Space Lesbian Book Club

Now retired

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Img by Hannah Craig: SFF by/abt marginalized folx. Run by @EssayMnktl. RTs/replies welcome!

[Space Lesbian Book Club @slbc_reads]

Wondering what's up with the SLBC? We're a once-a-week(ish) subscription of short sff by and about marginalized creators. Anyone of any gender or sexuality is free to join, read, comment, and give their suggestions! Hop aboard, and find our archives here: https://t.co/DQYuiZHnIn

[Bertie 🦇 @luminouslibrary]

There's nothing better than sapphic sci-fi, so today I've got a post recommending my favourites.
Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, space travel, parallel universes, time travel, and more! This genre has it all.
— Likes and retweets appreciated 🌟
https://t.co/r1AvuvXo3R

[Maya Deane @mayadeanewriter]

Obviously you should preorder my epic trans retelling of the Iliad, WRATH GODDESS SING. But today I want to talk up some of the trans books & books by trans authors I've been reading, and some of the ones I want to read AND WOULD NOT SAY NO TO ARCS OF. (1/2) #TransBooks365

[Space Lesbian Book Club @slbc_reads]

@avramargariti It's basically hangman where every day, there's exactly one 5-letter word to solve.

[Ren Wyld @1KarenWyld]

"The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction – written, curated, edited and designed by blackfellas, for blackfellas and about blackfellas." This All Come Back Now, edited by Mykaela Saunders (May 2022) https://t.co/QoGcO50IOo

[t.g. Shenoy @theBekku]

That time of the year & as always, putting down in one thread a whole bunch of #IndianSF (spec-fic) i've read & recommended this year; short fiction you can read right now, online & for free. If there was a Year's Best Indian Speculative Fiction, these would be on it. Here goes:

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

"It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility" is NOW AVAILABLE for your local library and indie bookstore to order! They'll only stock it if they know about it, so please spread the word for us! 🏳️‍🌈🚀📚

[Sonia Sulaiman Ignyte Award winner! @SoniaSulaiman]

@PinaRamona I have a short queerplatonic story, inspired by Palestinian folklore, in Xenocultivars by @specqueer

[Ramona Pina @PinaRamona]

All BIPOC authors with SFF titles coming out 2022 or after, please drop it here.👇

[Bogi Takács: POWER TO YIELD & OTHER STORIES Nov 7! @bogiperson]

Today is #IntersexAwarenessDay and I updated the Intersex #Ownvoices Book Database!

Now with an astonishing 40 books!

When I started the database in 2018, there were only 14 books about intersex topics BY intersex people.

Go take a look:

https://t.co/k7qwI39gq6

[Kwame the Gr8 @KSekouM]

hey, if you're a sci-fi writer from the Black diaspora, sound off and drop a link to your work in the replies...I'm trying to see something.

Indie, self-published, trad. published, short fiction, novels, poetry....I want to know what you've written.

[Kit (Metaphors and Moonlight) @KitTheNameless]

Reminder that I have a list of sci-fi/fantasy books with physical disability and chronic illness rep on my blog! It has almost 200 books, and I'm always adding to it as I find more! https://t.co/zYIJBA3JIs

[Space Lesbian Book Club @slbc_reads]

@were_duck Drop your recs here too?? 👀

[johannes (yo-han-ehz) / semi-professional cuntboy @JohannesTEvans]

Want to read some new fantasy stories that actually have queer & disabled protagonists, especially trans men?

Here’s a collection of 10 short stories - generally between 5k and 25k - of a variety of ratings, themes, and tones, all set in the same universe!

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

Bookstores, if you have any of our titles on your shelves, we'd love a shelfie! (Is that a thing? It should be, no?)

[Shane Hawk @shanehawkk]

Ted and I are running this open call ourselves. No paid ads, just pure social media spreading—word of mouth. Please share far and wide.

We are looking for dark stories from Indigenous storytellers.

$1k flat rate. 2k-5k words. 11/1 deadline. https://t.co/x6E35wYsTl

[Space Lesbian Book Club @slbc_reads]

(and it's got a hot singer to have a cute crush on, what more could you want?)

Curious about the SLBC? Check out our pinned tweet!:
https://t.co/B4s9L3g98K

[Space Lesbian Book Club @slbc_reads]

Wondering what's up with the SLBC? We're a once-a-week(ish) subscription of short sff by and about marginalized creators. Anyone of any gender or sexuality is free to join, read, comment, and give their suggestions! Hop aboard, and find our archives here: https://t.co/DQYuiZHnIn

[Space Lesbian Book Club @slbc_reads]

"This is what Connor does with three pot stickers made of paper: He stuffs them into a cracked mug. The match hisses when he strikes it against the matchbook cover. It bursts into flame and, when it touches the pot stickers, the flames spread."

[Space Lesbian Book Club @slbc_reads]

Beyond the El by @john_chu on @tordotcom is a marvelous exploration of quiet grief and the ways we use food to express love. CN for familial abuse.

https://t.co/cpsmkhVNSY