WE WANT MORE!
(A blog for Sapphics…and everyone else.)
We read a lot, watch a lot, see a lot, write a lot, and all of it is about Sapphics in Speculative Fiction. This isn’t about reviews, this is about celebration. We’re out there, but we want more! We’re greedy that way, and the only way we’re going to get it is by demanding it, and shouting about it when we find it!
Bold Sapphic Novellas
Not a short story, not a novel, somewhere delightfully in between. Enough time for worldbuilding but no time for fluff. When you don’t know what to read but you know you want something fast, dive into these novellas.
Atomic Blonde
I claim urban fantasy status for all hyperreal, superhuman spy movies based on comic books. I mean, Charlize Theron throwing that “for Queen and country” crap out the window and playing a scrappy, sapphic, cool Mi6 agent who lives by her own rules and doesn’t die? Come and get me.
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.