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Being Aro

A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment

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Pub Date May 26 2026 | Archive Date Not set


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Description

Explore expansive aromantic love and connection in stories across genres in this follow up to Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Being Ace.

These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance.

A high school matchmaker learns a lesson about love. A rebellious spaceship pilot defies his culture’s compulsory coupling. A boy magically transforms banned romance novels into living dragons. A teen immune to romance, and the zombie virus, fights to survive the apocalypse. Being Aro is full of stories throughout real and imagined worlds that cross genres and disrupt the status quo.

Explore expansive aromantic love and connection in stories across genres in this follow up to Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Being Ace.

These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking...


Advance Praise

Wide-ranging, deeply relatable, and bursting with emotional honesty, this anthology offers aro readers a home and gives everyone else a new lens for understanding. Being Aro is a love letter to every kind of love. Absolutely unforgettable." —S.E. Anderson, author of the Starstruck Saga and Over the Moon

"An empowering collection of stories filled with heart, courage, and acceptance. Brimming with memorable characters and adventures that span across genres, this anthology expertly weaves together the shared experience of embracing your truest self." —Akemi Dawn Bowman, critically-acclaimed author of The Infinity Courts

“A delightful exploration of aromantic characters, Being Aro is equal parts entertaining and heartwarming.” —Linsey Miller, author of That Devil, Ambition

Wide-ranging, deeply relatable, and bursting with emotional honesty, this anthology offers aro readers a home and gives everyone else a new lens for understanding. Being Aro is a love letter to...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9798890034427
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 304

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