Queen of Swords Press
@qospress.bsky.social
Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
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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 tale...
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#Booksky Intro: H! Queen of Swords Press is a small queer woman-owned press based in Minneapolis (Catherine Lundoff, publisher, writer & general dogsbody) and we specialize in science fiction, fantasy and horror w/queer MCs. Mostly for grownups. We have a newsletter and stuff! queenofswordspress.com
You know, any day that Kim Davis and her enablers are foiled in any way whatsoever is a pretty good day.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You know, any day that Kim Davis and her enablers are foiled in any way whatsoever is a pretty good day.
#Booksky We would love to get some more eyeballs on our latest title, M.Christian’s gay vampires with a twist novel, RUNNING DRY. Are you a book reviewer (any platform) who enjoys queer horror? Let us help! We have eARCs!
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#Booksky We would love to get some more eyeballs on our latest title, M.Christian’s gay vampires with a twist novel, RUNNING DRY. Are you a book reviewer (any platform) who enjoys queer horror? Let us help! We have eARCs!
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#Signalboost here for book reviewer @mxphoebesviewpoint.bsky.social Things are pretty tough right now and there aren’t a ton of indie book reviewers who focus on queer books. Phoebe has to choose between keeping herself and her dog fed or keeping internet access - buymeacoffee.com/phoebesrandoms
Mx. Phoebe's Viewpoint is Writer, Blogger, Reviewer
Hi. Thanks for stopping by and considering buying me a cup of coffee. What does buying a cup of coffee do for me? It enables me to do more with my blog and of course buy more books to review. (chuckle
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November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#Signalboost here for book reviewer @mxphoebesviewpoint.bsky.social Things are pretty tough right now and there aren’t a ton of indie book reviewers who focus on queer books. Phoebe has to choose between keeping herself and her dog fed or keeping internet access - buymeacoffee.com/phoebesrandoms
#Booksky Hey, we’re WisCon @wiscon.bsky.social’s first Vendor of the Month! Use WisCon26 on our website in November to get a discount on our books and we make a donation to WisCon! How cool is that! queenofswordspress.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#Booksky Hey, we’re WisCon @wiscon.bsky.social’s first Vendor of the Month! Use WisCon26 on our website in November to get a discount on our books and we make a donation to WisCon! How cool is that! queenofswordspress.com
#Signalboost here for book reviewer @mxphoebesviewpoint.bsky.social Things are pretty tough right now and there aren’t a ton of indie book reviewers who focus on queer books. Phoebe has to choose between keeping herself and her dog fed or keeping internet access - buymeacoffee.com/phoebesrandoms
Mx. Phoebe's Viewpoint is Writer, Blogger, Reviewer
Hi. Thanks for stopping by and considering buying me a cup of coffee. What does buying a cup of coffee do for me? It enables me to do more with my blog and of course buy more books to review. (chuckle
buymeacoffee.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#Signalboost here for book reviewer @mxphoebesviewpoint.bsky.social Things are pretty tough right now and there aren’t a ton of indie book reviewers who focus on queer books. Phoebe has to choose between keeping herself and her dog fed or keeping internet access - buymeacoffee.com/phoebesrandoms
#Booksky Looking for a terrific gay gaslamp mystery when the protagonists solve crimes with magic? All our books, including DEATH BY SILVER by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold, are available on Kobo and KoboPlus!
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Death by Silver ebook by Melissa Scott - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Death by Silver" by Melissa Scott available from Rakuten Kobo. 2024 Midwest Book Awards Finalist!
Mystery, Murder and Magic…
When an old schoolmate with a well-earned reputation for b...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
#Booksky Looking for a terrific gay gaslamp mystery when the protagonists solve crimes with magic? All our books, including DEATH BY SILVER by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold, are available on Kobo and KoboPlus!
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
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Check out Michael Merriam
Fantasy, Paranormal
Michael Merriam is a writer, performer, poet, and playwright. He is the author of the steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery, and his essays and stories have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of ...
