I know it’s only the beginning of August, but K. Evan Coles and I have been planning a super special Halloween event for months. All you need to do to take part is create something LGBTQ+ and Halloween-themed. It can be poetry, fiction, art, podcasts, or whatever else you love to create. Entries can run from sweet and romantic to dark and scary, just make sure it has a Halloween theme! We are so excited to share this with you. Stop by Diverse Reader for more information and h

The skritch, skritch,skritch of charcoal against paper was the only sound in the room. Marshall glanced briefly at the page, before looking up at Luka again. He didn’t know which was worse: staring at the drawing or at the man? Not that Luka was a chore to look at. Far from it. His fallen angel face and loose curls made him a dead ringer for the model Cellini had used for his marble Narcissus. Marshall was no Renaissance sculptor, however. Just a struggling art student who co