Elements: Fire
10 best books like Elements: Fire (Taneka Stotts): Pilu of the Woods, Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical, Aquicorn Cove, The Tea Dragon Festival, Bingo Love, Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology, The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance, Beyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic & Urban Fantasy Comic Anthology, Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 1: Lights, Camera, Snacktion, Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology
| Author | Mai K. Nguyen |
| ISBN | 1620105632 |
A heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home from debut author/illustrator Mai K. Nguyen!
Willow loves the woods near her house. They’re calm and quiet, so different from her own turbulent emotions, which she keeps locked away. When her emotions get the better of...
Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical
| Author | Brian Rea |
| ISBN | 1452172552 |
Even Death cares about his work-life balance...
Death never takes a day off. Until he gets a letter from the HR department insisting he use up his accrued vacation time, that is. In this humorous and heartfelt book from beloved illustrator Brian Rea, readers take a peek at Death's journal entries...
| Author | Katie O'Neill |
| ISBN | 1620105292 |
When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the last thing she expects is to discover a colony of Aquicorns—magical seahorse-like residents of the coral reef. As she explores the damaged town and the fabled undersea palace, Lana learns that while she...
| Author | Katie O'Neill |
| ISBN | 1620106558 |
Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who was appointed to protect the village but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago. With the aid of Rinn’s adventuring uncle...
Bingo Love is a story of a same-sex romance that spans over 60 years. A chance meeting at church bingo in 1963 brings Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray together. Through their formative years, these two women develop feelings for each other and finally profess their love for one another.
Forced...
Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology
Beyond is an anthology of queer sci-fi and fantasy comics. Featuring 18 stories by 26 contributors, Beyond is a 250+ page, black and white, queer comic anthology, full of swashbuckling space pirates, dragon slayers, death-defying astronauts, and monster royalty. Each story celebrates and showcases...
The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance
| Author | Melanie Gillman |
| ISBN | 0997484705 |
I missed the Kickstarter so I'm reading the book just now thanks to my library (!!!).
Just some unsorted thoughts, I might write a lengthier review in a few days when I am feeling more up to it (with story titles and all) - is there any interest?
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I really liked some of the stories,...
Beyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic & Urban Fantasy Comic Anthology
Renegade city fae, post-apocalyptic bicycle gangs, enormous robot guardians, and mysterious sewer-dwelling cryptids - all of this and much, much more in the second volume of BEYOND, the queer urban fantasy and post-apocalyptic comic anthology.
Featuring 25 stories by 36 contributors,...
| Author | Natalie Riess |
| ISBN | 1620103133 |
Collecting the first four issues of Natalie Riess's delectable series, SPACE BATTLE LUNCHTIME! Earth baker Peony gets the deal of a lifetime when she agrees to be a contestant on the Universe's hottest reality TV show, Space Battle Lunchtime! But that was before she knew that it shoots on location......
| Author | Joamette Gil |
| ISBN | 0998490407 |
OMG THIS IS SUCH A GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION!!!! my fave stories were Your Heart is an Apple by Nivedita Sekar [it has an ex-mermaid ariel as a cane user and it also just is like...... b e a u t i f u l]. i cried at its loveliness!! then i love as the roots undo by joamette gil, especially this lovely line:
“they...
| Author | Archie Bongiovanni |
| ISBN | 1620104997 |
Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide...
| Author | Carolyn Nowak |
| ISBN | 1603094385 |
Multi-award-winning cartoonist Carolyn Nowak (Lumberjanes) finds powerful truths in fantasy worlds. Her stunning solo debut collection celebrates the ascent of a rising star in comics.
Diana got hurt—a lot—and she's decided to deal with this fact by purchasing a life-sized robot...
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
| Author | Mady G. |
| ISBN | 1620105861 |
In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and JR Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience...
| Author | Sarah Vaughn |
| ISBN | 1534310584 |
Nearly a year later in the court of Harbeny, Lady Poppy and Sir Cyrenic must forge ahead without each other. Cyrenic adjusts to life after being released from the Sleepless Vow. And though Poppy has allies old and new, she buckles under the pressure to marry Lord Helder. The future looks bleak, but both...
Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition
| Author | Tee Franklin |
| ISBN | 1534309837 |
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There are parts of this I really liked and parts I got a little annoyed. Giving this 4 stars, but more of a 3.5 star rating. Why? Manly, I was disappointed with the writing. I was hoping this was more of a biography on these women, but it's more about the people writing this anthology and how these women inspired...
Fan-favorite webcomic creator Megan Rose Gedris (Yu+Me Dream) crafts a compelling tale of magic, deception, and wonder in this stunningly illustrated graphic novel about the bond between sisters.
Pragmatic engineer Anna works as a psychic in the Samson Brothers Circus, but she doesn't...
FTL, Y'all!: Tales From the Age of the $200 Warp Drive
Six months from now, detailed schematics anonymously uploaded to the Internet will describe, with absolute precision, how to build a faster-than-light engine for $200 in easily-available parts. Space travel will be instantly—and chaotically—democratized. The entire cosmos is suddenly...
