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The Tiger Came to the Mountains by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Tiger Came to the Mountains by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in a short, emotional story about survival. She is the adventurer of the family. Her brother, the gentle dreamer. Even as they bond over folktales and hold each other close, their world has never felt so dangerous. Revolutionaries and pelones are in conflict, soldiers have turned into scavengers, and an escaped tiger has slipped up the mountain, looking for easy prey. As the darkest of legends becomes real, a young girl will do anything to save her brother’s life.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Kidnapping mentioned
Animal death

Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle

Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle

Bettie Hughes once knew the comfort of luxury, flaunting a ridiculous collection of designer shoes and a stealthy addiction to CBD oils. That is, until her parents snipped her purse strings. Long obsessed with her public image, Bettie boasts an extravagant lifestyle on social media. But the reality is: Bettie is broke and squatting in Colorado, and her family has no idea.

Christmas, with its pressure to meet familial expectations, is looming when a drunk Bettie plays a vinyl… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating mentioned (sc)
Toxic relationship recounted

A Curse of Queens by Amanda Bouchet

A Curse of Queens by Amanda Bouchet

The queen has been cursed, and no one knows who’s behind the plot to threaten the realm’s fragile peace. Desperate to help, Jocasta hatches a plan to find Circe’s Garden, a fabled island where she hopes to discover an antidote. But she can’t do it alone. She needs the strong arm and unflinching bravery of the warrior she’s loved since childhood—her brother’s right-hand man and captain of the guard, Flynn of Sinta… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted sexual assault mentioned

Dawn’s Envoy by TA White

Dawn’s Envoy by T.A. White

A courier for the shadow world no more, Aileen’s former protection is gone. Alone but still defiant, she survives one night at a time. Sure, working a dead-end job isn’t part of every young vampire’s dreams, but it pays the bills. When the darkly seductive Liam calls in a favor, she’ll find her carefully constructed world tilting on its axis as he draws her into a dangerous game against a wily enemy. The High Fey—creatures as powerful and beautiful as they are deadly—have come to town, their motivations unclear as lines are drawn and shadowy alliances made. And with them, they bring their Wild Hunt where everyone is either predator… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Forced blood-drinking
Torture
Loss of autonomy (compulsion magic)

The Crystal Kingdom by Carey Pietsch and McElroys

The Crystal Kingdom by Carey Pietsch, Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Justin McElroy

A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus, and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and Reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that’s home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal that spreads to everything it touches It’s only a matter of time before this sparkling disaster crash-lands but in order to find… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother

The Exile’s Gift by Iris Foxglove

The Exile’s Gift by Iris Foxglove

All Laurent de Rue wants to do is live a peaceful life with his husband, Sabre, and support his little sister Rose’s rise to stardom on the Starian stage. But learning the truth of his heritage, and rediscovering his magic, brings a whole new set of problems…most notably the Archmage of Mislia, who is determined to find the apostates who fled his wrath all those years ago. He’s willing to use any means necessary to track down Laurent, and that includes cursing his own son and heir, Hektor Drakos, who fled Mislia with Prince Adrien and is now all alone in a city that bears no love… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery mentioned
Murder

Meme by Aaron Starmer

Meme by Aaron Starmer

No one is going to miss Cole Weston. A loner without friends or family and an unhealthy obsession with the darker corners of the internet, Cole had become increasingly violent toward his ex-girlfriend and threated to do so much worse. So it was only logical–only right, really–that his former friends took it upon themselves to rid the world of Cole Weston. Now, Logan, Meeka, Holly, and Grayson are forever bound by Cole’s body, buried under the cold Vermont earth. The failsafe should any one of them consider betrayal: their old phones, buried with Cole, disconnected… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Victim blaming
Alcoholism mentioned
Substance addiction mentioned
Murder

Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans

Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans

Jalen, lover of B-grade sci-fi movies, meets the far-too-handsome P in a cafe while deciding whether or not to skip uni again. When P invites them along to a double feature of Robot Monster and Cat Women of the Moon, Jalen can hardly believe that hot boys like bad sci-fi, too. But as their relationship progresses, Jalen realizes P leaves him wondering if they’re on the same page about what dating means, and if that’s what they’re doing.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism mentioned
Misgendering, off-page
Deadnaming, off-page

Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together—even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy. When Torran offers her enough credits to not only keep her crew afloat but also hire someone to fix her ship, Tavi knows that she can’t refuse—no matter how much she’d like to With so much money on the line, Torran and his crew insist on joining the hunt. Tavi reluctantly agrees because while the handsome, stoic leader pushes all of her buttons—for both anger and desire… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Knife violence
Kidnapping
War themes

Way Down Deep by Charlotte Stein and Cara McKenna

Way Down Deep by Charlotte Stein & Cara McKenna

The words he typed were never meant to be read, yet they found their way to her. Two wounded strangers, prisoners of their own lives, brought together by a wayward text. Without ever hearing each other’s voices, a friendship blooms between them. Without ever seeing each other’s faces, an attraction grows. Without ever touching, the two become lovers. Without ever hearing each other’s voices, a friendship blooms between them. Without ever seeing each other’s faces, an attraction grows. Without ever touching, the two become lovers.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Agoraphobia
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Physical injury
Death of a partner by suicide
Death of a mother from cancer recounted
Deth of a brother recounted
Attempted infanticide by drowning recounted
Car accident