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#AuthorSpotlight
Fantasy, Paranormal
Michael Merriam is a writer, performer, poet, and playwright. He is the author of the steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery, and his essays and stories have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of ...
www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut...
#AuthorSpotlight
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Check out Michael Merriam
Fantasy, Paranormal
Michael Merriam is a writer, performer, poet, and playwright. He is the author of the steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery, and his essays and stories have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of ...
www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut...
#AuthorSpotlight
Fantasy, Paranormal
Michael Merriam is a writer, performer, poet, and playwright. He is the author of the steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery, and his essays and stories have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of ...
www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut...
#AuthorSpotlight
HUGE tip of the hat to my assistant, Alexa, for yeoperson’s work at TC Book Festival! I’ve had a hellish cold all week and lost my voice yesterday AM. I was also masked up to contain the fun, so communication was challenging. Thanks for coping with the gesticulations and the notes on my phone!
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
HUGE tip of the hat to my assistant, Alexa, for yeoperson’s work at TC Book Festival! I’ve had a hellish cold all week and lost my voice yesterday AM. I was also masked up to contain the fun, so communication was challenging. Thanks for coping with the gesticulations and the notes on my phone!
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We'd really like to buy a building for the bookstore, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We'd really like to buy a building for the bookstore, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout.
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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#Booksky In honor of Catherine Lundoff’s upcoming reading at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on 11/12, and in recognition of the numerous glowing scammy emails we’re getting about it, may we recommend her collection OUT OF THIS WORLD? Queer fantasy and sf short stories! books2read.com/b/3J88zg
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Booksky In honor of Catherine Lundoff’s upcoming reading at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on 11/12, and in recognition of the numerous glowing scammy emails we’re getting about it, may we recommend her collection OUT OF THIS WORLD? Queer fantasy and sf short stories! books2read.com/b/3J88zg
Was just asked if my menopausal werewolf books were metaphorical. It’s always very sweet when people have an oblique bone in my body. 😏
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Was just asked if my menopausal werewolf books were metaphorical. It’s always very sweet when people have an oblique bone in my body. 😏
#Booksky Okay, today is going to be something of a clusterf**k. I have lost my voice as a result of Hell Cold. By all means, come say hi at Booth 512 if you’re at TC Book Fest, but remember that you can find all our books in print and ebook at our website too! queenofswordspress.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#Booksky Okay, today is going to be something of a clusterf**k. I have lost my voice as a result of Hell Cold. By all means, come say hi at Booth 512 if you’re at TC Book Fest, but remember that you can find all our books in print and ebook at our website too! queenofswordspress.com
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#Bookfest Headed back to the Twin Cities Book Festival to peddle our wares! Come find us at the Union Depot in Saturday at Booth 512! We‘ll have festival deals and book extras like stickers and coloring books!
#Booksky Coming up this Saturday! Come see us at the Twin Cities Book Festival in St. Paul from 10-5PM at the Union Depot! twincitiesbookfestival.com/about/
About
About the Festival OVERVIEWFAQHISTORY25 Years of Celebrating Books & Book People Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival is the annual Minnesota gathering for readers, writers, publishers, and purveyors...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#Bookfest Headed back to the Twin Cities Book Festival to peddle our wares! Come find us at the Union Depot in Saturday at Booth 512! We‘ll have festival deals and book extras like stickers and coloring books!
I mean…do I NEED a new library card with Prince on it? No. Am I going to bust my ass to try and get one? Hell yeah. www.hclib.org/prince?fbcli...
Celebrate Prince with a Limited-Edition Library Card
Hennepin County Library is honoring one of Minnesota’s most iconic artists with a limited-edition Prince library card, available while supplies last at all 41 Hennepin County Library locations.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I mean…do I NEED a new library card with Prince on it? No. Am I going to bust my ass to try and get one? Hell yeah. www.hclib.org/prince?fbcli...
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Maryann reviews "Running Dry" by M. Christian:
"At turns suspenseful, intense, horror-filled and a real page turner. I highly recommend Running Dry - the excitement never stops."
