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Heal Your Love is a Lambda Literary nominated poetry collection of lessons and remedies for femme survivors of trauma. With unflinching honesty, Merbruja delivers a book filled with hurt, hope, and honey for our open wounds. Heal Your Love comes with 5 original illustrations by Roxana Dhada that begin each chapter of the book. The book cover and lettering are done by Mar Pascual. There are 40+ poems in the book that chronicle a journey through trauma, healing, and thriving. BOOK REVIEWS "Luna's poems are powerful and poignant explorations of love, sex, desire, and identity. She tells truths that are valuable both because they are so often not heard and also because of the stunning level of craft she brings to story-telling." - Nia King, author of Queer and Trans Artists of Color Vol I and II "Heal Your Love is the work of a mighty sorceress - a book borne out of the brutality and violence that makes forgiveness oh so tender. Luna Merbruja is a confessional poet whose mastery of the form belies a word-witch at the height of her powers: These poems are life and death and rebirth made into song and spell. Merbruja reaches deep into the genre of memoir, pull out its guts, and shows us the beating heart of what it means to struggle, survive, and thrive as a Brown trans woman in America. These poems are blood, memory and fire. Read these poems." - Kai Cheng Thom, author of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir "Luna Merbruja's work makes me want to live. This book of poetry is the gentlest whisper, telling me that healing is possible, love is worth it, and our imagination is our freedom. Luna has given birth to possibility. I am honored to have witnessed it." - xoai pham, Poet

Hailey loves being a girl from the stars, but she wishes she knew another eleven-year-old who is fantastically strange like her. She discovers Violet, a maybe-weirdo who draws magical dragons on her own arms and colors her hair like a delicious mint chip milkshake. But before they can talk, Hailey has to fight her way through bullies and turn herself into a giant woman. When Hailey and Violet finally meet, they open up a wormhole full of french fries, dragons, and magic. Through the power of out-of-this-world friendship, Violet and Hailey share the wonder of being their very own weirdos, together.New friendships open up new galaxies, but they can also create new problems. Even though Violet finally feels free to be her own self with Hailey, the rest of the world can't see Violet for who she really is. Violet is forced to confront what it means to be a weirdo in a world that wants you to be normal. With the help of Hailey, her magic wand, and the Universe, the girls team up to break free from everyone's expectations and take flight to the stars and beyond.This is the sequel to Amy Heart's "The Girl from the Stars: Hailey's Journey back to the Sky."

Join Heartspark Press on an adventure of the heart in 99% Chance of Magic, the world’s first literary collection for transgender children, all written & illustrated by trans women and (C)AMAB non-binary creatives. Our stories explore a variety of wonderous worlds, but one goal connects them all: to cast a protection spell of hope and strength for transgender and non-binary kids everywhereThe twelve spells featured in our anthology are the following:A Shapeshifting Spell - written by Misha Lynn Moon & illustrated by Angel Sera99% Chance of Magic — written by Alys S. Brooks & illustrated by Jeanelle TabaranzaA Rightful Queen - written by Vivien Al-Miqdam & illustrated by Aria VillafrancaThe Sisters from the Stars — written by Amy Heart & illustrated by Wriply M. BennetValara and the Magic Eater — written by A.K. Blue & illustrated by Caterina GerbasiCan’t Stop the Princess — written & illustrated by Anya L. ArcherMy Story, Wolf — written by Abbey Darling & illustrated by Sybil LambNight Light — written by Duna Haller & illustrated by Clara MejíasFrom a Seed Grew a Girl — written by Michelle Gannon & illustrated by Anya L. ArcherNeshnaj, the Gentle Grey Giant - written by Xemiyulu Tapepechul & illustrated by Ariki ArtsMelody Song & The Hymns of the Infinite Sadness - written by Amy Eleanor Heart & illustrated by Wriply M. BennetThe Unicorn of the Sea and Me — written by Jun Almar’a & illustrated by Clara EmilianaCurated by Amy Eleanor Heart & Abbey DarlingCopyedited by Eyota Wak'ishwit & Luna MerbrujaProduced by Luna Merbruja

Join Heartspark Press on an adventure of the heart in 99% Chance of Magic, the world’s first literary collection for transgender children, all written & illustrated by trans women and (C)AMAB non-binary creatives. Our stories explore a variety of wonderous worlds, but one goal connects them all: to cast a protection spell of hope and strength for transgender and non-binary kids everywhereThe twelve spells featured in our anthology are the following:1. A Shapeshifting Spell - written by Misha Lynn Moon & illustrated by Angel Sera2. 99% Chance of Magic — written by Alys S. Brooks & illustrated by Jeanelle Tabaranza3. A Rightful Queen - written by Vivien Al-Miqdam & illustrated by Aria Villafranca4. The Sisters from the Stars — written by Amy Heart & illustrated by Wriply M. Bennet5. Valara and the Magic Eater — written by A.K. Blue & illustrated by Caterina Gerbasi6. Can’t Stop the Princess — written & illustrated by Anya L. Archer7. My Story, Wolf — written by Abbey Darling & illustrated by Sybil Lamb8. Night Light — written by Duna Haller & illustrated by Clara Mejías9. From a Seed Grew a Girl — written by Michelle Gannon & illustrated by Anya L. Archer10. Neshnaj, the Gentle Grey Giant - written by Xemiyulu Tapepechul & illustrated by Ariki Arts11. Melody Song & The Hymns of the Infinite Sadness - written by Amy Eleanor Heart & illustrated by Wriply M. Bennet12. The Unicorn of the Sea and Me — written by Jun Almar’a & illustrated by Clara EmilianaCurated by Amy Eleanor Heart & Abbey DarlingCopyedited by Eyota Wak'ishwit & Luna MerbrujaProduced by Luna Merbruja

Eight-year-old Hailey has heard her entire life that humans can't come from the stars. This hasn't stopped her from believing otherwise. She knows she's different, but embracing that is almost impossible on a planet where everyone expects you to be somebody you are not.Scared of her inner light burning out, Hailey runs away from home in search of a new life. Everything changes when she meets her starry godmama, Nebesa. With her help, Hailey takes a journey across the solar system to discover the star that she always was on the inside.