Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife. According to Mother, he’ll be married by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_(female_husband) “Henry Fielding is generally considered one of the great classic English novelists, best known for his novels Joseph Andrews (1742) and Tom Jones (1749). In 1746, Fielding anonymously published this novelette, which is a fictionalized account of the story of Mary Hamilton, who became notorious as the female husband. Hamilton grew up in Scotland…
It is 1887, and Alma Rosales is on the hunt for stolen opium. Trained in espionage by the Pinkerton Detective Agency—but dismissed for bad behavior and a penchant for going undercover as a man—Alma now works for Delphine Beaumond, the seductive mastermind of a West Coast smuggling ring. When product goes missing at their Washington…
Two medieval monks react to their transformation and demonic pregnancy in very different ways. This short story, “Brother Maternitas”, was nominated for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award. It was originally published as part of the charity anthology “Your Body is Not Your Body” by Tenebrous Press. The author has personally submitted “Brother Maternitas” to transreads.org.
Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked by a wife of her husband while both are painting in their studio, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate. Uniting fact…
Mr. Lowe lives the simple and happy life of a shopkeeper. A Chinese immigrant to Jamaica in the 1890s, Lowe revels in the lush beauty of his adoptive land. But the past confronts Lowe in everything he does, and so his history reveals itself—the tale of his exile from China, his shipboard adventures, an unwanted…
A daring novel situated roughly in the fin de siècle period of 1890 to 1930, Jews Queers Germans centers on the interlocking lives of five remarkable figures; Prince Philipp von Eulgenburg, Kaiser William’s closest friend; Magnus Hirschfield, the pioneering sexologist; Count Harry Kessler, a leading proponent of modernism and the keeper of an extraordinary set…
Take a journey through time and genres to discover stories where queer teens live, love, and shape the world around them. Seventeen young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn…
Sophie, a young religious French woman, is determined to learn and apply the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity to her everyday life after her friend Celeste joins The Society. Her other friend, Maxi, is hesitant yet supportive of her new journey and association with The Society. However, her parents, Louis and Anne, oppose Sophie’s…
Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of Jack Sheppard, a legendary eighteenth century thief. No one knows Jack’s true story—his confessions have never been found. That is, until Dr. Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox. Dated 1724, the manuscript…