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LGBTQIA+ @ DML November 2025 |
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Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
by Travis Baldree
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv, the orc barbarian, cashes out of the warrior's life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the city has ever seen. However, her dreams of a fresh start filling mugs instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. Old frenemies and Thune's shady underbelly may just upset her plans. To finally build something that will last, Viv will need some new partners, and a different kind of resolve.
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Crime Ink - Iconic : An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons
by John Copenhaver
Drawing inspiration from queer icons--James Baldwin, Oscar Wilde, Candy Darling, Radclyffe Hall, Babadook, Megan Rapinoe, Laverne Cox, Dolly Parton, Vita Sackville-West, and many more--these tales span the rich spectrum of crime fiction, from cozy mysteries and whodunits to noir, psychological thrillers, and police procedurals. Each story is a testament to the depth, ingenuity, and thrilling originality of queer voices in the genre.
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A Fellowship of Games & Fables
by J. Penner
Jez, a grumpy fennex, wants nothing to do with the winter games descending on Adenashire. She'd rather sleep through winter than deal with the snow, the noise, or the swarm of visitors in town. But a drunken boast lands her smack in the middle of the festivities and, even worse, fake dating her endlessly cheerful friend, Taenya, a woodland elf.
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The maiden and her monster
by Maddie Martinez
An atmospheric fantasy novel rooted in history, folklore and sapphic romance. The forest eats the girls who wander out after dark. As the healer's daughter, Malka has seen how the wood's curse has plagued her village, but the Ozmini Church only comes to collect its tithe, not to protect heretics with false stories of monsters in the trees. So when a clergy girl wanders too close to the forest and Malka's mother is accused of her murder, Malka strikes an impossible bargain with a zealot Ozmini priest. If she brings the monster out, he will spare her mother from execution. When she ventures into the shadowed woods, Malka finds a monster, though not the one she expects: an inscrutable, disgraced golem who agrees to implicate herself, but only if Malka helps her fulfill a promise first and free the imprisoned rabbi who created her. But a deal easily made is not easily kept. And as their bargain begins to unravel a much more sinister threat, protecting her people may force Malka to endanger the one person she left home to save--and face her growing feelings for the very creature she was taught to fear.
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A murderous business
by Cathy Pegau
A historical mystery focuses on two queer women in turn-of-the-century New York. Margot Baxter Harriman took the reins of B&H Foods after her father passed. It's not easy being a business woman in 1912, but she is determined to continue what her grandparents started decades ago, no matter what it takes. So when Margot finds Mrs. Gilroy, her father's former assistant, dead in the office with a half-finished note confessing to nebulous misdeeds at B&H, she seeks out help from a very discreet, private investigator to figure out what's going on. Her company, and her good name, are at stake if scandal breaks ... and she could lose everything, including her freedom. Loretta "Rett" Mancini has run her father's investigation operation since he started becoming increasingly forgetful. When Margot offers her the chance to look into the potential scandal with B&H, she jumps at it. But the more the two dig in, the more it becomes clear that Margot's company may be too far lost...and someone is willing to kill them both to keep things quiet.
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The Dandelion Riots
by Kim Smejkal
Drinn has grown up knowing that thanks to the curse placed on her as a baby, should she ever fall in love, the world will be beset by unimaginable disaster. When she escapes captivity and finds refuge in the city, she joins forces with other cursed girls to battle the evil put in place by the witches and their draconian rule. With each day bringing her closer to unleashing the full power of her curse, can Drinn and her friends change the course of what has been determined for her?
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The dead of summer
by Ryan La Sala
Seventeen-year-old Ollie fights to survive a deadly summer on an island off the coast of Maine after it is placed under quarantine due to a long-sunken horror rising from the sea.
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Don't forget to breathe
by Sara Waxelbaum
The lives of Hanna and Zoe, a ballerina and pianist in their senior year of high school, collide as they look towards their future--and it changes their worlds.
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A feast for the eyes
by Alex Crespo
Four teens must track down a local cryptid that is feeding off secrets, before their own hidden truths are exposed.
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Joy to the girls
by Alyson Derrick
During a festive holiday trip, Molly and Alex try to play matchmaker for their friend Cora while grappling with post-college fears and secrets they have been keeping from each other.
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The transition
by Logan-Ashley Kisner
Hunter’s life is at a turning point: After years of fighting his father for it, he’s gotten top surgery. He’s finally starting to feel comfortable in his own skin . . . only to be attacked by a strange creature in his backyard. Luckily, his best friend Gabe intervenes, and Hunter is able to walk away from the incident with his life—and new body—mostly intact. Still, something isn’t right. First, his wounds are healing . . . strangely. Then there are the feverish nightmares, and his teeth . . . they’re falling out of his head. Enter Mars, Hunter’s other best friend, who points out the obvious: That mysterious creature was a werewolf, and Hunter is becoming one too—unless they can figure out a way to kill it. Now, Hunter, Gabe, and Mars are in a race against time
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Wavelength
by Cale Plett
A teen pop star on the run from fame finds family, love and gender euphoria when they become entangled with a local band.
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Hello Sunshine
by Keezy Young
In this lush and romantic queer horror graphic novel, a troubled teen disappears from his small town—sending his loved ones on a paranormal journey to bring him home.
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