#MNastodon #LGBTQstodon #TwinCities folks and nearby - come see us at Pagan Pride tomorrow! We’ll be in Minnehaha Park, near the Falls and the labyrinth! #TCPaganPride https://tcpaganpride.org/fallfestival/

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Looking for fun reads to kick off your weekend? We got you covered with everything from
steampunk to gaslamp mystery to dapper lesbian capybara pirates! Read more #QueerBooks! #weekendreads https://queenofswordspress.com

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon #libraries Today’s Queen of Swords Press plug: you can get our books at your local library! Ebooks and audiobooks are available via Overdrive/Libby and print via IngramSpark! https://www.overdrive.com/publishers/queen-of-swords-press

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Did you know we have a #Bookshopdotorg storefront? You can buy our books there and support #indiebookstores too! Our books are available to order there or in stock at cool indies like @DreamHavenBooks, @magersandquinn and beyond! https://bookshop.org/shop/qospress

#LGBTQstodon #Bookstodon One of the high points of my 2023, a decidedly mixed year, has been seeing my #menopausalwerewolf series get this lovely shoutout from #JudithTarr at Tor.com! https://www.tor.com/2023/01/09/change-of-life-catherine-lundoffs-wolves-of-wolfs-point/

#LGBTQstodon #Bookstodon If you’re looking to check out a small press author for the #SapphicSeptember Readathon (or any other time!), may we suggest Dee Holloway’s historical fantasy, LITTLE NOTHING? Available from us, Bella Books, Bookshop.org and beyond! https://queenofswordspress.com/product/little-nothing/

#Bookstodon #lgbtqbooks #LGBTQstodon What are we working on right now? The sequel to Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold’s DEATH BY SILVER, Lynes & Mathey 2, A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB! It’ll be out in December and #preorders are coming soooon! #Gaygaslamp #murdermysteries https://queenofswordspress.com/product/death-by-silver/

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon #WordChristchurch If you’ll be in Christchurch, NewZealand this week, go hear Queen of Swords Press author A.J. Fitzwater (THE VOYAGES OF CINRAK THE DAPPER, 2020) on this panel on #queerjoy! https://wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/the-importance-of-writing-queer-joy/

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon #novella Big week! Queen of Swords Press author Dee Holloway (LITTLE NOTHING, 2023) has a new “6 Books” post up at Nerds of a Feather this morning and it’s filled with good stuff! http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/08/6-books-with-dee-holloway.html?m=1

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon #Sfauthors Signalboost for author #RiversSolomon, who needs to raise funds for immigration application expenses - https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-fees-and-getting-back-on-feet?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon #sapphic #novella Speaking of #reviews, Queen of Swords Press published a terrific novella by author Dee Holloway last month and it could really use more review love. If you’re a #bookreviewer or #bookblogger on any platform and a cool historical fantasy featuring a young lesbian couple, magic and resistance might be your thing, let us know! https://queenofswordspress.com/product/little-nothing/

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Big thank you shoutout to the team at @itgodontpanic #podcast for a nice new #review of DEATH BY SILVER by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold! https://itgodp.libsyn.com/baileys-books-space-opera-political-commentary-and-a-touch-of-mystery

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Happy birthday to author #Melissa Scott! Melissa @blueterraplane
has a ton of great books out and you should read all of them! That said, Queen of Swords Press published a new edition of the terrific gay Edwardian gaslamp mystery that she wrote with Amy Griswold @amygriswold, DEATH BY SILVER! Here’s a link to their Great Idea post about this series - https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/04/13/the-big-idea-melissa-scott-amy-griswold/

I’ve been fascinated by the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray (queer Black attorney, minister, poet, civil rights activist, etc.) since I wrote a piece about a project inspired by them for Library Journal and just started reading their autobiography, SONG IN A WEARY THROAT. Fascinated to learn that her family and that of acclaimed writer Samuel Delany, one of my writing instructors, all knew each other when she was growing up. #Blackhistory #LGBTQstodon https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/who-is-pauli

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Last day for the #Smashwords sale on Queen of Swords Press books, including Heather Rose Jones’s aromantic retelling of Beauty and the Beast, THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES, which is on this week’s reading list!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1132976

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Last few hours for our #DriveThruFiction #sale! https://www.drivethrufiction.com/browse/pub/15244/Queen-of-Swords-Press

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Like sapphic werewolves, found family and #audiobooks? There’s just a couple of days left to get a great deal on my novel BLOOD MOON (plus 2 free audiobooks!) - https://www.audiobooksnow.com/audiobooks/blood-moon/8606367/

#Signalboost #Housingemergency #Disability #BlackMastodon #LGBTQstodon Boosting again for @flaminghohners, who needs to make rent this week. https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-me-with-rent-for-august-and-september?member=27925659&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon And DEATH BY SILVER is on #sale at #DriveThruFiction’s Christmas in July sale! https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/433607/Death-by-Silver?manufacturers_id=15244

Congratulations to Melissa @blueterraplane and Amy @amygriswold, whose terrific gay Edwardian gaslamp mystery, DEATH BY SILVER, sold enough copies to get them their author mugs (a Queen of Swords Press tradition)! Thank you to everyone who bought, recommended and reviewed the book too! #bookstodon #lgbtqstodon