Happy International Lesbian Day! What's your favourite lesbian story or scene on Lit?

[redgarters]

Oh wow I love the sparkles this thread is bringing to my reading list.

There are so many authors I love being mentioned here, @THBGato, @JCMcNeilly, @SugarStorm, @Areala-chan and others. I want to add The Journey by @BrokenSpokes . An absolute gem that left me crying and thinking about it for days after reading.

I am unashamedly biased towards @redgarters ' The Woman in the Spare Room for obvious reasons but it's also just a damn great piece of sapphic fiction.

@redgarters, for Wake me up inside and The woman in the spare room, both of which broke me.

Thank you I'm humbled to get mentions here. I wasn't fishing, honest (What's that fishing rod behind my back, you say? Well I'll be damned, how did that get there...?).

(Also, got confused between international lesbian day international lesbian visibility day… is today for all lesbians, regardless if they’re invisible or not?)

International Lesbian Visibility Day is April 26th, so today is for visible and invisible lesbians alike.

 

[iwatchus]

International Lesbian Visibility Day is April 26th, so today is for visible and invisible lesbians alike.

I have never seen an invisible lesbian, but I guess that goes to follow.

 

[Omenainen]

I have never seen an invisible lesbian, but I guess that goes to follow.

You wouldn’t, right? They’re very sneaky like that.

 

[Two21B]

I love seeing threads like this. I always come away with some wonderful ideas for my next read. Like many others, I find it difficult to choose just one story. There are so many amazing writers working in that category. That said, I'll never pass up an opportunity to promote @Areala-chan's work. If I were stuck on a deserted island, and I had but one lesbian romance to keep me occupied until a luxury cruise liner inevitably rescued me, I would have to go with her Chasing Cars. As with all her work, the story is deep, touching, and whimsical, but also doesn't shy away from touching darkness.

 

[Trionyx]

@Bramblethorn, the ULA's honourary Lesbian, for A Stringed Instrument, which is beautiful and broke me.

I second the nomination!

 

[NaughteeDragon]

Not sucking up here, but redgarters’ The Woman in the Spare Room is one of the best stories I have read.

I think most of this list is turning into a TBR list for me

 

[Nightaelf]

Happy Lesbian Day…

I have many favorite female authors here.

I originally got hooked on Literotica because of the story Hard Landing by @BrokenSpokes. A rich, well-written story that reads beautifully and eventually turned into a wonderful series.
The stories by @JCMcNeilly are also amazing, and I’m a big fan of @onehitwanda , my favorite story of hers is Damselfly.

There are so many other fantastic authors as well, and I still have plenty of stories left on my reading list.
@Anna_Roid
@isleofpoppy
@THBGato
@soppingwetpanties

 

[Areala-chan]

I have never seen an invisible lesbian, but I guess that goes to follow.

I've mentioned it before in other threads, but if Lit was on fire and I could only save one story, it would be Zoe Miller's The Smell of Old Books, which is the story I've read more times than any other on this site. It hits so many different 'yes, please!' tingle-spots on my lesbian bingo card it's a miracle my leg doesn't begin thumping involuntarily halfway through.

Also, all y'all who mentioned me in here for some reason? Thank you...

 

[redgarters]

Happy Lesbian Day ! So what about other writings, titles and authors, that are out there .... any novels that come to mind ? Lesbian trapped in a male body here...... argggghhhh !!!!

If you're looking for novels with lesbian themes and romance, here's a list of wlw books on Goodreads that's got some good ones.

 

[AwkwardMD]

If you're looking for novels with lesbian themes and romance, here's a list of wlw books on Goodreads that's got some good ones.

Gideon is near the top. This list is approved.

 

[redgarters]

Gideon is near the top. This list is approved.

Gideon should be near the top on every list.
"Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space." Seldom has a tagline sold me a book as fast.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Gideon should be near the top on every list.
"Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space." Seldom has a tagline sold me a book as fast.

I'm 5 years older than Tamsyn Muir, but she's the author I want to be when I grow up.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I don't keep a ranked list of favourites in my head, but some of the ones I enjoy:
@Omenainen and @AwkwardMD 's Grumpy Old Ladies
@BrokenSpokes' The Journey
@onehitwanda's Death and the Maiden
@MelissaBaby's Queen of the Roller Derby
@THBGato's Desire and Duende

Looks like @LesbianChickLit may have deleted her account (or I've misremembered it?) otherwise I'd be adding one of hers; her stories were part of the spark for me writing Red Scarf.

