TRANSGENDER
All the Fab Fiction from Our Queerly Trans Creative Minds
#14 The Quintessentials
Queerly Trans: Because trans does not equal straight!
In this Update (click on links):
- July Showcase — All the Fiction!
- From the Editor (KP)
- Writing Prompts
- Quick Guidelines Overview
Quintessential July Writer’s Showcase:
Welcome to our July Writer’s Quintessential Showcase.
We asked out Queerly Trans writers to submit their favorite creative fiction piece they’ve published on Medium. It may be a poem, a short story, or maybe even a book chapter.
These articles are MUST READS as selected by the authors themselves!
Read. Enjoy. And perhaps you’ll even find some new favorite authors to follow on Medium.
#1 Blood of the Covenant: Prologue — And So, It Begins (a paranormal fantasy) by KP_the_writer
What is this place? I gasp for air. I do not mean to, I just do. I do not mean to smash my head on the concrete floor, I just do. Pain. Stabbing, pulling, tearing, cutting. Everywhere. I reach for death and it steps away.
The Virgin Drink: A Polyamorous Romance (Chapter 1) — My fiance had another hot date… by Logan Silkwood
My fiancé had another hot date this evening, leaving me alone with a book and some uncomfortable emotions to keep in check. It wasn’t that I didn’t want her to have a date. I was just feeling a little bit lonely tonight. It had been a very long time, since I had enjoyed a date of my own.
A Golden Field of Hope and Desire: A Gay, Trans, and Aromantic Love Story (Logan’s Corner writing prompt: Queer trans dreams and fantasies) by Sieran Lane
This story was inspired by reality but is mostly fictional, a fantasy. In an ideal world, not only would your love be reciprocated, your trans and aromantic identities would be no barrier to you, either.
My Sixth Grade Savior: Another Day in Paradise by Jenny Starr✨
This is a response to the MIDFORM Daily Write Challenge… June 2nd: Who was your favorite teacher or mentor growing up, and why?
And here is something a little extra because this showcase absolutely had to include Jymi Cliche!
30 Questions & Answers About My Next Book by Jymi Cliche
I’m planning to start writing my next book tonight. It’s sort of a sequel/spinoff of the book I just finished editing and hopefully will be publishing soon. My answers to these next 30 questions will be about the book I’m about to start writing, not the book I just finished.
SNEAK PEAK: August Quintessential Showcase
For August, we will be calling for shameless self-promotion! This is it Queerly Trans writers — your chance to showcase, YOURSELF! We want to hear about YOU and how we can support you both on and off Medium.
Share with us your About Page and/or your story catalog. This isn’t your About Me link on your profile, but rather a post that tells your readers more about all the brilliant branches that combine to form you. If you haven’t written one, check out mine for inspiration (the link to my catalog is in this post — I really need to update it! Lol):
You DO NOT need to have your submission published with Queerly Trans (mine is hosted at About Me Stories), however, Queerly Trans DOES host About Me pages from our writers so feel free to publish yours with us.
QT writers — watch out for the Quintessentials on the 16th for your invitation to submit to our August showcase. Don’t wait though, write and publish your About Me page now.
From the Editor
WAKE ME WHEN WINTER IS OVER
July marks the middle of winter over here in Australia. I hope all you Northern Hemisphere peeps are enjoying your summer, haha.
ALL THE FICTION
I love that our fiction showcase brings you a variety of wonderful works from book chapters to poems and even an interesting creative book breakdown from Jymi Cliche. We’ve just launched a new publication called Enbyous where we hope to see a LOT more queer fiction specifically from our talented gender binary non-conforming community. Head on over and follow, or maybe even apply to write for us!
We hope you enjoyed our third showcase. On the first of every month, we’ll share with you a new showcase of wonderful reads from our writers as selected by them. Make sure you check it out as our showcases include posts you won’t find on Queerly Trans — these are the stories our writers want you to read, the ones they know you’ll love or maybe, that you need to read.
Don’t forget to check out the Friday Highlights from Logan Silkwood
-KP
Queerly Trans Writing Prompts:
How to Write for Us
Are you Queerly Trans? Then you have a story to share and this is the platform where we invite you to do just that.
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Jymi Cliche, Kristy Westaway, Ayven Alexander, Justice Faye Dazzle, Jenny Starr, Logan Silkwood, Victoria Quinn, Nova Grace, Kitty Whitemore, locke besse, Amber Poe, Mx. Marie Chase Lewis (They/She), Michelle Paquette, Anabelle Weissinger, Sieran Lane, Alistair J. Kraft, Jaz Joyner, Kai Arden, Stephenie Magister, Kai Stowers, Antonia Ceballos.