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- [News Archive](https://queenofswordspress.com/news-archive/) - Latest PostsHappy Birthday to Us!2025 Wrap-up!We have a winna!Award News!Heather Rose Jones is on the Hugo Ballot!Award Eligibility PostNews!Great news!Happy Pride Month!Preorder and award news!March Events and a new title!New book and cool 2024 lineup announcement!Award Eligibility and Holiday SalesSeptember events and cover reveal!March EventsFebruary NewsJanuary News (2023)December NewsAward Eligibility Post for 2022 - books
- [Happy Birthday to Us!](https://queenofswordspress.com/happy-birthday-to-us-2/) - It's our 9th birthday as a small press! We made it, thanks to all of you! We're celebrating this week with a sale on our website 1/5/26-1/11/26 - use code BIRTHDAY at checkout to get a discount and get entered into our drawing for a Queen of Swords Press mug and magnet set! This applies
- [2025 Wrap-up!](https://queenofswordspress.com/2025-wrap-up/) - And quite the year it has been! We released 3 titles: Point of Hearts (Astreiant #6) by Melissa Scott Running Dry by M.Christian The Complete Astreiant by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett Award News: Point of Hopes (Astreiant #1) by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett won a Midwest Independent Publishers Association Award for
- [We have a winna!](https://queenofswordspress.com/we-have-a-winna/) - Point of Hopes (Astreiant #1) by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett just won the Midwest Book Award in the Fantasy/SciFi/Horror/Paranormal category! The award comes from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association and Hopes was our third finalist, first winner. Many congratulations to the authors! This also makes it our second award-winning book after The Voyages
- [Award News!](https://queenofswordspress.com/award-news/) - Catherine Lundoff is one of the winners of the 2025 Alice B. Readers Appreciation Awards! This is a juried award given to authors, playwrights and poets of sapphic work and combines body of work with service to the community. Other recipients have included Joanna Russ, Dorothy Allison, Emma Donoghue, Alison Bechdel, Malinda Lo and many
- [Heather Rose Jones is on the Hugo Ballot!](https://queenofswordspress.com/heather-rose-jones-is-on-the-hugo-ballot/) - Author Heather Rose Jones is on the Hugo Award Ballot in the Best Other Work Category for "Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics," co-written with Camestros Felapton! Please give it a read and consider voting!
- [Award Eligibility Post](https://queenofswordspress.com/award-elibility-post/) - Michael Merriam’s novella Terror at Tierra de Cobre is currently a nominee for the 2024 Small Spec Book Awards and is eligible for any award with a novella category including the Locus Awards, the Nebulas, the Hugos, the Stokers and the Silver Spurs. It was published in March of 2024 and is around 38k words
- [News!](https://queenofswordspress.com/news/) - The next volume in the Astreiant Series, Fairs’ Point (Astreiant #4) by Melissa Scott, is here! And Melissa Scott talks about how she and Lisa A. Barnett were inspired to come up with the idea of dog racing as a sport in Astreiant here. Speaking of the Astreiant Series, we have a great deal running
- [Great news!](https://queenofswordspress.com/great-news/) - We are very excited to be finalists for the 2024 Independent Book Publishers Association Innovative Voices Program! We're in really great company so this is a quite the honor! Do please keep your fingers crossed for us - we'll need the well wishes on this one. :-)
- [Happy Pride Month!](https://queenofswordspress.com/happy-pride-month/) - We have SO much going on this month! Check out the Pride StoryBundle, curated by Melissa Scott and Catherine Lundoff, for 13 terrific queer specfic titles, including LITTLE NOTHING by Dee Holloway and A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold! Get it at the $25 level and help support Rainbow
- [Preorder and award news!](https://queenofswordspress.com/preorder-and-award-news/) - Big shoutout to Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold! Death by Silver is a 2024 Midwest Book Award Finalist! And, speaking of Melissa Scott, Point of Hopes: A Novel of Astreiant (Book 1) is up for preorder here and elsewhere! Look for Book 2, Point of Knives, in July and the other books every month after
- [March Events and a new title!](https://queenofswordspress.com/march-events-and-a-new-title/) - It's here! Check out Terror at Tierra de Cobre by Michael Merriam! And if you're in Minnesota this weekend, come see Michael and Catherine at MarsCon Minneapolis. If you're closer to Ohio, go see Melissa Scott at Cleveland Concoction. MarsCon - March 8-10, Minneapolis, MN. Author Michael Merriam is a Guest of Honor as no
- [New book and cool 2024 lineup announcement!](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-book-and-cool-2024-lineup-announcement/) - A Death at the Dionysus Club (Lynes & Mathey 2) by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold is out today! Terrific sequel to Death by Silver! And in 2024, we're going to be publishing more fun titles, including: Terror at Tierra de Cobre by Michael Merriam (Weird West novella - a re-imaging of the Magnificent 7
- [Award Eligibility and Holiday Sales](https://queenofswordspress.com/award-eligibility-and-holiday-sales/) - First up, Little Nothing by Dee Holloway is eligible for all 2023 awards that include novella length work! BSFA, World Fantasy, Nebulas, Hugos, anything we may have forgotten. It is already nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. SALES! Great deals this weekend on most of our titles at DriveThruFiction for the annual Black Friday- Cyber
- [September events and cover reveal!](https://queenofswordspress.com/september-events-and-cover-reveal/) - September: Pagan Pride Fall Festival – September 9th. Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis. Queen of Swords Press will have a table. St. Cloud Pride in the Park - September 16th, 10-4PM. St. Cloud, MN. Queen of Swords Press will have a table. Rosemount Country Faire - September 16th, 10-4PM, Rosemount, MN. Author Michael Merriam will have a
- [March Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/march-events-2/) - First - a cover reveal! Artist Matthew Bright has done an outstanding job with the cover for our new edition of the Lambda Award-winning novel Death by Silver by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold! We'll be releasing it in 4/13/23 and preorders will start going up next week. Lynes and Mathey #2, A Death at
- [February News](https://queenofswordspress.com/february-news/) - February Events We have two great events coming up this month, one online and one in person: In Flagrante Delicto: Writing Effective Sex Scenes - Rambo Academy, online. Sunday, February 12th, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Catherine Lundoff will be teaching this class just in time for Valentine's Day! Writing OUT: LGBTQ+ Writers and Publishers on the Importance
- [January News (2023)](https://queenofswordspress.com/january-news-2023/) - Queen of Swords Press Newsletter - January 2023 Welcome to the new year! May it be a good one for all of you! New book! We've had to overcome a few obstacles and delays along the way, but Rem Wigmore's Wolfpack is up for preorder direct from Queen of Swords Press (ebook and print) and
- [December News](https://queenofswordspress.com/december-news-2/) - News More of a request, really. The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones is eligible for the Nebula and Hugo Awards in the Novella category, so if you're a SFWA or Worldcon voting member, please consider nominating it. It's a terrific retelling/reinterpretation of Beauty and the Beast and we'd love to see it get more
- [Award Eligibility Post for 2022 - books and authors](https://queenofswordspress.com/award-eligibility-post-for-2022-books-and-authors/) - Our award-eligible book for this year is The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones (Last Car is a new edition resissue). Roses is eligible at the novella level for the Nebulas, the Hugos, World Fantasy and any other fantasy awards that have a category for Novellas. It is 40 K words long and we
- [November News!](https://queenofswordspress.com/november-news-2/) - News Some catchup events from October! The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones is a Barbara Gittings Literature Award nominee for the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Awards! And big thank you to the librarian(s) who nominated it! Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff is out in a new German edition from Ylva Publishing this
- [September Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/september-events/) - I just realized that I forgot to post August's - there was a lot! See our Event's page for info on that. Meanwhile, here's this month's adventures! September: Chicon 8/Worldcon - September 1-5th. Catherine Lundoff , Alex Acks, Heather Rose Jones and Jennie Goloboy will be on programming. Pagan Pride Fall Festival - September 10th.
