The debut project from YYC Queer Writers and the first volume of Screw Chocolate, released in February 2017 as an online multimedia project, turns Valentine’s Day and romantic love conventions upside down and then some. Who wants chocolate for on February 14th? Screw chocolate! Queer up Valentine’s Day instead with these sassy, sexy, sweet (yet sometimes deliciously filthy) valentines by a posse of queer authors who have a fresh, occasionally revolutionary (always, insightful) take on love.

A perfect Valentine's gift for the queer reader in your life.

Featuring fiction (or is it?), poetry, and non-fiction (or is it?) from Dallas Barnes, L. Sara Bysterveld, Lotis Cervantes, M. Jane Colette, Marzena Czarnecka, Elisa Kae, Brooke Nicholas, Alyssa Linn Palmer, Nola Sarina, Dana Stan, T, and PW Zellie, and photography by Jennifer Weihmann.

SCREW CHOCOLATE:14 QUEER valentines to get you through February 14

by YYC Queer Writers

curated by M. Jane Colette

photography by Jennifer Weihmann

Mountains & Moments by T

Karma, in Pronouns by Marzena Czarnecka

The Long Commute by L. Sara Bysterveld

It Happens Like This by Dana Stan

Try by M. Jane Colette

Sunrise by Brooke Nicholas

Want by T

Get The Fuck Up & Love by Dallas Barnes

Elizabeth by Nola Sarina

Instructions by PW Zellie

Unmentionables by Alyssa Linn Palmer

The Shy Girl’s Guide to Sexting by M. Jane Colette

Delivery by Elisa Kae

Alter Ego In A Red Tie by Lotis Cervantes