Indie Ink Awards 2025 / Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation

13 County Road 666 by CL McCollum
A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters by Rita A. Rubin
A Captured Cauldron by R.K. Ashwick
A Demon to Save Me by H.S. Kallinger
A Draught for a Dragon by R.K. Ashwick
A Fate Unwoven by Rachael A. Edwards
A Forgotten Legend by T.M. Baylor
A Gaze So Longing by River Flynn
A Hex For Hunger by Alistair Reeves
A Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie Abecassis
A Legion of Bane and Embers by KL Hill
A Promise Of Sirens by V.L. Barycz
A Sky So Hollow by Craig Montgomery
A Study in Black Brew by Marie Howalt
A Third Kind of Madness by Christiane Knight
A Thousand Burning Ravens by Kier Smelcer
All For The Blood of The Lamb by A.L. Davidson
An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder by K. Valentin
An Uncommon Betrothal by Johannes T. Evans
And Then He Kissed Me by CM Daniels
Angels & Man by rafael nicolás
Aurethia Rising by Atlas Laika
Awakening in Sapphire by Jonathan Hawker
Beyond the Border Forest by Molly Haniszewski
Bite Marks and Broken Hearts by TJ Rose
Black Sails to Sunward by Sheila Jenné
Black Smoke Rising by Caroline Cuell
Blackblood by Kree Sullivan
Blade Broken by Niranjan
Blades Reforged by Liz Sauco
Bloody Aubade by Larkin Bryne
Brad & Finn by D.C. Emerson
Bright City, Shattered by Millie Abecassis
Broken Blades by Liz Sauco
Brown Sugar Divine’s Cafe & Bakery by S.A. McClellon
Bulwark: Book 2 of the Desert Rose Saga by Noah Bodie
Call Forth the Moonlight by Z.M. Celestaire
Casual by Koji A. Dae
Chai and Cat-tales by Lynn Strong
Chapel at Ender’s Ridge by Beckett Krane
Cloudy with a Chance of Bad Decisions by Fae Quin
Coded in Control by KL Hill
Coil of Boughs by Penny Moss
Cosmic Husband by Mars Quinn
Cosmic Soul by Mars Quinn
Cream & Sugar by S.T. Gillard
Crying Out for Magic by P.S.C. Willis
Cut to the Feeling by AJ Truman and MA Wardell
Dad Magic: The Monarch Children Saga Book One by Benjamin Twigg
Darker Than the Starless Night by Rebecca Brodkey
Daughters of the Blue Moon by Millie Abecassis
Deceit and Darkness by Jeannin Counts
Demon Engine by Marten Norr
Desolate by Kelli Storm
Devil to Pay by R. M. Olson
Devour by Dae Storm
Dial One For Revenge by Emma Brand
Diminished by Erica Rose Eberhart
Dissolution Protocol by H.J. Barner
Divide and you shall reign by Kassy Luca
Dove's Eyes by Kienn Nguyen
Drift by Anita Morenos
Dueling Shoulder Angels by Ben Schenkman
Echoes of Bellek by Morrigan Gaines
Enamoured: A Triptych by Shelley Lavigne
Enochian Memories by K.M. Daniels
Even If We're Broken: a novel by A.M. Weald
Everything Is Wonderful Now by Shane Blackheart
Everything Not Saved by N M J Coveney
Eyes of Time by Riley Taylor
EYETOOTH by mars adler
False Comeback by Lily Mayne
Familiar by Cara Nox
Fear of Flying by KC Elle
Fimbulvinter’s Fires: a queer apocalyptic sci-fi horrormance by A.M. Weald
First Oaths by C.J. Tuma & Quinn Cameron
FIRST ROSE by Jake Vanguard
First Verse (Get your rocks off Book 1) by G Eilsel
Fools Rush In by Sarah Clowder
Foresyth Conservatory by A. L. Sterling
Forged of Immortal Blood by V. M. Nelson
Fractured Magic by Emeric Rowene
Glitches and Kisses by Grafton Carter