- [July News and Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/july-news-and-events/) - All the news for this month! Preorders for Last Car to Annwn Station by Michael Merriam are available direct from us, on Kobo and Amazon and Bookshop.org, B&N and beyond! Release date 7/7! BayCon 2022 - July 1st-4th. San Francisco. Look for Heather Rose Jones on programming and selling The Language of Roses at the
- [Queen of Swords Press News - June, 2022](https://queenofswordspress.com/queen-of-swords-press-news-june-2022/) - We'll be releasing a new edition of Minnesota author Michael Merriam's terrific f/f urban fantasy set in Minneapolis, Last Car to Annwn Station,on 7/7/22! And we love Nathalie Gray of Kanaxa's design for the cover! Preorders will be up very soon. Pride Month StoryBundle - June 1st-July 1st. Our annual event, this year featuring books
- [Queen of Swords Press May News!](https://queenofswordspress.com/queen-of-swords-press-may-news/) - We've got all sorts of things coming up! Currently, that includes the SFWA Auction. Bid on signed copies of Blood Moon by Catherine Lundoff, Obviously, Aliens by Jennie Goloboy and Wireless by Alex Acks and help support SFWA scholarships and programming! Other fun things coming up: Foxhunt by Rem Wigmore is a Sir Julius Vogel
- [The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones is here!](https://queenofswordspress.com/the-language-of-roses-by-heather-rose-jones-is-here/) - We're very excited to announce our 14th title - The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones is a novella-length queer retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a twist and it is out everywhere today! You can buy direct from us or at these fine outlets. It's getting some lovely early reviews on Goodreads!
- [Catch-up post for February - April](https://queenofswordspress.com/catch-up-post-for-february-april/) - We've been wildly busy! Here's some of the things you can watch, listen to or join in on, depending on what's going on: Check out StabbyCon on r/fantasy forum on Reddit to see Catherine Lundoff on the Gothic Fantasy panel and Rem Wigmore is on the roundtable on writing gender in speculative fiction. Write on!
- [January - Happy Birthday to Us!](https://queenofswordspress.com/january-happy-birthday-to-us/) - Welcome to 2022! We turn 5 years old this very month and we are so very excited to share that with you! If you've bought and/or reviewed out books, supported our Patreon, hosted us and helped us spread the word about our books and the Press, you've helped us get here, so thank you very
- [December News](https://queenofswordspress.com/december-news/) - Queen of Swords Press Newsletter - December, 2021 Wishing all of you a safe and happy holiday season! May 2022 bring good things our way! News DisCon III - December 15th-19th, Washington, D.C. We've applied for (and expect to get) a virtual Dealer's Room table and Alex Acks and Jennie Goloboy are on programming. Alex is
- [Award Eligibility Post](https://queenofswordspress.com/award-eligibility-post-2/) - This one will be really straightforward: Foxhunt by Rem Wigmore, Obviously, Aliens by Jennie Goloboy and Blood Moon by Catherine Lundoff were all published by us in 2021 and are eligible for awards for novel-length work (over 80k words, in this case). All 3 are currently nominated for awards ranging from the Lambda Literary Awards
- [November News!](https://queenofswordspress.com/november-news/) - Queen of Swords Press News: Obviously, Aliens by Jennie Goloboy is out NOW and available everywhere including direct from our webstore! Gift package reminder - Get Aliens or one of our titles with our tasty new tea blend from Bingley’s Teas and a Queen of Swords Press mug! Geek Girl Con - we’ll have a
- [October News!](https://queenofswordspress.com/october-news/) - We have two fun preorders up this month! Our tea + a mug + the book of your choice gift package is up! The tea is a terrific and tasty chai blend from our wonderful friends at Minneapolis' own Bingley's Teas and we highly recommend it! We're releasing Minnesota author Jennie Goloboy's hilarious science fiction
- [OBVIOUSLY, ALIENS by Jennie Goloboy is up for preorder!](https://queenofswordspress.com/obviously-aliens-by-jennie-goloboy-is-up-for-preorder/) - It will be coming out 11/1, but you can preorder it in ebook today direct from us or at Amazon. It will be up at other major ebook platforms in the next couple of days and available in print once Terry works her magic. We'll also get our new tea/mug/book gift package up this week,
- [News and September Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/news-and-september-events/) - September events! Twin Cities Pagan Pride - Saturday, September 11th. Minneapolis, MN. Look for some of our books at author Michael Merriam's vendor table and check out Mike's latest steampunk title too! If you like Alex Acks's work, we think you'll like Mike's too. St. Cloud Pride in the Park - Saturday, September 18th, 11-3PM.