 

[NaughteeDragon]

Several years ago I read a story by an author under the name Bashful Scribe. Story was about a student that falls in love with a female teacher. For the whole of her senior year she is pining for this teacher and trying to get close to her. Just before the end of the year, the teacher gives in and returns her affection. They have a brief but glorious affair before the teacher moves to another state. The MC finds out after the last time they make love. The teacher is leaving the next morning. Heartbreaking and beautiful.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Looks like @LesbianChickLit may have deleted her account (or I've misremembered it?) otherwise I'd be adding one of hers; her stories were part of the spark for me writing Red Scarf.

edit: no, she's still there, not sure why she wasn't showing before! This one: https://www.literotica.com/series/se/121952

 

[joy_of_cooking]

Riddle of the Copper Coin by @Bramblethorn for the eponymous riddles, which are also poems, and for drawing from a mythology other than the usual European stuff.

Queen of the Roller Derby by @MelissaBaby for the immersive historical setting and the vivid description of a sport I had never seen (but felt as if I had played by the time I finished reading).

Discord by @Lydra for the depiction of an uncertain dominant female sadist. It's a rare perspective and she handles it really well.

Mistress Beatrix by @Jackie.Hikaru for managing to write a plausible (and lovely!) story that starts off with bumping into a woman in a bar who happens to be a pro domme with the tools of her trade in her briefcase. Many have tried. She (?) succeeded.

Bound to the Turnings of the Wheel by @Eisenloewe for...I don't even know how to describe this. Making some of the most graphically horrifying bits of wheel of time be sexy and fun? I'm really doing it a disservice. It's worth a read.

Kisses From Hell by @Xarth for leaning into the absurdity of a succubus romance and making it super sweet and cute and funny.

Apologies if this is too male-gaze-y. Looking back over this list, I have to admit that it's a list of good stories about lesbians, and that might be different than a list of good lesbian stories.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

Ooh, one more: Dead Space: Kendra by @Areala-chan for the best in medias res I've ever seen. The story starts with a scene, rewinds, and leads back to the opening scene repeated verbatim, but now we understand it completely differently. Amazing!

Also, cheeky little w40k reference in the middle.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Wow this thread is so…


lol jk jk… but also not really.

Happy belated International lesbians day!
Very grateful for all the amazing writers and the wonderfully supportive readership.

 

[SugarStorm]

Shout-out to @THBGato for The Parting Glass. You know a story has a profound effect on you when you can go about your day and then, out of nowhere, it just comes back to you. Time and time again.

I love this thread A lot of really good recommendations.

I will put her on a list if she doesn't fix me again.

Broken’s the new black. I don’t believe in happily ever after anymore. Part 2 is about death, despair, and everything in between; I’ll have you crying by the end of it. #certifiedheartbreak

 

[onehitwanda]

Broken’s the new black. I don’t believe in happily ever after anymore. Part 2 is about death, despair, and everything in between; I’ll have you crying by the end of it. #certifiedheartbreak

I will find you and I will end you.

once I've fixed my mascara and remembered how to breathe.

 

[redgarters]

Broken’s the new black. I don’t believe in happily ever after anymore. Part 2 is about death, despair, and everything in between; I’ll have you crying by the end of it. #certifiedheartbreak

You almost made me cry just with this.

I will find you and I will end you.

At least it seems the knife will be bloody already when I get cut for the Woman in the Spare Room sequel... #smallmercies

 

[TheRedChamber]

One of the washing up scenes, for sure.

 

[onehitwanda]

You almost made me cry just with this.

At least it seems the knife will be bloody already when I get cut for the Woman in the Spare Room sequel... #smallmercies

I'm going to create a black, white and crimson pastiche of Jackson Pollock.

 

[MelissaBaby]

@Omenainen for Corporate Aspirations

This one is a warm, happy place for me. It resonates.

Also, @Bramblethorn For Corpus, still one of the best works on the entire site.

Also @MelissaBaby for Queen of the Roller Derby

Thank you, you've put me in with remarkably fine company.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Oh yes, omg, @MelissaBaby’s The Gold Dollar Girls oh wait but it’s not lesbian I guess. Well, it’s well worth promoting any chance I get.

I looooove Clover.

Don't forget The Gold Dollar Girls: Lady's Night !