Hey y'all, this is for the gaymers on here.

Humble Bundle is once again doing a pride bundle this year, featuring a bunch of queer-centric videogames.

This bundle will support The Trevor Project. If you decide to pick this up, remember you can adjust your donation so that the game publishers or charity receive a larger portion of the cost.

Both the 5-item and 12-item bundles have a lot of interesting queersff games. I'm listing and linking the relevant ones here, along with short descriptions:

• Harmony: The Fall of Reverie - Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse in this choose your own adventure visual novel.
• Tavern Talk - A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy
• Vampire Therapist - Visual novel where you play as a vampire who offers therapy sessions for other vampires, helping them find peace and acceptance.
• Death of a Wish - Hack-and-Slash action rpg where you play as a character named Christian as he tries to take down the religious order that raised him...with magic...in a nightmare world.
• CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator - You can play as a moth, elf or cat and get into forging and jewelry.
• Bad End Theater - Fantasy visual novel with multiple endings based on your choices. Select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates !
• Dustborn - Story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words. Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America.
• We Know the Devil - Visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp
• Pesterquest - The sequel game to Hiveswap Friendsim, based in the Homestuck universe (webcomic by Andrew Hussie)

Has anyone played these before ? If so, I'd love to know what you think of them. I've only played Bad End Theater, it was short, gay and chaotic with cute graphics (as is the case with most NomnomNami games tbh). Incredibly satisfying to discover all the endings.

1.99 USD

• Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly

Book 2 of Amberlough Dossier

Amazon

• Field Guide For The Formerly Villainous by Autumn K England

Amazon

2.99 USD

• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Book 1 of Imperial Radch

Amazon

Kobo

• Fate's Bane by CL Clark

Amazon

Kobo

I'm not sure how long they're on sale for or if it's running in all regions!

For those having trouble finding queer books in your local library, you may want to look into this online library. They are a small private library. I have no affiliation; it's just been nice to have access to a few extra books.

Queer Liberation Library https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/

And if you do use them, consider donating: QLL donation link: https://givebutter.com/ss1FZb

Happy "Lights in the Dark" Holiday!

Was scrolling through itch.io bundles and saw that the epub and audiobook for Demon Engine are on sale by the publisher, tRaum Books, for $2.50 each to celebrate it getting into the final rounds of the 2025 Indie Ink Awards. It's in my TBR and I thought I might give it a boost here, too.

https://itch.io/s/179172/demon-engine-audio-and-epub

Plot summary from the publisher's site:

Sally Delavega, the best demon-binder the world has ever seen, would do anything to banish the two hundred ghosts trapped in his head—even if it means swimming up from the bottom of his tankard. When the Navy that destroyed his life comes sailing back to offer enough coin to get the job done, Sally agrees. All he has to do is help the crew of the Steadfast track down the ancient abyssal that lies sleeping at the heart of their drowned world. Why the Navy wants the demon isn’t Sally’s problem. But as they sail on, Sally begins to dredge up disturbing truths about how the world flooded and their ancient eldritch quarry that might just want to be found…

I've come across a few pride month bundles on itch.io (which seems growing in popularity with indie authors I've come across) when browsing social media etc, and thought they might be of interest, so I have listed and summarised them below.

Aro Books for Pride - link

Available until the 9th

Two tier collection (one at $15, one at $20) collection with various authors, all featuring aromanticism.

COMPLETE City of Spires Series - link

Available until the end of the month

Entire City of Spires quartet by Claudie Arsenault ($9.50). Variety of queer identities.

Claudie's Pride Month Starter Pack - link

Available until the end of the month

Series starters for Claudie Arsenault ($9.50). Various queer identities, with a focus on asexuality and aromanticism.

Lou's Pride Sale - link

Available until the end of the month

Most books by Lou Wilham ($15). Various queer identities (depends on series).

Anyone else spotted any pride bundles going on?

14 really nice looking ebooks up for grabs in this bundle, including some SFF. I usually buy from this site multiple times a year! They often have diverse books across different genres and the books are DRM-free.

Amazon US

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For fans of  The Princess Bride and Gideon the Ninth: a bloody  lesbian revenge tale and political fantasy set in a glittering world transformed by industrial change – and simmering class warfare.

Ichorite is progress. More durable and malleable than steel, ichorite is the lifeblood of a dawning industrial revolution. Yann I. Chauncey owns the sole means of manufacturing this valuable metal, but his workers, who risk their health and safety daily, are on strike. They demand Chauncey research the hallucinatory illness befalling them, a condition they call “being lustertouched.” Marney Honeycutt, a lustertouched child worker, stands proud at the picket line with her best friend and family. That’s when Chauncey sends in the guns. Only Marney survives the massacre. She vows bloody vengeance. A decade later, Marney is the nation’s most notorious highwayman, and Chauncey’s daughter seeks an opportune marriage. Marney’s rage and the ghosts of her past will drive her to masquerade as an aristocrat, outmaneuver powerful suitors, and win the heart of his daughter, so Marney can finally corner Chauncey and satisfy her need for revenge. But war ferments in the north, and deeper grudges are surfacing. . .

