’S WRONG WENDY” – THE VALENTINE THAT LEFT A SAPPHIC BITE Wendy Day (Spooky Madison) is just an ordinary pizza girl hopelessly stuck on red-headed heartbreaker Victoria Sinclair (Alexandra Boulas). But when their high-school situationship reignites on Valentine’s Day, Wendy wakes up changed — faster, stronger, and with a penchant for violence. She’s not the girl Victoria left behind. Hoping to save Wendy, Victoria teams up with a pair of unlikely allies, Arlo (Tova Weinberger), a local occult expert, and Sam (Anthony Dain), a police officer with a dark past. Can they band together with one goal or will they fall apart when it matters most? check out the trailer

Check out NEW OFFICIAL TRAILER for “WHAT’S WRONG WENDY” - THE VALENTINE THAT LEFT A SAPPHIC BITE

Need a term for a Victorian magical mutant ( think X-Men meets witcher)

Getting to know an Artist A Fearsome Artisan In this installment of Getting to Know an Artist we feature AFearsomeArtisan ; Artist , Nerd , Gremlin , and Creator of many things Q) What artistic roles do you like to perform (i.e inker, penciler, computer colorer, painter). Like most artists who have been drawing nonstop since they could first pick up a crayon, I enjoy being a jack-of-all trades and unrepentant dabbler. Professionally- I have been paid as a colorist for graphic novels, a 3D modeler for video games, a traditional painter, a character sculptor, a 2D digital artist, and an illustrator.

In this installment of Getting to Know an Artist we feature AFearsomeArtisan ; Artist , Nerd , Gremlin , and Creator of many things

Check out an excerpt from Funny Crime Drama Besties in Crime by Rob Loveless Title: Besties in Crime Author: Rob Loveless Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 02/24/2026 Heat Level: 1 - No Sex Pairing: No Romance Length: 252 Genre: Contemporary, Genre/lit, crime/thriller, comedy, best friends, mafia, robbery, divorce, on the run, Atlantic City Add to Goodreads Description Childhood best friends Jay and Gia haven’t spoken since Gia’s marriage drove them apart, until one tearful night when she shows up at Jay’s door with devastating news: her husband, Frank, is leaving her. Rekindling their bond over heartbreak and bad decisions, the pair hatch a reckless plan for a weekend escape to Atlantic City, funded by some “borrowed” cash from Frank’s home office.

Check out an excerpt from Funny Crime Drama Besties in Crime by Rob Loveless
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Excerpt from MM Contemporary Romance Second Winter by Sophia Soames AUDIOBOOK TOUR Book Title: Second Winter Author and Publisher: Sophia Soames Narrator: Jaxon Jensen Audio Release Date: March 10, 2025 Tense/POV: first person/ past tense Genres: Contemporary MM Romance, Sweden Tropes: Second Chance, ten years later, school reunion Themes: Grief, forgiveness, untangling past mistakes Heat Rating: 4 flames Length: 7 hours and 10 minutes It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger. Goodreads Buy Links Audible US | Audible UK Also available in Kindle Unlimited, Hardback, and Paperback Amazon US | Amazon UK Ten years ago, Ned Anderson made the biggest mistake of his life.

check out an Excerpt from MM Contemporary Romance Second Winter by Sophia Soames

Excerpt from Demonium Rex AKA Buttercup by Stephanie Burke Title: Demonium Rex AKA Buttercup Series: Demon Entanglements (#6) Author: Stephanie Burke Publisher: Changeling Press LLC Release Date: February 20, 2026 Book Length: Novella Page Count: 117 pages Genre: New Releases, Paranormal, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Urban Fantasy Themes: Elves /Dragons /Magical Creatures, Hentai, LGBTQ+ Bisexual /Nonbinary /Transgender, Magic /Sorcery /Witchcraft, Multicultural & Interracial, Multiple Partners, Second Edition, Spotlight Add to Goodreads Synopsis Win is a writer with a new house, a new life, and a rapidly approaching deadline. She doesn’t have time for the voices in her head to be demanding attention.

