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• Love After the End

  An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

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  In this collection of speculative stories, queer 2S Indigenous communities find a way to thrive in the world that emerges after the collapse of settler colonial systems. Transplanted trees in space, a mothership at sea, virtual reality, and space…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Citizen Sleeper

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  This dice-based narrative RPG puts the player in the role of the Sleeper. Escape from oppressive corporate control, help other space station residents if you choose, and take on jobs and schemes to eke out an existence. This rich and humanist game…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dandelion Daughter

  a Novel

  Boulianne-Tremblay, Gabrielle, 1990-

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  From Chris Bergeron: "A poetic and visceral autofiction that captures the blooming of a trans woman with rare precision."

• Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars

  A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir

  Thom, Kai Cheng

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  From Chris Bergeron: "A flamboyant trans epic where truth and myth intertwine to shatter reality itself."

• I Saw the TV Glow

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  Set in the pre-internet 90s, two misfits connect over mysterious and scary TV show The Pink Opaque. The show forges an intense connection between them but as time passes both struggle with confronting identity as they grow up.

• What I Know About You

  Chacour, Éric, 1983-

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  From Chris Bergeron: "A novel of exquisite subtlety about love, secrecy, and inner exile, written with breathtaking elegance."

• The Siege of Burning Grass

  Mohamed, Premee

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  Both tense and incredibly humane, this adventure story puts an anguishing struggle of resisting an ideology of violence at the forefront with a protagonist who isn't easily forgotten.

• Annihilation

  VanderMeer, Jeff

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  From Chris Bergeron: "A hypnotic, unsettling plunge into the unknown, where identity and biology mutate into pure, uncanny vertigo."

• Some Desperate Glory

  Tesh, Emily

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  Does our upbringing and our environment define who we are and what we will become? In this queer action-filled space opera, you might find aspiring warrior Kyr hard to like at first - sticking with her is supremely rewarding.

• Land of Milk and Honey

  Zhang, C Pam

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  A mysterious chef, age 29, is trying to survive in the aftermath of an environmental collapse. For stability and in pursuit of craft, she takes on a head chef position in a secretive food research location on the French-Italian border. Good to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Full-metal Indigiqueer

  Poems

  Whitehead, Joshua, 1989-

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  This powerful collection of poems will appeal to those who enjoyed the digital texture of Christelle's conversations with the AI in Valid.

• Neuromancer

  Gibson, William, 1948-

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  From Chris Bergeron: "A foundational cyberpunk legend dripping with the chaos of megacities and the adrenaline of technological revolution."

• Disco Elysium. The Final Cut

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  This narrative RPG for an adult audience has some of the best dress-up mechanics and surreal political writing we've encountered - the themes are heavy and mature, but there are moments of wonder to discover. Oh, and Kim Kitsuragi.