Qstack Notes: Ready for Pride Month!
From the desk of Mr. Troy Ford
Hello Qstackers!
I hope this finds you well—with armor polished, boxing gloves tightly laced, and shields up. It’s been a fucking year. There’s 3-1/2 more to go, and then who knows.
I want to keep this relatively brief because we’ve got a big list of guest posts and defiant voices for Pride Month, which kicks off June 1st with the program of features from many of your favorite queer writers.
First, we have two new Qstack categories to announce ~
Podcasts and Independent Queer Bookstores
The Podcasts category has been given it’s own page, and lists some new ones, some off-Substack favorites, and search links for Spotify and Apple—all of them worth a listen. A couple will even be featuring interviews with yours truly as my book prepares to launch—Lost Spaces and Shawn Breathes Books. 😘
And after the recent Independent Bookstore Day post, I decided to break those out as a separate category in the Directory, too.
Remember, if you must shop online, Bookshop.org contributes 80% of their profits to your favorite independent bookstore, so it’s a great place to start.
Bookmark my new imaginary bookshop/Author Affiliate page—Mr. Troy Ford’s Sweet Flag Books—and you can still choose your favorite indie bookstore, support my work, AND the work of other Substack writers with paid subscriptions.
Just a reminder that for all of Pride Month, listings in the Qstack Directory, submissions for guest articles, and starting your own threads in the Chat are still open and free to all.
ALL submissions received by June 30th will be considered for future guest posts.
Last chance to get your Substack listed in the Qstack Directory for free!
See the Membership & Special Offer page for the changes effective July 1st. Your support means so much to this important work.
Join Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay for #PrideOnThePage, a 30-day series of writing prompts—
“Each day from June 1–30, I’ll post:
One word — a daily prompt that builds on the previous
A poetic spark — to open the theme and guide your entry point
A creative invitation — to shape your reflection in any form you chooseNo pressure. No perfection. Just presence.”
Qstack Summer Book Babies
Clockwise from top left - click titles for links »» D. C. Wilkinson’s Scents of Lavender: Queer Love Through the Ages In Verse; Gail Marlene Schwartz’s Boy Hood Reimagined: Stories of Queer Moms Raising Sons; Mr. Troy Ford’s Lamb: A novel in snapshots; Andrea Bartz’s The Last Ferry Out
Our Rhiannon D'Averc—M4M Spicy Romance writer and all-around spectacular human being—featured Lamb in a TikTok! A thousand MWAHS! 😘😘😘
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Are we ready? I know I am!
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Thanks for giving us something to look forward to, Troy - always, but especially during Pride month in 2025. So good to know we'll have things coming at us besides swarms of locusts, flying monkeys and fascist fuckery. 🏳️🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️🌈
Love this new queer bookshop resource! And congrats on the new novel!