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A queer independent online book shop based in the UK, specialising in LGBT+ graphic novels, books, and manga. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚✌🏻@proudgeekstore elsewhere. https://www.proud-geek.co.uk/

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · Nov 20

Introduction time. 🏳️‍🌈✌🏻

Hi! I’m Tom, I run Proud Geek - a queer online bookshop specialising in LGBTQ+ graphic novels, books and manga.

There’s no physical store (yet) but you can visit us online at www.proud-geek.co.uk, on TikTok for book recs @proudgeekstore or at local markets across the UK.

My face - white guy with short spiked hair, round glasses and a moustache.

A selection of queer non fiction books sold on the website linked in the post.

A table of queer books and comics for sale at a local market.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 2h

Queer & cosy time-travel romance. COSTUMES FOR TIME TRAVELLERS by AR Capetta is out today! It’s a queer science-fiction/fantasy, perfect for fans of cosy SFF, found family, or anyone after a good little autumnal read.

Buy it here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

#booksky

Book cover for Costumes For Time Travellers by A R Capetta

Blurb:

Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place time travellers first reach after they stumble away from their hometime, passing through on their way to any other when.

To Calisto, Pocket is home. They love their grandmother’s shop, which is filled with clothes from every era that are used to make costumes for time travellers. Calisto has no intention of travelling – it’s too dangerous.

For Fawkes, travelling is life. He put on time boots when he was young and has been stumbling through eras ever since. When he floats into Pocket, Calisto meets him for the first time, though Fawkes has seen Calisto before – in glimpses of what hasn’t happened yet.

He’s also seen the villains chasing them both. Now Calisto and Fawkes must rush – from Shakespeare’s London to ancient Crete to California on the eve of a millennium – to save Pocket, and all those who travel, from being erased.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 3d

Obsessed with The Unbroken? Love The Faithless? Get ready for THE SOVEREIGN by CL Clark. It’s the finale in The Magic Of The Lost series – a queer, high fantasy, magical saga perfect for fans of sapphic political fantasies.

Buy it here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

The Sovereign brings princess Luca and soldier Touraine together one last time in the thrilling conclusion to C. L. Clark's beloved queer political fantasy trilogy.

Luca is the new queen of Balladaire. Her empire is already splintering in her hands. Her uncle wasn't the only traitor in the court, and the Withering plague will decimate her people if she can't unearth Balladaire's magic.

The only person who can help her wants the only thing Luca won't give - the end of the monarchy. Touraine is Luca's general. She has everything she ever wanted.

While Luca looks within Balladaire's borders, Touraine looks outward-the alliance with Qazal is brittle and Balladaire's neighbors are ready to pounce on its new weakness. When the army comes, led by none other than Touraine's old lover, Touraine must face the truth about herself - and the empire she once called home. A storm is coming.

Touraine and Luca will stand against it together, or it will tear them apart once and for all.

Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 7d

SHY TRANS BANSHEE by Tony Santorella is out today! It’s the super queer and darkly funny follow-up to Bored Gay Werewolf, filled with werewolves, crime, supernatural mystery, millennial ennui and queer found family.

Grab yourself a copy here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

#booksky #transbooks

Book cover for Shy Trans Banshee by Tony Santorella

Blurb:

Brian, Nik and Darby - three friends practiced in ennui, binge-drinking, hooking up with strangers and fighting supernatural crime (when Brian's not committing it as a werewolf once a month) - have been sent by Abe Van Helsing (yes, one of those Van Helsings) to try to track down a colleague who has gone missing in London.

As they putz around the city, following any leads that might help them find their British counterpart, they uncover a clairvoyancy smuggling ring, located right in the heart of the financial district. Who's kidnapping all the fortune tellers in Soho and why? And is it coincidence, fate or something more sinister altogether that Maeve, a timid trans woman taking time out of her job to track down her birth mother, turns up on the gang's doorstep... and has the uncanny ability to know just what's going to happen next?

