Spec Fic Sapphics
Find your next obsession?
We read a lot, watch a lot, see a lot, write a lot, and all of it is about Sapphics in Speculative Fiction, or engaging with the arts in the LGBTQIA+ community.
These are NOT reviews, there’s no star ratings, they’re just us trying to convince you to give the content we love a chance, and to tell you more about what Scylla Publishing is about.
Love a short story?
Not everyone loves short stories. They don’t give you as much time for worldbuilding and the payoff can sometimes feel gimmicky. It is an horrendously difficult art form, but when it’s done well, they are breathtaking slices of wonder, horror and delight.
Our Wives Under The Sea
What Julia Armfield does in this novel is something that we deeply enjoy no matter the genre: exploring the ways a relationship might be impacted by changing needs, wants, bodies, and perspectives.
Craving something literary?
Who is pushing the boundaries of literary Sapphic Spec Fic? These are books where queerness informs, guides, and infuses the narrative. They incorporate difference, challenge political realities, fight disinformation, investigate heartache, and explore the brutality of consequences.
Motherland: Fort Salem
Imagine the Salem witch trials ended in a treaty where witches go free from persecution if they sign up for the army and defend the country? In this matriarchal world, women rule and kick ass, and queerness abounds.