A popular middle school student navigates family betrayal and a crush on another girl in Melanie Florence’s heartfelt novel "Jazz Davies Skips a Beat". Jazz struggles with feelings of abandonment and loneliness after her mother leaves... Read More

In Sam K MacKinnon’s tender novel "The Body Riddle", a transmasculine illustrator struggles with discrimination and self-doubt as they grow into a better version of themselves. Lex is stuck. Their freelance work has dried up, their... Read More

About the abiding love of two young men across lifetimes, January Sun’s fantastical graphic novel "The Reaper and the Waiting" is steeped in Chinese culture, mythology, and history. Dwelling in the liminal space between life and death,... Read More

Alexandra Ammon Parthun’s exciting romance novel "For the Love of the Quest" pays homage to the lore and fables of Camelot. Lady Edith Darling is idealistic, kind, and shy. She embarks on a quest to find Excalibur and the lost... Read More

In Mario Elías’s surreal, unflinching novel "Beloved Disciples", a man grieves the death of his first love. Simón experiences heartbreak after losing Albi, the love of his life. He sees visions in which Albi-clone corpses pile up... Read More

An emotional collection of contemporary queer romance stories, Ayla Vejdani’s book "You X Me" explores sexuality, self-discovery, and imperialism. Set in the United States and Canada, these short stories follow various courtships,... Read More

Cookie loves cookies, especially the cookies from the Cookie Cubby. But when the owner’s Pride Month offering leaves a sour taste in some community members’ mouths, Cookie rallies friends and neighbors into a sweet show of support in... Read More

Scrappy women are taunted by the abuses and violence of their pasts in Grace Spulak’s blistering short story collection "Magdalena Is Brighter than You Think". In the title story, a teenage girl is haunted by her brother’s ghost; she... Read More