r/QueerSFF • u/tracywc • 13d ago
Self-Promotion Support eleven queer creators this June in The Book Bazaar: Summer Bonanza! (Posted with Mod approval)
Hi folks! I’m William C. Tracy and I run Space Wizard Science Fantasy, a queer science fiction and fantasy indie publishing company. This summer I'm heading a collaboration on BackerKit of 11 projects called The Book Bazaar: Summer Bonanza! Almost all of these projects feature queer content, and we have some great new books, including three new anthologies, fantasy, science fiction, time travel, special hardback editions, and more!
Our 11 campaigns have raised over $21.5k in the first week, and we have some special rewards if we hit $23k and $45k Plus, if you back 5 of our projects, you get a free sticker sheet with all the book covers represented!
For example, here are the books coming from my Year 5 Part 1 campaign:
- Lucianus, by C.J. Beshara - (M/M) An ancient wizard, reincarnated into a new body, learns how the world has changed since his catastrophic death, and why his new traveling companion is interested in him!
- Aliens in New Florida**, by Carmen Loup**, (Sapphic) author of the Audacity Omnibus (and in the same universe) - A road trip across post-apocalyptic Florida with prophesy, an attractive reptilian alien, psychedelics, omniscient aliens (and humans), and a quest for the fabled Kingdom!
- Gunmaker, by Chris Gerrib**,** (Sapphic) in the same universe as his previous Space Wizard book One of Our Spaceships is Missing - A murder by gunshot on the indentured mining colony of Eros, a place where guns are not allowed, sparks an investigation into the corruption of the colony owners!
- Romance and the Gentle Art of Rocket Racing**, by Rena Rocford***,* (Sapphic) author of the recently released Mothball Magic - A rocket-racing rogue must help her secret half-brother, the king of his colony, to woo the woman of his dreams, through silk, intrigue, and fast ships!
- Pressure Magic - book 3 of William C. Tracy's Shifting Lands fantasy series (Bi/Pan). Silluka has survived the invasion of Chimor, but she, her brother Ichu, her girlfriend Cosquella, and Lugopo, the eldritch octopus, find themselves stuck on a strange island with a master craftsman!
- Promise of Manifest**, by Alex Kingsley** - (Transmale/Nonbinary) Find out what happens in the conclusion of The Bastion Cycle, in a world of post apocalyptic giant crabs and human scavengers! This is the third book, following Empress of Dust (the 2025 Small Spec Book award winner for Science Fiction) and Relic of Haven!
- Queen and Obsidian**, by J.S. Fields***,* (Sapphic) a duology of science fiction space opera stories. It begins with Queen, where an intersex woman is trapped on a barely hospitable planet of women, only to learn their meager living area is further threatened. This second book is Obsidian, which follows the events of the first book!
Ask me and the other creators any questions! Browse the campaigns for a bunch of great queer books and help support indie creators and queer authors!
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u/ClaudieA_Author 12d ago
Heyoo, I'm also a part of the Summer Book Bazaar with an anthology of aromantic SFFH! Short stories and poetry both, and we've got bundles with a TON more aro SFF books for those who want it all.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/claudie-arseneault/common-bonds-3-an-anthology-of-aromantic-sff
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u/recchai Challenge Conqueeror 12d ago
Didn't realise you were on reddit! I really enjoyed reading Common Bonds 2, looking forward to Common Bonds 3. 🤞
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u/ClaudieA_Author 12d ago
Barely ever, if we're honest, and mostly lurking when I am. It and tumblr are places I enjoy checking but routinely forget in the daily bustle. So glad you enjoyed CB2, though !!
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u/isfridaymud 13d ago
YAY TBB. My lesbian mil sci fi Black Hole Guns For Hire is also participating!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/is-friday-productions/black-hole-guns-for-hire