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🙈 There were 27 Crime Fiction anthologies published in 2024.
🙉 There were 304 stories within those 27 anthologies.
🙊 Of those 304 stories, only 8 were written by LGBTQ+ authors.
👀 WT serious F?
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Tuning in Thurs, Aug 7 at 8PM ET for a FREE virtual panel on queer crime storytelling! ✍️💥 Some of the sharpest voices in the game—Lepionka, Manansala, Sherbow, Zgorski, Marks—dig into the craft of short fiction. Join us!
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Crime Ink: Iconic—our new queer crime fiction anthology—is packed with stories inspired by legends like Baldwin, Wilde & Rapinoe. Blurbs from S.A. Cosby, Megan Abbott, & Lisa Gardner. Want an ARC? Msg me! Preorder: johncope.squarespace.com/order-crime-... #CrimeInk #QueerCrimeFiction

So happy to be asked to contribute to this important project.

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