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An illustration of a brown person with short black hair holding the hand of a brown person with long black hair, talking to a supernatural creature who is explaining something to them. They’re sitting in a magical forest area.

poetry and fiction

Trans Fiction, Trans Imagination: I Will Answer Your Questions, If You Listen Closely

You want to know where you came from, is that it? Do not be embarrassed. Nature did not see motherhood in me, either.

viengsamai —

Jul 2, 2021

fiction

Illustrated cover of Leah Johnson's new novel, Rise to the Sun, features two Black girls holding each other and smiling against a red background.

book features

EXCLUSIVE Excerpt: Meet Toni, One of the Main Characters in Leah Johnson’s Latest Novel “Rise to the Sun”

Leah Johnson’s new novel “Rise to the Sun” follows two Black queer girls falling in love at a music festival — here’s an exclusive excerpt!

Leah Johnson —

Jun 4, 2021

fiction

trans fiction trans imagination

the featured image for the story; our narrator in the love circle. Her hand is on the butch base's knee and she's got one eye open to look at them.

poetry and fiction

Trans Fiction, Trans Imagination: Notes on (AcroYoga) Camp

Sitting there, eyes closed, I could feel the subtle movements of the two people I was touching. To my right—someone I’d never met. I’d glimpsed basketball shorts, ragged tee, short…

Nat Mesnard —

May 14, 2021

call for submissions

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a person sits with one leg crossed and the other outstretched and a pad of paper and a notebook on the floor in front of them, pen poised as if about to write or sketch

society + culture

Call for Submissions: Trans Fiction, Trans Imagination

Here’s what I’m looking for: Short stories, 5,000 words or less. You, the author, must identify as trans. If you think you are trans, you are trans.

A.E. Osworth —

Mar 31, 2021

fiction

NSFW

a woman's body floats chest first into a swirl of stars, dust and plants. her head is thrust back and her hands are held behind her by slugs dressed as astronauts.

af+

S L I C K: Dream Palace

When you slide in, the girls unnestle and immediately home in on your navel. They lick their lips and lunge forward. One digs in with both sets of claws.

Sam Cohen —

Nov 5, 2020

fiction

NSFW

two women, one green and one blue, lie together nude in grass with stalks of lavender. the green woman is behind the blue one, spooning her, with an arm on her shoulder.

af+

S L I C K: Duckling

First I became a cloud-woman. Min had always liked watching them as a child, one of her only good memories from that period. I lifted up my skirts, let her…

daisuke —

Oct 8, 2020

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