Most of the books and stories that Otherwise Award jurors read to pick a winner are nominated by authors and readers. We need your suggestions. If you’ve read a work of science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our notions of gender, please tell us about it by filling out the recommendation form below. If you have more than one, just fill out the form again with a new recommendation and repeat the process until you’ve told us about them all.
Recommendations close on the 1st of December, 2020. Because recommendations are accepted from everyone, and haven’t been reviewed by the jury, we request that nominated creators not publicize their appearance on this list: if you win, or your work shows up on an honor list or long list, please publicize to your heart’s content!
The 2020 Otherwise Award will be given in 2021, location to be determined.
To let us know something related to recommendations that doesn’t fit in the form, please email recommendations@otherwiseaward.org.
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2024 Otherwise Award Recommendations
The 2020 Otherwise Award Recommendations
| Author | Title | Publisher | Comments | Sub Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nived N/A | Eternal Love | Page Publishing | Debut novel by author Nived who puts a twist on a love that lasts long beyond time.amazon.com/eternal-love-nived/dp/1662409… | 2020-10-12 11:16:22 | |
| Sarah Chorn | Of Honey and Wildfires | Self-Published | Of Honey and Wildfires is a beautifully composed, elegant exploration of otherness as defined not only by gender but by class, social status, and environmental and bodily health. The story is told through three points of view of narrowing scope: Arlen, the transgender heir to a vast mineral fortune; Cassandra, the daughter of an outlaw and saboteur; and Ianthe, Cassandra's terminally ill-lover. Arlen's identity is the lynchpin of the story, but events turn on his parentage, not his apparent gender at birth. On that basis, this book normalizes the transgender experience in an emotionally charged and highly satisfying way.amazon.com/dp/b084jb5jvn/ | 2020-10-09 14:46:20 | |
| Lee MurrayGeneve FlynnNadia BulkinGrace ChanRin ChupecoElaine CuyegkengGabriela LeeRena MasonAngela Yuriko SmithChristina Sng | Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women | Omnium Gatherum | Almond-eyed celestial, the filial daughter, the perfect wife. Quiet, submissive, demure. In Black Cranes, Southeast Asian writers of horror both embrace and reject traditional roles in a unique collection of stories which dissect their experiences of “otherness,” be it in the colour of their skin, the angle of their cheekbones, the things they dare to write, or the places they have made for themselves in the world. Black Cranes is a dark and intimate exploration of what it is to be a perpetual outsider. omniumgatherumedia.com/black-cranes | 2020-10-06 23:12:30 | |
| Eva Rosenfeld | Inside the Apple | The Harvard Advocate | theharvardadvocate.com/content/apple/ | 2020-09-27 17:35:27 | |
| G.D. Penman | The Wounded Ones | Meerkat Press | meerkatpress.com/books/the-wounded-ones/ | 2020-09-25 18:42:28 | |
| J. Ashley-Smith | The Attic Tragedy | Meerkat Press | meerkatpress.com/books/the-attic-tragedy… | 2020-09-25 18:41:05 | |
| Trace Kerr | The Names We Take | Ooligan Press | The Names We Take is a regionally focused post-apocalyptic teen novel that explores friendship and, to a slightly lesser degree, romance. An LGBTQIA+ heroine fighting for survival and acceptance. Themes that resonate with teens and adults, such as self-reliance, social obligation, and finding acceptance outside one's family. Action-heavy while still maintaining emotional weight and a focus on interpersonal relationships, particularly between young women. Representation of marginalized identities, including but not limited to people of color, queer people, and people with disabilities. Offers realistic and unflinching portrayals of violence and tragedy without giving way to unrelenting bleakness. | 2020-09-24 08:32:40 | |
| Vanessa Veselka | The Great Offshore Grounds | Loved this book about 2 women on a journey to learning about their past, a big recommendation for this! | 2020-09-21 08:22:37 | ||
| Zen Cho | The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water | Tor | publishing.tor.com/theorderofthepuremoon… | 2020-09-19 11:46:24 | |
| Anya Johanna DeNiro | City of a Thousand Feelings | Aqueduct Press | aqueductpress.com/books/978-1-61976-177-… | 2020-09-19 11:24:40 | |
| Maggie Tokuda-Hall | The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea | Candlewick | candlewick.com/cat.asp?mode=book&isb… | 2020-09-19 11:20:52 | |
| Ava Kelly | The Confessionist | Atthis Arts | This stunning sci-fi piece by a trans, ace, Romanian author with real-life Artificial Intelligence expertise, tells a story of trans heroism and compassion in the most beautiful, sensory way.atthisarts.com/product/community-of-magi… | 2020-09-16 13:17:27 | |
| Ether Nepenthes | Writink | Atthis Arts | This delightful and excellent story by a trans, French, disabled author is a feast of modern gender presentation through the interweaving of family, fandom, and hope.atthisarts.com/product/community-of-magi… | 2020-09-16 13:16:41 | |
| Minerva Cerridwen | Memory Malfunction | Atthis Arts | This lovely story, by an aro ace, genderqueer, Belgian author, about a disabled robot addresses gender with seamless, modern, finesse.atthisarts.com/product/community-of-magi… | 2020-09-16 13:15:58 | |
| Jennifer Lee Rossman | Write Me a Soul | Atthis Arts | This amazing, emotional piece by a non-binary, disabled author shows gender and attraction through highly interpretable magical realism and a non-traditional format.atthisarts.com/product/community-of-magi… | 2020-09-16 13:15:38 | |
| Minerva Cerridwen | The Dragon of Ynys | Atthis Arts | A previous edition of this title was longlisted in 2018 under a different small press. This 2020 edition is completely revised for sensitivity issues and features an entirely new epilogue, afterword, and cover. A great deal of care went into correcting sensitivity issues identified in the 2018 edition (I am the primary editor and we hired an extensive and diverse team of sensitivity readers), after the author better understood that she was reflecting the hurtful ways people had taught her to think about her own gender. We hope that both this new story, as well as the openness of its revision, will inspire kindness, inclusion, and love of one's self - and we hope that you will consider it for the 2020 Otherwise awards. Thank you for your time, and let me know if you have any questions.atthisarts.com/product/the-dragon-of-yny… | 2020-09-15 06:11:29 | |
| Rachel Hillebrand | Colony | Amazon KDP | I believe this book should be considered. It was one of my favorite reads this year. amazon.com/gp/product/b08gznj3d8/ref=dbs… | 2020-09-13 17:06:36 | |
| Petra Kuppers | Coral Tissue | Psychopomp | psychopompmag.com/coral-tissue/ | 2020-09-08 09:23:08 | |
| Jordan Ifueko | Raybearer | Amulet Books | I loved this book and I think most of you (jury and others sneaking a peek at this list) will really enjoy reading it. | 2020-09-07 12:19:24 | |
| Oghenechovwe EkpekiNicole Givens KurtzDilman DilaEugen BaconNuzo OnohMarian Denise MooreDare Segun FalowoRafeeat AliyuSuyi Davies OkungbowaOdida NyabundiMame BougoumaZelda KnightTananarive Due DieneMichael Boatmanand Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald. | Dominion, an Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora | Aurelia Leo | The first ever anthology of speculative fiction and poetry from Africa and the African diasporaaurelialeo.com/product/94602008172020/ | 2020-09-06 18:14:05 | |
| Oghenechovwe Ekpeki | Ife-Iyoku, Tale of Imadeyunuagbon | Aurelia Leo | ekpeki.com/2020/08/24/ife-iyoku-tale-of-… | 2020-09-06 18:06:14 | |
| R Cooper | Taji from Beyond the Rings | amazon.com/taji-beyond-rings-r-cooper-eb… | 2020-09-02 04:32:35 | ||
| Linnéa Capps | What Makes a Witch | Weasel Press | 2020-08-31 13:31:26 | ||
| N.K. Jemison | The City We Became | This book was so hard to put down, covered so much ground, and was written with such an intensely skillful voice that it's hard to know which direction to emphasize. Some series books make me mad that I started before I can read the full story arc (so I often wait until all the books are published to begin) but this one is so complete unto itself that it's a gift way more than a tease. I can't comment with any real perspective considering I've loved New York since I was very young, but I think that even someone who has no desire to get anywhere near there would still have a ball with this book and come out edified through her sheer ability to convey all the ways there are to be human.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/n-k-jemisin… | 2020-08-27 10:20:53 | ||
| Alison Evans | Euphoria Kids | Echo Publishing | Ever since the witch cursed Babs, she turns invisible sometimes. She has her mum and her dog, but teachers and classmates barely notice her. Then, one day, Iris can see her. And Iris likes what they see. Babs is made of fire. Iris grew from a seed in the ground. They have friends, but not human ones. Not until they meet Babs. The two of them have a lot in common: they speak to dryads and faeries, and they’re connected to the magic that’s all around them. There’s a new boy at school, a boy who’s like them and who hasn’t yet found his real name. Soon the three of them are hanging out and trying spellwork together. Magic can be dangerous, though. Witches and fae can be cruel. Something is happening in the other realm, and despite being warned to stay away, the three friends have to figure out how to deal with it on their own terms. Anyone who loves the work of Francesca Lia Block and delights in Studio Ghibli films will be entranced by this gorgeous and gentle young adult novel about three queer friends who come into their power.echopublishing.com.au/titles/euphoria-ki… | 2020-08-26 22:03:46 | |
| Maria Romasco Moore | “The Moon Room” | Kaleidotrope | "The shutter snaps shut and for an instant—Bambi Deerest, belligerent, having lost her best hat earlier that evening, standing at the edge of the stage, waving an arm half-encased in silver bangles, purple bangs catching on her eyelashes, beads of sweat dotting her forehead like gems—time stops."kaleidotrope.net/archives/spring-2020/th… | 2020-08-17 14:57:42 | |
| Cameron Van Sant | A Government-Sanctioned Marriage | Queer Pack | This story, published in the anthology "Queers Who Don't Quit," is set on a spaceship where marriages are arranged by an algorithm in order to maximize happiness. When a young cis man is arranged to marry a trans man, he realizes that not everyone is treated equally under the system. | 2020-08-08 16:48:04 | |
| Cameron Van Sant | The Whale Fall at the End of the Universe | Clarkesworld Magazine | This story is about two mermaid-like aliens connecting at the end of the universe. All of the characters in the story have gender-neutral pronouns.clarkesworldmagazine.com/vansant_03_20/ | 2020-08-08 16:40:59 | |
| Julian K. Jarboe | Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel | Lethe Press | lethepressbooks.com/store/p576/everyone_… | 2020-08-02 17:38:14 | |
| Chas (Charles) GallatinN/A | Earworm | Charles Gallatin | Charles Gallatin is an award winning author, news paper reporter and Editor. Please consider his newest book for this award. Praise for this book - "The reader is introduced into a world that feels very familiar and then is changed to an almost utopian place you wish you were living in. The action progresses from there and you're caught up in story that twists and turns and is a rollicking good time. This is an alien invasion story and I caught myself torn between thinking - would I prefer the aliens take over or the human race overcome them? I won't give up the plot, so you'll have to figure that one out for yourself. This story is set in and a round Austin Texas and the hill country and really captures the feel of the people and places"amazon.com/dp/b08cr4h5h8/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_… | 2020-08-01 19:48:42 | |
| Adi Callai | The Sodomites | Xi Draconis Books | Set a little way into the future, this is a speculative novel on revolt in Israel/Palestine on the intersection of gender with many other spheres. Exciting, provocative, politically pertinent, and coming out of nowhere -- I am sure the Otherwise Award could help it make a much-needed splash in literature and social movement politics. Also here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sodomites-adi-callai/1137319922gen.lib.rus.ec/fiction/cd98abcbc94830a3d… | 2020-07-28 13:23:46 | |