- [FOXHUNT is here!](https://queenofswordspress.com/foxhunt-is-here/) -  FOXHUNT is a science fiction novel with a queer trans woman protagonist and a cast of LGBTQ+ characters. It is set several hundred years in Earth’s future, after a climate apocalypse. The new society is solar-powered, so it’s solarpunk; it deals with climate change and the impacts thereof, so it’s climate fiction; and it’s hopeful
- [Starred review for FOXHUNT by Rem Wigmore! And Awards for A.J.!](https://queenofswordspress.com/starred-review-for-foxhunt-by-rem-wigmore/) - Foxhunt just got a lovely starred review in Publishers Weekly. It says, in part: It’s an inclusive, optimistic vision of the future, rounded out by beautiful imagery and an effortlessly diverse cast. This enthralling story is a winner.” Read the rest of the review here. This is our first starred review for any of our
- [Book sale, preorders and events!](https://queenofswordspress.com/book-sale-preorders-and-events/) - All kinds of fun stuff coming up this month! The Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale kicked off today and most of our books are are on sale! Foxhunt by Rem Wigmore is up for preorder! It will be coming out 8/20/21. If you like climate fiction and hopepunk with queer protagonists (or just plain great books), this
- [Happy June! Happy Pride Month!](https://queenofswordspress.com/happy-june-happy-pride-month/) - We have so much going on this month! In addition to everything going on listed here, we'll also be unveiling Laya Rose's amazing cover art for Rem Wigmore's novel, Foxhunt, which we'll be releasing later this year. Patreon supporters get to see it first, then newsletter subscribers, then folks coming to our Reddit Fantasy Small
- [Spontaneous online WisCon!](https://queenofswordspress.com/spontaneous-online-wiscon/) - So there wasn't going to be a WisCon this year, but then a bunch of folks decided to put one together with spontaneous online and onsite programming (at the Concourse) and an Otherwise Award auction and vidding. Then we stepped up and asked if we could do something for the vendors and artists and the
- [Happy May!](https://queenofswordspress.com/happy-may/) - Lots of stuff coming up, particularly as we get closer to June, but I wanted to shout out a few things. "What is Book Coaching" - May 11th 1-2:30 PM CST. nline panel with the Professional Editor's Network, Minneapolis. You can register here. StokerCon – May 20th-23rd. Online from Denver, CO. Catherine will be doing
- [HUGE Congratulations!](https://queenofswordspress.com/huge-congratulations/) - A.J. Fitzwater is a Sir Julius Vogel Award finalist in 3 categories! The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper is up for Best Collection, their Paper Roads Press title No Man's Land is up for Best Novella and their terrific essay "Queer Speculative Aotearoa New Zealand" at LGBTQ Reads is up for Best Fan Writing. And
- [April News and Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/april-news-and-events/) - Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend - April 9th-12th. Look for Alex Acks and Catherine Lundoff at this fun new online event! They'll both be on panels as well as roaming around on Discord. And Alex's titles, Murder on the Titania and Wireless are both on sale this weekend when you buy them direct from us! So You
- [March Events and News!](https://queenofswordspress.com/march-events-and-news/) - New Author welcome! We’re going to be publishing new novels by New Zealand Rem Wigmore and Minnesota author and literary agent Jenny Goloboy later on in 2021! Rem’s novel Foxhunt is queer post apocalyptic hopepunk and claimed NZ artist Laya Rose has just agreed to do the cover and we think you’ll love it! Jennie’s
- [Scratch & Dent Sale!](https://queenofswordspress.com/scratch-dent-sale/) - We’re having a Scratch & Dent #Sale while supplies last! We have copies of the following books that have gotten a bit shopworn or have minor printing errors and all of them are half off at $8 each! Free delivery in the Twin Cities metro area or a couple of $ for shipping! You can
- [February Newsletter](https://queenofswordspress.com/february-newsletter/) - Queen of Swords Press Newsletter - February, 2021 Thanks for signing up for Queen of Swords Press news! News Very excited and pleased to say that The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater is on the 2020 Locus Recommended Reading List! Which means that you can vote for it for the Locus Awards, if you are
- [CINRAK makes more recommended reading lists! And upcoming events!](https://queenofswordspress.com/cinrak-makes-more-recommended-reading-lists-and-upcoming-events/) - Very excited and pleased to say that The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater is on the 2020 Locus Recommended Reading List! Which means that you can vote for it for the Locus Awards, if you are so inclined, as we hope you are! I mentioned that Cinrak was also on recommended reading
- [CINRAK makes the list(s)!](https://queenofswordspress.com/cinrak-makes-the-list/) - Some very cool news about The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater! "Cetaceous Secrets of the Jeweled Nadir" is on Nerds of a Feather's Hugo Awards Recommended Reading List for short fiction. Cinrak is also on the Ursa Major Awards' Recommended Reading List for Anthropomorphic Other Works (short story collections and anthologies). 2
- [Queen of Swords Press Newsletter - January, 2021](https://queenofswordspress.com/queen-of-swords-press-newsletter-january-2021/) - Happy New Year, everyone! Thanks for signing up for Queen of Swords Press news. News Blood Moon, the long-awaited sequel to Catherine Lundoff’s Silver Moon, will be out on March 15th, 2021, featuring more adventures with Becca, Erin and the Wolf’s Point Pack! Preorders are now open for the ebook edition. Stay tuned for the link to
- [End of Year Sales and News](https://queenofswordspress.com/end-of-year-sales-and-news/) - Looking for sales? We got 'em! All of our books are on sale now through the end of the year at Smashwords. All of Emily L. Byrne's titles and Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff are on sale through the end of the year on Amazon and right here on the website for the My Lesfic
- [Free shipping to the Twin Cities metro area through 12/20!](https://queenofswordspress.com/free-shipping-to-the-twin-cities-metro-area-through-12-20/) - If you live in the Twin Cities metro area within 10 miles of Bancroft Elementary in South Minneapolis, we will happily deliver either handmade boxes and journals from Jana Pullman’s Etsy or books from Queen of Swords Press (or both!) through 12/20. Porch pick up with contactless pay through PayPal or Venmo is definitely an
- [Award Eligibility Post](https://queenofswordspress.com/award-eligibility-post/) - Here's an award eligibility post for all Queen of Swords Press authors, artists, web master and all! Authors: Alex Acks - Raising the Steaks in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #78 (March, 2020). Short story. Alex also has a media tie-in story that you can read for free - One People, One Purpose for the 10th Anniversary
- [Our November Newsletter!](https://queenofswordspress.com/our-november-newsletter/) - Queen of Swords Press Newsletter - November, 2020 Thanks for signing up for Queen of Swords Press news! News Book bundle! We’ll be participating in the first ever Midwest Spec-Fic Book Box, organized by the lovely people at Atthis Arts in Detroit, running from 11/8-11/20. You can order the box from the Atthis Arts website. It will cost you
- [November events and news - Midwest Spec-Fic Book Box and More!](https://queenofswordspress.com/november-events-and-news/) - VerbWellington - November 5-8th. Wellington, New Zealand. A.J. Fitzwater and A.C. Buchanan (who is also the Queen of Swords Press webmaster) are appearing at this fab writer's festival in New Zealand. Midwest Spec-Fic Book Box - November 5th-20th. 4 small presses, 5 books + surprises = the perfect holiday gift for the sf/f fan
- [October events and month long sale!](https://queenofswordspress.com/october-events-and-month-long-sale/) - As you can see, October's going to be a bit nuts! We have back to back and sometimes, simultaneous events, so we're just going to have a month long sale instead of event-specific specials. Stop by here 10/1-11/1 to get your deals on our books! Geek Girl Con - Online. Seattle, Washington. Queen of Swords
- [St. Cloud Pride coupon!](https://queenofswordspress.com/st-cloud-pride-coupon/) - So I wrote down the end date for St. Cloud Pride instead of the start date, so surprise sales coupon starts today, instead of next week as I originally planned! We're going to be one of the sponsors this year and the virtual events are kicking off today and tomorrow and running through the 20th.
