Hey! I’m looking for queer Jewish fantasy or sci-fi (aside from your books which I’ve read!)

shiraglassman:

Great question! Here are some recs.

“Further Arguments in Support of Yudah Cohen’s Proposal to Bluma Zilberman” by Rebecca Fraimow – trans m/cis f paranormal romance/humor with a shtetl setting. Short and online free.

The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford (my review) – out of print but award winning and easy to find through interlibrary loan, this one’s a madcap comedy about a Jewish lesbian in the UK who, thanks to an old family curse, gets possessed by a demon (also a lesbian.) Since she’s already pretty avant-garde in her behavior, the demon decides she can’t make her act more zany, so instead she gives her a walloping crush on, of all people, an Orthodox woman.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness is a gentle, affectionate parody of paranormal YA and the main character’s best friend is Jewish, gay, and a cat god. (My review)

To Summon Nightmares by JK Pendragon (my review) stars a bi, Jewish trans guy living in Ireland who must confront his new (cis) boyfriend’s demon-summoning past.

“Three Partitions” by Bogi Takács – nonbinary sci-fi set in an Orthodox space colony, by a nonbinary author. Somewhat of a deconstruction of gendering in Orthodox communities by exploring how a nonbinary alien species fits into that gendered space. Short and online free.

“Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land” by Ruthanna Emrys – positions the Jewish diaspora as a portal fantasy. Includes f/f and solidarity with Muslims. Short and online free.

Riley Marigold and the Winged Lizards of Tel Aviv by Kayla Bashe @kayla-bird​ – f/f YA about kids trying to save genetically engineered lizard-dragons an animal shelter says it can’t afford to keep any longer  Short and online free, including in audio.

Hearts Alight by Elliot Cooper is m/m Chanukah romance novella. What do you do when you find out the sexy older man you’ve been crushing on is actually a golem? Written by a trans guy and has a trans guy supporting character, too.

Maybe some day we’ll get “Medic to the Hivemind” back once @kayla-bird finds a new publisher for it – that one has a Jewish lesbian astronaut who falls for the mysterious woman who talks her through trauma over the radio. I’ll be sure to let everyone know!

Speaking for Ourselves: Short Stories by Jewish Lesbians has one speculative piece: 

“The Woman who Lied” by Jano, which is adorably wtf. Two Jewish women are in bed when one, doing that thing I’m sure we’ve all done at some point, reacts positively to being touched in a way that actually just leaves her neutral, because she wants the other woman to feel good. Her lie causes her boobs to temporarily turn into bagels and challah because a dybbuk has a very strange sense of humor. Everything works out in the end so it’s basically a happy little fable about being sexually honest.

Incidentally there is an important Jewish side character in The Mystic Marriage by Heather Rose Jones, which is about 19th century lesbians creating magic rocks, but as far as we know she herself is straight.

In case this post gets reblogged beyond people who have heard of me, here’s the link to my books, fluffy Jewish high fantasy with a mostly LGBTQA+ cast.

When I run into more, I’ll reblog this post again and add things.