| Jo Miles | Grow, Divide, Sacrifice, Thrive | Metaphorosis Magazine | A young nonbinary person discovers they've been left out of the legacy of their family's magical sourdough, and sets out to start their own, new legacy. An exploration of found family, privilege, and gender in magic.magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2020/gro… | 2020-07-20 07:05:06 | |
| Lizzie Newell | Under an Airless Sky | Utopia Science Fiction | Published in April Issue of Utopia Science Fiction explores concepts of men from a matriarchal society as refugees in a non-binary society. A telepathic family unit of men flee their matriarchal home and arrive at Seracho and attempt to seek refuge among the androgynous and non-binary people who live there. A story that deals with communication issues, as well as explores different perspectives of gender and gender roles beyond simply male and female. utopiasciencefiction.com/shop | 2020-07-18 15:47:35 | |
| Erik Martiny | Night of the Long Goodbyes | River Boat Books | The novel features the intersectional persecution of immigrants and LGBTs in post-Brexit 2040s Britain. All LGBTs are sent to penal colonies in the Hebrides Islands, referencing the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany (it is a little known fact that homosexuals were killed in greater numbers in camps, used as target practice and sexually tortured). One of the main perpetrators of this situation is Bora Johnson who ends up regretting the loss of alternative people so much that she becomes a shape-shifting transgender person herself. During intercourse with her, the narrator comes to understand gender fluidity. Deeply influenced by Angela Carter, the novel blurs the boundary between sci-fi and magic realism: the God figure at the end is a feminist hermaphrodite and Petra turns out to be a transsexual Saint Peter who deplores the misogynistic rhetoric of the Bible.riverboatbooks.com/night-of-the-long-goo… | 2020-07-13 05:07:57 | |
| Red Harvey | Obsolution | Wattpad | An underpaid retail worker grapples with an alcoholic wife and volatile home life, giving in to create a female replicant in a dystopia veering toward full-mechanization. For Ty, the surreal drudgery of working in a retail environment is interrupted when robotic interfaces are installed at his job. Any protest of the machines will prompt Prominents to place him in a re-education program. Ty becomes obsessed with the idea of a printing a live composite. In a botched job, he ends up printing a female version of himself. Thanks to his clone, Samantha (or Sam as she insists being called), Ty and his family are in danger of being jailed by Prominent forces when Sam strays from simple Prominent edicts by dating a woman. Sam and Ty's reality begins to unravel and they are forced to new truths.wattpad.com/story/4129932-obsolution-%e2… | 2020-07-01 06:50:31 | |
| K. Aten | Remember Me, Synthetica | Regal Crest Enterprises | amazon.com/gp/product/b088rmsk1m | 2020-06-29 17:57:26 | |
| Aaron Reed | Subcutanean | Self-published | A book using generative text techniques from game design that changes with each new reader, telling a queer coming-of-age story about parallel realities and deciding which version of ourselves we want to survive.subcutanean.textories.com/ | 2020-06-23 14:11:30 | |
| Brandon Keaton | Transference | Ingleside Avenue Press | "There’s plenty of profanity, an undercurrent of sexual enslavement and an up-front discourse on gender identification through the lives of people who are imprisoned to the point they’re trapped even in the bodies that contain their souls. Author B. T. Keaton creates a science fiction masterwork in TRANSFERENCE that explores human identity and the dignity of the person without unnecessary moralizing." ~Meredith Lindemon for IndieReader https://indiereader.com/book_review/transference/ amazon.com/dp/b082wphthh | 2020-06-16 14:36:18 | |
| April White | Death's Door | Corazon Entertainment | A compelling and original look at race and gender when Edgar Allan Poe stumbles into a bar owned by a modern Black woman.smile.amazon.com/gp/product/b087tck1kh/r… | 2020-06-14 13:58:41 | |
