Speculatively Queer

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Xenocultivars made the "Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy" longlist! "Folded Into Tendril and Leaf" by @bogiperson has been chosen as one of the Notable Stories of 2022: johnjosephadams.com/projects/best-…

@nocturnalxlight @writesloud @spillovermag @femmeanddandy @azejournal @warninglines @madness_press @tealightpress @queerlings @w_confetti @lavenderlimelit @WhaleRoadReview Thank you for the shoutout! Just a note—we publish books, not journals 🙂

@writesloud @spillovermag Definitely Nonbinary Review then! 😁 also check out: @femmeanddandy @azejournal @warninglines @madness_press @tealightpress @queerlings @specqueer @w_confetti @lavenderlimelit and we’ve published wonderful writing from queer/nonbinary poets as well at @WhaleRoadReview 💕

hadn't gotten around to tweeting about this bc busy weekend but my cover for Xenocultivars is nominated for a SJV!

Laya Rose (@layahimalaya) has just been nominated for a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Artwork for her incredible work on the "Xenocultivars" cover! Congratulations and thank you for making our book so beautiful, Laya! sffanz.nz/the-sir-julius…

"Xenocultivars is a particularly excellent compilation, expertly edited and curated [...] that celebrates the many facets of queer growth and expression, both personally and culturally." Thank you @QueerSciFi for the lovely review! queerscifi.com/review-xenocul…

Thank you @QueenOfRats for including Xenocultivars on this list of summer reading recommendations for 12th-graders! bookjockeyalex.com/2023/04/06/12t…

Lovely post on small presses to the new website of Clara Ward, author of our 2024 speculative fiction novel, Be the Sea, with love to @specqueer and @ThinkNiche. Small presses really do need your love to thrive! 🥰 (So thank you for being here.) clarawardauthor.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/thr…

Our Lammy finalist "Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth" currently has only 13 reviews on Goodreads, if anyone feels like dropping a note!

hello friends I have restocked my rainbow fungi sticker design but this time it is HOLO! 🍄🌈

Twenty four more hours to go!! Pre-order indie speculative fiction 🖤

Guess whose anthology of plants and joy is a Lammy finalist this year!! Couldn't be more honored to share this with my co-contributors and our wonderful @specqueer editors 💕🌻🌷🌿

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Major update: our anthology "Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth" is a Lambda Literary Awards finalist! Thank you so much @LambdaLiterary! 🏳️‍🌈💖

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