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[bxb, gxg] When Reid Edwards is shoved into a locker by his bully on the last day of high school, 1970, he certainly doesn't expect to tumble straight into a room containing the high school's three oddballs. What ensues is a carefree summer full of drinking, dreaming, and watching the stars. But as Reid grows closer to the three of them, Art in particular, he's caught between his religious home life and the quickly snowballing gay rights movement that his new friends are determined to be a part of.✶ featured on the teenfiction the full spectrum reading list !✶ featured on the generalfiction freestyle fiction reading list !✶ first place for teen fiction in the andromeda awards !✶ first place for teen fiction in the campfire awards !✶ first place for teen fiction in the oscar awards !✶ third place for romance in the mystical awards !…

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[gxg] Noor hates Zafira, and Zafira hates Noor; They're content to keep it that way. But there's a fine line between hate and love, and when a speech-and-debate competition thrusts them into a world of late-night donut runs and studying to Noor's bad Spotify playlists, they might just cross it.…

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[bxg] Scheherazade is the most ruthless queen Samarkand has ever seen; She takes a new husband each night, only to behead him in the morning. But when Tahir begins to tell her a story, Scheherazade decides to wait for the next night just to hear how it ends...…

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[poetry collection] ✧ poetry by a dreamer for a dreamer ✧#1 in mypoetry :)#3 in poembook?!#4 in poemcollection!! #6 in poesia! #7 in poetrycollection... #8 in thought!#9 in poetry!!✶ first place for poetry in the mystical awards !…

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In which deja vu is a bitch, and Kiri feels it every time she passes Maddy Clinton's house.…

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[bxb] in which elliot visits during winter break and timothy falls in love with him.for the full moon short story challenge by @DauntlessShadowIce1 (YA genre)…

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[bxb] SPINOFF OF NOOR & ZAFIRA | Vincent is perfectly happy to stay single for the entirety of freshman year. But when the maddeningly gorgeous new kid turns out to be Vincent's new dorm mate, he starts to reconsider.…

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[gxg] In which Aliyah meets a girl at a coffee shop who is at once nothing and everything like she expected.…

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books on my tbr, along with recs, reviews, and more!…

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[bxg] ❛you will find that greed fights back with claws and with teeth❜ -- Where Callahan spends Valentine's Day looking through a city of magic and monsters for a girl named Aphrodite who disappeared after their hookup last night. His only clue? A red silk handkerchief from the most expensive embroidery shop in town.…

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[gxg] When the enigmatic, whirlwind-of-a-girl Astrid shows up at Cira's school at the end of September, Cira isn't quite sure what she expects. Say hi? Probably. Make friends? Maybe. Fall in love? No. But when a drunken misadventure leads to a night neither of them are quite willing to forget, Cira realizes that she's falling hard. And fast. But Astrid doesn't seem that into her, and she's moving away in November. Cira has one month to make it happen. Will they manage to fall in love in October?***ONC 2021 Prompt #40: If only you knew you'd meet them, you'd have dressed a bit better. Especially since the only thing you can think of since you've seen their smile is "oh shit!"…

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[poetry collection] whimsical poetry i wrote to keep you believing in fairy tales! #1 in poembook!#2 in mypoetry!#3 in poetry?!#2 in poetrycollection!!#10 in deepthoughts :)#16 in poem!01.10.2021 to 03.14.2021…

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[bxb] Alex has always been, to put it bluntly, perfectly average. Average grades, average looks, average social standing. But when the decidedly not-average Theodore Park sweeps into his life in a sequin-covered shirt, Alex is torn between the simplicity he's always known and the adventures that Theo is determined to embark on.…

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[bxb] When dumped-at-prom Ryder Daly treks it over to the local 7/11's payphone to call his mom to pick him up, he doesn't expect to dial a number written on the side under the name 'Teagan.' Nor does he expect that Teagan is a boy. He's allowed to be out until the end of prom night, and his pockets are filled with quarters. Is it possible to fall in love in five hours over the phone?…

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[bxb] Jamie had thought that this summer was going to be a lot better than it was turning out to be. But he broke up with Mikey, got into a fight with his best friend, and his parents are mad at him (again). His prepaid, non-refundable trip to Europe is bound to offer up a chance for some well-deserved R&R, though, right? As he steps onto the bus for a two-week tour of the Netherlands, however, a familiar face grins from the seat next to his. And this summer might just be getting worse.✶ featured on the storiesundiscovered romance reading list !✶ first place for best blurb in the flower field mini awards !✶ second place for romance in the opulence awards !✶ third place for romance in the spotlight awards !✶ third place for best cover in the flower field mini awards !…

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[queer scifi] Rajan (Dodger) Srinivas has made a living working as a freelance tattoo artist and graphic designer in San Francisco. On the side, he edits and cleans up bogey UFO videos and reposts them on his channel: thedodginator4000. It's always been a bit of fun that he and his Google engineer best friend, Nea, like to have a laugh over. But when a suspiciously alien event occurs and one of Dodger's videos goes viral, Dodger and Nea are sucked into a world of FBI agents and NDAs. Too bad none of the events in his videos are real. Wait, are they?…

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❛one doesn't simply break a pinky swear in order to get in someone's pants on time❜ -- here lies a collection of thirty very queer one-shots (for the pride writing challenge by @DauntlessShadowIce1)…

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[poetry collection] ❛i'm a patchwork quilt of maybes and almosts. aren't we all?❜!!Featured on the StoriesUndiscovered Poetic Marvels reading list!!#3 in poetry contest!!!#76 in poetry...what?!#63 in poem!…

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[poems and prose] ❛i kept wishing on stars until i realized they were airplanes❜…

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[bxg] ❛It was on a sunny summer afternoon that she first caught a glimpse of him❜ -- A short retelling of Peter Pan, in which Wendy and Peter are teenagers**On the classicauthors Grimm Retellings and Other Fairytales reading list!!**…