A fuzzy shape. Like the shape of a man, and yet — not. Man sized, almost six feet tall from his vantage point. There was something unnerving about the shape. The edges seemed to wriggle, giving it a fuzzy appearance.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/a-gay-mans-nighttime-visitor-b946153d5627

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It's #PrideMonth, which means that all my books are free this month!
They're free every other month, too, but now they're super extra doubly free ;)
Enjoy some queer fiction by a queer author today!

If you're in the mood for a Solarpunk western, try Echoes Through the Mountains.

"Cut off from civilization by landslides, Moffat County isn't exactly a beacon of thriving futurity. There's no Internet, no functioning power grid, and almost no people, following a mass exodus of anyone and everyone with the means to leave. Even the drones don't bother to land in this forgotten little corner of Colorado anymore.

The isolation suits Raine Bartlett just fine; all she wants is to be left alone. Alone with her thoughts, with her books, with her chickens and goats and a mule named Pauly... not to mention her hoard of goods stolen from the massive e-commerce and technology company DataLess, Inc. As the best shot on the Western Slope, if there's anyone left to keep track of such things, Raine has put her skills to good use, knocking down transcontinental shipping drones with her muzzle-loading flintlock and a handful of buckshot so she can steal their contents and run. It's not a hard life, nor is it an honest one, but it gets her through the days, and that's all she needs.

Until one day, while out hunting, Raine is interrupted by something strange: a child named Sparrow. Tiny and androgynous and of indeterminate age, with a dark past they're reluctant to share and the impressively irritating ability to mimic any sound they hear, Sparrow has been walking for 30 miles, more or less, just to get here. They are on a mission: find Radio Echo, the mysterious voice from the sky who broadcasts music 24/7 at 1320 kHz, and help save what's left of the nearby town from an impending DataLess invasion.

And maybe watch a couple movies when they're done. They've never seen one before, but rumor has it that Echo, a solar-powered techno guru hidden away on top of a mountain, owns every movie ever made."

Echoes Through the Mountains is available for free from my website: https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks
or at: https://books2read.com/b/bOgDKW

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#HappyPride! Have a queer meet-cute in the middle of stolen memory, a cultish family and its plans, and the King in Freaking Yellow.

It's a lot to handle, but Simon Night, PI, always closes the case.

ABOUT NATE SCOTT: by Ruthanne Reid. Buy now for $2.99:

https://ruthannereid.com/about-nate-scott

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It's #PrideMonth, which means that all my books are free this month!
They're free every other month, too, but now they're extra free ;)
Enjoy some queer fiction by a queer author today!

If you're in the mood for a young adult dystopian fantasy hacker sci-fi, try Wild Things.

"Sometime in the near future, four teens are living through every day dystopia, perpetuated by ecological collapse and mass extinction. Each has a unique connection to nature; a connection which will prove useful as they find themselves embroiled in fossil fuel conspiracies and corporate corruption."

Wild Things is available for free from my website: https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks
or at: https://books2read.com/b/3y667v

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Vampires aren't usually something I read, but I'm clearly desperate for works from #southkorea Happily, this was very good.

*The Midnight Shift* by Cheon Seon Ran

https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C9339001

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It's #PrideMonth, which means that all my books are free this month!
They're free every other month, too, but now they're doubly free ;)
Enjoy some queer fiction by a queer author today!

If you're in the mood for some young adult strange fantasy romance, try roach: a love story.

"A cockroach awakes one morning to find themselves transformed into a monstrous human. This is only the first in a series of increasingly disconcerting events for the now human teenager. It will not be long before Roach has firsthand knowledge of many aspects of the human experience, including: broken bones, broken hearts, bigotry and sadness; but also: Love, which in humans comes in many forms. So, that's nice, but will love be enough to make it all worth it?"

roach is available to download free from my website: https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks
or at: https://books2read.com/b/mgyZZz

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New stuff to read!

The latest issue for Strange Horizons is out:

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/issue/25-may-2026/

And the new Indie Bites is out

https://www.silversunbooks.com/post/ruins-rituals-issue-22

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