The Bi+ Book Gang Bulletin
your monthly dose of bi+ writing community: Apr/May 2025
Your Favorite Bi+ Writers with the April Newsletter!
Member Spotlight: Stevie Peters
Happy Spring, everybody! I'm Stevie Peters (she/her), and I’m so happy to bring this April edition to you. I am the Oral Historian and Caretaker at King Manor Museum in Jamaica, Queens. Since last summer, I’ve been working on my independent research and penning a few poems alongside my fellow Gang members. I write about the intersection of genocide studies and culture…when not channeling my inner bard in verse.
Rufus King, a Founding Father who was a signer and framer of the Constitution, bought this house in 1805 and enlarged it in 1810, which means there is a lot of history within these walls. My best research and writing times are when I turn everything off just to hear the wind in the trees or the rain pattering the roof. Opening the shutters inspires me to sit at my desk as I notice the seasonal changes in the light that dances in the exhibition and office spaces. Whether it’s a crazy Saturday with visitors bouncing in and out of the comfortable stillness on the days the museum is closed, there’s truly something magical here.
Visitors always ask these questions, so let me answer a few. No, it isn’t scary to be here at night. Yes, I am allowed to have my pets here. This is the biggest yard my chihuahua has ever had, and my cat has been busy watching the birds that sit on the windowsills. No, Sundays are the caretaker’s day to eat pizza and play Minecraft so I can’t take you on a tour then (sorry, not sorry). And no, I have not seen any ghosts…but I have heard singing/whistling when nobody is here. We can ask my therapist whether a ghost hunter is truly necessary.
News & Upcoming Events
Join us on April 17 at 8:00 PM EDT for “Intuitive Writing with Mel Delizia.” Tickets for non-members are $10, and all proceeds go to supporting bi+ authors.
Millie Abecassis is now represented by Shawna McCarthy at The McCarthy Agency.
Christian Pan’s novella, Reunion, was also the Winner in the Romance category of the 2025 International Impact Book Awards.
Theoren’s book, Trying to Kill the Sun, was part of the Stories for the Trans Rights Readathon, and it made over $17,000!
Romance Recs Podcast interviewed Lizzie B Brown about her upcoming release, Obedience, vol. 2.
In honor of Bisexual Health Awareness Month, Sara S. wrote a piece about the struggles of being bi+ at the doctor's office for the Bisexual Resource Center.
Paid call for submissions! Christian Pan is seeking original erotic short stories that center bisexual+ characters & experiences for an upcoming anthology, The Best Bi Erotica of the Year, Volume 2. You can submit here.
Velvet Puddle / E. L. Vine opened a new Ko-fi, which is open for art commissions and will contain updates on “My Cold-Blooded Monsters,” an upcoming ménage à trois romantasy.
Recent & Upcoming Releases
Rachel Simpson’s new YA Fantasy, Dragon’s Calling: An A'Brent Story, roared onto bookshelves on March 24, 2025.
Bloodstains on Apples, Alice de Sampaio Kalkuhl’s new horror novel, crept out on March 25, 2025.
D. C. Emerson’s queer contemporary romance sequel, A Basic Binary, moved in on March 25, 2025.
M.L. Eaden’s fang-tastic Dr. Mason Never Takes A Holiday debuted on March 28, 2025.
Nori Rose Hubert’s Cats Are Sluts, an adult feminist horror novella based on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat,” released on March 30, 2025.
Lizzie B. Brown’s super spicy serial age-gap romance, Obedience, Volume 2, released on April 5, 2025.
Rachel Holm’s Capitally Unexpected, an open-door, accidental pregnancy romance, released on April 10, 2025.
Nico Vincenty’s sci-fi romance, Bone Dresser, comes alive on April 22, 2025.
Eileen Farren’s sapphic romantasy, A Body Not Her Own, is out on April 25, 2025.
See Ya Later
Thanks for checking out our bulletin this month! We hope that you enjoyed it and found some new reads as we move through the spring. Congrats to those with new publications and those who are still finding their stride and inspiration. We see you, and we’re editing and drafting right along with you.
If you find yourself in Queens, please come visit us at King Manor Museum. You can also hit me up at sdpeters51@gmail.com if you have any burning caretaker questions. I may not be Ben Stiller, but I know a thing or two.
Thanks for supporting the Bi+ Book Gang! We’ll see you next time.
Take care,
Stevie Peters