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!

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

Three characters standing in the middle of a dark forest while magic swirls around them; text reads "A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams" 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.

Faded Moon – $1.60

A trope graphic with the Faded Moon cover at the center. Gothic dark fantasy with elements of eldritch horror; a doomed quest through a sentient forest, no romance but whatever the mc and the antagonist got going on is their business not mine. 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

Promo graphic showing all 8 of the books on sale; text reads itchio autumn sale; ebooks 50% off, 8 books for $* USD, Nov 27th - Dec 5th * 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

promo images with gold filigree surrounding text that reads Martis the Brazen, Death is a terrible thing to bear alone

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!

Cover for the Cradle of Eternal Night, two figures stand back to back, each looking at each other with SAPPHIC YEARNING

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!)

Cover for The Carnellian king showing a long serpentine dragon facing off against a knight on horseback

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!

Cover for Magica Riot next to text that reads: A novel about Portlan's Hard-rocking queer magical girl band

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!

Cover for The Harem Protagonist was Turned Into A Girl, shows a very punk rock girl sticking her tongue out

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:

Aimee Donnellan's Catastrophe Incoming Novella Series – $5.99 – 49% Off!

A line up of books on a shelf - The Chase Begins, The Collection Awakens, The Survivor Stands, the Labyrnth 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!

A very butch lesbian vampire in a cutoff shirt looks over her shoulder, THE GIFT OF BLOOD is overlaid in gold serif font

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!

The cover for THE HEART OF THE DOVENENT showing a space scene with a space ship 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:

Cooper's Little Mermaid Retelling in Verse is available in the Plethora of Queer SFF bundle!

Felicia Davin's THORNFRUIT – FREE

Cover for THORN FRUIT showing detailed drawings of flowers and plants with the title in sytlized Serif Font

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

Cover for RUNTIME showing a lizard lize character in a burning city

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!

Cover for Awakenings showing a rag tag band and a magical carriage on a road heading towards a domed city

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!