Querencia Press
@querenciapress.bsky.social
independent publisher amplifying overlooked voices & creating a safe space for writers and artists to share their stories
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Preorder starts today for @lyfaulk.bsky.social chapbook Hippie Speedball 🥳 this collection explores both grief & depression, but also the safe spaces that get you through it ✨ link in bio
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Preorder starts today for @lyfaulk.bsky.social chapbook Hippie Speedball 🥳 this collection explores both grief & depression, but also the safe spaces that get you through it ✨ link in bio
Minor Illusions by Daryl Li is out today! ✨ this short story collection explores themes of grief, memory, and human relationships in a variety of writing styles✨ link in bio
Cover art: Rachel Tan
Cover art: Rachel Tan
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Minor Illusions by Daryl Li is out today! ✨ this short story collection explores themes of grief, memory, and human relationships in a variety of writing styles✨ link in bio
Cover art: Rachel Tan
Cover art: Rachel Tan
Salamander Morning, Nadine Hitchiner’s poetry collection on love & life is out now! This is a tender examination of marriage, self, loss, & mental health to be read with care ✨ link in bio —video is by the author
October 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Salamander Morning, Nadine Hitchiner’s poetry collection on love & life is out now! This is a tender examination of marriage, self, loss, & mental health to be read with care ✨ link in bio —video is by the author
1/2 We have a ton of extra inventory & need to make room for new titles! All of our 22-24 quarterly anthologies are $8, Not Ghosts, But Spirits is $18 for paperback and $33 for hardcover, & we have overstock titles listed at $7-$8 on our PayHip store! No code needed—
October 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
1/2 We have a ton of extra inventory & need to make room for new titles! All of our 22-24 quarterly anthologies are $8, Not Ghosts, But Spirits is $18 for paperback and $33 for hardcover, & we have overstock titles listed at $7-$8 on our PayHip store! No code needed—
elegy for [lukas] by @lunareyhall is open for preorders! This collection is a diary of grief at trans & queer survival, their own selfhood, & the affliction it is to have a body ✨ link in bio
*Amazon is currently not accepting our preorders, but title’s are available everywhere else
*Amazon is currently not accepting our preorders, but title’s are available everywhere else
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
elegy for [lukas] by @lunareyhall is open for preorders! This collection is a diary of grief at trans & queer survival, their own selfhood, & the affliction it is to have a body ✨ link in bio
*Amazon is currently not accepting our preorders, but title’s are available everywhere else
*Amazon is currently not accepting our preorders, but title’s are available everywhere else
Ifunanya Georgia Ezeano’s chap In Storm & Stillwater is available for preorder! This book explores isolation, womanhood, grief, politics, & family and how we adapt ✨ link in bio
*Amazon is for some reason currently not accepting our paperback preorders, but this title is available everywhere else.
*Amazon is for some reason currently not accepting our paperback preorders, but this title is available everywhere else.
October 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ifunanya Georgia Ezeano’s chap In Storm & Stillwater is available for preorder! This book explores isolation, womanhood, grief, politics, & family and how we adapt ✨ link in bio
*Amazon is for some reason currently not accepting our paperback preorders, but this title is available everywhere else.
*Amazon is for some reason currently not accepting our paperback preorders, but this title is available everywhere else.
It’s Pub Day!! Jessica Thiru’s debut, Burning of Absence is out today! ✨this chapbook touches on loneliness and grief, but Thiru is a warm hand guiding in the dark to refuse that seclusion ✨link in bio
September 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It’s Pub Day!! Jessica Thiru’s debut, Burning of Absence is out today! ✨this chapbook touches on loneliness and grief, but Thiru is a warm hand guiding in the dark to refuse that seclusion ✨link in bio
Preorder is open for If One Continues to Survive, an anthology organized by @pipkinsjoshua.bsky.social & @axiopoeticus.bsky.social —this unapologetic poetry anthology features work that celebrates the ways we survive & hold hands while doing so. Proceeds benefit The Audre Lorde Project ✨link in bio
September 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Preorder is open for If One Continues to Survive, an anthology organized by @pipkinsjoshua.bsky.social & @axiopoeticus.bsky.social —this unapologetic poetry anthology features work that celebrates the ways we survive & hold hands while doing so. Proceeds benefit The Audre Lorde Project ✨link in bio
Anthropological Study, Lauren Miller’s first full length poetry collection, is out today! These pieces explore queerness, gender identity, the Anthropocene, neurodivergence, and mental illness and how they are shaping life for new adults ✨ link in bio
August 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Anthropological Study, Lauren Miller’s first full length poetry collection, is out today! These pieces explore queerness, gender identity, the Anthropocene, neurodivergence, and mental illness and how they are shaping life for new adults ✨ link in bio
Unthemed quarterly submissions are open for Autumn! We take all written genres for our quarterly anthologies, & submissions can be sent through Submittable ✨ link in bio—please read submission guidelines. Deadline September 1st
August 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Unthemed quarterly submissions are open for Autumn! We take all written genres for our quarterly anthologies, & submissions can be sent through Submittable ✨ link in bio—please read submission guidelines. Deadline September 1st
The Last Way by @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social is now available! This novella examines domestic abuse that drives a young boy in a small southern town to plan to kill his father, a violently unpredictable man, It’s only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt. Or worse. ✨ link in bio
August 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Last Way by @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social is now available! This novella examines domestic abuse that drives a young boy in a small southern town to plan to kill his father, a violently unpredictable man, It’s only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt. Or worse. ✨ link in bio
