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  • About Us,  Blog,  LGBTQ+ Representation

    Being Visible – Because It’s the Only Weapon I Have

    Lilith_and_Erica / March 31, 2023

    Hi, this is Lilith, and I’m going to be taking over the blog solo today for Trans Day of Visibility. It’s not often that Amy Erica and I separate our voices while writing,…

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  • About Us,  About Writing,  LGBTQ+ Representation

    Inspiration from Uncommon Stars

    Lilith_and_Erica / March 27, 2023

    Inspiration is a funny thing. We both loved writing from very early ages, and dreamed of being able to do it professionally, but by our twenties had both given up on it to…

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    LGBTQ+ Representation

    Living in Someone Else’s Skin Means Living in Your Own Skin, Too

    Lilith_and_Erica / March 17, 2023

    We’ve been thinking a lot about empathy lately. How empathy happens, how love happens, how attention to others happens. Right now the Iowa Statehouse, and many other statehouses around the country, seem like…

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  • About Us,  About Writing,  Blog

    Our Favorite Supporting Characters — Dogs

    Lilith_and_Erica / March 10, 2023

    Or, Puppy People Proudly Promote Pix of their Pals   If we’re being honest, this post is mostly a shameless ploy to share pictures of our own incredibly cute domesticated descendants of wolves,…

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    On Demons and The Theft of Language

    Lilith_and_Erica / March 3, 2023

    We spend a lot of time writing things about our worlds that don’t quite fit in the pages of a book — especially history and mythology that shape how characters act, but are…

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  • About Writing,  Blog,  Broken Tongues,  Food

    Bassat’s Passion Fruit Ice Cream

    Lilith_and_Erica / February 24, 2023

    Bassat’s father looks up in surprise from his chair near a hospital bed as Bassat enters the room. Bassat has a hard time naming all the emotions that cycle across his face: shock…

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  • Lamb Stew
    About Writing,  Blog,  Broken Tongues,  Food

    Nuhu’s Lamb Stew

    Lilith_and_Erica / February 24, 2023

    Alaki hangs out watching the first speakeasy patrons filter in: beautifully dressed, laughing, arms about each other, leaning on each other. Maybe they’ve already been drinking. The wall panel between the library and…

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  • The Garden of Eden
    About Writing,  Blog,  Broken Tongues,  Food

    Food Writing — of the Speculative Fiction Variety

    Lilith_and_Erica / February 24, 2023

    Food is its own form of communication and likely the oldest medium of human culture and creativity. As such, food is a key part of fictional worlds, making them feel more real and…

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    On Coauthoring

    Lilith_and_Erica / February 21, 2023

    How did we decide to coauthor? What’s it like to write with another person?  As we launch our web presence today, we thought we’d take a moment to answer the questions we get…

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