Gravity's Fire by CJ Aralore
Growing Home by C.M. Howes
Hall of Shadows by Mariah Stillbrook
Happy Face by Sirius
Historic Brotherhood by Johannes T. Evans
Hive by Rowan Redfield
HOLIEST by Sancta Seraphina
Horns For Hell by rafael nicolás
Hounded - Ashes to Ashes by Quinn Cameron
Hounded fire & brimstone by Quinn Cameron
How to Juggle Ballads & Blades by Jess Galaxie
How to Slay a Demon Lord and Get away with it by Devi Letalis
How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow
Hunt Monsters, Do Magic, and Fall in Love: a contemporary fantasy triptych by A.M. Weald
Hyperspeed by Lily James
In the Name of Honor by Courtney & Clarke Collins
In the Pines by Mariah Stillbrook
Inhuman Nature by Marra Moore
Insolence by Gwin Savage
Into the Fiery Woods by Riley Taylor
Isaac by Allee Mead
It Bubbles Under The Skin by Caitlin Marceau
It's Only A Little Death by Shane Blackheart
Keepers of the Crossing: The Dark Friars by Ryan J Hamshaw
Keepers of the Crossing: The Handsel Witches by Ryan J Hamshaw
Kestrel by Adrienne Lothy
Kissed By The Gods by Caty Rogan
Knave of Sands by Julia Greenshaw
Lady Hell by Alyssa Page
Lamb, Stag & Wolf by Airic Fenn
Land by Bjørn Larssen
Lavender & Gin: A Sapphic Historical Romance by Abigal Aaronson
Let the Mask Fall by G.E. Masters
Lover, Thy Name Is Pestilence by A.L. Davidson
Lucas by MJ James
Lust and Found by Sylvie Helstaff
Madame Eldridge’s Wayward Home For Unruly Boys by Benjamin Ryan
Manzakar by R. Laham
Marigolds and Murder by AK Ikezoe
Matsdotter and Adrastus: When A Human Falls In Love With An Archdemon by Aelina Isaacs
May Chaos Reign Over You by La Purvis
Merman's Delight by Skyler Nightshade
Millennium Bug by Yvonne Knop
Miners of the Mystics by Penny Moss
Miners of the Tempest by Penny Moss
Mission Skyscraper by Eule Grey
Monsters-in-Law by Jeannin Counts
Motes of Inspiration by Claudie Arseneault
Moth Woods by Amara Lynn
Mother of Exiles by Joel Flanagan-Grannemann
My Boss is the Devil by Ben Schenkman
My Lips, Her Voice by L.L. Madrid
My Lord by L.B. Shimaira
Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis
Neon Lullabies by H.J. Barner
Nights in New Eden: A Mystery at The Upshur Manor by A.L. Davidson
Non Nobis (Not For Us) by Tom Rhymer
Noxious by Ayrton Silva
Of Feathers and Thorns by Kit Vincent
Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love by Rita A. Rubin
Of Late Belonging by Rob MacWolf
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
Of Mycelium and Men by William C. Tracy
Oh, Sacred Dark by Marina Vivancos
One For the Money by Holly Monroe
Only a Chapter by Heather Tracy
Ourselves and Immortality by Logan Sage Adams
Painted Flock by Claudie Arseneault
Pandion by J.B. Thwaite
Pieces of Home by Becca Neil
Pistols and Plush Toys by D. Dove
Plagued Lands by Nikki Brooke
Pretty Dogs by Riley Nash
Rainsquall by Penny Moss
Red Green Blue by PS Shai
Ripe & Ready by Elliot Kyle
Rise of the Phoenix by Brendan Arnold
ROTGUT by H.S. Wolfe
Run Like Hell by Eira Brand
Secrets and Stardust by Jeannin Counts
Shadow Sword by Kaila Desjardins
Shadows Dark and Deadly by Andrea Marie Johnson
Shiver Me by Vermillion
Silver Blood by T. L. Morgan
Silver Star, Red Dragon by C.A. Chaplin
Skalterra By Nightmare by M.T. Zimny
