Alex Nonymous

Iris is a witch with a secret. It's not that they're a lesbian (that cat's been out of the bag since they were seven), it's not even that they're a witch (it's become so mainstream now that their school even has clubs). No, Iris's secret, like all the best things, is a magical girl. The faery they accidentally summoned at six then kept meeting up with in secret. Until Agnes suddenly decided that she was bored with them a few years ago and stopped visiting. When Iris's secret comes out and they realize that their connection to Agnes might be their ticket to finally being noticed in the human realm, they summon her at a party. But when an attempt to trick Agnes into staying longer goes wrong she ends up trapped in their realm, gradually becoming weaker as her connection to Faerie fades. If only the only way to set things right wasn't offering the girl who now hates Iris back safe haven, as their roommate.

Witches, Wings, and Fluttering Things

Any Other Name

What happens when the girl you loved becomes your enemy? 

What happens if you still don't want her to be?

Bea and Saffyr are among the Affinity-Wielders—a group of girls born once every generation with superhuman abilities. Like all Affinity-Wielders, they spend their childhood hidden away from the rest of the world at the academy training and honing their abilities in order to compete in a series of trials once they reach 18. Four years before the trials are set to begin however, disaster strikes and every other Wielder is left dead. And one of the girls might have been behind it.

Now, four years later, they're reunited as enemies to see which one of them will win the trial, a claim the thrown, the ability to keep their power, and the prince's hand in marriage. But what if neither of them want that anymore?

An Affinity for Burning

Dear Blake,

Do you feel like that sometimes? Slightly to the left?

Sarah is confused. But to be fair, who wouldn't be? Right before she's about to enter high school and start the next phase of her life, her best guy friend kisses her and her best girl friend abandons her to chase after boys. She obviously can't talk to either of them about any of that, so she turns to emails instead.

Told entirely through emails, Dear Blake follows Sarah through her first few years of high school as she unpacks fitting in, making friends, growing up, defining herself, and of course, her totally straight not at all confusing rivalry with her ridiculously pretty archnemesis.

Dear Blake

Lamara’s spent her life preparing to be the face of a revolution. 

Like all Stand-Ins, she was only created to keep her body warm until an actual human needed it. As a child though, she was registered as fully human in the country’s most esteemed school where she earned praise, awards, and acclaim before revealing her true identity at 13 as the first step in a campaign for Stand-In rights. Instead of granting them liberty, however, the government and company in charge of the AIs started stripping them away and Lamara was forced into hiding. Until an academic rival from her past tricked her into getting caught.

Clea’s entire life was set the day she turned Lamara in.

As the second best performing student at one of the world’s most renown school’s and the daughter of one of the most important men on the continent, her future's always looked bright, but now, she’s built a legacy of her own. And all it took was destroying one life.

Now, at 17, Lamara's finally escaped. And Clea's hunting her once again. When their paths cross and neither can figure out how to achieve their goals without gaining the other girl's trust, the both lie about their identities. And both pretend to buy it. 

As the two form an uneasy alliance and make their way across the continent together, lies become blurred and long-standing hatreds become a lot messier. One thing’s for certain: they can’t trust anything about each other. No matter how much they might want to.

Until the sun rises

Perhaps the only thing more annoying than being visibly disabled in a town full of wannabe heroes was being a fruit stand owner in a market known for its chase sequences. After spending all 17 years of her life as a land-bound mermaid stuck in the most hero infested town in the realm, Wynnie unfortunately has plenty of experience with both.

All Wynnie wants to to save up enough money to one day move far away from Arvory and its heroes guild to open up a clothing shop somewhere a little calmer so when the Guild throws a competition to try and name a second official hero, she's distraught. But when the local heroes sidekick--an obscenely rich goblin with a shapeshifting left arm--enlists her help in tricking the rest of the guild into believing that they're a full shifter, she sees the opportunity for what it is: the perfect chance to exploit a rich asshole. And maybe, accidentally, fall a little in love along the way.

A tale of hijinks & honeydew

Fall begins with Autumn's end. That's when they pull her body out of the lake.

She was:
- depressed
- murdered
- clumsy
-unknowable

it depends on who you ask.

The only thing that's concrete is the body, the lake, and the people she's left behind.

Told in four POVs, Those Who Ripple follows four very different high school students with four very different narrative styles as they pursue four very different theories about Autumn, those closest to her, and how she really ended up underwater.

TWS: discussion of murder & suicide

Those Who Ripple

Mabel Dupree believes in love, just not for herself.

