Queering Consent: Call for Happy Endings

March 04, 2022 — by Lydia Rogue

Microcosm Publishing is soliciting submissions for our Queering Consent series of queer erotica stories, novellas, novels, illustrated books, and comics!

Pitch us your work in progress or your completed work—make it sexy, make it hot, make it consensual, and make it queer! Titles that fit this series show complex, healthy, joyful queer relationships, have a happy ending, and feature explicit erotic content forming the core of the work.

Anything queer is great! We are especially (but not exclusively) looking for:

Lesbian erotica
Real-world (present or past) settings
T4T content
Polyamorous content

For books, manuscripts should be no fewer than 2,500 words (for a short story zine) and top out around 40,000 words for a book. Manuscripts can be composed of short stories or one longer narrative. Black and white illustrations are also welcome, and we love graphic novels. We are not able to publish poetry or fan fiction. We will consider previously-published work so long as you own the rights.

We are especially looking for submissions from authors and artists who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, mixed race, disabled, neurodivergent, queer, transgender, nonbinary, or who don’t see themselves well represented in mainstream publishing—including (but not exclusively) #OwnVoices content from these writers.

Here’s a sampling of what we’ve published so far:

the book cover of Queer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism, featuring a werewolf holding and licking a laughing man — *Queer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism* – A collection of m/m(+) short stories by MJ Lyons with a science fiction theme

*Experience Points* – An illustrated m/m novella about the evolution of a relationship that is profoundly healing for both people involved

*Even Cowbots Get Blue Balls* envisions transformative encounters between various beings

*A Tight Squeeze* shows a rich variety of transfeminine experiences and pairings

We also publish short stories in quickly-read, pocket-sized zine format!

Just a few of our growing collection of Queering Consent zines!

We also are delighted to consider pitches for nonfiction books and zines about queer relationships and sex!

If you have something you think fits, take a look at our full submission guidelines here and drop us a line through the contact form at the top of that page!

We can’t wait to read the wildest adventures and happiest endings your imagination can produce!