- [September fun and event coupon!](https://queenofswordspress.com/september-fun-and-event-coupon/) - We're vending at virtual Duluth Superior Pride this weekend! Use coupon code DSPride20 at checkout for all purchases over $3 from our website to get your discount through Labor Day! We also have a package of Catherine Lundoff's signed titles in the auction. Bid early and often on the many fabulous items and help support
- [Links and Events and Fun!](https://queenofswordspress.com/links-and-events-and-fun/) - The last 2 weeks have been/will be action-packed! Last night, Alex Acks and I had a lot of fun chatting with Madame Askew's Temporal Entourage Book Club. The video is here - they asked great questions and Alex had some great answers. We also tease mercilessly about a third Captain Ramos and Simms book. Hannah
- [August events on the horizon](https://queenofswordspress.com/august-events-on-the-horizon/) - Here's what we've got coming up! Please join us at all of these, if you can! PrideFest 2020 - August 15-16th. Pueblo, Colorado. Virtual Pride festival. Queen of Swords Press is a vendor. Madam Askew's Temporal Entourage Book Club - August 16th, 4:30-5:30 MST. Online. Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex
- [Book sales and events!](https://queenofswordspress.com/book-sales-and-events/) - Are you at CONZealand this week? Look for us in the Dealer's Room and use this coupon, CONZL20 at checkout right here on our website to get 15% all your ebook purchases! You don't even have to be at the con, since we know a lot of people couldn't make it to begin with. Runs
- [(Distanced) Fun in the Sun for July!](https://queenofswordspress.com/distanced-fun-in-the-sun-for-july/) - Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! This will be happening all month - get some fun reads from us on sale and help support an indie bookselling platform. We are open for submissions for novel and Mini series queries! Guidelines are here. Columbia Heights Pride - July 18th, 1-4PM. We'll be a virtual vendor at a delightful new
- [New interviews and more excitement!](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-interviews-and-more-excitement/) - A.J.'s been busy! Check out a new interview on Quilted Bananas Radio (6/7 show) on Wellington Access Radio and another new interview on the Standing Room Only Podcast. If you live in New Zealand, keep an eye on the Sunday livestyle magazine on 7/19 for a profile of A.J. And there's more ahead! Stay tuned!
- [Good news and upcoming events](https://queenofswordspress.com/good-news-and-upcoming-events/) - Just found out today that The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater is under consideration for the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow List! The website isn't updated for this month yet, but I'm sure it will be soon. The Return of Running a Small Press: It's Adventure! will be happening at DreamHaven
- [The Pride Month StoryBundle is here!](https://queenofswordspress.com/the-pride-month-storybundle-is-here/) - The 2020 Pride Month Bundle - Curated by Catherine Lundoff Runs 6/3-7/1/20 Celebrating Pride Month with a StoryBundle has become an annual tradition, one in which we present a different and wonderful collection of LGBTQ+ books and authors each June. This year, I'm curating the Pride Month Bundle for StoryBundle and it is an amazing
- [A.J. does an AMA!](https://queenofswordspress.com/a-j-does-an-ama/) - Tune in later on today for A.J. Fitzwater's AMA at r/fantasy! They'll be talking about The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper, as well as their new forthcoming novella No Man's Land.
- [Featured Vendor!](https://queenofswordspress.com/featured-vendor/) - We're today's featured vendor at Hamline University's Women's Resource Center FemFair 2020! Be sure and check out the other vendors too! Lots of nice art and books, all made by feminist vendors! Also, if you're attending Flights of Foundry, the new online sf con this weekend (5/16-5/17), we're a featured vendor there too! If you're
- [May Events and News](https://queenofswordspress.com/may-events-and-news/) - We're very excited that A.J. Fitzwater and our webmaster, Andi Buchanan, are both amongst the finalists for the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards! They'll be given out at CONZealand so we'll be on the edge of our seats until then! Be sure and try and check out this list - there are some great writers
- [AWARD FINALIST!](https://queenofswordspress.com/award-finalist/) - Big shoutout of congratulations today to author Alex Acks, whose Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures is now a MIPA Book Awards Finalist in the science fiction, fantasy and horror category! It is well-deserved! Worth noting that the first book of this set, Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures, was a finalist for the
- [ALL the CINRAK, All the Time!](https://queenofswordspress.com/all-the-cinrak-all-the-time/) - At least for a bit. So A.J. Fitzwater was hoping to a short book tour of the U.S. to promote Cinrak and their other upcoming title, No Man's Land, in May, but you probably already know how that's turning out. So instead, we have a bunch of fun online stuff going on this month and
- [Book sale(s)!](https://queenofswordspress.com/book-sales/) - Smashwords announced an 'Authors Give Back' sale for this week to help people deal with all the things going on at the moment, so we put our most rollicking stories on sale to give you lovely people some fun, escapist reads. Alex Acks - both books are on sale, as are their Alex Wells books
- [March Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/march-events/) - It's another full month ahead! If you're a Smashwords shopper, all of our titles are on sale this week for Read an Ebook Week! Click on the title to see the discount. On Thursday, March 19th from 6:30-8PM, Catherine Lundoff will be at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis giving her annual talk about running a small
- [February events and fun!](https://queenofswordspress.com/february-events-and-fun/) - There's a lot of stuff clustered around Valentine's Day this year. Sunday, February 9th - Catherine Lundoff will be teaching "Breaking Out of the Slush Pile" online at Hidden Timber Books. Only a couple of days left to sign up for this! February 10th-14th - Emily L. Byrne's Medusa's Touch will be on sale for
- [Best birthday week ever!](https://queenofswordspress.com/best-birthday-week-ever/) - It's been an amazing week! First, Out of This World got a lovely new review, then we had a terrific and well-attended birthday party at the delightful new Minneapolis bookstore, The Irreverent Bookworm, THEN Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) got picked for the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow List, recommended LGBTQ
