The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who’s just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina—the tobacco capital of the South—where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolour bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes, and, most of all, her aunt’s glossiest clientele: the wives of the powerful tobacco executives…Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Sexism
  • Parental abandonment
  • Death of a parent on deployment in World War Two
  • Infertility
  • Miscarriage
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The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon

The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon

In the third in the popular Adrien English series, the “ill-starred and bookish” mystery writer has to contend with a Satanic cult, a handsome university professor and his on-again/off-again relationship with the eternally conflicted LAPD Detective Jake Riordan. And, oh, yes, murder… 

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Racism
  • Stalking
  • Satanic cults
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Meet Me at the Intersection by Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina

Meet Me at the Intersection edited by Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina

Contributions from Mimi Lee, Jordi Kerr, Rafeif Ismail, Amra Pajalic, Graham Akhurst, Omar Sakr, Olivia Muscast, Ellen Van Neerven, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Jessice Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Wendy Chen, Michelle Aung Thin, Melaine Rodriga, Yvette Walker, Kyle Lynch, and Alice Pung.

Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each author’s unique, and seldom heard, perspective.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Homomisia
  • Death of a grandparent
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Bullying
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The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey

The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey

In the summer of 1973, Ruth and her four friends were obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings—and a little bit obsessed with each other. Drawn to the cold depths of the river by Ruth’s house, the girls pretend to be the drowning Ophelia, with increasingly elaborate tableaus. But by the end of that fateful summer, real tragedy finds them along the banks. Twenty-four years later, Ruth returns to the suffocating, once grand house she grew up in, the mother of young twins and seventeen-year-old Maeve… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Cheating
  • Adult-minor relationship
  • Paedophilia & grooming
  • Drowning
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Bad Company by KA Mitchell

Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell

I need a boyfriend. Hearing those words from his very straight, very ex-best friend doesn’t put Nate in a helpful mood. Not only did Kellan Brooks’s father destroy Nate’s family in his quest for power, but Kellan broke Nate’s heart back in high school. Nate thought he could trust his best friend with the revelation that he might be gay, only to find out he was horribly wrong and become the laughingstock of the whole school. Kellan must be truly desperate if he’s turning to Nate now. Kellan’s through letting his… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Outing
  • Rape recounted
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The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan 

The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan

Seventeen-year-old Mattie is hiding her obsession with Harry Houdini and Dorothy Dietrich from everyone, including her best friend Stella. When Stella takes off to boarding school for the summer, all of Mattie’s anxieties bubble to the surface, leaving her feeling adrift. To distract herself, she seeks out Miyu, the reclusive daughter of a world-renowned escape artist whose life and career were snuffed out by a tragic plane crash. With Miyu’s help, Mattie secretly transforms herself into a burgeoning escapologist and performance artist. Away from the curious eyes of her peers, she thrives in her new world of lock… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Homomisic slurs
  • Cheating
  • Statutory rape
  • Alcoholism
  • Depression
  • Near-drowning
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Into the Real by Z Brewer

Into the Real by Z Brewer

The first Brume is a waking nightmare, overrun by literal monsters and cutthroat survivors. For Quinn, who is openly genderqueer, the only silver lining is their friendship with Lia—and the hope that there might still be a safe place somewhere else in the world. The second Brume is a prison with no bars. Forced to “sort out” their sexuality with other teens at Camp Redemption, Quinn must also figure out why presenting as female has never felt quite right… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Deadnaming
  • Misgendering
  • Conversion therapy
  • Physical child abuse
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Gun violence
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Big Bad Cowboy by Carly Bloom

Big Bad Cowboy by Carly Bloom

After one too many heartbreaks, Travis Blake hung up his cowboy hat and put Big Verde, Texas, behind him. But when he gets the call that his young nephew needs him, he knows he has to return home. His plan is to sell the family ranch and hightail it back to Austin, but there’s a small problem: the one person who stands in his way is the one person he can’t resist. Maggie is pretty sure she hates Travis Blake. He’s irritating, he’s destroying her business, and . . . and he’s just so frickin’ attractive. But when they’re forced to work together, Maggie discovers that the Most Annoying… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Parental abandonment
  • Incarceration of a sibling
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Sunset Springs by Kacen Callender

Sunset Springs by Kacen Callender

No job, no money, no love – and to make things worse, 27-year-old Charlie has no choice but to leave New York City and move in with his mom in his isolated and conservative hometown of Sunset Springs. Home isn’t a comfortable place for Charlie. One of the very few Black residents and the only trans person around town that he knows of, this will be Charlie’s first time back in Sunset Springs since he transitioned. He expects confusion and maybe even hostility. He definitely does not expect Jackson Ford… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Transmisia
  • Homomisia
  • Outing
  • Alcohol consumption
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