Smoke and Steel by Dax Murray
Some Assembly Required: A Heartstrings & Coffee Beans Novel by Noah Bodie
Song of the Hell Witch by Taylor Hartley
Songs of Broken Bells by Lilly Lockwood
Spaced! by C.L. Carey
Specimen by C. Quince
Stableshoes by Jo Morgan Sloan
Stirring Spurs by MA Wardell
Sucker Love by Risa Cruise
SUMMONED to ANOTHER WORLD, but ALL I’M SUPPOSED to DO is FARM MYTHIC-RARITY RAID DROPS by eskay
Superficial by Diane Billas
Sweet & Wild by Alex Larkspur
Tarnished by Erica Rose Eberhart
Tavern Tale by Kristina W. Kelly
That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story by Raven Belasco
The Assassin and the Sorceress by NRG Selove
The Beauty and the Orcs by Finley Fenn
The Book of Origins by Jean Swan
The Burn of a Bourbon Soaked Cherry by MJ Marlowe
The Construction of Shadows by Dakota Jackson
The Courtesan's Eye by J.C. Smith, Kate Hyers
The Crack at the Heart of Everything by Fiona Fenn
The Demon of Elderstay by I. Ribbon
The Demon's Bargain by Katee Robert
The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah
The Frog Prince: An MM Romance Fairytale Retelling by A.M. Rose
The Growing Darkness by Sean Gregory
The Huxian Fox by Nikki Brooke
The Ice Moves for No One by Arlo Z. Graves
The Key by Jo Morgan Sloan
The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones
The Last Will and Testament of Wilhelmina Bruttenholm by Vivian Moira Valentine
The Lost Erwain by Mariah Stillbrook
The Lost Selkie by Eule Grey
The Magic Circle by Barry Ryerson
The Marriage Wars: Book One by Melissa Gowdy Baldwin
The Noble’s Merman by S.S. Genesee
The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva
The Orchid and the Lion by Gabriel Hargrave
The Other Side of the Looking-Glass by Dakota Jackson
The Phoenix and the Sword (The Crane Moon Cycle Book 1) by J.C Snow
The Prince and His Stolen Groom by J.E. Ridge
The Secret Shape of Worship by A.K. Asher
The Shadowbearer's Curse by Jasmyn Morning
The Skeletons In Our Closet by Sinclair A. Macabre
The Spirit's Curse by R.K. Ashwick
The Traitor & The Wretch by Jasmine Walls, Rowan MacColl
The Twelfth Night Before Christmas by Keri Lane
The Waking of Storm and Flame by N.A. Betts
The Warm Machine by Aimee Cozza
The Wish of a Dragon by JD Rivers
The Witch who Chases the Sun by Dawn Chen
There Will Be Other Summers by Tegan Anderson
Thicker Than Blood by Sera Quim
This Is How Immortals Die by Nicole Hidalgo
This Too Shall Burn by Cat Rector
Tied to Hell (Monsters of Brimrey Island #2) by Vee Debras
Tied to the Waves (Monsters of Brimrey Island #1) by Vee Debras
To Speak with the Stars (Apprenticed to the Gods #1) by K.V. Wilson
Too Many Gods in the Kitchen by Ben Schenkman
Treachery of Ravens by Morrigan Gaines
Twisted Souls by Skye Crawford
Undefined Tides by Briar Belmont
Under the Lupine Moon by A. Knightley
UNHOLY FAVORS by mars adler
Us, Et Cetera by Kit Vincent
Usurper (Children of Lorcan Book 1) by J. M. Rose
Waves Take Your Bones by Athena Giles
What Death Forgets by Thea Verdone
When Flowers Wilt by G.E. Masters
Where Dark Things Rise by Andrew K. Clark
Woodpusher by S. Morgan Burbank
Yelen and Yelena by C. M. Rosens
You Look Lost, Pup by Rob MacWolf
You’re Ours by D.C. Emerson

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