Arbour Ames is trans, gay, sad, and stuck in a town in the middle of nowhere that somehow has absolutely no good attributes. They love to procrastinate on the writing that might actually make them money and instead spend time writing fan fiction that should probably never see the light of day but gets published online anyway. Arbour has weaknesses for fluff (both in fiction and on animals), horror movies, and existential memes. If ever one were to sneak a peek into Arbour’s life, they would probably see Arbour binge-watching superhero television shows instead of doing something useful with their life. Feel free to send over an email if you find yourself curious about their terrible fan fiction, if you want rants about superheroes, or if you’re just in the mood to get a response that is somehow sarcastic and awkward at the same time.
Arbour Ames
Harmonious Hearts 2018 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge
A Harmony Ink Press Title
Diversity is our strength, and now more than ever, the voices of young LGBTQIA authors need to be heard. Harmony Ink is proud to showcase the next generation of talented writers in our fifth annual Harmonious Hearts anthology. These authors, all between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one, are the winners of our Young Author Challenge and represent the future voices of our community. We are honored to showcase these writers, their experiences, visions, and the glimpses into their hearts in these pages. Join them on their journey and help us celebrate their courage, their love, and their unique ways of seeing the world.
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Harmonious Hearts 2017 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge
A Harmony Ink Press Title
Harmony Ink Press is proud to present the winners of the fourth annual Young Author Challenge. This book contains the best of the best in short LGBTQ+ fiction by authors from age fourteen to twenty-one. They represent the future of both our literature and our community, and the future looks as bright as these voices are strong, inventive, and unique. These fifteen stories range from the realistic to the fantastical, and they are populated with characters from all across the rainbow. They explore love, friendship, being different, finding one’s purpose and place, and what it means to grow up—in the modern world or one of pure imagination.
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Harmonious Hearts 2016 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge
Harmony Ink Press is delighted and honored to showcase the short fiction of some of the best up-and-coming authors working in the LGBT genre. The stories in this third volume of Harmonious Hearts represent the winners of our Young Author Challenge—a group of talented writers between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one.
The stories in this anthology are as diverse as their creators and range from the speculative to snapshots of everyday life for people growing up in a society in flux. They confront many issues facing young adults, and they celebrate the joys of this sometimes rocky period of transition: friendship, loyalty, first love, and learning to feel comfortable in one’s own skin. These experiences are universal, and thanks to the courage and talent of authors such as these, young people of all gender identities, expressions, and orientations are starting to see themselves included. Everyone deserves a story that speaks to them, and in these pages, they’ll find that story.
Dani Anderson—To Lauren
Nick Anthony—Scrapyard Sunsets
Hilda Friday—A Progression of Love
Arbour Ames—You Saw Blue
Chloe Smith—Plenty of Fish
Caleb Andrews—I Am Logan
Sarah Caulfield—Make Mad the Guilty
Xoe Juliani—Loving You Through the Years
Irene Grant—Jordan and A.J.
Latitude Brown—Equinox
Anika Olivo—Melodimensional
Frisk Gillespie—Ten Words
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