Black Friday Meets Creator Day on Itch Io for Awesome Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
Not familiar with Itch.io? It's a platform started for and by indie game developers but has recently expanded to welcome artists, musicians, and authors! Indie creators of all kinds are now welcome to use this platform to sell and promote their creative works.
Today is Black Friday, a day when major retailers and small businesses rake in the dollars. But not Itchio. For Itch.io, it's Creator Day. For today, Itch.io gives the full amount paid directly to the creators. They are not taking their own cut of the profit.
If you are looking to support indie creators today, check out Itch.io first to see if you can find their works there.
Specifically, looking for queer science fiction and fantasy books to support? Don't worry; I've rounded up some of my favorites that are discounted or bundled!
While the Plethora of Queer SFF Books bundle is only on sale today, most of the rest of these bundles and sales last through the rest of the weekend!
The Plethora of Queer SFF Books – $35 USD
This bundle was put together by Claudie Arseneault and contains books from 16 creators!
- Seafoam and Silence the Complete Series by S. L. Dove Cooper
- Stake Sauce Arc 1: The Secret Ingredient is Love, No Really by RoAnna Sylver
- Journey Home by May Barros
- Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
- Devils Cup By Dee Holloway
- Disappearance and Other Short Stories by PD Loupee
- Glorious Day by Skye Kilaen
- The Binding of Bloom Mountain by Vesper Doom
- Eye Tooth by Mars Adler
- A Sharper, More Lasting Pain by Alex Harvey
- Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean
- Night Vine by Felicia Davin
- Stars and Soil by Dax Murray
- Yours Celestially by Al Hess
- Meliora by Talli L. Morgan
This bundle is full of fae, vampires, mermaids, witches, princesses, rebels, cybernetic cats, and more! If you're gonna get ONE thing this Creator Day, I say pick this up!
My Sapphic Epic Fantasy Bundle – $4.99
I've bundled four of my books together for less than $5. Trying to get these books on any other retailer will cost you $15.
- A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams
- Shades and Silver
- Stars and Soil
- Smoke and Steel
Faded Moon – $1.60
A dark, gothic fantasy about a grumpy recluse and a bubbly magician by Talli L. Morgan. Talli is VERY talented, because they somehow also wrote the cosy fantasy, Meliora, that is featured in the Plethora of Queer SFF. How can they do BOTH? Anyway, this is currently 60% off!
50% off Autumn Sale of Ronove's / S. Jean's Entire Collection – $8.00
* Forevermore * Hymn of Memory * The Devil in the Woods * Born of Scourge * Anywhere but Here * Wherever the Stars Call * Summertime Blossoms * The Magician and the Bard
I picked up BORN OF SCOURGE, a story about a star determined to end humanity, last week and LOVED IT. This sale came at the perfect time because I want to read EVERYTHING by Ronove now. You can get Wherever the Stars Call as part of the Plethora of Queer SFF Bundle
Rien Gray's Sapphic Knights – Free and 70% Off
Bundled together for just $3 are MARTIS THE BRAZEN and SEURE THE TEMPERED.
You can also get Valerian The Fair for FREE (usually $5)!
Fair warning: these are SPICY SAPPHICS with SWORDS.
Ladz Long Fiction Bundle – $6.47 – 50% off!
- Ice Upon a Pier
- Fealty of Monsters Volume 1
- Cradle of Eternal Night
Ladz writes sapphic fantasy and horror that's atmospheric and a little unsettling (in the good way!) I loved Cradle of Eternal Night and definitely recommend picking that up if you like sapphic romantasy! Also, the illustrations are beautiful!
Arden Powel''s Complete Collection – $9.99 (22% off!)
- The Carnellian King & Other Stories
- In the Pit of Your Stomach
- Obsidian Island
Three queer fantasy and/or horror books, including a choose your own path story! The Carnellian King is in the Plethora of Queer SFF books, but you're gonna wanna get the rest of Arden Powell's works too right now.
Kate Buchanan's Magica Riot – $1.50 – 50% Off!
You like magical girls? You like girl bands? You like trans women doing both? This is THE book everyone has been talking about across social media and you gotta pick it up this weekend.
Fern V. Bedek's 2024 Birthday Bundle $20 – 58% off!
This bundle has like 20 titles in it! There's so many. Some of them are definitely fantasy, but some are also contemporary. All are VERY trans!
These are just a few of the titles you will find in this bundle:
- The Harem Protagonist was Turned into A Girl!! And Doesn't Want to Change Back!!!??
- Lessons in Lesbianism
- We're Both Girls??
- Can A Shark Swim in Gender Fluid?
- Waking Up A Goddess Beats HRT
Aimee Donnellan's Catastrophe Incoming Novella Series – $5.99 – 49% Off!
- The Chase Begins
- The Collection Awakens
- The Survivor Stands
- The Labyrinth Beckons
Catastrophe Incoming is a series of episodic queer fantasy novellas. The fifth novella releases next month! Pick up the series today so you're ready!
Vaela Denarr and Micah Iannandrea's THE GIFT OF BLOOD Preorder – 2.99 – 40% Off!
LESBIAN VAMPIRES with YEARNING. Releasing March 2025, get it at this discounted price today! Plus, they have a few more books available for FREE!
S. L. Dove Cooper's ENTIRE Works – $46.00 – 20% off!
12 Books total in this collection! All of them featuring aromantic and asexual characters and demonstrating deep and complex queer platonic bonds.
Some of my favorites from this collection:
- The Heart of The Covenant
- Sweetness Bled and Brindled
- The Ice Princess's Fair Illusion
Cooper's Little Mermaid Retelling in Verse is available in the Plethora of Queer SFF bundle!
Felicia Davin's THORNFRUIT – FREE
The first novel in the Gardener's Hand series featuring some awesome bisexuals with strange and mysterious (and sometimes debilitating) powers.
FYI: The second book, NIGHT VINE, is featured in the Plethora of Queer SFF bundle!
RoAnna Sylver Short Stories – FREE
Renowned author of CHAMELEON MOON has TWO free short stories available set in the universe of Chameleon Moon.
RoAnna's punk-vampire story STAKE SAUCE is also featured in the Plethora of Queer SFF.
Claudie Arseneault's Aro Ace Adventures!
You can get some of the first books in Claudie Arseneault's series rather affordably on Itchio!
BAKER THIEF is included in the Plethora of Queer SFF Bundle!
Go Forth and Read Queer SFF
I hope I was able to point you towards some awesome queer speculative fiction that you can splurge on this Black Friday. Remember, all profits from your purchases on Itch.io today go directly to the creators; Itch.io is NOT taking their cut today!