Happy Pride Month, everyone! Pride 2025 is in full swing and I haven’t even had time to acknowledge that on my blog! In this current… American climate, the ability to express ourselves and our queer identities is more important than ever.
And one of the best ways I know that conveys my queerness and helps celebrate it, is my writing.
I talk about a lot of furry writing on this blog, and I bring this subject back up for Pride Month because a good chunk of the furry writers I know are queer folks.
Last year, I put out a post where I shared some of my favorite queer authors that are also furries. And since my support for them is still going strong, I am going to be bringing up a lot of the same authors again!
As with the last post:
Keep in mind! Some of these writers operate with 18+ topics and their stories may reflect as such!
As usual, The Voice of Dog Podcast is a prime way to find stories written by queer furries. I share it on this blog whenever I get the chance as it’s a good outlet for folks that are looking to get short stories published. Each story on the podcast is written by a furry author and read by a (usually different) furry writer. And as far as I know, a good portion of the writers that narrate the stories are queer as well. Rob Macwolf, Nenekiri Bookwyrm, B.P. Rugger, Solomon Harries, Ta’kom Ironhoof, and Killick are just a few of them.
If you are looking for a good place to start with queer/queer-written stories, here are some stories I enjoy.
- Same as Me by NightEyes DaySpring
- Of Heart and Stone by Solomon Harries
- Dragon Roasted Coffee Beans by Jay “Shirou” Coughlan
- Don’t Call Me Bee by Norm, The Inadequate Cat (18+)
- Foxing For Pizza by NightEyes DaySpring (18+)
- The Puplift series from Tempe O’Kun of Culturally F’d*
*The episodes of Puplift are featured individually on the VOD Podcast, but I can’t find a full playlist for them all, so I linked the one from Youtube.
NightEyes DaySpring is a great writer, and an amazing friend. I have talked in detail before about his novel Scars of the Golden Dancer [18+] and if you haven’t taken a look at it yet, I highly recommend checking it out. It’s got swords, blood, gay sex, and the feels. He’s also put out quite a few other things as well. Knotty Works (18+) is a collection of his erotic offerings (Foxing for Pizza is also in this book,) Gnoll Tales is a collection of gnoll/anthro hyena stories as told by Ingot: the gnoll druid, and Therianthropic Dreams is a collection of poetry where NightEyes recollects his dreams as a wolf on two paws. If you ever come across his table at a convention, I highly recommend stopping to check his books out. (And once again, his table manager Fadel could probably use some headpats.)
Utunu is one of the most skilled writers I know, and one of the few furry authors that has made me cry. I mean this in the context of his writing, of course. His stories feature such amazing range and emotional pull. It’s so easy to become invested in his work. Rafts [18+] was his debut novel. It features slowburning romance, a sweet gnoll named Shima (who is the best boy #nocontest,) and lots of emotional moments (accompanied by gay sex.) It features one of the sweetest relationships I have ever read, and I cannot recommend this book enough. Fair warning, this story was described to me as gay and sad by the author. That doesn’t even begin to describe the emotional journey this book took me on. His most recent novel, Far Flung, was also a really good read and is technically also the first sci-fi book I have read since the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series. I prefer this one to that series because it has fennecs and a yeen who are very much in (Gay) love with each other. This book also made me cry. Echoes is a collection of Utunu’s short stories and poetry that were all written with anthro animals in mind. A word of advice, and you can take this however you want, if you plan to read Utunu’s work, have a box of tissues ready nearby.
Ian Keller is a writer who has written so many great works. They’re the author of the Flower’s Fang series and the Dragonsbane series, of which I have current only indulged in the latter. The Dragonsbane series follows a dragon slayer and the dragon who she came to collect taxes from. I love the dynamic between Sybil and Riastel, especially as the romance starts to kick in. I haven’t reached the ending myself yet, but I am excited to read more of these two when I get the chance. Sam Digger: Beaver Detective features what I think the fandom needs more of. Furry Murder Mysteries. This collection is such a delight to read as we follow Sam and her boyfriend Oscar. I still stand by House of Hares being my favorite story from this collection.
Norm, The Inadequate Cat is a new favorite of mine. I found their story I listed above because of our being mutuals on bluesky. (They really love gay furry romance!) They’ve got several stories featuring their main characters Curt and Shelby over on Archive of Our Own. It’s always nice to see/read cute queer furry couples. So if you can, take a listen to “Don’t Call Me Bee” and then check out some of their other Shelby/Curt stories.
Packwolf Lupestripe is always a delight when it comes to their stories. I have worked with her in two different anthologies (Night of the Howling Dead is in the formatting stages!) Her story in Happy Howlidays, 1725, was her first published work, and ever since she’s been writing more and more. Every time I get to read one of her stories is a delight and a pleasure.
Solomon Harries is not only an amazing writer and beta-reader, he’s a good friend. He’s one of the authors that helped me polish off my collection and continues to help with writing advice and encouragement! (He’s Epithumia’s number one fan!) His story above has a VN (Visual Novel) that the author created himself. The sequel to that story “Of Friends and Foes (18+)” is also a really good read if you want more of Sekyr and Thorn!
J. Daniel Phillips is the author of Aces High (I am so sorry for the amazon link, I can’t find it anywhere else at this moment.) I have said in the past that this was one of my first editing projects under Thurston Howl Publications. The story itself was a suprising delight, as I hadn’t really done much reading of Western Revenge stories. But this story has a lot going for it. It’s got shooting, crime, the supernatural, playing cards, betrayal, and the biggest and coolest part: Trains. Yes. There are trains. Trains and people that rob them!
Payson R. Harris is the author of The Quantity of Desire. They’re a delightful individual and fellow writer who has helped me with beta-reading and just general advice in the past when it comes to writing. The Quantity of Desire is their debut novel and you should check it out when you get the chance! Show them some love!
As always, I have other authors whom I love and adore that also deserve your… reader-age? Like patronage, but for readers? You get what I mean. Kayode Lycaon, Al Song, TJ Minde, Archantael PangolinFox, Madison Rye Progress, Alice Dryden (Huskyteer), Jay “Shirou” Coughlan, Faolan, and Televassi
Happy Reading!
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