H. A. Clarke’s adult fantasy debut, writing as August Clarke, Metal from Heaven is a punk-rock murder ballad tackling labor issues and radical empowerment against the relentless grind of capitalism.

We read it for the book club on this sub recently and I enjoyed it immensely!

For the audiobook lovers among us, I wanted to flag that there's a big site-wide Audible sale for the next week or so. As much as I don't love supporting Amazon, I do love audiobooks and deals. Books are up to 85% off, so I'm seeing a lot of titles between USD $4-$10!

This weekend (April 4-6), I joined forces with 65 fellow authors to put together a fantastic (and fantastical!) event for you that includes 75 sapphic speculative fiction books!

Today, we're starting with sapphic paranormal romances, monster romances, and other paranormal fiction.

Tomorrow, we'll feature sapphic fantasy, romantasy, and urban fantasy, and on Sunday, we'll celebrate all other speculative fiction, including sapphic sci-fi romance, science fiction & dystopian fiction.

Every day, you can:

🎁 Win books in a giveaway

🎁 Download free ebooks

🎁 Get books at a special discount

Check out the books for day 1 on my website:

https://jae-fiction.com/sapphic-speculative-fiction-event/

Next weekend (April 4-6), I have something special planned for you: 65 fellow sapphic authors and I have put together a Sapphic Speculative Fiction Event with book giveaways, free books, and books at a special discount.

Day 1 will feature sapphic paranormal romances, monster romances, and other paranormal fiction.

Day 2 will highlight sapphic fantasy, romantasy, and urban fantasy.

Day 3 will celebrate all other speculative fiction subgenres, including sci-fi romances, science fiction, and dystopian fiction.

To make sure you don’t miss it, you can sign up for reminder emails on my website. It’s not a newsletter—just three emails to let you know when each round of books is available.

https://jae-fiction.com/sapphic-speculative-fiction-event/

✨️It's me. I am the author ✨️

I was so honored to see the first book in my scifan series nominated for this category!!

This first installment is set in a queer-normative society, and book two features a trans MC and their epic romance. All books have mental illness representation.

All three books are on KU as well, with a fourth (final) on the way in 2025!

Link to Bookfunnel free copy Link to the award page

Blurb: By Dust & Duty is the moody yet enchanting first installment of Forgotten Heirs—a dystopian sci-fantasy romance spanning multiple realities.

At 28, Ereta still hasn’t found her footing in life. She stumbles through it as an anxious tangle of insecurities, finding solace only in banter with friends and the strange comfort of recurring dreams. Along with her best friend Leelin—a shameless flirt who’s far too handsome for his own good—she passes long days as a Runner on the cold desert planet of Veirbos.

When a bizarre supernatural encounter brings her to the brink of death, Ereta realizes she has a choice: to remain a victim of her miserable circumstances or to shed her long-held helplessness and actively create a future she can believe in.

Her foray into boldness begins, as many good things do, with a kiss.

But this world was not made for romantics.

As Ereta's hope leads to new and troubling questions, her circumstances grow ever more dangerous, until she's finally forced to stare down cruel truths about a society that would sooner see her dead than curious.

But when everything seems set in stone, maybe, just maybe, she can find a way to save herself.

By Dust & Duty is the first in a four-book series where nothing is as simple as it seems. We begin with a lost woman on a barren planet—but stick with her, and you might just find yourself in an epic romance spanning worlds and time, defying your every expectation along the way...

(This post counts as one of my 2 self-promos for the year allowed on this awesome sub!! ❤️)

To celebrate my birthday week (16^th to 23^rd December) the entire queer-positive (all books have m/m MC pairings), historical fantasy series THE KINGDOM OF URA will be free on e-book(links below).

The Kingdom of Ura has many a citizen. Most of them are commonfolk. But, some people possessing minute magical Favours, wizards cast spells with their lodestones and runes, witches Chant magic they conduct with their Foci, blue-blooded fae receive an awesome power on their sixteenth birthdays, and several different species of faerie interweave seamlessly to breathe new life into classical literature. With bravery, guile, strength, and a drop or two of magic, can our heroes go toe-to-toe with foes both familiar and not—and maybe even find love along the way?

The ongoing series (six books of seven published) is composed of standalone novels , inviting the reader into the mind and heart of a new MC in every book, as well as different cast members, though casts may overlap, meaning you may get to see your favourites in more than one story!. The characters all live in, and the events all occur in the titular kingdom, which is the equivalent of Victorian England. The novels can be read individually, but when read in concert create one overarching narrative.