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 8d

Looking for something new to read? There’s a whole bunch of queer fiction coming out this month. From queer horror to sapphic romance, here’s what’s new at Proud Geek this October: proud-geek.co.uk

(A list of book titles and authors is available in the alt text)

#queerbooksky #booksky

Ten queer book covers for books coming out in October at Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop

▪️ Spellfire by Agatha Willow
▪️ Bone Broth by Alex Taylor
▪️ I Heart Skull-Crusher! Vol. 2 by Josie Campbell & Alessio Zonno
▪️ The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur
▪️ Thirsty by Lucy Lehane
▪️ Shy Trans Banshee by Tony Santorella
▪️ Hazelthorn by CG Drews
▪️ Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young
▪️ Hollow by Taylor Grother
▪️ Costumes for Time Travellers by A.R. Capetta

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 8d

The Undetectables are back! THE UNFATHOMABLE CURSE by @cswritesbooks.bsky.social is the third book in the series. It’s packed with ancient magic and fiendish puzzles, perfect for fans of supernatural mysteries and cosy crime.

Grab yourself a copy here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

#booksky

Book cover for The Unfathomable Curse by Courtney Smyth.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 10d

Back from a lovely little week away. We had some very fun adventures with some very lovely people.

To anyone who ordered from Proud Geek over the last week, I’ll be sending all orders out tomorrow (Tuesday). Apologies for the wait, here are some pics from the trip to make up for it.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 11d

Swords, con artists & arranged marriages. SWORDCROSSED by @freyamarske.bsky.social is out in paperback! It’s a super fun, fast-paced romantacy, perfect for fans of low-conflict, queer & cozy fantasy romance, secrets, swords & smut.

Sound like fun? Grab a copy here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 12d

If you liked this film, read this book!

From Saltburn to Sleepy Hollow, Dark Crystal & The Descent, here our list of queer book recommendations based on your favorite film or movie:

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#booksky #queerbooks

If You Liked This Film, Read This Book

From Saltburn to Sleepy Hollow, Dark Crystal & The Descent, here's a quick list of LGBTQ+ books to read next based on your favourite film:

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 14d

THIS PLACE KILLS ME by Mariko Tamaki & Nicole Goux is finally out! It’s a haunting and emotional whodunnit mystery, told though comics, letters, diary entries and news articles. Heads up – this graphic novel covers a lot of heavy topics.

Grab yourself a copy here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

Book cover for This Place Kills Me by Marino Tamaki & Nicole Goux

Blurb:

At Wilberton Academy, few students are more revered than the members of the elite Wilberton Theatrical Society (a.k.a. the WTS) and no one represents that exclusive club better than Elizabeth Woodward. Breathtakingly beautiful, beloved by all, and a talented thespian, it’s no surprise she’s starring as Juliet in the WTS’s performance of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. But when she’s found dead the morning after opening night, the whole school is thrown into chaos.

Transfer student Abby Kita was one of the last people to see Elizabeth alive, and when local authorities deem the it-girl’s death a suicide, Abby’s not convinced. She’s sure there’s more to Wilburton and the WTS than meets the eye. As she gets tangled in prep school intrigues, Abby quickly realizes that Elizabeth was keeping secrets. Was one of those secrets worth killing for?

Inside This Place Kills Me graphic novels.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 15d

There’s one week left to grab yourself something new to read in the SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER queer book sale at Proud Geek.

Get 10% off all sapphic books, graphic novels and manga at proud-geek.co.uk/sale (ends September 30th).

#booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 16d

Happy #BiVisabilityday to you and your favorite bisexual.

Looking to add more queer books with bi representation to your bookshelf? Here are some of my personal faves: proud-geek.co.uk

#booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 16d

Off on holiday for a week, I’ll be back on the 29th. The proud-geek.co.uk website is still open and running, but deliveries will take a little longer than usual to be sent out.

Right, I’m off to drink cider, eat pasties and take the dog on some very long walks. ✌🏻

Picture of a dog and text that reads: off on holiday for a week, back on the 29th.

Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 19d

Gay spaceships, pulp horror & classic sci-fi: OF MONSTERS AND MAINFRAMES by Barbara Truelove is back in stock. It’s a fun, fast-paced sci-fi adventure filled with classic monsters & AI spaceships. It’s also one of the most FUN things I’ve read this year.

Buy it at: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

Book cover for Of Monsters And Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Blurb:

Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying - and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans.

To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil: Dracula.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 20d

Queer books with LGBTQ+ characters over 40:

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See something interesting? Grab a copy from proud-geek.co.uk

#booksky #queerbooks

A stack of queer books about gays over 40:

▪️ The Seep by Chana Porter – aliens, grief and women in their 70s
▪️ One Last Song by Nathan Evans – romance, comedy and gay liberation in your 70s
▪️ Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan Love – families, coming out and men in their 70s
▪️ The Secret Life Of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain – life, work and coming out in your 60s
▪️ The Stand-In Dad by Alex Summers – weddings, chosen family and gay men in their 50s
▪️ Becoming Ted by Matt Cain – drag, relationships and men in their 40s
▪️ Cheryl by Jillian Fleck – wellness, trauma and coming out in your 40s
▪️ Spent by Alison Bechdel – life, humour and wueer women in their 50s
▪️ When I Came Out by Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen – translated fiction about coming out in your 40s
▪️ Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St. Onge & Joy San – crushes, romance and queer women in their 60s

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 23d

Cosy paranormal romance & haunted houses? The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish is a spooky dual POV queer romance between a nonbinary haunted house designer & a man who can see ghosts. Heads up: it’s a bit spicy.

Buy it here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

#booksky

Book cover for The Most Unusual Haunting Of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish

Blurb:

Jamie Wendon-Dale creates haunted houses for a living. Haunting is their life - but nobody working New Orleans' spooky circuit actually believes in ghosts. Edgar Lovejoy is 100% haunted. Ghosts have tormented him since childhood and he's organized his life around attempts to avoid them.

But while Jamie's biggest concern is that Edgar sometimes seems a bit distracted, Edgar's fears are much greater. Not only is he scared of encountering the dearly departed whenever he leaves the house, but he's terrified of making himself vulnerable to Jamie. After all, how do you tell someone who believes ghosts only exist as smoke and mirrors that you see them everywhere you go?

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 24d

We’re halfway through #SapphicSeptember! Looking to add some sapphic romance to your TBR? Here’s a list of 20 queer romance books with sapphic main characters to add to your bookshelf:

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#booksky #sapphicbooks

Text reads: 20 sapphic romance novels to read during Sapphic September at Proud Geek

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20 book covers for queer romance books with sapphic main characters:

▪️ In At The Deep End by Kate Davies
▪️ Hani and Ishu’s Guide To Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
▪️ Friday I’m In Love by Camryn Garrett
▪️ That’s What She Said by Eleanor Pilcher
▪️ The Dos And Donuts Of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar
▪️ Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
▪️ The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve
▪️ Big Date Energy by Bethany Rutter
▪️ Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
▪️ Make The Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake
▪️ Where Shadows Bloom by Catherine Bakewell
▪️ Love Points To You by Alice Lin
▪️ Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos
▪️ The Relationship Mechanic by Karmen Lee
▪️ Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli
▪️ Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
▪️ Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner
▪️ Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley
▪️ I Kissed A Werewolf And I Liked It by Cat Hepburn
▪️ Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 26d

It’s landed in the U.K. as @proud-geek.co.uk and @forbidden-planet.bsky.social have it in stock.

🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27d

It's been one month since A GAME IN YELLOW released! 💛

But this year also marks 130 years of THE KING IN YELLOW. There have been many stories inspired by it, and it was a pleasure of many kinds to play with this wonderful cursed book myself.

May we be telling stories of Carcosa for 130 years more.

The King in Yellow graphic novel adaptation by Robert W Chambers and INJ Culbard next to A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper, art by Caroline Johnson

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 27d

Horny lesbians, cosmic horror & a very strange play. A GAME IN YELLOW by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social blends horror, erotica, & psychological thriller, following a couple whose search to spice up their sex life leads them down a path of madness.

Grab a copy here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

Book cover for A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper

Blurb:

A kink-fixated couple, Carmen and Blanca, have been in a rut. That is until Blanca discovers the enigmatic Smoke in an under-street drug den, who holds pages to a strange play, The King in Yellow. Read too much, and you’ll fall into madness. But read just a little and pull back, and it gives you the adrenaline rush of survivor’s euphoria, leading Carmen to fall into a game of lust at a nightmare’s edge.

As the line blurs between the world Carmen knows and the one that she visits after reading from the play, she begins to desire more time in this other world no matter what horrors she brings back with her.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 28d

It's restock day at proud-geek.co.uk

There’s horny lesbians & cosmic horror in A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper, feminine rage & sci-fi adventure in Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon, and haunted houses & cosy paranormal romance in The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish.

