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sea/sear Gay crow, I h8 cops, not a girl

I tend to read queer and especially transgender fiction, with a slight lean towards literary fiction (can we come up with a better name for this already?), but plenty of genre fiction in there too (not like there's a sharp line between the two anyway).

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James Stout: Against the State (Paperback, 2026, AK Press) No rating

Young revolutionaries in Myanmar and Rojava, colloquially referred to by journalist James Stout as “anarchists” …

I actually started this a few months ago, but stalled out (I've never been v good at reading nonfic). Anyway, I've got momentum this time and I plan on finishing it! I think I really need help believing than another world is possible right now.

finished reading A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy (Black Dawn, #2)

Margaret Killjoy: A Country of Ghosts (Paperback, 2021, AK Press)

Dimos Horacki is a Borolian journalist and a cynical patriot, his muckraking days behind him. …

The bulk of the story follows the main character, Dimos, as he traverses a fictionalized hypothetical anarchist country in the midst of conflict with its imperialist neighbor. As the narrative leads him around the country, he (and we the readers) are treated to an exploration of life in this version of anarchist existence. The world building is well thought out, and the workings of the anarchist country are thoroughly explained and well justified.

I think, though, that while Dimos marvels at the existence of a society without coerced labor, many of my fellow anarchists may find that they're already very familiar with the ideas presented, and don't really need a prison-less society justified to them. Compared to something like the Danielle Cain series by the same author, which treats the readers familiarity with anarchist organizing principles as a starting point, it definitely felt targeted more at the anarcho-curious.

The premise is exactly what it sounds like by the way. One genie with one wish for every person. What would happen in the first eight seconds?

Jeanne Thornton: A/S/L (2025, Dead Ink) No rating

A transformational, transformative story about video games, three queer friends, and the code(s) they learn …

This book made me want to make art and dm my friends and run into the woods to never be seen again and devote myself wholly to something beyond myself and cry and cry and cry. This book understands me better than I understand myself. I don't think I can accurately tell you about this book anymore an ant could describe an entomologist. I don't think I've ever read a book this good before in my life, and I probably won't again for a long time to come. I'm all three characters and nothing else. I can't recommend this book to you or anyone because I'm scared you'll understand it and I'm scared you won't understand it at the same time.

Miranda Mundt: Muted No rating

It has been thirteen years since the mysterious fire at the Severin family manor that …

Very obviously a webcomic only loosely adapted to a serialized format. Pacing suffers, but it was alright.