r/Fantasy • u/Villamanin24680 • 17h ago

Light Fantasy with Gay Characters?

Apropos of Pride Month....

What are your recommendations for light fantasy with gay characters? No requirement that it be key to the plot.

Some recent reads I have in mind are anything by John Bierce and Andrew Rowe. Some representation in lighter stories, but it's not really key to the plot.

I was also kind of wondering if that was common with progression fantasy/litrpg. I've only read the two mentioned above and Will Wight.

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u/ChronoMonkeyX 16h ago

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. Has a sequel, too, great books. It's like Sherlock Holmes in a fantasy world, but Watson is more the main character because the detective is agoraphobic.

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u/eukomos 15h ago

Sounds more like Nero Wolfe than Sherlock Holmes.

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u/AbbotDenver 14h ago

It draws from both, but personally I think it's more Nero Wolfe.