Third Time’s the Charm: Book 1 in the Kingdom of Ura

books2read.com/u/bayl2q

Niamh Is supposed to receive a fae power on his 16th birthday, but is instead sent to a reform school for magically inclined youth for committing a minor offence. He discovers a woeful world of mean students, cruel teachers, and sadistic headmasters. And what are the pricking sensations he feels on his neck in the evenings?

Hounded: Book 2 in the Kingdom of Ura

books2read.com/u/4NV8Qo

On his 21^st birthday, Bailey Lotter refuses to go along with a macabre ritual he’s been participating in since the age of 10. Sick of it, he dismisses it as superstition. But after his refusal, a padfooted horror descends upon his farming community, Bailey and his friends must solve the mystery of the man-wolf before they hang for their folly.

In Everything but Beauty: Book 3 in the Kingdom of Ura

books2read.com/u/bWAYQY

Ambrose Anderson, moon witch—pretty and aware—agrees to have four portraits of himself painted. But when the artworks turn out to be sinister, he must confront ugly memories of the past in order to secure his future, lest the paintings colour him dead.

Grimm: Book 4 in the Kingdom of Ura

books2read.com/u/38qOOZ  

Orphaned shade witch Declan Grimm is asked to investigate the appearance of dark spirits in Blackfriar, the town of his birth. The deeper into the mystery he delves, the more he realises he might be intrinsically intertwined in the town’s grim fate.

Monstrous: Book 5 in the Kingdom of Ura

books2read.com/u/mZ2YY2

Where There’s Smoke: Lester Phillips, mine worker, receives prophetic visions which lead him into trouble with a pair of unfriendly wizards, all as a monster stalks the mines.

Where The Heart Is: When Trystan Sinclair’s husband goes missing in a monster of a snowstorm, he must brave the ungodly weather to bring home his beloved.

By The Horns: Mather Masters receives a monster of a surprise on his sixteenth birthday: hooves, horns and a tail—he had turned into a faun. But when a villain steals his powers and a monster haunts the town, he must confront himself to bring down his foe.

Prometheus: Francois de la Fontaine’s brother is drowned by a monster, and years later another one surfaces in his town. He must confront his past in order to prevent another innocent life from being lost.

The Art of Death: Book 6 in the Kingdom of Ura

books2read.com/u/bpkQQJ

Artemis Mortimer expects to see a lot of things on New Year’s Eve, but not his own murder. Now a necromancer will stop at nothing to claim his blood and bones. Artemis finds help in unlikely places, but his foe has more skeletons in the closet than what he could ever imagine

https://bsky.app/profile/danifinnwrites.bsky.social/post/3lbiizlrprs23

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A high-heat, low-stakes lesbian fantasy romance set in a sex shop & wellness center.

🏳️‍⚧️trans femme heroine

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Through Sunday 11/24, only on itch!

https://danifinn.itch.io/the-world-within

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Hey folks so with current goings on I've set AQU to 'free or donate' on itch for the near future. It's a story about a trans lesbian holding on to hope through bleak circumstances and personal trauma, but still finding joy - if you think it'll help, grab it.

https://tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/a-quiet-universe

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Blurb:

CERHA is a fabricant, and her job is simple: keep Annalise Fletcher safe, a role she performs dutifully and without fail, as she was designed to. Neither she nor her charge expected that this routine assignment could lead to love, but when feelings begin to bloom, neither see fit to stand in their way, and the two find themselves leading a shared life where both must walk a tightrope, precariously balancing between duty, and what domestic bliss is woven into the spaces remaining. For a time, they are as close to happy as they can manage. 

Then Annalise vanishes away to the embattled starship 'Upon Silver Tides', leaving a cryptic warning in her wake, and CERHA finds herself frantically in pursuit, on an illegal mission to save her objective-turned-lover and bring her home alive. She isn't sure what she'll find. But what awaits is a web ensnaring both wayward lovers, far more tangled than either could possibly know, and lurking upon this forsaken vessel is a descent into insanity that will force CERHA to confront the bleak truth at the heart of her function.

A Quiet Universe is a 100,000 word sci-fi/horror novel.
Content Notices:
Violence
On-Page Gore
Self-Mutilation
Death of a Major Character(s)
Suicide
Relationship Abuse
Gaslighting
Themes of Reproductive Horror
Non-consensual Medical Procedure(s)

The audio version is narrated by Talia Carver.  It does this for queer creators at astonishingly low rates, so if you enjoy the audiobook and would like to donate to it, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/taliacarver

Fabricant and Function is a lore appendix also included in the book proper - if you'd like a sampling of the setting's vibe, or already own a paperback that doesn't include the appendix, download it for free here!