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#Horror @qospress.bsky.social
"At turns suspenseful, intense, horror-filled and a real page turner. I highly recommend Running Dry - the excitement never stops."
www.queerscifi.com/review-runni...
#Horror @qospress.bsky.social
Review: Running Dry – M. Christian
Genre: Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Universal Buy Link About The Book A new kind of vampire… Artist Ernst Doud has been living with his secrets for over...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Maryann reviews "Running Dry" by M. Christian:
"At turns suspenseful, intense, horror-filled and a real page turner. I highly recommend Running Dry - the excitement never stops."
www.queerscifi.com/review-runni...
#Horror @qospress.bsky.social
"At turns suspenseful, intense, horror-filled and a real page turner. I highly recommend Running Dry - the excitement never stops."
www.queerscifi.com/review-runni...
#Horror @qospress.bsky.social
#Bookfest Headed back to the Twin Cities Book Festival to peddle our wares! Come find us at the Union Depot in Saturday at Booth 512! We‘ll have festival deals and book extras like stickers and coloring books!
#Booksky Coming up this Saturday! Come see us at the Twin Cities Book Festival in St. Paul from 10-5PM at the Union Depot! twincitiesbookfestival.com/about/
About
About the Festival OVERVIEWFAQHISTORY25 Years of Celebrating Books & Book People Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival is the annual Minnesota gathering for readers, writers, publishers, and purveyors...
twincitiesbookfestival.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#Bookfest Headed back to the Twin Cities Book Festival to peddle our wares! Come find us at the Union Depot in Saturday at Booth 512! We‘ll have festival deals and book extras like stickers and coloring books!
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Richard Sargent shares his The Ultimate Chick Flick Cookbook. We discuss bringing people together with food and films, and he shares how he created recipes inspired by the films in the book. buff.ly/x30U7Sp #booktalk #cookbook #films #movies
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Richard Sargent shares his The Ultimate Chick Flick Cookbook. We discuss bringing people together with food and films, and he shares how he created recipes inspired by the films in the book. buff.ly/x30U7Sp #booktalk #cookbook #films #movies
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The brilliant Francesca Barbini of @lunapress.bsky.social joins us this week to talk about founding the award-winning small press, how she holds her own against the larger publishers, and how a smaller press can help authors.
Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/1umATPV1Cj8
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/1umATPV1Cj8
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The brilliant Francesca Barbini of @lunapress.bsky.social joins us this week to talk about founding the award-winning small press, how she holds her own against the larger publishers, and how a smaller press can help authors.
Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/1umATPV1Cj8
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/1umATPV1Cj8
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
#Booksky Come celebrate Novellavember with us! Books available everywhere!
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#Booktok #queertiktok Welcome to #Novellavember! We have #novellas by Melissa Scott, Dee Halloway, Michael Merriam and Heather Rose Jones! Find them at our website (in profike) or request them at your...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#Booksky Come celebrate Novellavember with us! Books available everywhere!
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We're having another nice round of sales of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW. Named one of the best horror books of 2025 by the NY Public Library, the anthology features @aijiang.bsky.social @leemurraywriter.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social & more!
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Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
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November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We're having another nice round of sales of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW. Named one of the best horror books of 2025 by the NY Public Library, the anthology features @aijiang.bsky.social @leemurraywriter.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social & more!
bookshop.org/p/books/silk...
bookshop.org/p/books/silk...
#Booksky In honor of Catherine Lundoff’s upcoming reading at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on 11/12, and in recognition of the numerous glowing scammy emails we’re getting about it, may we recommend her collection OUT OF THIS WORLD? Queer fantasy and sf short stories! books2read.com/b/3J88zg
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Booksky In honor of Catherine Lundoff’s upcoming reading at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on 11/12, and in recognition of the numerous glowing scammy emails we’re getting about it, may we recommend her collection OUT OF THIS WORLD? Queer fantasy and sf short stories! books2read.com/b/3J88zg