Mabel's an expert in all things romance. She grew up on rom-coms and fairytales and has spent years putting her skills to use as the anonymous writer for her school's dating advice column and matchmaking service The Cupid Column . Mabel knows all the best love stories by heart which is also why she's vowed to never pursue her own. Lesbian romances always end in tragedy.

When Mabel's identity is exposed to the school, the column starts to fail. Who'd want to take dating advice from someone who's never been in love? In a desperate attempt to save the column, Mabel lies and pretends to be in a relationship. She's grown up on rom-coms. She knows where fake dating leads. But that means she knows exactly how to stop that from happening.

The Cupid Column

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every queer girl, at some point, develops a secret crush on their best friend. In Raegan's case, that crush came in the form of Mariah Beirne: best friend since kindergarten, the most beautiful girl in existence, and incredibly, painfully, straight.

Or so Raegan thought. Two years ago while she was in her junior year of high school, right before she was about to confess, the world stopped. Two years later, her entire year is invited back for a one day speed-run of the senior year they never got to have. There'll be pep-rallies, sports games, senior pranks, assassins, prom, and graduation but most notably: Mariah. Two years older, two years different, and (if social media's supposed to be trusted) officially queer and single.

They've grown apart. Soon, They'll be hours away from each other again. But Raegan is going to do everything she can these next 24-hours to help them grow close again and maybe, hopefully, they'll grow into something more too.



The Mariah Mission

All's Fair...

There is something in the forests of After. Something powerful. Something dark. Something out for blood. After was supposed to be a safe haven for those who understood the dangers of magic. When Ever's father first founded it, it was. But recently, something's changed. Children are disappearing. Creatures are crossing the forest boundary. And Ever's going to put a stop to it. After has never been free of magic and Alisa knows that more than most. As the daughter of a practicing witch, she's grown up with magic just a short walk away. But recently, something's changed. Someone is playing with something dark. The forest is becoming angry. As Ever and Alisa race against time to save their loved ones, their paths become irrevocably intertwined. Both carry hatred. Both carry secrets. And both can't seem to resist the forest's call.

Girls of Ash & After

There was once a mysterious girl hidden away in a blue roofed house harbouring a magical secret. There was once another girl too stubborn to let her get away with that. Skye Eaton has been obsessed with the blue roof girl since she was eight, much to the dismay of all the adults around her. Spreading constant rumors about a housebound child isn't exactly a good look. Until one day, miraculously, she hears back from her. Skye has been obsessed with the blue roof girl since she was eight, but it's not until the two start up a secret correspondence that she finds herself incapable of not thinking about her. With high school coming to an end, Skye's counting down the days until she can escape their small town. If only she wasn't in love with a girl who's never walked past her doorstep. Earthbound Hearts is YA autistic magical realism following two girls trying to navigate falling in love amongst fitting in, counteracting curses, and deciding where they want to belong.

Earthbound Hearts

Rules of the Universe: 1. 7-year-olds are supposed to be alive 2. 16-year-olds aren't supposed to be murderers 3. the universe rarely ever plays by the rules 16-year-old Mel Irving's first day of 11th grade is off to a strong start. She and her best friend succeed in their annual prank battle with their arch-nemesis Ivy Mills, the boy of her dreams has apparently broken up with his girlfriend, and it seems like he might finally like her back. Then her sister dies and the world stops. And it's all her fault. Buried in grief and guilt and desperate for something else to focus on, Mel accidentally volunteers to fundraise enough money to save the spring fair in her sister's honour. Even if it means teaming up with her arch-nemesis. Except the closer their deadline gets, the more she begins to realize that maybe her obsession with Ivy Mills had a lot less to do with hatred than she previously though. This one is literally for me at 14 so once time travel becomes possible one of you better go back and give her a copy so they can start unpacking their feelings earlier. TWs: sibling death & grief, mention of slurs, panic attack

Fall begins with Autumn's end. That's when they pull her body out of the lake. She was: - depressed - murdered - clumsy -unknowable it depends on who you ask. The only thing that's concrete is the body, the lake, and the people she's left behind. Told in four POVs, Those Who Ripple follows four very different high school students with four very different narrative styles as they pursue four very different theories about Autumn, those closest to her, and how she really ended up underwater. TWS: discussion of murder & suicide