| Chana Porter | The Seep | Soho Press | 2020-06-07 07:22:59 | ||
| Pat Murphy | Motherhood | Lightspeed | A cutting, satirical extrapolation of current trends in US politics and law regarding reproductive rights.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/motherhoo… | 2020-06-06 14:04:40 | |
| Eniola Fase | Bruises | Gender based, how women are treated in crimem.barnesandnoble.com/w/bruises-eniola-fa… | 2020-06-03 23:09:08 | ||
| Albrin Junior | Fake London Girl and other stories | It's a collection of short stories, of which the first story - Fake London Girl explores the female genderamazon.com/dp/b08959zw4d | 2020-06-03 13:54:52 | ||
| A.J. Fitzwater | The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper | Queen of Swords Press | Cinrak the Dapper is a keeper of secrets, a righter of wrongs, the saltiest capybara on the sea and a rider of both falling stars and a great glass whale. Join her, her beloveds, the rat Queen Orvilia and the marmot diva Loquolchi, lead soprano of the Theatre Rat-oyal, her loyal cabin kit, Benj the chinchilla, and Agnes, last of the great krakens, as they hunt for treasures of all kinds and find adventures beyond their wildest dreams. Let Sir Julius Vogel Award-winning storyteller A.J. Fitzwater take you on a glorious journey about finding yourself, discovering true love and exploring the greatest secrets of the deep. Also, dapperness.queenofswordspress.com/product/the-voyag… | 2020-05-25 09:14:51 | |
| Sim Kern | Depart, Depart! | Stelliform Press | stelliform.press/index.php/books/ | 2020-05-24 13:59:16 | |
| Page WoollerAli Vermeeren | Emily Corn Discovering Darkness | Markosia Enterprises | This is a unique non-binary coming of age fantasy graphic novel for 12+ yr olds that truly gives insight into fantasy with characters that are not just set in binary roles. | 2020-05-22 10:09:53 | |
| Claire Fitzpatrick | Metamorphosis | IFWG Publishing | amazon.com.au/metamorphosis-collection-s… | 2020-05-20 19:00:39 | |
| Aiki Flinthart | Blackbirds Sing | CAT Press | books2read.com/blackbirds | 2020-05-20 18:13:01 | |
| Pamela Jeffs | Saloons & Stardust: A Collection | Four Ink Press | Saloons and Stardust – A Collection, is a science fiction collection of short stories by author Pamela Jeffs, featuring themes centred around ‘courageous women’.books2read.com/u/3nppa8 | 2020-05-20 18:08:20 | |
| Sofia SamatarNathan BallingrudCarina BissettGregory Norman BossertKaren BovenmyerChristopher BrownEmily CataneoJulie C. DayMichael J DelucaGemma FilesA.T. GreenblattNin HarrisChip HouserJames Patrick KellyMarianne KirbyKathrin KöhlerMatthew KresselJordan Kurella Premee MohamedSarah ReadBonnie Jo StufflebeamSteve ToaseA.C. Wise | Weird Dream Society: An Anthology of the Possible & Unsubstantiated in Support of RAICES | Weird Dream Society an imprint of Reckoning Press | Playful, whimsical, or dark, but always thoughtful and tinged with the inexplicably weird,the Weird Dream Society brings together twenty-three stories from the most innovative creators in speculative fiction. All proceeds from the Weird Dream Society anthology will go to RAICES. RAICES envisions a compassionate society where all people have the right to migrate, and human rights are guaranteed. Some dreams can change the world.amazon.com/weird-dream-society-anthology… | 2020-05-15 08:52:37 | |
| Meredith McClaren | Super Fun Sexy Times Vol. 1 | Oni Press | 2020-05-15 04:01:07 | ||
| Sarah Gailey | Upright women wanted | Tor | 2020-05-15 03:56:03 | ||
| Molly Tanzer | Creatures of Charm and Hunger | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | The third standalone novel set in Molly Tanzer’s magic-infused universe takes readers to World War II–era England where two young women are studying witchcraft. Though once inseparable, competition, secrets, and wildly dangerous magic set them at odds and draw them to terrifying ends. | 2020-05-13 08:03:23 | |
