Queer Spec is pleased to announce the schedule for Decoded Pride Issue #2! The story-a-day anthology of speculative queer fiction and comics by queer creators is back for another year and we are delighted to share our schedule for all thirty stories and comics!
“Decoded is doing the work to ensure that marginalized writers and creators get their time to shine. Diversity within media, especially in the literary world, is the just the tip of the iceberg for proper media representation and inclusion,” says editor Monika Estrella Negra. Editor Sara Century adds: “Every year just seeing how much incredible art and writing there is by queer creators makes me feel very good about the future of speculative fiction.”
Subscriptions to Issue #2 are $14.99–less than fifty cents per story! All creators are compensated; subscriptions include PDF and eBook formats after the June 2021 series concludes. We also have a Podcast Series with 17 of the creators from Issue #2 talking about queer speculative fiction and their stories.
You can support our creators and this independent queer project by buying a subscription to Decoded Issue #2 today. Just click that link to start your purchase! And while you’re at it, make sure to pick up Issue #1 from 2020!
If you’re not quite ready to make a purchase yet, learn more about Decoded and our story.
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All thirty stories and comics are listed below, in the order they will be published.
June 1 │ “Re: The Abomination That Sprung From My Mind” by Jennifer Tran
June 2 │ “Suga and CC” by Maurice Moore
June 3 │ “Neck and Neck” by Hay Mulholland
June 4 │ “Love, Satan” by J.D. Harlock
June 5 │ “Anomalous” by S.E. Fleenor
June 6 │ “Homebodies” by Arwen Meereboer
June 7 │ “Sisters of the Whispering Inferno” by Kayleigh Hearn
June 8 │ “Delan at the Shrine” by Dora Dee Rogers
June 9 │ “Volcanic Glass” by Kai Hudson
June 10 │ “Not Alone” by Nireleet
June 11 │ “An Offering to the Sun” by dave ring
June 12 │ “The Hunting Ground” by AJ Hartson
June 13 │ “The Other Boy and the Lake” by Leon Locke
June 14 │ “The Beacon of Influencership” by Monika Estrella Negra
June 15 │ “Vivicus” by Shaya French
June 16 │ “Agents of CLAW” by Jeffrey Brown + Ink
June 17 │ “The Door Knocker” by Christopher Luis-Jorge
June 18 │ “More Efficient Than A Guillotine” by S.B. Edwards
June 19 │ “Soil and Starlight” by Gio E.
June 20 │ “Necessary Evils of Survival” by Yuna Briggs
June 21 │ “Slipping, but Not Falling” by Sara Century
June 22 │ “Doctors, Mothers, Soldiers, Ghosts” by V. Astor Solomon
June 23 │ “Emma, Vick, and Mary” by Silena Nikolopoulou
June 24 │ “Determined” by Ciko Sidzumo
June 25 │ “Deepest Chinatown” by Emmalia Harrington
June 26 │ “Two Strong Arms to Defend Myself” by Peter Vulfranc
June 27 │ “In a Place Like This” by Robin Quinn
June 28 │ “Molt” by Elijah Marrone
June 29 │ “The Illiad Improved” by AriadneTzn
June 30 │ “A Murder of Crows” by Akil Wingate
