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h-d-bolteress · 6 months

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Just because the war is over, does not mean the battles are…

Tiktok about my WIP sapphic fantasy story! Follow on tiktok @/H.D.Bolteress for more.

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jessreadswithpride · 1 year

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I read this book in one setting. It was hard to put down, and I wanted to see where everything went, what would happen, would Nirrim and Sid get together, what were the secrets the world was hiding and omg it did not disappoint.

I loved the way the two met, and the banter between them that followed. I loved how Nirrim realised that she was in fact in love with a woman and how she went about it. I loved the scene with Lillian. I know this was a YA book, but I guess the only disappointment for me was the fade to black scenes.

I really liked the plot, the world, the twists and turns. It was a great book and I can't wait to read book two.

#the midnight lie #marie rutkoski #sapphic fantasy book #sapphic book #spicy lesbian book #book review #lesbian #lesbian characters #wlw #wlw book #fantasy book #ya book #lgbt book #queer book #queer book review #sapphic book review #booklr #sapphic booklr

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mariannekhalil · 8 months

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why you?

#original character #illustration #book art #fantasy art #wlw #sapphic

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insomniac-arrest · 1 month

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Once upon a time . . . there was a wicked queen. A hungry wolf. A thing in the dark. A dragon thief. A falling star, crooked in the sky. The lines between heroine and Other, fair and wicked, are illuminated in five transformative stories.

Five fairy tales, five perilous journeys, five star-crossed romances. A Snow White retelling that focuses on the wicked-queen-to-be and her mirror. A take on the classic parable of a deer pursued by wolves. A powerless maid making a deal with Shadows. A wishing star pursued to the ends of the earth and the knight sworn to return her to the sky. A princess trapped by a dragon with her only visitor a burglar.

The Crooked Stars is a collection of sapphic stories that shows there are many ways to read the stars and many ways for love to find a way into places it never was before. If you enjoy enchanting tales of adventure and magic, you'll fall in love with this mesmerizing collection that contends with the cruelty and beauty in fairy tales.

Official release date April 16th, 2024.

eBooks ✨ Paperback ✨ Goodreads

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It's here, IT'S HERE!!! My next new collection is on it's way and features two of my all-time favorite stories I've written. I am so excited. Please be sure to boost and leave reviews if you can. I am a small-time author and don't spend any money on advertising so word of mouth is how I get my stories to the world.

Gorgeous cover art by Megan O'Donell.

Website 🌸 Previous Work

#sapphic #fairy tales #book release #gay romance #fantasy books #wlw #the crooked stars collection

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mayasynth · 4 months

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My beautiful unhinged daughter, Mary Elizabeth Frankenstein <3 I know this was not at all how the scene actually went, but humour me

(Pssssst everyone please read Our Hideous Progeny, pleaseee 🙏)

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noahhawthorneauthor · 3 months

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"Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me." -Bayard Rustin

*Edit to add that Adiba Jaigirdar is Bangladeshi/Irish, not Black. Apologies !

#noahs book recs #black authors #black history month #black history every day #queer books #indie books #fantasy books #contemporary books #gay books #sapphic books #lgbtqia books

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sapphicbookclub · 4 months

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This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne

Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier. She’s also desperate to leave her haunted past deep in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside her best friend, Quian. So, when Subarch Kessandra, Valkesh’s favorite royal–and Nix’s loathed ex–requests Nix’s help investigating a massacre in the abyssal city of Fall, Nix refuses. Vehemently.

She should have known Kessandra would fight back.

Consigned as Kessandra’s bodyguard, Nix grudgingly boards the Luminosity, a luxurious submersible that offers the only transportation to Fall. But Kessandra wasn’t truthful–surprise, surprise–and her “investigation” isn’t about the massacre, but rather what caused it: an illness that incites its victims into a violent craze.

When another royal is brutally murdered, Nix and Kess realize the disease has spread–and no one on the Luminosity is safe. If they’re going to survive until Fall, they’ll have to trust each other… but considering Kessandra is responsible for Quian’s death, that won’t be easy.

Genres: fantasy, horror, romance

Order from Blackwell's here and get free worldwide shipping!

#sapphic books #lgbt books #wlw books #booklr #book recs #fantasy

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apolline-lucy · 7 months

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my book, THE SILVER BIRDS, is out!!!

On a cursed island where birds steal hearts and blades of grass cut sharper than knives, two young women driven by revenge take on solving a series of mysterious deaths.

Every winter’s first snow, a flock of silver birds descends upon Namu Island and leaves with a heart. When River’s father is taken, she seeks vengeance.

But soon uncanny events unfold: islanders die in eerie ways, the woods turn green in the dead of winter, River’s brother disappears, and a strange woman turns up.

To save her brother and unravel the island’s mystery, River will be cast into an unexpected alliance that will challenge her beliefs, trust, and love.

THE SILVER BIRDS is a queer enemies-to-lovers dark fantasy novel, which features conflicted characters filled with rage and wants for revenge, yet fiercely protective of the ones they trust enough to love. There is no good and evil, but rather a beautifully dark grey where monsters who aren’t really monsters live.

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foundintheforgotten · 5 months

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The Kickstarter campaign is LIVE HERE!

If you're interested in a sapphic, grimdark fantasy comic series featuring romance and horror, and older lady love interests, please consider checking our page out and pledging! If you are unable to, you can still help by spreading the word and reblogging!

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blonde-elf-gf · 7 months

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Was gonna have a good day and then I remembered “Hate me. Hate me and live. I can love enough for the both of us” so I guess that’s not gonna happen anymore

#I just finished this book and it CRUSHED me #the oleander sword #the burning kingdoms #the jasmine throne #tasha suri #the oleander sword spoilers #sapphic fantasy #wlw fantasy

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h-d-bolteress · 1 year

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Elves in OG World

Here are some Elven facts from my og story (tagged as sq story) that I want to share!

There are two elven ancestries: High Elf and Dark Elf.

Phenotypically, High Elves are most similar to South Asian humans, with medium to dark brown skin, high cheekbones, and wide and/or strong/sharp noses. Dark Elves have the same bone structure as High Elves, but their skin is in shades of blue, greys, and purples due to their adaptation to subterranean environments.

The Elven language is thus largely derived from the Sanskrit language with some names coming from Hebrew.

Though Elves are the longest-lived ancestry in the world, they only live about 900-1000 years, compared to a human's 90-100 years. The oldest Elf to live was recorded as 1197 years old when they died.

They are the oldest known ancestry to exist in the world and have the longest continuous history because of this. Archaeologically, the oldest evidence is 130,000 years old, and their written histories start around 68,000 years old.

Elves detest mage-derived magic, seeing it as antithetical to the creator beings of the world. Even to the point of not teleporting through mage portals, instead, they'd opt to sail for a month around a continent to get to the same place. Elves have an affinity for the natural and blessed druidic arts and promote it heavily, so much so, that noble-born Elves are often sent to druidic schools to develop a rudimentary grasp of the arts.

Their hair color resembles metals and their eyes are colored like gems.

With the former, hair is considered precious and sacred, due to its slower growth compared to other ancestries. And so, cutting it is reserved for special occasions, and outsiders or non-trusted individuals are barred from touching it.

It is considered the height of trust for an Elf to allow someone to touch/comb their hair, especially a non-Elf.

Both High and Dark Elves are considered relatively isolated people with little to no admixing of culture or blood, as such half-Elves are relatively rare. However, there is a notable increase in them due to the Maleficium Age, where Elves and other ancestries had to be in close contact throughout the war effort.

#i love culture and world building #og story #sq story #hdbolteress #h d bolteress #og writing #aspiring author #fantasy #fantasy author #lesbian fantasy book #sapphic fantasy book #fantasy world #elves #worldbuilding #fantasy worldbuilding #elven culture

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c-e-mcgill · 2 years

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Hey

Do you like unhinged, angry women?

Do you like mad science?

Do you like the exquisite homoerotic tension of two Victorian ladies just barely brushing hands?

Do you think that Frankenstein would have gone a lot better if only Victor had been less of an absolute weenie?

Do you look at the story of the Loch Ness Monster and think “...but what if a dinosaur got in the lake”

THEN BOY, DO I HAVE THE BOOK FOR YOU!

Move over, chemists, it’s time for mad paleontologists to shine!

Years ago, Mary’s great uncle Victor Frankenstein mysteriously disappeared in the Arctic; now, in 1853, Mary and her reckless husband Henry are struggling to make a name for themselves as paleontologists in the old-boys'-club that is the world of Victorian science. But when Mary discovers her great-uncle's old notes, detailing his gruesome attempts at creating life, she comes up with a plan — one that will finally make them some money, prove Henry's radical paleontological theories right, and get Mary some of the respect she goddamn deserves...

Our Hideous Progeny is out NOW! Available wherever good books are sold, and also at your library if you yell (politely) at your local librarians to acquire it! 🖤💚🧡

Thanks all, byeee!

(P.S. You can find the content warnings for OHP here!)

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sapphiccharacterstournament · 6 months

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Canon Sapphic Characters Tournament Final Round (Bracket 5)

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littlegrrl7 · 2 months

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We’re pleased to announce the lineup for “The Pull of the Tide,” releasing June 2024!

We were absolutely thrilled to receive so many diverse and wonderful submissions and we feel the anthology will include a little something for everyone’s tastes.

On a personal note, as three sapphic women, we consider ourselves incredibly lucky to have talented authors come together to participate in a fantasy romance anthology of stories where we can see ourselves.

“A Mermaid’s Heart” by SD Simper

“Xiphiidae” by Elliot Ason

“Lure me to the Deep” by Ali Williams

“For the Love of the Sea” by Aoibh Wood

“It Won’t Cost Much” by Theresa Tyree

“Ever in the Waves” by Erin Branch

“A Study of Pupfish, Margaritas, and Mermaids” by Rosemarie Dillon

“Tangled Tides” by Erin Casey

“Out of Water” by Julie Brydon

“Selkie’s Promise” by Evelyn Shine

Cover art by the talented @madbrake

#sapphic fantasy #sapphic romance #mermaidsandpirates #fantasy romance #sapphic books #sapphic anthology

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sapphicbookclub · 4 months

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Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

By day Eustaquia “Kiki” de Sonza and Ana Lezama de Urinza are proper young seventeeth century ladies. But when night falls, they trade in their silks and lace for swords and muskets, venturing out into the vibrant, bustling, crime-ridden streets of Potosí, in the Spanish Empire's Viceroyalty of Peru. They pass their time fighting, gambling, and falling desperately in love with one another.

Then, on the night Kiki's engagement to the Viceroy's son is announced, her older brother―heir to her family’s fortune―is murdered. The girls immediately embark on a whirlwind investigation that takes them from the lowliest brothels of Potosí to the highest echelons of the Spanish aristocracy.

Genres: historical, fantasy, romance

Order from Blackwell's here and get free worldwide shipping!

Listen to the book on audiobooks.com here!

#sapphic books #lgbt books #wlw books #booklr #book recs #historical #fantasy

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apolline-lucy · 15 days

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hey i did a little redesign of my book cover because i didn’t like the way the blurb was written before… how do you like it now?

check out my book, THE SILVER BIRDS, if you’re into sapphic dark fantasy with witches, monsters, spooky deaths, and a whole cast of grey characters!

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