| John Morrison | The Perfection of Fish | Black Rose Writing | The book will be available for shipping on 9 July from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The author or publisher can provide an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) prior to the July date--either as a PDF or a physical softcover book. In addition, the author can provide an Author's Briefing/SparkyNotes that include a blurb, synopsis, chapter summaries, author's bio, and character profiles. Contact grockmeister@gmail.com.vorpelword.com | 2020-05-10 13:21:13 | |
| John Wiswell | Gender and Other Faulty Software | Fireside Magazine | firesidefiction.com/gender-and-other-fau… | 2020-05-03 14:50:10 | |
| JY NEON YANG | A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential | clarkesworldmagazine.com/yang_05_20/ | 2020-05-02 09:08:53 | ||
| Anys Ow | Cradle and Grave | Neon Hemlock Press | In the distant dystopian irradiated future of Cradle and Grave, Dar Lien is a professional scout for scavenger runs into the Scab, a ruined urban-zone badly infected by heavily mutagenic phenomena called the Change. When Yusuf and the mysterious Servertu employ her for an unorthodox run into the Scab, she finds herself embroiled in a conflict she didn’t expect. “Cradle and Grave is a taunt, stunningly imaginative addition to post-apocalyptic literature. I was hooked from page one by Lien and a world that walks the fine line between body horror and biopunk with ease. Ow has an incredible talent for descriptions that draw an entire picture in just a few words, be it of the monsters that hunt the protagonists on their journey or a tender relationship.” — Lina Ratherneonhemlock.com/books/cradle-and-grave | 2020-04-11 10:57:50 | |
| Kinkade Averydave ring (editors) | V O I D J U N K | Neon Hemlock Press | V O I D J U N K Issue 0 is the first erotic speculative occasional from Neon Hemlock Press. The zine explores sexuality, gender and desire through speculative fiction, poetry and metatext.neonhemlock.com/books/voidjunk-issue-0-p… | 2020-04-11 10:55:45 | |
| Leigh Harlen | Queens of Noise | Neon Hemock Press | In Queens of Noise, Mixi fronts the Mangy Rats, a motley found family of queers, crust punks and werecoyotes. Mixi and their band know they’re gonna win the Battle of the Bands final showdown, no matter what it takes. But to make that happen, they’ll also have to contend with poser goths, murderous chickens, and a bullshit corporate takeover ruining the best bar in town. “A queercore dirtbag ballad with sharp teeth and a soft heart.” — Nino Ciprineonhemlock.com/books/queens-of-noise | 2020-04-11 10:50:29 | |
| Malena Salazar Maciá | The Salt in Her Kiss | The Future Fire | futurefire.net/2020.52/fiction/salt.html | 2020-04-11 10:39:49 | |
| Malena Salazar Maciá | Eyes of the Crocodile | Clarkesworld | clarkesworldmagazine.com/macia_02_20/ | 2020-04-11 10:37:29 | |
| Malena Salazar Maciá | Transformation of the Hearts | Kanstellation Magazine | kanstellation.com/html2.1/macia.html | 2020-04-11 10:35:48 | |
| D.A. Xiaolin Spires | Caihong Juji | Robot Dinosaur | robotdinosaurfiction.com/caihong-juji/ | 2020-04-11 10:13:51 | |
| Benjanun Sriduangkaew | Machine’s Last Testament | Prime Books | beekian.wordpress.com/machines-last-test… | 2020-04-11 10:03:45 | |
| Kacen Callender | Felix Ever After | Harper Collins | harpercollins.com/9780062820259/felix-ev… | 2020-04-11 09:51:16 | |
| Shereen Rahman | Two Cent Life | Hassan Zaidi Pearl Publications | I read JA because I don't have a TV, a JA book lasts just about as long as a TV show. Initially, I found you googling 'Pat Murphy' for another reason, but it leads to this nomination of TwoCent Life which I read today so I could give the author back her copy of the book. I'd like the MOTHERBOARD to consider this work. Although not science fiction, the authentic voice of a recently orphaned Bangladeshi teen and a US-born South Asian young woman rediscovering her roots/self are as far out to the American reader as science fiction. The life decisions they face are so distant, or have been, up until the recent COVID19 experience where, as Americans, many of us are similarly thrown out of our comfort zones and looking with new eyes out onto the world. choose love,rokomari.com | 2020-04-05 16:53:25 | |
| Kawika Guillermo | All Flowers Bloom | Westphalia Press | Explores a future where a biochemical fog releases at a war's end, and is far more toxic for men.westphaliapress.org/2020/01/06/all-flowe… | 2020-03-28 09:15:17 | |
