Swords and Spaceships for June 4

Bi. Werewolves. In Mughal India. Told through a college professor named Alok transcribing notebooks (and even stranger and creepier pages) of a bizarre and mysterious story that he must know the end of. The two clashing worlds of the past have their darker parallels in the fascination Alok shows for the fascinating teller of the story.

Also. Bi. Werewolves. A divorced, middle-aged woman discovers that the “great change” of her life isn’t just the cessation of menopause–it comes with a side of lycanthropy. The good news is, her home town has an all female wolf pack that’s eager to welcome her in. The bad news is, there’s hunters out here.

(Full disclosure: Catherine Lundoff’s small press has published two of my books.)

A chaotic murder bi who works as a criminal enforcer suddenly finds herself with an even more powerful and exacting boss when she’s arrested and brought in to work for the emperor’s spymaster. The job she’s handed is impossible: to steal a legendary ghost ship. The consequences of failure are unimaginable: her sister’s death.

Demane is an earthbound demigod that has been labeled as a sorcerer–not entirely correct, but perhaps easier for people to understand. He follows a beautiful man who is also descended from gods, and together it’s up to them to protect the caravan in their charge from the terrors that stalk the road.

Tough as nails bi woman just trying to get by in the hellscape of being in a corporate militia starts living her life out of order every time she’s turned into light and sent to a new battlefield. And what she learns during the experience is just how much she and her fellow soldiers have been lied to.

Two! Two bi men ah ah ah. And what are they doing? Investigating kidnappings, trying to keep the populace of their city from blaming it all on foreigners, and hoping to get it all done before a major astrological event really blows up the city.

A broken-hearted boy named Kevin lets seven tears fall into the sea and wishes for a summery of happiness and love. What he gets is a mysterious boy named Morgan he has to save–who then later shows up at his doorstep to confess his love. Morgan is a selkie who will have to return to the sea at the end of the summer… and this is only the first complication they both have to deal with.

Conjoined sisters Taema and Tila were raised in a cult before escaping to San Francisco where they are surgically separated. Ten years later, Tila has been arrested for murder and is possibly involved in a criminal syndicate that runs drugs. Taema is given the option to go in undercover as her sister–and maybe save Tila’s life in the process.

Did you think I had stopped yelling about how much I love this book? YOU THOUGHT WRONG. Beyond the lush writing and the parallel world plots and thriller twists, the main character has big bi energy and she should be appreciated for that as well.