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    An Interview with ‘Nathan Burgoine – #KrakenFriends2018

    This blog post is part of #KrakenFriends2018, a celebration of queer indie SFF hosted by the Kraken Collective! For the week of Jan. 26 – Feb 1,…… Read more “An Interview with ‘Nathan Burgoine – #KrakenFriends2018”

    January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 by austinchant

    you can’t catch me and make me a man: Peter Pan as a trans metaphor

    A little while ago, I decided I wanted to write a trans fairytale, so I jotted down a list of my favorite classics and started daydreaming about injecting them with queer content. Peter Pan rose quickly to the top of my list, though not necessarily because I recognized it as a particularly interesting trans metaphor.

    December 6, 2017December 7, 2017 by austinchant

    Caroline’s Heart Release Day + Excerpt!

    Caroline’s Heart is out today! It’s a queer southern historical fantasy novella about a witch, a resurrection spell, and a cowboy caught in the middle of supernatural forces beyond his understanding…

    October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 by austinchant

    New Release: Caroline’s Heart (10.25)

    I have a new novella coming out on October 25th! It’s a historical fantasy western with Southern Gothic influences, it has two trans protagonists, and it’s quite…… Read more “New Release: Caroline’s Heart (10.25)”

    October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 by austinchant

    peter darling is now an audiobook

    Exciting news! This week Peter Darling was released as an audiobook through Audible. You can listen to a sample on their website. My narrator, Mark B. Knight, does…… Read more “peter darling is now an audiobook”

    August 19, 2017August 19, 2017 by austinchant

    on obligatory scenes in trans romance

    I want to talk about a particular scene that isn’t in Peter Darling, and why…

    February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 by austinchant

    New Year, New News

    My next book, Peter Darling, has a cover, a release date, a Goodreads listing, and is up for preorder! Check out the gorgeous cover by Natasha Snow…

    January 4, 2017January 5, 2017 by austinchant

    Bio

    Austin is a bitter millennial, passable chef, and a queer, trans writer of romance and speculative fiction. Austin cohosts the Hopeless Romantic, a podcast dedicated to exploring LGBTQIA+ love stories and the art of writing romance. He currently lives in Seattle, in a household of wildly creative freelancers who all spend too much time playing video games.
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