A Queer anthology inspired by magic and the cosmos, a vast and beautiful place where planets, stars, comets—entire galaxies, even—live without borders, specifications or binaries. Stories span science fiction, science fantasy, contemporary, fabulism and magical realism, and celebrate Non-binary and Transgender characters

Everyone one of these writers in this collection brings something that made me want to keep on reading their stories. The first short story pulls you in and keeps you in until the very end of the collection as we see the importance of friendship and connection in stories such as ‘Twice-spent Comet’ to the final story ‘Death Marked’ where we see the importance of family.

To see such great representation in fiction is rare, so this compilation really is a treat for me, as this book is packed with well formed and really well developed characters that even in these short bursts make for excellent reading and make you yearn for the story in full. For me this is especially true of ‘Twice Spent Comet’ which I feel would be a great graphic novel too, but also stories such as ‘Ink And Stars’ you can’t leave me hanging like that!

A brilliant collection of short stories, I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a dash of scifi or magical realism that hits right throughout the whole of this book.

Thank you for the chance to read this book. I'd been interested in it for several months after seeing it listed in an article online about upcoming LGBT releases.

While I appreciated stories featuring so many nonbinary characters, the stories themselves as a whole didn't interest me. I do love fantasy and science fiction, but so many of these stories seemed to be speculative fiction outside of my realm of interest. I just didn't find them accessible. For example, I liked the concept of a group of prisoners having to mine and work construction on an alien planet that will be inhabited by rich space travelers in the future, but it was a bit "out there" to read about them forming romantic relationships with comets. And another story was about the main character literally falling in love with a star, but the star was described in a sort of grotesque, zombie manner that I felt repulsed, rather than enamored by. I couldn't tell if the stories were supposed to be literal or metaphorical. Maybe it was all just a little bit over my head. I didn't like that feeling.

I did enjoy some of the selections ("Awry With Dandelions" was much easier to grasp), but on the whole they seemed to be just too intangible to be enjoyable for me, as a nonbinary reader who typically loves science fiction. I stopped reading after "Awry" (50% through the book) because I just wasn't having fun with the stories. After reading these selections I have actually decided not to preorder the book when I had really been looking forward to it.

All of the stories fit very nicely into one another. This anthology definitely introduced me to a bunch of new authors and I feel inspired to check out their other books.

My review will be posted on my blog on January 31, 2020... everywhere else asap

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This is a great collection of works! I loved the way there was such a tapestry woven of all the different characters. What a pleasure it was to read stories in which a variety of pronouns were used without great fanfare or explanation

This book is a collection of stories by some well-known authors in the genre. Some names made me immediately interested: Brooklyn Ray and Anna Zabo in particular. I think that Brooklyn's story was one of my favorites. In their story, Hollis Griffen meets Zaniah... a celestial body in an ever-evolving form. Zaniah may be the one being who can love Hollis Griffen in their true form.

There's a theme of searching, finding and being found in these stories. It doesn't matter what the subject matter is.... all these characters are on journies. The worlds that are created are vibrant and rich, unique and enticing.

In particular, if you're a short story enthusiast I would suggest getting this! You'll enjoy it!