The 2024 Pride Bundle - Curated by Catherine Lundoff and Melissa Scott

It's Pride again, and time for another queer-themed bundle to celebrate the community. Once again, the hardest part has been narrowing down the field: there are so many writers out there creating intelligent, nuanced, queer SF/F that it's incredibly hard to choose among them.

Because it's Pride, though, we looked for books that show queerness in all its complexity, with stories that range from pure adventure to profoundly serious. What you won't find is stories where queerness is purely a doomed and tragic fate, or ones in which it is purely evil. These are stories that showcase the many and complex forms that queerness takes — the many ways that we have chosen to be.

This is by no means a definitive LGBTQIA+ collection — I'm not sure such a thing is even possible any more, given the ever-growing amount of stellar queer writing being published now. Instead, think of this as a sampler, or a tasting menu. The bundle includes novels, novellas, and anthologies; the genres range from historical fantasy to cyberpunk to post apocalyptic SF. You'll find newer writers and works, and some older work you may have missed when they first appeared. It's a chance to sample stories by some of the best writers working today.

StoryBundle has always allowed its patrons to donate part of their payment to a related charity, and this year we're again supporting Rainbow Railroad, a NGO helping LGBT+ people escape state-sponsored persecution and violence worldwide. Their work is desperately needed, and if you choose, you can pass part of the bundle's price to them — a gift that can save a life.

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

• The Lever by Mark Salzwedel
• The Deep And Shining Dark by Juliet Kemp
• Champion of the Scarlet Wolf - Books 1-2 by Ginn Hale
• Off-Time Jive by A.Z. Louise

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 9 more books, for a total of 13!

• Black from the Future edited by Stephanie Andrea Allen & Lauren Cherelle
• Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
• Through the Doors of Oblivion by Michael G. Williams
• A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen
• We're Here - The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022 by Naomi Kanakia and series editor Charles Payseur
• Little Nothing by Dee Holloway
• A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
• Rabbits of the Apocalypse by Benny Lawrence
• Pluralities by Avi Silver

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

It's also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.

Why StoryBundle? Here are just a few benefits StoryBundle provides.

• Get quality reads: We've chosen works from excellent authors to bundle together in one convenient package.
• Pay what you want (minimum $5): You decide how much these fantastic books are worth. If you can only spare a little, that's fine! You'll still get access to a batch of exceptional titles.
• Support authors who support DRM-free books: StoryBundle is a platform for authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog. Supporting authors who let you read their books on any device you want—restriction free—will show everyone there's nothing wrong with ditching DRM.
• Give to worthy causes: Bundle buyers have a chance to donate a portion of their proceeds to Rainbow Railroad!
• Receive extra books: If you beat the bonus price, you'll get the bonus books!

StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price. Before starting StoryBundle, Founder Jason Chen covered technology and software as an editor for Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.

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