- [Birthday Celebration!](https://queenofswordspress.com/birthday-celebration/) - 3rd Birthday Celebration - Minneapolis, MN. Saturday, January 25th, 2-5PM. Join us at the Irreverent Bookworm, Minneapolis' newest bookstore, for an afternoon of fun, munchies, book sales and giveaways to celebrate our birthday! If you're not local or you can't make it, don't worry. There will be an online drawing for newsletter subscribers so make
- [Upcoming sales and news](https://queenofswordspress.com/upcoming-sales-and-news/) - End of year book sales! We're participating in the overlapping IHeartLesfic Holiday Mega Sale (12/26/19-12/29/19) and the Smashwords End of Year Sale (12/26-1/1/20). Because of the time needed to get the sale prices on all global platforms and how different platforms match pricing, you may start seeing some sale prices today (12/23) and more tomorrow
- [Upcoming December events!](https://queenofswordspress.com/upcoming-december-events/) - Full month ahead! Queer Author Holiday Party and Book Sale - Eat My Words Bookstore Saturday, November 7th, 1-5PM (event runs until 7 - we have to leave at 5PM). Catherine Lundoff will be reading at 3PM. GPS Holiday Emporium - Sunday, December 8th, 10-5PM. Queen of Swords Press will have a book table, shared
- [New Bundle and upcoming events and sales](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-bundle-and-upcoming-events-and-sales/) - Are you an ebook bundle shopper? Guess what? We have a new bundle up at our store on DriveThruFiction! Get Scourge, Murder, Wireless and Unfinished Business for $10! Our books will also be included in the Black Friday sale days on the site, so please stay tuned if it's one of the places where you
- [Upcoming events for November!](https://queenofswordspress.com/upcoming-events-for-november/) - Publisher Catherine Lundoff will be speaking to the Ampersand Club in Minneapolis about small press publishing in general and Queen of Swords Press in particular on Thursday, November 7th. This event is members only, but do check the club out if you live in Minnesota and are interested in books, book publishing, book collecting, etc.
- [Great new interview with Alex Acks](https://queenofswordspress.com/great-new-interview-with-alex-acks/) - The Colorado Sun did a great new interview with Alex and featured an excerpt from Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures last week. Read the interview here and the excerpt here.
- ["Unfinished Business" is Here! Plus, a preview of October events!](https://queenofswordspress.com/unfinished-business-is-here-plus-a-preview-of-october-events/) - Unfinished Business: Tales of the Dark Fantastic by Catherine Lundoff is here! It's available in print and ebook and you can buy it direct from us, as well as a bunch of other places, including Target and DreamHaven Books. October is chock-full of events! Don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter this month
- [Unexpected distribution news! Newsletter! Misc!](https://queenofswordspress.com/unexpected-distribution-news-newsletter-misc/) - So in addition to being available for preorder at the usual places (Smashwords, Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, IndieBound, Scribd), our forthcoming (10/1) title Unfinished Business: Tales of the Dark Fantastic by Catherine Lundoff, is available for preorder at...Target. This is a first for us and kinda cool. If you're a Target shopper, please consider adding a
- [Thanks to our Patreon supporters!](https://queenofswordspress.com/thanks-to-our-patreon-supporters/) - HUGE shout-out to Magdalena, Paul and James for supporting our Patreon this month! You can check it out here. Get a serialized novel by Catherine Lundoff at the $6 per month level, but really, any amount helps. We also have a Ko-fi account if you want to support us and help us put more books,
- [Cover Reveal! "The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper" by A.J. Fitzwater, coming 4/2020](https://queenofswordspress.com/cover-reveal-the-voyages-of-cinrak-the-dapper-by-a-j-fitzwater-coming-4-2020/) - Really looking forward to publishing this next year! Check out the beautiful cover by Dian Huynh, with lettering by Terry Roy!
- [New store to buy our books and more](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-store-to-buy-our-books-and-more/) - Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) is now available at DriveThruFiction in both Kindle and EPub formats. We'll be adding Alex's books soon as well as Catherine's Unfinished Business. Only 3 more days on the Smashwords sale for Out of This World, Murder on the Titania and Medusa's Touch! Going to Outwrite in
- [Book sale!](https://queenofswordspress.com/book-sale/) - Our title: Out of This World Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures Medusa's Touch are on sale at Smashwords from 7/1-7/31.
- [Upcoming book sale, reminders and thanks!](https://queenofswordspress.com/upcoming-book-sale-reminders-and-thanks/) - Many thanks to everyone who bought and/or boosted the Pride StoryBundle! We did quite well and were able to raise over $600 for Rainbow Railroad's work with LGBTQ refugees! Our titles Out of This World, Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures and Medusa's Touch will be on sale at Smashwords from 7/1-7/31. Newsletter!
- [And the Pride StoryBundle is here!](https://queenofswordspress.com/and-the-pride-storybundle-is-here/) - This year's Pride StoryBundle is out with SCOURGE OF THE SEAS OF TIME, WIRELESS AND MORE STEAM-POWERED ADVENTURES by Alex Acks, a collection from the Glittership Podcast, Bogi Takács' latest anthology, a fantasy novel by K.J. Charles, a game from Amy Griswold and Jo Graham, werewolves from Geonn Cannon and short fiction from Craig Laurance
- [Pride StoryBundle and upcoming events](https://queenofswordspress.com/pride-storybundle-and-upcoming-events/) - It's Pride StoryBundle time again! Or at least it will be on Monday, June 3rd. The Bundle will be on sale though the 24th. We'll be raising money for Rainbow Railroad again this year (donate part of your purchase price at the $20 level and get bonus books too!) and the line-up of authors and
- [Upcoming fun!](https://queenofswordspress.com/upcoming-fun/) - WisCon is coming up later on this week and we'll be there, with proverbial bells on! WisCon schedule, all Sunday events: 10-11:15AM - “So You Want to be a Publisher” - Conference Room 3. Presentation by Catherine Lundoff 4-5:15PM - “Book Marketing for Authors” Capitol A. Panel with Cecilia Isaac and Catherine Lundoff 8:00-1AM Queen
- ["Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures" by Alex Acks is here!](https://queenofswordspress.com/wireless-and-more-steam-powered-adventures-by-alex-acks-is-here/) - And we're doing a giveaway on Queer Sci-Fi! Comment to be entered to win!
- [April Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/april-events/) - April 5th - If you're in the Denver area, be sure and go hear Alex Acks read from Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures at the Colorado Book Award Finalist reading at BookBar, starting at 7PM. April 11-15th - ClexaCon in Las Vegas, Nevada. We'll have a table in the Dealer's Room and in
- [BIG NEWS!](https://queenofswordspress.com/big-news/) - Congratulations to author Alex Acks whose book Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures is a 2019 Colorado Book Awards Finalist! Watch this site for news or sign up for our newsletter. Murder's sequel, Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures, is up for preorder now and will be out in a couple of weeks! Print
- [Forthcoming title and March events!](https://queenofswordspress.com/forthcoming-title-and-march-events/) - We're working on Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks right now and are planning on an midApril release date. Stay tuned for the cover reveal and preorder links! Selected titles are on sale at Smashwords from 3/3-3/10, including Silver Moon and Out of This World by Catherine Lundoff and Medusa's Touch, Knife's Edge
- [Happy Birthday to Us!](https://queenofswordspress.com/happy-birthday-to-us/) - And we're having a party at Bingley's Tea Salon in Minneapolis on Saturday , 1/19, from 2-4PM with books and tea and munchies. There will also be a prize drawing for newsletter subscribers. You can sign up here at the website or at the tea (current subscribers are automatically entered), and prizes will include free
- [New video posted](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-video-posted/) - Have you checked out the Queen of Swords Press YouTube channel yet? We just posted a new video! The latest one features the book release party for Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) at DreamHaven Books, with readings and Q&A by Catherine Lundoff and Michael Merriam. Our videographer got stuck in traffic so
- [Holiday sales and upcoming birthday party](https://queenofswordspress.com/holiday-sales-and-upcoming-birthday-party/) - We will once again be participating in the Smashwords Holiday Sale from 12/25-1/1/18 so be sure and check out page for deals on many of our books. Desire by Emily L. Byrne will also be on additional markdowns from 12/26-12/30 for the I Heart Lesfic Mega Sale. And we turn 2 years old in January!
- [Our first Publishers Weekly review and a few more items of note](https://queenofswordspress.com/our-first-publishers-weekly-review-and-a-few-more-items-of-note/) - Publishers Weekly says that Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) is: "This anthology is a delightful cross-section of pirate tales, representing a diverse array of sexualities and nationalities, and shining a spotlight on tales that don’t fit common preconceived notions of pirate lore. It will appeal to fans of daring speculative fiction." Along
- [Holiday events! And book release!](https://queenofswordspress.com/holiday-events-and-book-release/) - Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) will be out on 12/1 - check out the Scourge page for details, formats and new reviews! December events, we have them! Or more specifically, we'll be selling books at the following: 12/1: Books and Beer Pop-up Store at AZ Gallery, St. Paul, 1-6PM. Books and art
- [Queen of Swords Press has a YouTube Channel!](https://queenofswordspress.com/queen-of-swords-press-has-a-youtube-channel/) - Check out videos of Alex Acks reading from Murder on the Titania and Other Stories, Catherine Lundoff reading from Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories at Wordbrew 6 in Minneapolis and Catherine's talk at DreamHaven Books about starting a small press. Please like and subscribe if you enjoy them! Queen of Swords Press
- [Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) is up for preorder and more!](https://queenofswordspress.com/scourge-of-the-seas-of-time-and-space-is-up-for-preorder-and-more/) - Scourge of the Seas of time (and Space), our forthcoming fantastical pirate stories anthology, is up for preorder. Right now, it's just preorder for the ebook editions, but print is coming soon! Scourge will be releasing on 12/1/18 and we'll be having a release party at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on 12/5. Scourge will be
- [Twin Cities Book Festival and More!](https://queenofswordspress.com/twin-cities-book-festival-and-more/) - We'll have a Queen of Swords Press table at the Twin Cities Book Festival this coming Saturday, October 13th, from 10-5. Author Michael Merriam will once again be our guest so we'll be selling some of his books as well. We have a new outlet for some of our titles. Check out the L Spot
- [New print edition of MEDUSA'S TOUCH is out, plus upcoming events](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-print-edition-of-medusas-touch-is-out-plus-upcoming-events/) - The new print edition of Medusa's Touch is out today. We'll update with links when it makes it out through the various distribution channels; it should be on Amazon, B&N and IndieBound by next week. We'll also have copies (of all our print titles) at Pride in the Park in St. Cloud, MN on 9/15
- [Announcing the Table of Contents for "Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space)](https://queenofswordspress.com/announcing-the-table-of-contents-for-scourge-of-the-seas-of-time-and-space/) - The Table of Contents for Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) edited by Catherine Lundoff is here! This lively collection of pirate tales will be released in December of 2018 and it's going to be amazing. Cover art and more info about each story coming soon! Ginn Hale - “Treasured Island” Joyce Chng
- [Book Sale and Direct Sales](https://queenofswordspress.com/book-sale-and-direct-sales/) - This month, we have two new ways to acquire our titles. First up, all of our books are on sale at Smashwords for the month of July. Click on the book titles to see the sale price. Then, thanks to the awesome Andi at Dragonbyte (seriously, hire them to do things!), we now have a website
- [LGBTQ+ Minnesota Authors for Pride Month](https://queenofswordspress.com/lgbtq-minnesota-authors-for-pride-month/) - We just collaborated with our fabulous local LGBTQ library, Quatrefoil, and Hennepin County Library to build a starter list of local LGBTQ+ authors for Pride month. Check it out here and read the rainbow at your library too!
- [New Pride Month StoryBundle](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-pride-month-storybundle/) - For the next 17 days, Medusa's Touch by Emily L. Byrne and Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks are available as part of a Pride Month StoryBundle. Get a great deal on both books, plus 11 other titles by such authors as Melissa Scott, Geonn Cannon, A.C. Wise, Don Sakers
- [News! And more news!](https://queenofswordspress.com/news-and-more-news/) - Big thank you to everyone who made it to our WisCon 42 party (or who sent their friends)! Lots of fun was had. Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) notifications are being sent, as we speak and we hope to have a TOC to show you soon. We're planning cover art once everyone
- [MEDUSA'S TOUCH is out!](https://queenofswordspress.com/medusas-touch-is-out/) - Emily L. Byrne has a new novel out! Medusa's Touch is a sexy F/F science fiction romance set in the far future. It's available in ebook on all major platforms today; print will be available later on this summer. Betrayal, desire and danger: how did a simple side job go so wrong? Medusa Pilot TiCara
- [MEDUSA'S TOUCH by Emily L. Byrne releasing 5/23/18 - available for preorder now](https://queenofswordspress.com/medusas-touch-by-emily-l-byrne-releasing-5-20-18/) - We have a new title releasing on 5/23/18 (due to a slight delay). Emily L. Byrne's Medusa's Touch is a new science fiction romance, set in the far future. It will be available in ebook initially, and in a print edition later on this summer. It's currently in preorder! What's it about? Glad you asked!