Preorder is open for @nonstickpanda.bsky.social short story collection, Minor Illusions ✨ this collection explores themes of grief, memory, and human relationships ✨ link in bio
Cover art: Rachel Tan
Cover art: Rachel Tan
July 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Preorder is open for @nonstickpanda.bsky.social short story collection, Minor Illusions ✨ this collection explores themes of grief, memory, and human relationships ✨ link in bio
Cover art: Rachel Tan
Cover art: Rachel Tan
Working the Roots, Amanda Bennett’s debut chapbook is out today! This collection offers up the complexities of self-love’s intersection with grief, desire, intimacy, womanhood, & Blackness ✨ link in bio
July 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Working the Roots, Amanda Bennett’s debut chapbook is out today! This collection offers up the complexities of self-love’s intersection with grief, desire, intimacy, womanhood, & Blackness ✨ link in bio
Preorder starts today for Jessica Thiru’s debut, Burning of Absence ✨this chapbook touches on loneliness and grief, but Thiru is a warm hand guiding in the dark to refuse that seclusion ✨link in bio
June 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Preorder starts today for Jessica Thiru’s debut, Burning of Absence ✨this chapbook touches on loneliness and grief, but Thiru is a warm hand guiding in the dark to refuse that seclusion ✨link in bio
Preorder is open for Anthropological Study, Lauren Miller’s first full length poetry collection! These pieces explore queerness, gender identity, the Anthropocene, neurodivergence, and mental illness and how they are shaping life for new adults ✨ link in bio
June 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Preorder is open for Anthropological Study, Lauren Miller’s first full length poetry collection! These pieces explore queerness, gender identity, the Anthropocene, neurodivergence, and mental illness and how they are shaping life for new adults ✨ link in bio
Preorder is up for The Last Way by @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social —in this novella a young boy in a small southern town plans to kill his father, a violently unpredictable man, who has become such a menacing force that both the boy & his mother live in a near constant state of fear✨ link in bio
June 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Preorder is up for The Last Way by @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social —in this novella a young boy in a small southern town plans to kill his father, a violently unpredictable man, who has become such a menacing force that both the boy & his mother live in a near constant state of fear✨ link in bio
Our 2025 Spring anthology is out now! As always these are unthemed & touch on some triggering subjects so read with care ✨ link in bio
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
June 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our 2025 Spring anthology is out now! As always these are unthemed & touch on some triggering subjects so read with care ✨ link in bio
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
Our 2025 Spring anthology (featuring 53 contributors) is available for a quick preorder! As always these are unthemed & touch on some triggering subjects so should be read with care ✨ link in bio
May 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Our 2025 Spring anthology (featuring 53 contributors) is available for a quick preorder! As always these are unthemed & touch on some triggering subjects so should be read with care ✨ link in bio
Preorder starts today for Working the Roots, Amanda Bennett’s debut chapbook! This collection offers up the complexities of self-love’s intersection with grief, desire, intimacy, womanhood, & Blackness ✨ link in bio
May 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Preorder starts today for Working the Roots, Amanda Bennett’s debut chapbook! This collection offers up the complexities of self-love’s intersection with grief, desire, intimacy, womanhood, & Blackness ✨ link in bio
We are open for Not Ghosts, But Spirits Volume VI submissions! We accept any visual art, poetry, cnf, fiction, or hybrid work from members of the women’s & LGBTQIAP+ communities for this series. We have a sub cap of 100 for this, but we may reopen that if we want more of a particular genre.
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We are open for Not Ghosts, But Spirits Volume VI submissions! We accept any visual art, poetry, cnf, fiction, or hybrid work from members of the women’s & LGBTQIAP+ communities for this series. We have a sub cap of 100 for this, but we may reopen that if we want more of a particular genre.
Unthemed quarterly submissions are open for Summer! We take all written genres for our quarterly anthologies, & submissions can be sent through Submittable ✨ link in bio—please read submission guidelines. Deadline June 1st
April 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Unthemed quarterly submissions are open for Summer! We take all written genres for our quarterly anthologies, & submissions can be sent through Submittable ✨ link in bio—please read submission guidelines. Deadline June 1st
Beyond excited for release of @invariablyso.bsky.social debut collection, Lone Yellow Flower! Gill explores the intimacies of selfhood, trauma, mental health, relationships, & more, so please read with care ✨ link in bio
April 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Beyond excited for release of @invariablyso.bsky.social debut collection, Lone Yellow Flower! Gill explores the intimacies of selfhood, trauma, mental health, relationships, & more, so please read with care ✨ link in bio
Preorder is open today for Maddening Mast Cell Mathematics, Sarah Klein’s chapbook on chronic illness & its effects on all facets of life! This collection touches on medical trauma & should be read with care ✨ link in bio
April 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Preorder is open today for Maddening Mast Cell Mathematics, Sarah Klein’s chapbook on chronic illness & its effects on all facets of life! This collection touches on medical trauma & should be read with care ✨ link in bio
@pinkzombierose.bsky.social : Major Arcana, Volume 1 the first of 6 graphic novels by Dia VanGunten with illustrations by Beppi Isbert is out now! This series is a surreal & experimental scifi set in an urban landscape with touches of romance, cyberpunk, & dystopia! ✨ link in bio
April 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@pinkzombierose.bsky.social : Major Arcana, Volume 1 the first of 6 graphic novels by Dia VanGunten with illustrations by Beppi Isbert is out now! This series is a surreal & experimental scifi set in an urban landscape with touches of romance, cyberpunk, & dystopia! ✨ link in bio