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June 1, 2025

Queen of Swords Press Newsletter - June, 2025

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Book cover for Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett
Point of Hopes is a Midwest Book Awards finalist!

June News:

  • Big News! Congratulations to Catherine Lundoff, who is one of the recipients of a 2025 Alice B. Readers Appreciation Award for her body of work and sundry projects…

  • And Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett is a finalist for the Midwest Independent Book Awards! Congrats all around!

June Events:

  1. Pride Month StoryBundle – Kicks off on June 4th and runs through July 3rd. Lots of books by amazing queer authors, and we’re raising funds for Rainbow Railroad again!

  2. 4th Street Fantasy – June 13-15th. Minneapolis, MN. Catherine Lundoff will be attending and on programming.

  3. Temporal Textual Talks Virtual Book Club – June 22nd, 4:30-6:30 PM PST. Terror at Tierra de Cobre by Michael Merriam is the featured title and Michael will be there.

  4. Twin Cities Pride – June 28th-29th. Minneapolis, MN. We’ll be back in the Queer Writes Tent in its new location by Harmon Place.

Book cover of Terror at Tierra de Cobre by Michael Merriam.
Catch Michael at the Temporal Textual Talks Virtual Book Club!
The book covers for Silver Moon and Blood Moon by Catherine Lundoff. Text above the covers reads: Welcome to Wolf's Point, where menopause kicks off with a few extra changes...like bonus lycanthropy.
Congrats to Catherine Lundoff!

More about the Press:

Publisher Catherine Lundoff has a Patreon, which supports us, and we have a Ko-fi account, if you'd like to send a little love our way. Many thanks to our awesome patrons!

All 
Queen of Swords Press titles are available in print as well as ebook (except Knife's Edge and Desire, which are ebook only). Silver Moon is also available in German translation and both it and Blood Moon are available in audiobook. Your library or cool local indie bookstore can also order our titles in, if they don't already have them.

If you have enjoyed any of our titles and haven't already done so, please post a review on the site where you purchased it, Goodreads, your social media, etc.! They are much needed and appreciated. Many thanks to those of you who've reviewed our titles so far! Please follow us on 
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