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Riptide Publishing
@riptidepublishing.bsky.social
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A boutique publisher of LGBT+ fiction - shared staff account.
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jimraff.bsky.social
I was in Trinidad Co. a few weeks ago. In the town history museum there is an exhibit about Dr. Stanley Biber. Starting in 1969, he was pioneering gender affirming surgery. Trinidad became “the sex change capital of the US”.

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The Tiny Colorado Town That Became the ‘Sex Change Capital of the World’
Three hours south of Denver and located in the mountains along the Santa Fe trail, the small, semi-conservative town was home to a forward-thinking local doctor whose pioneering surgeries would change...
melmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
riptidepublishing.bsky.social
It doesn't, correct, but if we make WC in audio, we'll announce it!
September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
riptidepublishing.bsky.social
1) Audio is already here! We're about to do a big announcement, so congrats on being the first to know. ;)

Link: www.audible.com/pd/Cut-Run-A...

2) Nothing will happen to your books! Those are yours forever. The new versions will be new versions, so a whole other book.
Cut & Run
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. When by-the-book meets off-the-record, the story’s just starting . . . Special Agent Ty Grady is pretty sure he’s about to get fired. His last perp skipped ...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social
Shifters: Magic Runs Deep by @alexwhitehall.bsky.social. Buck-wild SF/F: The Glamour Thieves by Don Allmon (plus two sequels). Contemporary @lambdaliterary.org award winner: Love and Other Hot Beverages by Laurie Loft. Cozy Mysteries: The entire Plumber's Mate series by @jlmerrow.bsky.social AND
The cover art for Magic Runs Deep by Alex Whitehall, featuring a dark forest in the background, a topless man stroking his beard in the middle ground, and a large wolf paw print with the title superimposed on top of it in the foreground. The cover art for Blue Unicorn Book One: The Glamour Thieves, by Don Allmon. The background features a futuristic neon cityscape. The foreground features a futuristic race car with neon tires and a Delorean-like door, with one orc sitting in the passenger seat, and another orc in a cut-off flannel shirt and jeans leaning against the trunk. A quote from a Publisher's Weekly starred review says "Swoonworthy." Cover art for Love and Other Hot Beverages by Laurie Loft, featuring a soft pink table on which sits a latte in a red cup and saucer with a heart drawn in the foam. One man's hand is curled around the cup, and another man's hand is cupping the first man's hand. There is a Lambda Literary Awards Winner emblem in the top left corner, and a quote from Booklist that reads "Loft tracks the winding course of true love." The cover art for Lock Nut (A Plumber's Mate Mystery) by JL Merrow. The background is a natural-paper invitation with pencil drawings of plants on it that says "You're Invited." Pinned with green push pins to (and covering most of) the invitation is a picture of two smiling young men in formal clothes, and a piece of yellow paper with the title written on it. The author's name is on a piece of masking tape at the bottom of the invitation. A quote from Publisher's Weekly reads "A witty, absorbing mystery."
June 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social
Magical realism: Surreal Estate by Jesi Lea Ryan. Firefighters: Too Hot! by Avery Giles. New Adult genderqueer: Cinderella Boy by Kristina Meister (this is being made into a musical that just showed in New York!). Road Trip: Detour by Reesah Herberth and Michelle Moore.
Cover art for USA Today Bestselling author Jesi Lea Ryan's Surreal Estate. The background is of a house standing out against a stormy night. The foreground features two young, attractive men, standing apart. Cover art for Too Hot! by Avery Giles. The background is of a fire, with sparks flying, against a night sky. In the foreground is a young, attractive firefighter in turnout gear. Behind him is a young, attractive topless man looking hungrily at the firefighter. Cover art for Cinderella Boy by Kristina Meister. The background is a nondescript gray and black building with blue and pink sparkles everywhere. The foreground features a young man in a black v-neck shirt, with a tiara hovering over his head. The entire middle of the cover, including the young man's face from his hair to the bottom of his nose, looks torn out, to reveal beneath it a bright blue background with the title text. The cover art for Detour by Reesa HErberth and Michelle Moore. The background is a cartoony drawing of sky, mountains, grass, and a road. The foreground features a cartoony drawing of an unfolded map with two very large "pins": an orange one with the face of an attractive young blonde man in it, and a blue one with an attractive young dark-haired man in it. Beside the map is a cartoony travel guide called "Bigfoot and Where to Find Him."
June 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social
Ok so all of these are @riptidepublishing.bsky.social books because that's where I work and so what I've widely read, and also the quality there is just *chef's kiss*

Fluff: Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. F/F contemp: Night Life by @sjhartsfield.bsky.social.
Cover art for Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. Two young men lying beneath a white blanket with pastel pawprints on it, the top halves of their faces peeking out. Between them is an orange cat, also with the top half of its face peeking out. Cover art for Night Life by SJ Hartsfield, featuring a drawing of a city skyline against a starry night. The windows in the skyscrapers are in the colors of the bisexual flag (pink, purple, blue), and one set of windows forms a heart.
June 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM