The Secret Loves of Geeks

(February 2018)

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

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Hope Nicholson

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Foreword (Table of Contents: 2)

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Chris Roberson

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My Phantom Menace (Table of Contents: 3)

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Cecil Castellucci (credited)

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Megan Kearney (credited) (illustration)

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The Star Wars line was just a little ways down from the Mann's Chinese Theatre in front of a parking lot.

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romance

The Horror, the Horror (Table of Contents: 4)

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Margaret Atwood

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In high school I did a lot of babysitting.

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horror-suspense; romance

Smudged (Table of Contents: 5)

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Letty Wilson

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Ten minutes to.

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romance

Being the Slayer (Table of Contents: 6)

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Gwen Benaway

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Open your eyes, Mom.

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Women Love Jerks (Table of Contents: 7)

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Cara Ellison (credited)

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Maddison Chaffer (credited)

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Hah, he's never available when I want him.

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romance

Do You Feel It? (Table of Contents: 8)

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Shee Phon (credited)

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Shee Phon (credited)

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You're so cute.

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romance

The Walter Mercado Effect (Table of Contents: 9)

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Ivan Salazar (credited); Andi Santagata (credited) (thanks)

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Tom Cruise's lithe face emerges from the shadows, fangs out, hissing like a predatory animal.

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First Loves (Table of Contents: 10)

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Amy Chu (credited)

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I first learned to love at MIT.

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romance

Deceptively Normal (Table of Contents: 11)

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Dana Simpson (credited)

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Dana Simpson (credited)

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If I get groceries while you work on the car, are we succumbing to gender stereotypes?

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romance

The 50 Weirdest Things that Happen in Nerdy Relationships (Table of Contents: 12)

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Diana McCallum (credited)

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Every relationship is different.

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romance

Ace Pilot (Table of Contents: 13)

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Dylan Edwards (credited as Dylan "NDR" Edwards)

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Some of my earliest memories are inextricably linked to a certain L. Skywalker:

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romance; science fiction

We Will Never Be Back Here Again (Table of Contents: 14)

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Saadia Muzaffar (credited)

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I've never really stopped thinking about that dream--the one in which I was stuck in a game where I was running from danger, and as I kept running forward trying to find a way out, the ground crumbled behind me so I could only move forward.

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romance

Genderqueer (Table of Contents: 15)

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Maia Kobabe (credited) (signed as MK)

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Maia Kobabe (credited) (signed as MK)

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At the Queer Comics Expo in S.F. I saw an artist who I just tabled near at Vancaf.

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non-fiction; romance

Cosplay (Table of Contents: 16)

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Hope Larson (credited)

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"I'm only in town for the weekend."

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romance

Wife (Table of Contents: 17)

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Hanna-Pirita Lehkonen (credited)

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When I met my wife, I met a cute tomboy girl.

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romance

Our Story (Table of Contents: 18)

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Shauna J. Grant (credited)

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Shauna J. Grant (credited)

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I was so happy when my boyfriend finally decided to role-play with me!

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romance

Pros at Cons (Table of Contents: 19)

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Hope Nicholson (credited)

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We've all done it.

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Star Struck (Table of Contents: 20)

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MariNaomi (credited)

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MariNaomi (credited)

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Omg, is that [star]?! He's my favorite poet!

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romance

tinismessypast (Table of Contents: 21)

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Tini Howard (credited)

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I tried to make an account on a popular fanfiction hosting site for this project, a way of making a tangible page out of my bad decisions and messy past, but it stopped me.

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non-fiction

Them Struggles (Table of Contents: 22)

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Christina Cortes (credited as Christina "Peaches" Cortes)

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Christina Cortes (credited as Christina "Peaches" Cortes)

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A shop, huh?

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romance

The Tao of Ducky (Table of Contents: 23)

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Harris O'Malley (credited)

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The night was pitch black as I trudged my way down the Texas hill-country back road, the stars shining as only they can in the middle of nowhere.

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romance

So Say We All (Table of Contents: 24)

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Levi Hastings (credited)

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Levi Hastings (credited)

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Action stations!

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romance; science fiction

Immortal Love, First Edition (Table of Contents: 25)

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Katie West (credited)

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I was born seven years after Anne Rice first released her classic Interview with the Vampire and I was a godless child.

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Bear With (Table of Contents: 26)

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Several years ago I had a bad breakup.

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romance

The White Glove Brigade (Table of Contents: 27)

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Kristian Bruun (credited)

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Is it strange that for a very long time my ideal woman came in the shape of a lingerie model?

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"josei" (Table of Contents: 28)

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Priya Huq (credited)

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Priya Huq (credited)

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I love you.

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romance

Cool Chick (Table of Contents: 29)

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Ryan Dunlavey (credited)

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I was 20 years old, underemployed, and about to flunk out of art school.

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romance

Trolling for Lesbos (Table of Contents: 30)

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Gabby Rivera (credited)

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I'm fifteen and I think I'm gay and I hate everything.

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The New Gods of the Airwaves (Table of Contents: 31)

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Jen Vaughn (credited)

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Jen Vaughn (credited)

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There are many of us who attend more live podcast performances than movies or concerts.

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Tell Me About Your Trans Headcanons (Table of Contents: 32)

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Growing up was lonely.

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Untitled (Table of Contents: 33)

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Gerard Way (credited)

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Ryan Ferrier (credited)

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I'm in love with the space.

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Title is listed as "Untitled" in table of contents.

Love in Alderaan Places (Table of Contents: 34)

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JP Larocque (credited)

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I hate Star Wars.

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Gaming is Bad for Me (Table of Contents: 35)

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Marley Zarcone (credited as Marley Z)

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I have problems with video games.

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What Girls Want (Table of Contents: 36)

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There was a Tumblr meme that circulated a couple of years ago and that you still see around sometimes.

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Harry Potter and the Awkward Coming Out Story (Table of Contents: 37)

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Ryan Ferrier (credited)

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I started reading Harry Potter as a freshman in college.

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romance

Dear 1st Love (Table of Contents: 38)

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Vita Ayala (credited); Jessi Jordan (credited)

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Vita Ayala (credited); Jessi Jordan (credited)

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It's taken me a long time since we last saw each other, but I finally figured out what Love is.

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romance

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The credits list two creators without specifying which roles each fulfilled.

The Multifarious Monolith of Love (Table of Contents: 39)

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Patrick Rothfuss (credited)

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A couple days ago, my baby boy smiled at me.

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Creator Bios (Table of Contents: 40)

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