#les lit

[theloveandthehorror]

She Kissed Me First is out on Amazon now. Mason Riley is a college counselor in great need of physical touch. The woman of her dreams passes her office window every day but all Mason can muster is a long and secret stare. When Mason’s best friend finds Mason’s perfect woman on a dating app Mason’s world must decidedly change. But how can an anti social bookworm who has had very little in the way of love accept that a beautiful woman is actually interested in her?

[thepaperdollsseries]

You can read the wedding book for free for the next 3 days! *or even just download it for free and read it some other day*

This book alone has at least 8 gay characters, most of whom are women. Oh wait, 9. I missed one.  Vivi is a trickster.

[theloveandthehorror]

Starting tomorrow you can read: Paper Dolls: Book Two for free on amazon! 

Looking back at the series so far, the second book may, in fact, be the sweetest. Both of the girls go through a coming out stage with their parents, they have to be introduced to new environments. Luckily, they meet two adorable gay boys who are also dating and trying to be open and happy while they’re going through their own coming out process as well.

Obviously, this series is long af. BUT. Book Two is adorable and it will be free to read for the next 5 days!

To date, there are 5 books in the series and the 6th will be coming out really soon.

THE SERIES IS EXTREMELY AFFORDABLE - BORDERING ON ABSOLUTELY FREE- SINCE WE DO SO MANY OF THESE FREE PROMOS THAT LAST FOR DAYS!

We’re trying to get some complex representation out there. Gay characters written by gay people.

Enjoy all the angsty gayness! And PLEASE let us know what you think!

[theloveandthehorror]

I keep forgetting to line-up some promos so I’m going to set up two at once.

This Monday thru Friday you can download and read both Liar, Liar, MaxonFire and After Reed for absolutely free.

Two different stories about gay women who interact.

Liar, Liar, MaxonFire is about two girls who meet in person not knowing they are part of the same messy online fandom. They meet and fall for one another and it’s snowy and wintery and angsty so it’s all about the mood right now and 100% relatable for anyone who uses Tumblr.

After Reed is a story about a girl who is trying to nurse her best friend back to health after her best friend has lost her wife in a random freak accident. It’s a fuck you to all the stories we’ve had to endure where a gay couple loses their better half. In this story the one who has lost her wife begins to start to hear, feel, and see her deceased wife again as the woman she loved comes back from the dead and becomes corporeal again. We have mind for a sequel on that but no current time with which to write it thanks to the Paper Dolls Series.

Feel free to leave reviews and let us know what you think! I consider both of these books some light romance-laden angst reading. I say light because they are both short and easy to finish in one day. One I wrote for fun and the other was a sort of exercise @blackindiaink and I worked on to breathe away from a current all-consuming project. 

We also have a donation link on our website for anyone interested in donating toward us becoming independent writers (right now we have very little time to write - we both have full-time jobs that do not involve writing). We could write a lot more gay content if we got to do it for a living. So far the idea of doing that is still just a dream.

Books are hard to write and very time consuming, all feedback is greatly appreciated! If you like these stand-alones I highly recommend you check out the Paper Dolls book series. Book one can stand alone as a wlw romance book with a positive ending but it’s also the start to an ongoing series with multiple gay characters who grow and develop over several thousand pages.

Enjoy!

<3 me & @blackindiaink

[thejollyape]

planned summer reads, queer edition.

'Spring Fire' by Vin Packer. Old school pulp. I don't really know what to expect other than possible madness and a horrific ending. But that's okay, cause well...I need to read up on lesbian history. It's just one of those things you have to do when you're closing in on thirty (something I've been doing for five years now, at least according to my father (maybe I should disclose that this man also fought my mother over which day is her birthday)). Old books for old people. Also pulp books for everyone.

'Desert of the Heart' by Jane Rule. This is more happiness from what I've gathered. Maybe not all happiness, but fluffier I'm sure. I mean there's good kissing in it at least. Or well I haven't read the book, but I know there's a movie made from it, which I've not seen either, but I've heard it has good kissing. Also, Jane Rule is one of those people who are the epitome of role model, so basically I'm deeply ashamed it's taken me so long to get to this.

'Adaptation' by Malinda Lo. She writes good queer youth novels, Ash and Huntress I'm looking at you guys. Also this one sounds deliciously apocalyptic. I'm all down for that. Sounds like the perfect beach novel, a little sun, a little surf and a little easily digested queer YA lit. I'll be all over that, like sand on sticky buttcheeks.

'The Cold Commands' by Richard Morgan. I don't know. Like...I just don't. But this is the sequel to The Steel Remains which featured both a lesbian and a gay man as its two protagonists navigating a dark and dank fantasy world. It was problematic as fuck. But I need to know what happens. I just have to know. I liked Archeth and I need to know if she continues to not fuck any slaves while the rest of the known world crumbles. This is of importance to me despite the ninety-nine problems of the original novel.

'Zami' by Audre Lorde. This is like with Jane Rule above. Deeply ashamed I haven't gotten to it sooner. The way this lady used the English language to cut the bullshit and to cut you up real good is amazing. Truth and insight punched straight into your solar plexus through powerful prose. So yeah, I feel fucking stoopid for having taken so long to get to it.

'Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers' by Lillian Faderman. Did I mention that history is important? Cause it is. You better know and understand your cultural roots if you're ever going to truly enjoy sipping that Strawberry Dykeuiri by the pool. I'm so serious I'll use an analogy; having a cultural history is like going on a hike with a fully packed backpack wearing khaki and sturdy boots. As opposed to going on a hike in swimtrunks and flipflops. One is better than the other, this is a fact that comes pretty close to an absolute truth.