Trauma in SFF Blog
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Blood Mercy by Vela Roth (Blood Grace, #1)
Year published: 2018 Category: Romantasy Summary: One human. One immortal. Will their alliance save the kingdom, or will their forbidden love be a death sentence? When Cassia seeks out a Hesperine, he could end her mortal life in a heartbeat. But she has no fear of his magic or his fangs. She knows the real monster is the… Continue reading
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Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Year published: 2017 Category: Literary fantasy, short story collection Representation: wlw characters in several stories Summary: In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice… Continue reading
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Chalice by Robin McKinley
Year published: 2008 Category: Fantasy Summary: As the newly appointed Chalice, Mirasol is the most important member of the Master’s Circle. It is her duty to bind the Circle, the land and its people together with their new Master. But the new Master of Willowlands is a Priest of Fire, only drawn back into the human world… Continue reading
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Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Year published: 2021 Category: YA fantasy Summary: The dead of Loraille do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the… Continue reading
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #1)
Year published: 2017 Category: Sci-fi novella Summary: In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team… Continue reading
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Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
Year published: 2011 Category: Litfic/magical realism Summary: It’s a bright afternoon in 1938 and Mary Foxe is in a confrontational mood. St John Fox, celebrated novelist, hasn’t seen her in six years. He’s unprepared for her afternoon visit, not least because she doesn’t exist. He’s infatuated with her. But he also made her up.“You’re a villain,” she… Continue reading
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Sandry’s Book by Tamora Pierce (Circle of Magic #1)
Year published: 1997 Category: Children’s fiction Summary: With her gift of weaving silk thread and creating light, Sandry is brought to the Winding Circle community. There she meets Briar, a former thief who has a way with plants; Daja, an outcast gifted at metalcraft; and Tris, whose connection with the weather unsettles everyone, including herself. At… Continue reading
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Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
“Women like the Black Water Sister became gods because their lives were so shitty, their deaths so hideous, that people prayed to them to avert their vengeance. Because they had died with all that fury left to spend.” Year published: 2021 Category: Fantasy/urban fantasy Representation: bisexual, main character and her partner Summary: Jessamyn Teoh is… Continue reading
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Where Oblivion Lives by T. Frohock (Los Nefilim #1)
Year published: 2019 Category: Historical fantasy Representation: m/m, protagonist and his partner, side characters Summary: A lyrical historical fantasy adventure, set in 1932 Spain and Germany, that brings to life the world of the novellas collected in Los Nefilim: Spanish Nephilim battling daimons in a supernatural war to save humankind. Born of daimon and angel, Diago Alvarez… Continue reading
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A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
“People aren’t meant to live forever. I know that now.” Year published: 2021 Categories: Adult, horror, retelling (Dracula) LGBTQIA representation: F/F, M/M, and F/F/M, main character and her love interests Summary: Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying… Continue reading
Charlotte Kersten 