This is an excerpt of content originally posted to shepherd.com. You may read the full piece there. They Both Die at the End By Adam Silvera Why did I love this book? The premise of Adam Silvera’s book, They Both Die at the End is a truly genius way to get your readers to connect with the […]
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I recently had the pleasure of being asked to write about my favorite five sci-fi or fantasy books that has natural, authentic queer representation by Shepherd.com. For those unaware, Shepherd.com is a newish book website that is working to create a place that showcases indie books alongside mainstream ones in an equitable way. They also
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“Did mom say when she’d be back?” I asked my auntie, Lisel. “Just finish your stew, honey. We can talk about that later,” Auntie Lisel replied. She was always blowing me off like that whenever I brought mom up. I’d been staying with Auntie Lisel for a couple of months now. Mom said she had
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It’s not always easy being an elf in a human world. They never use enough seasoning on their food. It feels like all of their cultural traditions revolve around money. They keep saying things like “life is short” when it just isn’t for me. They just grow old too fast. When someone says they’ll love
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I had never walked through a portal before. I know that there are people that can use spatial magic that can teleport and create portals, but I was never sure what really happened when you walked through it. Was it really you that passed through to the other side or a magical copy? How would
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Before we left the magic animal reserve, Reggie mentioned something about there being a portal to the Fey Realm in the adjacent island nation of Kapoor. We’d all heard the story about how oppressive and scary the elves were. I’d heard all my life about the tragic history my Orc ancestors had with them. But
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“It’s for a set of twins, magic users in The Slums,” Ulani said, finishing the job offer. Ulani was a Mascara with yellow skin and antlers like a deer. She’d been giving us job tips for the past couple of years. “It’s a lot of gold, Trace,” Asha commented. “But we don’t really need to
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After weeks of travel under the mountains, through Dwarven and Devil territory, we’d finally made it to Reyes. The exit out of Valnan opened into a narrow rockface along the ocean. We had to carefully skirt across it until we’d reached the broader side of the mountain. The dwarves of Ferrerira really knew how to
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Every time I go into what the people of Anglachel call “The Jungle of Despair,” I can never figure out what people think is so disparaging about it. It is a lush jungle with the tallest trees and the wildest vines adorned with some of the most vibrant flowers I’d ever seen. It brings me
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