- [Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks is now available!](https://queenofswordspress.com/murder-on-the-titania-and-other-steam-powered-adventures-by-alex-acks-is-now-available/) - Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks is out today! Airships. Piracy. Murder. The Occasional Cup of Tea…Join Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, and her crew as they negotiate the perils of air, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in
- [SO MUCH NEWS!](https://queenofswordspress.com/so-much-news/) - For one thing, Alex Acks's terrific Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures is up for preorder! It will be releasing in print and ebook on April 1! Why experience delayed gratification? Order now! Bookstores and libraries can order our print books, once they are available, through Ingram, FYI, and our ebooks through Kobo
- [Radio interview](https://queenofswordspress.com/radio-interview/) - Publisher Catherine Lundoff appeared on the show Hannah's Bookshelf on North Manchester FM on 2/3/18. She and host, Hannah Kate, talked about Queen of Swords Press, werewolves, steampunk, upcoming projects and what to read after an apocalypse. The interview was broadcast and streamed live and will also be available on Mixcloud.
- [It's our birthday!](https://queenofswordspress.com/its-our-birthday/) - We're celebrating our first birthday with 3 prize drawings! Sign up for our newsletter by 1/16/18 to be entered to win a chance at ebooks, swag and a fun extra prize! (If you're already signed up, no worries! You'll be entered too!).
- [Book sale at Smashwords!](https://queenofswordspress.com/book-sale-at-smashwords/) - All our titles are on sale at Smashwords through 1/1/18! Click individual titles to see sales prices.
- [Starting a Small Press - Catherine Lundoff on starting Queen of Swords Press](https://queenofswordspress.com/check-out-publisher-catherine-lundoffs-talk-on-starting-queen-of-swords-press/) - This is a video by author Conrad Zero of a talk that our publisher, Catherine Lundoff, gave in November at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on the nuts and bolts of starting a small press. Resource List The Loft Literary Center (Minneapolis/St. Paul) – Offers classes on writing ad copy, evaluating cover art, marketing, etc. Vellum –
- [We have a winner!](https://queenofswordspress.com/we-have-a-winner/) - Catherine Lundoff's Silver Moon won second prize in the Lesbian Fantasy category of the Rainbow Book Awards and was one of the top book in the Best Lesbian Books category! Needless to say, we're all pretty thrilled around here. Also, if you're in Minneapolis or nearby on Wednesday, December 13th, Catherine will be reading from
- [New events and updates and books!](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-events-and-updates-and-books/) - Emily L. Byrne's Desire comes out tomorrow (11/26) but you can preorder today! We're running a Goodreads Giveaway for 2 copies of Catherine Lundoff's Lambda-Award-nominated collection, Out of This World, until 11/30. Amazon has Catherine Lundoff's Silver Moon on sale this week for Prime users. We've signed a two book deal with the amazing Alex
- [Upcoming events - 10/13 and 10/14/17](https://queenofswordspress.com/upcoming-events-1013-and-101417/) - Action-packed week around here! We'll be at two different events this week with books, QoSP mugs and mousepads, a special guest and, of course, chocolate. WomenVenture Women Mean Business Marketplace and Luncheon, Minneapolis, MN - October 13th. Queen of Swords Press will have a book table at this day long event celebrating women small business
- [SILVER MOON makes a Book Riot list of "Must-Read Books!"](https://queenofswordspress.com/silver-moon-makes-a-book-riot-list-of-must-read-books/) - Catherine Lundoff's Silver Moon is one of the books featured on Book Riot's "100 Must-Read Bisexual Books" for Bisexual Awarenesss Week. We are pleased!
- [Honorable Mention!](https://queenofswordspress.com/honorable-mention/) - Catherine Lundoff's Silver Moon has earned a Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention! Winners will be announced in December (fingers crossed!).
- [Updates from Worldcon 75 panels](https://queenofswordspress.com/updates-from-worldcon-75-panels/) - Had a great time at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki! Rosebud Books was able to sell all the copies of our titles that we brought with us and Catherine Lundoff had a great time on her panels! There were a couple of followup items from Catherine's panels - here are some of the resource lists that
- [Worldcon 75 - We're going to Finland!](https://queenofswordspress.com/worldcon-75-were-going-to-finland/) - Our publisher is going to be on several panels and will be doing a signing. We will also have Queen of Swords Press titles available for sale.
- [New Interview with Our Publisher](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-interview-with-our-publisher/) - Author Christopher M. Rose interviewed Catherine Lundoff on Curiousful about Queen of Swords Press and what's next. Check it out!
- [Cool things! Some announcements and updates](https://queenofswordspress.com/cool-things-some-announcements-and-updates/) - There's some new information about how to get Queen of Swords Press titles on our About page. Smashwords is having a sale from July 1-31! Get Emily L. Byrne's Knife's Edge and Catherine Lundoff's Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories for 50% off in July! Looking for signed print copies? DreamHaven Books, Comics
- [Queer Voices Pride Book Fair and Reading](https://queenofswordspress.com/queer-voices-pride-book-fair-and-reading/) - We'll be tabling at the first ever Queer Voices Pride Book Fair at the Minneapolis Central Library on Tuesday 6/27, from 5:30-6:30. Then Catherine Lundoff will be one of a group of writers who'll be reading short excerpts of their work from 6:30-8:30ish. Come down, say hi and perhaps, pick up a book or two!
- [SILVER MOON is now available in print!](https://queenofswordspress.com/silver-moon-is-now-available-in-print/) - The new edition of Silver Moon is available in print as well as all ebook formats. Bookstore terms coming in the nearish future, but in the meantime, any bookstore or library that orders from Ingram should be able to order it in. It is also available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
- [New SILVER MOON print edition coming out on 6/16/17](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-silver-moon-print-edition-coming-out-on-61617/) - The new edition of Catherine Lundoff's werewolf novel, Silver Moon, will be out in print on 6/16/17! There are ebook copies and will be print copies available for reviewers and book bloggers, and bookstores will be able to order them in via Ingram. We'll also be talking to libraries - but please feel free to
- [New LGBTQ StoryBundle!](https://queenofswordspress.com/new-lgbtq-storybundle/) - Catherine Lundoff's books SILVER MOON and OUT OF THIS WORLD are in a Pride Month #StoryBundle with a great lineup of LGBTQ speculative fiction, curated by acclaimed author Melissa Scott - pay $5-$20, depending on which ebook titles you want and designate part of your purchase go to Rainbow Railroad, an organization that helps #LGBTQ+
- [Check out Catherine Lundoff's upcoming events](https://queenofswordspress.com/check-out-catherine-lundoffs-upcoming-events/) - Catherine will be tabling at an upcoming pop-up bookstore in St. Paul (5/11) and will be at WisCon 41 in Madison, where she'll appear on several programming items. See her Facebook page for more details.
- [Out of This World is out in print on 5/1/17](https://queenofswordspress.com/out-of-this-world-is-out-in-print-on-5117/) - You can preorder it on Amazon and Barnes & Noble (and Barnes & Noble has it marked down). Starting tomorrow, you can order it in at your favorite local bookstores and libraries too!
- [Knife's Edge is available now!](https://queenofswordspress.com/knifes-edge-is-available-now/) - Check out the Titles page for more details!
- [Coming soon - "Knife's Edge" by Emily L. Byrne](https://queenofswordspress.com/coming-soon-knifes-edge-by-emily-l-byrne/)
- [Welcome to Queen of Swords!](https://queenofswordspress.com/hello-world/) - Stay tuned for some very exciting news soon!

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- [Home](https://queenofswordspress.com/) - Queen of Swords is an independent small press specializing in swashbuckling tales of derring-do, bold new adventures in time and space, mysterious stories of the occult and arcane and fantastical tales of people and lands far and near. You can follow us on Facebook and sign up for our newsletter below. New titles coming soon!
- [Upcoming Events](https://queenofswordspress.com/about-queen-of-swords-press/upcoming-events/) - 2026 - Where to find us and our authors this year. Updates as we have them! January: Tomes and Treats - The Lodge of Lazarus Crowe, St. Paul, MN. January 18th, 12-5PM. Queen of Swords Press will have a book table. #SmallPitch - Online small press pitching event January 19th - 26th. Got a manuscript
- [About Queen of Swords Press](https://queenofswordspress.com/about-queen-of-swords-press/) - Queen of Swords is an independent small press based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and specializing in queer swashbuckling tales of derring-do, bold new adventures in time and space, mysterious stories of the occult and arcane and fantastical tales of LGBTQ+ people and lands far and near. All of our titles feature at least one LGBTQ protagonist.
- [Joyce Chng](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/joyce-chng/) - Joyce Chng lives in Singapore. Their speculative fiction has appeared in The Apex Book of World SF II, We See A Different Frontier, Cranky Ladies of History, Multispecies Cities and Accessing The Future. Joyce also co-edited The Sea is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia with Jaymee Goh. They wrangle fiction and nonfiction editing
- [Submissions](https://queenofswordspress.com/about-queen-of-swords-press/submissions/) - Queen of Swords Press - And we're getting caught up on our current submissions - stay tuned! Novels: See above for SUBMISSIONS info. Please subscribe to our newsletter for updates on our process. Query with novel synopsis and first three chapters in standard manuscript format. Full manuscripts only upon request. Seriously. We'll tell you if
- [Authors](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/) - Explore Authors published by Queen of Swords Press. Alex Acks Lisa A. Barnett Emily L. Byrne Joyce Chng M.Christian A.J. Fitzwater Jennie Goloboy Amy Griswold Dee Holloway Heather Rose Jones Catherine Lundoff Michael Merriam Melissa Scott Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) Authors
- [M.Christian](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/m-christian/) - M.Christian's classic gay vampire novel, Running Dry, is out now! Get it direct from us or wherever fine books are sold! Author Bio: Extensively published in science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers, and nonfiction, it is in erotica that M.Christian has become an acknowledged master, with their stories repeated appearing in anthologies such as Best American
- [Contact Us](https://queenofswordspress.com/about-queen-of-swords-press/contact-us/) - Contact email: info(at)queenofswordspress.com
- [Catherine Lundoff](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/catherine-lundoff/) - Catherine Lundoff is a transplanted Brooklynite who lives in scenic Minnesota with the two cats who own her. Her late wife, Jana Pullman, was an acclaimed book artist and bookbinder. In former lives, Catherine was an archaeologist and a bookstore owner, though not at the same time. These days, she does arcane things with computer
- [Heather Rose Jones](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/heather-rose-jones/) - We'll be releasing Heather's Beauty and the Beast retelling, The Language of Roses, in April 2022 as part of the Mini series! Author photo credit: Sandra Brenchley Heather Rose Jones is the author of the Alpennia historic fantasy series: an alternate-Regency-era Ruritanian adventure revolving around queer women’s lives, woven through with magic, alchemy, and intrigue.
- [Melissa Scott](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/melissa-scott/) - Melissa Scott is from Little Rock, Arkansas, and studied history at Harvard College and Brandeis University, where she earned her PhD in the Comparative History program. She is the author of more than thirty original science fiction and fantasy novels, most with queer themes and characters, as well as authorized tie-ins for Star
- [Lisa A. Barnett](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/lisa-a-barnett/) - Lisa A. Barnett was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts, attended Girls’ Latin School, and received her BA from the University of Massachusetts/Boston. She began working in theatre publishing while she was still in college, beginning at Baker’s Plays in Boston, and then moving to Heinemann, where she developed her own line of theatre books.
- [Michael Merriam](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/michael-merriam/) - Michael Merriam is a writer, performer, poet, and playwright. He is the author of the urban fantasy Last Car to Annwn Station and co-author, with Sherry Merriam, of Charming Mayhem: a Six Guns and Sorcery Omnibus. His essays have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of Wonders, and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. His scripts have been produced
- [Dee Holloway](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/dee-holloway/) - Dee Holloway is a librarian, writer, and Floridian in upstate New York. Bouncing between romance, speculative fiction, and essays, her work has appeared from publishers as varied as Neon Hemlock, Invisible Oranges, Ancillary Review of Books, World Weaver Press, and more. Her first chapbook was part of Sword & Kettle's Cup and Dagger series, and
- [Amy Griswold](https://queenofswordspress.com/authors/amy-griswold/) - Amy Griswold writes speculative fiction books, stories, and games, and enjoys exploring themes of queer community and resilience. In addition to the Mathey and Lynes books, she has written six licensed tie-in novels for the Stargate series and three interactive fiction games. Her most recent game, The Play's The Thing (written with Jo Graham), is
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