#booksky

A stack of queer books for sale at the Proud Geek - LGBTQ+ bookshop

Book cover for A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper

Book cover for Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon

Book cover for The Most Unusual Hunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish

Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 29d

Blind dates, boyfriend coaching & steamy romance, THE BUILD-A-BOYFRIEND PROJECT is a queer adult rom-com from Mason Deaver, following a journalist stuck in a dead-end job, who agrees to teach his disastrous blind date how to be a better boyfriend.

Grab a copy here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

Book cover for The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver

Blurb:

Eli Francis is stuck. Stuck in an assistant position at the online magazine Vent when he should be a writer. Stuck with a boss who dangles a promotion but would rather he just fetch the coffee. Stuck working alongside the ex who has had no trouble moving up at work… or moving on.

When Eli’s roommates push him to date so he can get over his ex once and for all, they set him up with Peter Park. Tall, handsome, and unbelievably awkward. The date is a complete disaster, and further proof to Eli that love isn’t for him. But when his boss overhears Eli recounting the catastrophic night, he suggests teaching Peter to be a better boyfriend through a series of simulated dates so he can write an article about it. But Eli has other ideas…

Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · Sep 9

Worms, hive minds, and deeply personal trans body horror. YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social is OUT NOW! Perfect for lovers of visceral squirmy horror or fans of Eric LaRocca.

Enjoy brutal and terrifying body horror? Buy it here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

#booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · Sep 8

Trans werewolves?!? Yes please! THE TRANSITION by @transhorrors.bsky.social is a fast-paced YA werewolf horror, following a trans teen who’s bitten by a werewolf while recovering from top surgery.

It comes out on 11th of September, but you can pre-order it here: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

Book cover for The Transition by Logan-Ashley Kisner

Blurb:

Hunter’s life is at a turning point: After years of fighting his father for it, he’s gotten top surgery. He’s finally starting to feel comfortable in his own skin... only to be attacked by a strange creature in his backyard.

The encounter should kill him, but his best friend Gabe intervenes, and Hunter is able to walk away from the incident with his life - and new body - mostly intact. Still, something isn’t right. First, his wounds are healing quickly - too quickly. Then there are the feverish nightmares, the sudden return of his period, and his teeth... they’re falling out of his head.

Enter Mars, Hunter’s other best friend. A horror movie devotee, Mars points out the obvious: That mysterious creature was a werewolf, and Hunter is becoming one too - unless they can figure out a cure, which basically means they have to kill the creature that bit him.

Now, Hunter, Gabe, and Mars are in a race against time. A voice that could only belong to the creature itself is worming its way into Hunter’s head, and as the days pass, it’s only getting louder. It promises revenge on Hunter’s transphobic peers if he succumbs to his lycanthropic transformation. Or he can reject the monster and fight alongside his friends before the body he’s fought so hard for slips away for good. The choice is Hunter’s.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · Sep 7

Queer Books About Bugs, Insects & Creepy Crawlies!

From exotic insect collections to terrifying body horror and 500-year-old parasites, here's a quick list of LGBTQ+ books about bugs & insects that will make your skin crawl:

Read the full blog at: proud-geek.co.uk/post/queer-b...

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Queer Books About Bugs, Insects and Creepy Crawlies

From exotic insect collections to terrifying body horror and 500-year-old parasites, here's a quick list of LGBTQ+ books about bugs and insects that will make your skin crawl:

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · Sep 6

Gothic horror, vampire cults and gay longing. A BLOOD AS BRIGHT AS THE MOON by Andrea Marstabilini follows a young vampire called Ambrose, desperately torn between worlds, as he’s hunted down by a secret society bent on his destruction.

Grab a copy at: proud-geek.co.uk/product-page...

#booksky

Book cover for A Blood As Bright As The Moon by Andrea Mortabilini

Blurb:

Frankenstein, Germany. Ambrose, a young vampire, lives a life secreted away from the modern world with the rest of his clan, all of them under the spell of the charismatic Regina, who spins stories of salvation for their kind. Their grand plan? To build makeshift wings and fly to the moon where a safe haven awaits for all vampires. But Ambrose harbours a secret: he is not ready to abandon the earth, and he is in contact with a human who believes he can be saved.

As the rest of his kind prepare to flee their home, Ambrose is torn between loyalties. However something else is on the horizon. The Royal Diurnal Society - a group with sinister plans for vampires - are closing in, and if Ambrose isn’t careful, he could find himself at the centre of a terrifying and mysterious experiment.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · Sep 5

100%. An excellent shout 🩷