For the third year in a row, join Harmony Ink Press as we celebrate outstanding short stories from up-and-coming young authors of LGBTQ+ fiction. We are pleased and honored to once again offer a selection of works from the best and brightest authors between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one. Explore fiction in all genres—from contemporary realism to experimental fantasy—featuring characters in every color of the rainbow. The unique voices within these pages represent the future, and they bring distinct perspectives on love, loss, and growing up in a changing world. Whether they stem from firsthand experience or pure imagination, these are tales that praise diversity and call for unity, understanding, and compassion. Because while the road to adulthood can be full of obstacles and even unhappiness, there’s also much beauty to be found on the journey.
Dani Anderson—To Lauren
Nick Anthony—Scrapyard Sunsets
Hilda Friday—A Progression of Love
Arbour Ames—You Saw Blue
Chloe Smith—Plenty of Fish
Caleb Andrews—I Am Logan
Sarah Caulfield—Make Mad the Guilty
Xoe Juliani—Loving You Through the Years
Irene Grant—Jordan and A.J.
Latitude Brown—Equinox
Julia Dupuis—Let No Sin Rule Over Me
Anika Olivo—Melodimensional
Frisk Gillespie—Ten Words
Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson