Ironbark by Jay Carmichael (2018). Content warnings for plot spoilers and death.

Ironbark by Jay Carmichael (2018). Content warnings for plot spoilers and death.
Oh hey, friend. I said it would happen and it happened: I got busy and had to put this blog project on hold. But tonight, my good friend, will be the last thing in a month-long bombardment of social and cultural things. I’m looking forward to having it done and getting my life back, but in the meantime I’d like to…
Written for QNews Magazine, Issue #161, published 17 August 2018. If you’re anything like me, then there’s nothing you like more than sitting down to a good, queer book that doesn’t kill our people at the end. Unfortunately for you and me, the global publishing industry performs poorly in terms of pushing queer titles—either by ignoring our emotional responses, boxing…