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It is the summer of ‘97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the Freakslaw―a travelling carnival of deviant queers and architects of mayhem. There’s Gloria, fortune teller and worm charmer; her daughter Nancy, a contortionist witch; big-hearted tightrope walker, Werewolf Louie; not to mention illusionists and conjoined twins, Cass and Henry, and tattooed human pincushion, Pin Gal.

No Uruguai dos anos 1970, os direitos dos cidadãos estão constantemente sob ataque, e reuniões entre mulheres desacompanhadas dos seus maridos podem despertar a atenção policial. Por isso, Romina, Flaca, La Venus, Paz e Malena decidem ir para a remota praia de Cabo Polonio. Elas são cantoras numa época em que a homoafetividade também é uma subversão. Entre amizades e relacionamentos amorosos, as cinco formam uma família, e o local onde se refugiam se torna seu santuário secreto, que elas visitarão ao longo de décadas.

Declan returns from his quest bringing a reunion with Ayden that is both deeply moving and intensely passionate. Yet, their blossoming love is overshadowed by an encroaching darkness that threatens to consume everything. The Kingdom's forces mass at Melucia's border. Tension is palpable as scouts clash in the treacherous mountains. Enemy mages materialize just beyond city walls, their presence a foreboding sign of the turmoil to come. Irina has returned.

Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth is an experiment in interiority written in the pandemic studio. Something of a companion piece to 2009’s Bluets, Pathemata merges a pain diary chronicling a decade of jaw pain with dreams and dailies, eventually blurring the lines between embodied, unconscious, and everyday life.

Eine Own-Voice-Romance mitten aus dem Leben – Skye steckt mitten in ihrer Quarterlifecrisis und muss sich die wirklich wichtigen Fragen stellen: Was will ich mit meinem Leben anfangen? Was macht mich wirklich glücklich? Skye ist verliebt in die Liebe, aber kann sie auch die Liebe für sich selbst entdecken? Skye ist eine "Serial Monogamist": Ihr Leben lang hüpft sie von Beziehung zu Beziehung und bleibt nie lange allein.

Alex Dimitrov embraces a life on the edge in New York and the finely wrought poetry that can come out of it as he explores sex, drugs, parties, pleasure, and God in the 2020s, and looks back to a coming-of-age in the 1990s that still informs who his generation is and will be. His unabashed and drivingly musical poems are a call against repression, a rebuke of cultural norms and shame, and a celebration of human authenticity—even if to live under such philosophies is dangerous.

It is 1998; Lilith, Sash, and Abraxa are teenagers, and they are making Saga of the Sorceress, a game that will change everything, if only for the three of them. 18 years later, Saga of the Sorceress still exists only on the scattered drives of its creators.

After discovering she's a witch and being whisked away to the magical land of Crenshaw, Ellie wants nothing more than to spend time with her new wife, Prospero, who has magically altered Ellie's memories to convince her of exactly that. Prospero herself is guilt-wracked after erasing Ellie's memories and being forced into a sham marriage with the woman she loves for real. But Crenshaw is dying, poisoned by Prospero's enemies who want their community to return to the human world, and she will do anything to save it.

Ben is going through a rough patch. He’s even turned to entering contests on social media, desperate for a little bit of money to get him back on his feet. He doesn’t win, but his old friend from high-school, Anthony, wins a big one worth one-hundred grand. There’s just one issue: Anthony entered the contest in Blake, his girlfriend’s name… and now she’s his ex-girlfriend. Back in high-school, everyone thought that Ben and Blake were brother and sister. So maybe Ben can help Anthony to accept that prize money and get a small piece of it.

The third volumes of the B8NDs series is now here. Beatrix Ross is starting to strike back as we begin the City at War arc. The eight girls are only continuing to test their relationships even more so whether its as friends or as romances. People starting to understand each other better as true feelings are uncovered and from there they start to realize what lays underneath the surface. Things only start to get worse as it appears that their classmates are getting targeted by an unknown assassin, especially the girls.

Obwohl sich der 32-jährige River McKenzie tief im Herzen nichts sehnlicher als eine ernsthafte Beziehung wünscht, holt er sich seine Befriedigung seit Jahren fast ausschließlich in One-Night-Stands. Da er alleine lebt, kann er tun und lassen, was er will, bis er seinen gleichaltrigen besten Freund Matthew Buck bei sich aufnimmt, dessen langjährige On-off-Freundin Amy ihn mal wieder vor die Tür gesetzt hat. Die beiden Männer verbindet seit Kindergartentagen eine tiefe Freundschaft, die sogar Rivers frühes Coming-out als Teenager schadlos überstanden hatte.

No one ever told me I might meet the love of my life on my knees in a coffee shop. I’m not one of those people who has everything figured out. I work at my dad’s company because it’s expected, not because I enjoy it. And I may film adult videos at Elite 8 Studios in my free time, but when it comes to my love life, I’m tired of being treated like a plaything.

Claire zieht nach London auf der Suche nach sich selbst, doch sie findet Maggie, ihre große Liebe. Dann kommt die Unsicherheit. Denn irgendetwas stimmt nicht mit Maggie. Ana ist glücklich verheiratet und hat drei Kinder. Als sie sich plötzlich in einen anderen verliebt, steht sie vor einer Entscheidung, die sie alles kosten kann, was ihr wichtig ist. Patrick ist ein einsamer Student, bis er Caitlin kennenlernt - aber fühlt sie so wie er?

Two young men meet on board the Orient Express in the freezing February of 1929. An unanticipated closeness develops between Nedim and Braslav as a collision with a snowdrift in Croatia leaves all on board facing cold, hunger and danger. As the bond between them is tested by events, they discover that they share a difficult secret… The tale of a surprising love that blossoms in unexpected places, against the backdrop of the glamorous Express’s odyssey through inter-War Europe, Romance on the Orient Express is a roller-coaster journey of intrigue, passion and adventure.

Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Maurya’s brutal destruction of the Mayakari witches. Shakti vows retribution for the murder of her aunt and annihilation of her village at the hands of the emperor, even though she is bound by the Mayakari’s pacifist code.

In 1953, in Dustville, a trio of young, handsome country boys—brothers: Silver and Oakley James and their friend Bucket Tillman—set out to make their mark on the music scene. With their tight harmonies and undeniable charm, they quickly capture the hearts of fans and industry insiders alike. As they embark on a whirlwind tour, they face the challenges of fame, the thrill of performing, and the complexities of love and friendship.

Billionaire Boris Lunt is offering one-hundred bucks to anyone willing to be scanned by his new AI system, which he’s hoping will revolutionize the film industry. Kyle—along with millions of others across the country—is happy to take the free money for a scan that only takes a few minutes. But maybe Kyle should have looked more closely at the contract. He never realized he was giving away the rights to use his image and name to any production with a license to use Lunt’s new technology.

The life of a witch is ever changing. After the greatest test the Coven has ever faced, Talis and Dion settle in happily married life. But Talis is the head of the Coven, and his life will never be simple. He has responsibilities far above and beyond what he had anticipated and ever increasing powers to master. With all this, there is the certainty that darkness never sleeps, and now comes a true test of more than just ability, but the strength of his will.

Recluse Sophie Vanguard’s winter cabin retreat turns ominous when blue flowers mysteriously appear. They’re everywhere. On her front porch, in kitchen cabinets, and even on her pillow. It isn’t long before chilling whispers echo in the halls, and her journal repeats seven unsettling entries. Enter the bloodied and beautifully eccentric Ly Thi Ren. Though Ren seems familiar, Sophie refuses to believe the girl’s insistence that they are trapped inside a book.

May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She's been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste its authentic cuisine.