Eight Queer and Trans Graphic Novels by Authors of Color Both Beautifully Illustrated and Brilliantly Written

April 5, 2021

The Reading Writers of Color Challenge is hosted by Dan Michael Fielding. The following recommendations were compiled with assistance from April Autumn, Lonely Cryptid Media’s lead artist. Throughout running this challenge I have fielded many questions about whether or not reading a given thing “counts” as completing a prompt for the challenge. Many people have … More Eight Queer and Trans Graphic Novels by Authors of Color Both Beautifully Illustrated and Brilliantly Written

A Guide to Finding Books by Queer and Trans Authors of Color (+Four Books to Get You Started)

March 29, 2021

This post is part of the Reading Writers of Color 2021 challenge hosted by Lonely Cryptid Media’s staff writer and editor, Dan Michael Fielding. The Reading Writers of Color Challenge continues with April’s prompt: A book by a queer or trans author. As a queer person this is one of the prompts I am most … More A Guide to Finding Books by Queer and Trans Authors of Color (+Four Books to Get You Started)

If Found…A Brilliantly Engaging Visual Novel About Being Queer and Coming of Age in Ireland

March 22, 2021

This is part of our series reviewing visual novels and storytelling games. You can watch our streams and hear our live reactions on Twitch. “Family isn’t only the one you’re born into.” – Kasio, If Found… If Found… is a coming-of-age queer visual novel by the developer dreamfeel that takes place during December 1993 on … More If Found…A Brilliantly Engaging Visual Novel About Being Queer and Coming of Age in Ireland

Along the Edge is the Folk Realism Interactive Novel You Need to Experience

March 15, 2021

This is part of our series reviewing visual novels and storytelling games. You can watch our streams and hear our live reactions on Twitch. Along the Edge is an interactive graphic novel about Daphné, a young scientist who inherits a rural estate after the death of her grandmother. Unsatisfied with her current life she moves … More Along the Edge is the Folk Realism Interactive Novel You Need to Experience