Short Story Archive
Lavender Rising's first magazine issue has been published! And now, you want to read the rest of the stories that could only be partially published in the magazine due to the word limit. Have no fear, the links and author bios are down below!
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Rachel McDove
Rachel is a middle-aged queer woman who lives just outside Edinburgh, Scotland, with her wife and their ridiculous staffy dog. She loves SFF, badgers, knitting, and living her best Hobbit life.
Mastadon: @mydaemonisabadger
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Ayre Fromme-Diaz
Ayre Fromme-Diaz is a retired sex worker living in the Midwest. This creative nonfiction piece is an excerpt from his memoir, I GOT OFF EASY: Brushes With the News, Fame, Danger, and Death.
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Nik Zachary
Nik is a queer YA author who loves nothing more than diving into conventions, connecting with readers, and exploring stories that celebrate queer and neurodivergent voices. While her debut novel coming out in 2026 will be in a world of superheroes and supervillains, she’s just as excited to chase those themes across fantasy, contemporary, and every genre in between.
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Mark Rowland
Mark Rowland is an Australian fiction writer with experience across both literary and visual mediums. Starting out as a screenwriter, he cut his teeth contributing to games like Dune: Awakening and TV adaptations of games like Castlevania: Nocturne.
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Sydney Leonce Roberts
Sydney Roberts is a queer Canadian writer and artist with dreams of working in the animation industry.
Twice Upon a Time: An Epilogue
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Dennis Martin Brooks
Writing under a pen name, Dennis Martin Brooks is a retired Computational Research Linguist at a U.S. Naval laboratory in Washington, DC. He earned a Ph.D. from New York University and taught English composition and linguistics on the college level in Philadelphia (my hometown); Miami; Utica, NY; and New York City.
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Erin Wynn
Erin Wynn is a lesbian American writer living in the Netherlands with her wife and twin boys. She enjoys writing poetry and novels, and she reads endlessly. She's been previously published in Lavender Review. She enjoys writing all genres, but dark humor is a favorite.
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