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Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight by Shelly Page

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Minor: Death of parent

Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia

Serial Showgirl by Daniel Crago

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Religious bigotry

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

dark reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens by Marieke Nijkamp

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

His first baptism was a violation, but the second was a renewal.

There is so much to love about this story, and it is amazing that it accomplishes all that it does in less than 150 pages. Mandelo presents us with a familiar enough scene: city nurse and former vet Leslie gets assigned to the small, rural, religious community of Spar Creek. Nearly all the townsfolk regard him with an icy demeanor, which only grows frostier when he takes notice of the “troublesome” youth, Stevie. Despite growing threats from the community, lead by the overzealous Pastor Holladay, Leslie knows that he and Stevie share a commonality in their gender — one that’s only further put a target on their backs. But, maybe, you call someone a monster enough times, they’ll show you their claws and you’ll live just long enough to find out how monsters fight back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Abortion, and War

We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia and Sexism

Sex and the Weimar Republic: German Homosexual Emancipation and the Rise of the Nazis by Laurie Marhoefer

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Racism, Police brutality, and War

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Andrew Joseph White has made a name for himself writing stories about trans kids that bite back in a world that wishes we were quiet, invisible, and dead; Compound Fracture is no exception. Miles’ story starts off bloody and never lets up. Being trans in rural communities is hard as it is, but add in a century long blood feud with a power hungry sheriff that ain’t all that afraid to get his hands dirty — getting out with your life and family intact is a miracle and then some. This story is not kind, it is not neat, it is not done up all pretty to appease the masses. It’s angry, messy, vengeful, an important story to tell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Minor: Fatphobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

Your Body is not Your Body: An Anthology by Matt Blairstone, Alex Woodroe

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Transphobia, Vomit, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, and Pedophilia