check out an Excerpt from Demonium Rex AKA Buttercup by Stephanie Burke#ChangelingPress #smut #spicybooks #sizzlingreads #lgbtq #booklovers #smutlovers #smutreaders #LGBTQ+ #paranormal #romance #Transgender

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Excerpt from Gay Hockey Romance book Two for Boarding by S.B. Barnes Title: Two for Boarding Series: Minor Penalties, Book Two Author: S.B. Barnes Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 02/17/2026 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 280 Genre: Contemporary, contemporary, gay, bisexual, San Francisco, sports/ice hockey, gay, bisexual, interracial, coming out, over 40 Add to Goodreads Description With fourteen years as the San Francisco Sea Lions’ top defenseman under his belt, Phil Easton is tired. After his coaches push him into playing on a bad knee and he ends up on long-term injured reserve, the chances of having his contract renewed dwindle before his eyes.

Check out an Excerpt from Gay Hockey Romance book Two for Boarding by S.B. Barnes
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Getting to know an Author Caitlin Yager In this installment we spotlight Caitlin Yager , a life-long Missourian who just published her debut book, Small Town Missouri: Legends, Lore, and Attractions in the Show Me State, with reedy press Q) Tell us about your latest project. What inspired you to create it? A) This question is always a bit tricky. I work closely with small towns in Missouri for my full-time job, and my publisher was familiar with that work, so I was approached and asked, “Do you know anyone who could do this project?” (“this” being Small Town Missouri).

In this installment of getting to know an author we spotlight Caitlin Yager , a life-long Missourian who just published her debut book, Small Town Missouri: Legends, Lore, and Attractions in the Show Me State, with reedy press

Review of Small Town Missouri: Legends, Lore, and Attractions in the Show Me State a new book by Caitlin Yager As someone who grew up in small town Missouri, I still learned some things about towns I have visited or driven through while traveling in Missouri.  This book is a great introduction to so ma…

new review up. If you are a Missouri resident or wanting to do some exploring check it out
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Excerpt from Gay Medical Romance And Call Me by Will Okati Title: And Call Me Author: Will Okati Cover Art: Bryan Keller Genres: Action Adventure, Box Sets, Contemporary, New Releases, Romance Themes: Age Gap (Older Man), LGBTQ+ Gay, Medical Romance, Second Edition Book Length: Box Set Page Count: 334 Add to Goodreads Synopsis Need a prescription for love? Take two, and call me in the morning.

Excerpt from Gay Medical Romance And Call Me by Will Okati

Title: And Call Me Author: Will Okati Cover Art: Bryan Keller Genres: Action Adventure, Box Sets, Contemporary, New Releases, Romance Themes: Age Gap (Older Man), LGBTQ+ Gay, Medical Romance, Second Edition Book Length: Box Set Page Count:…

Excerpt from MM Fantasy Romance Lost in Dnara by Elaine white Title: Lost in Dnara Series: Surviving Vihaan, Book Three Author: Elaine White Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 02/10/2026 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 496 Genre: Paranormal Fantasy, MM romance, fantasy, fated mates, vampires, shifters, scientists, medical personnel, hurt-comfort, found family Add to Goodreads Description Grief sent Eliseo on a rescue mission to Dnara, hoping to regain his lost honour and purpose.

Check out an Excerpt from MM Fantasy Romance Lost in Dnara by Elaine white

Excerpt from MM Romance FALLING FOR MY EX’S TWIN by Colette Davison NEW RELEASE Book Title: Falling for my Ex’s Twin (Falling for You #2) Author, Publisher, and Cover Artist: Colette Davison Release Date: February 10, 2026 Tense/POV: first person, present tense, alternating POV. Genres: Contemporary M/M Romance Tropes: One-night stand to lovers, brother’s ex/ex’s brother, former childhood friends to lovers Themes: Healing from toxic relationships and reclaiming agency, honesty, consent, and mutual care, found family and belonging.

check out Excerpt from MM Romance FALLING FOR MY EX'S TWIN by Colette Davison
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Excerpt from MM Urban Fantasy Forrest House by E.M. Hamill. E.M. Hamill has a new MM urban fantasy out: Forrest House. Blood is Stronger Than Magic Ander Forrest renounced blood magic to become a nurse-healer in his rural hometown, far from the drama of wizardry and espionage his sister Kate craved. When Kate goes missing in action, Ander finds himself the legal guardian of her gifted twins and receives a cryptic warning from Kate’s husband to protect them before he, too, disappears.