| Lillian Rivera | Dealing in Dreams | Simon & Schuster | 2020-03-21 17:11:25 | ||
| Anay Ayarovu | STAZR The World Of Z: The Dawn Of Athir | STAZR | A mesmerizing book. It is obvious that Dr. Ayarovu spent years studying the way society works together and giving voice to untold stories. A gripping and engaging tale of heroes and monsters, secrets and lore, family and destiny.amazon.com/dp/b084t23v1q | 2020-03-02 06:55:14 | |
| Halo Scot | Edge of the Breach | Self | EDGE OF THE BREACH both explores and expands our notions of gender. It has two bisexual main characters that break all stigmas and tropes.amazon.com/dp/b082mr74m1 | 2020-02-05 12:35:35 | |
| JD Scott | Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day: Stories | &NOW Books | Scott crafts an interesting magical realist collection that modulates between various degrees of magic, queerness, and characters that subtly challenge accepted notions of gender. There are fascinating stories about motherhood, boyhood, girlhood, adolescence, characters who read as non-binary and/or trans, and fabulist lyrical explorations into what femininity and masculinity is. Subversive and original. "After the End Came the Mall" will stay with me for years. Diversity is handled well and it's unlike any fantasy story collection I've ever read.netgalley.com/catalog/book/181208 | 2020-01-29 10:26:26 | |
| Jean Gill | Queen of the Warrior Bees | The 13th Sign | Indie published with a professional editor and cover designer. This eco-fantasy deals with gender misfits and humans' second nature via shape-shifting, living as a bee in a sterile world where Nature is the enemy. Quarter-finalist in the Booklife Prize with a 10 out of 10 report.jeangill.com/books/queen-of-the-warrior-… | 2020-01-27 01:49:09 | |
| Trina Casey | I Live Pink! (A Trans Tale) | This Real Life Books | This is a children’s book that was recommended by Todrick Hall on Instagram. I work with TransAmsterdam and it is recommended by them to help promote gender equality at a young age. The book teaches empathy and emoji intelligence around being different and how self-love is the key to happiness! thisreallifebooks.com/books/ | 2020-01-22 22:19:45 | |
| Netra Hirani | Breathings | BlueRose Publishers | amazon.in/breathings-netra-hirani/dp/b07… | 2020-01-21 06:16:27 | |
| S. Qiouyi Lu | My Gender Is Classified | S. Qiouyi Lu (self-published) | A military SF story about gender, identity, and camaraderie.s.qiouyi.lu/article/my-gender-is-classif… | 2020-01-15 09:23:33 | |
| Amy Griswold | Custom Options Available | Fireside Fiction | A robot decides to get genitals and sexual attraction installed, thinks about whether to choose a gender, and figures out what they're attracted to ("I decide that I do not have a preference among genders but that I would like to find people who have genders attractive.").firesidefiction.com/custom-options-avail… | 2020-01-15 09:18:40 | |
| Isabell Fall | I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter | Clarkesworld | "When I was a woman I wanted to be good at woman. I wanted to darken my eyes and strut in heels. I wanted to laugh from my throat when I was pleased, laugh so low that women would shiver in contentment down the block. And at the same time I resented it all. I wanted to be sharper, stronger, a new-made thing, exquisite and formidable. Did I want that because I was taught to hate being a woman? Or because I hated being taught anything at all? Now I am jointed inside. Now I am geared and shafted, I am a being of opposing torques. The noise I make is canceled by decibel killers so I am no louder than a woman laughing through two walls."clarkesworldmagazine.com/fall_01_20/ | 2020-01-10 13:06:04 | |
| Rae Carson | Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse | Uncanny | Birth, solidarity, danger, and rescue.uncannymagazine.com/article/badass-moms-… | 2020-01-09 07:37:04 | |
| Alexandra Seidel | Six Weeks in the Life of a Cultural Documentations Officer | Future SF Digest | future-sf.com/fiction/six-weeks-in-the-l… | 2019-12-16 14:17:34 | |
| Nicky Drayden | Escaping Exodus : A Novel | HarperCollins | 2019-12-16 14:04:11 |