There have always been two constants in Rory's life: their hatred for Finn Williams and their love of winning arguments. Luckily, four years on their high school's debate team has given Rory plenty of experience with the latter. Unluckily, they're almost always partnered up with Finn. Rory knows why and the fact that Finn refuses to acknowledge it is yet another reason they find her unbearable. Despite how unbiased judges claim to be, no one wants to take on the risk of partnering up with one of the nonbinary kids. Rory loves winning though so nothing, not even Finn, not even the asteroid conspiracy nuts claim is hurtling towards their town, is going to stop them from winning this final tournament. But when an overbooked motel leads to the two of them spending the night before the tournament in the owner's emergency bunker right before finding out that the conspiracy might not have been a conspiracy after all, Rory suddenly has a much more important thing to fight for: their life. One of them has to be the first to brave the world outside the bunker to find out what's happened to the rest of civilization, and it's not going to be Rory.

Debate Kids at the End of the World

Dear Blake, Do you feel like that sometimes? Slightly to the left? Sarah is confused. But to be fair, who wouldn't be? Right before she's about to enter high school and start the next phase of her life, her best guy friend kisses her and her best girl friend abandons her to chase after boys. She obviously can't talk to either of them about any of that, so she turns to emails instead. Told entirely through emails, Dear Blake follows Sarah through her first few years of high school as she unpacks fitting in, making friends, growing up, defining herself, and of course, her totally straight not at all confusing rivalry with her ridiculously pretty archnemesis.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every queer girl, at some point, develops a secret crush on their best friend. In Raegan's case, that crush came in the form of Mariah Beirne: best friend since kindergarten, the most beautiful girl in existence, and incredibly, painfully, straight. Or so Raegan thought. Two years ago while she was in her junior year of high school, right before she was about to confess, the world stopped. Two years later, her entire year is invited back for a one day speed-run of the senior year they never got to have. There'll be pep-rallies, sports games, senior pranks, assassins, prom, and graduation but most notably: Mariah. Two years older, two years different, and (if social media's supposed to be trusted) officially queer and single. They've grown apart. Soon, They'll be hours away from each other again. But Raegan is going to do everything she can these next 24-hours to help them grow close again and maybe, hopefully, they'll grow into something more too.

Saffyr Tremblay's done exactly what she was supposed to do. After tricking her only competition into leaving, she's won the boy. The crown. The ability to keep her Affinity. But life within the castle is not what it appears to be and she's quickly wrapped up in a sinister secret spanning decades. With both her life and the life of the girl she's in love with hanging in the balance, she's now fighting for far more than just a crown. Luckily, she's not all she appears to be either. A Penchant for Growth is still one giant childhood friends to enemies to friends to childhood crushes back to enemies to friends to lovers trope masquerading as a book except this time they spend even more time talking about their feelings than actually moving the plot forward. It's still told in 2 POVs, but this time Saffyr's is front and center because it's always been her story to save or destroy, for better or worse.

A Penchant for Growth

Mabel Dupree believes in love, just not for herself. Mabel's an expert in all things romance. She grew up on rom-coms and fairytales and has spent years putting her skills to use as the anonymous writer for her school's dating advice column and matchmaking service The Cupid Column . Mabel knows all the best love stories by heart which is also why she's vowed to never pursue her own. Lesbian romances always end in tragedy. When Mabel's identity is exposed to the school, the column starts to fail. Who wants to take dating advice from someone who's never been in love? In a desperate attempt to save the column, Mabel lies and pretends to be in a relationship. She's grown up on rom-coms. She knows where fake dating leads. But that means she also knows exactly how to stop that from happening.

Rules of the Universe:
1. 7-year-olds are supposed to be alive
2. 16-year-olds aren't supposed to be murderers
3. the universe rarely ever plays by the rules

16-year-old Mel Irving’s first day of 11th grade is off to a strong start. She and her best friend succeed in their annual prank battle with their arch-nemesis Ivy Mills, the boy of her dreams has apparently broken up with his girlfriend, and it seems like he might finally like her back.

Then her sister dies and the world stops. And it's all her fault.

Buried in grief and guilt and desperate for something else to focus on, Mel accidentally volunteers to fundraise enough money to save the spring fair in her sister’s honour. Even if it means teaming up with her arch-nemesis. Except the closer their deadline gets, the more she begins to realize that maybe her obsession with Ivy Mills had a lot less to do with hatred than she previously though.

This one is literally for me at 14 so once time travel becomes possible one of you better go back and give her a copy so they can start unpacking their feelings earlier.

TWs: sibling death, mention of slurs

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