Excerpt from MM Urban Fantasy Forrest House by E.M. Hamill.

E.M. Hamill has a new MM urban fantasy out: Forrest House. Blood is Stronger Than Magic Ander Forrest renounced blood magic to become a nurse-healer in his rural hometown, far from the drama of wizardry and espionage his sister Kate…

Excerpt from gay mystery book Impulse Control by Emily Carrington Title: Impulse Control Author: Emily Carrington Publisher: Changeling Press Cover Art: Angela Knight Genres: Contemporary, Mystery /Suspense /Intrigue, New Releases, Romance Themes: 2nd Chance Romance, LGBTQ+ Gay, Multicultural & Interracial Series: Marisburg Chronicles (#8) Multiverse: Sticks & Stones (#3) Book Length: Novella Page Count: 77 Synopsis Spontaneity can be both exciting and terrifying for everyone involved.

Check out an Excerpt from gay mystery book Impulse Control by Emily Carrington
#ChangelingPress #smut #spicybooks #sizzlingreads #lgbtq #booklovers #smutlovers #smutreaders #LGBTQ+ #contemporary #mystery

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So the paper phoenix store is back up on etsy - stop by and see there is anything you like
#booksky 💙📚🌈📚
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Review of Queer Dark Comedy film Cutaways So, for a brief moment, my life seems to have calmed down, and I have been getting to check out some great LGBTQ+ media that’s been piling up on me.   I started the week with Danny …

If you're looking for a movie that has it all adult film production, a dead body, and socks check out our Review of Queer film Cutaways
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#gay #lgbtq #film #writer #comedy

Review of Queer YA novel Limelight by Andrew Keenan-Bolger I always love it when I get to read something that I know the author has poured their heart and soul into, and that is the case with Limelight, the debut novel from Andrew Keenan-Bolger.  Andr…

If you like immersive queer coming of age stories check out our Review of Queer YA novel Limelight by Andrew Keenan-Bolger @keenanblogger.bsky.social
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ADHD and unfinished stories | kathryne lentes Get more from kathryne lentes on Patreon

still waffling about next project could use opinion of fans of my Sin Eaters novel
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Review of Lesbian historical Graphic Novel JOE THE PIRATE by Hubert and Virginie Augustin As I start writing this review of Graphic Novel JOE THE PIRATE, I am conflicted. I am a massive fan of queer historical figures, especially gender non-conforming ones. Still, right now, I find it h…

Check out our review of historical Graphic Novel JOE THE PIRATE by Hubert and Virginie Augustin @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social @yourfriendjesse.bsky.social
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The Transgender Urge to Buy a Real Sword If trans visibility is a double-edged sword, maybe we should just get actual f**king swords.

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Indigi-Con Showcasing Indigenous Comic Creators Comes to Harrahs Resort Next Week  Indigenous comics are part of continuing rich traditions of Native storytelling. The Indigi-Con Creator’s Symposium features Indigenous comic authors and artists and showcase their work. It takes place next Saturday, February 7, on tribal lands of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians near San Diego, at Harrahs Resort Southern California, 777 Harrahs Rincon Way, Funner CA 92082. The event is free and open to the public, and family-friendly.

Indigi-Con Showcasing Indigenous Comic Creators Comes to Harrahs Resort Next Week 

Indigenous comics are part of continuing rich traditions of Native storytelling. The Indigi-Con Creator’s Symposium features Indigenous comic authors and artists and showcase their work. It takes place next…