Sex IS magic – #LGBTQ #Kickstarter #HarryPotter

Love dark academia with an erotic twist? Want joyful LGBTQ+ rep in your magical school books? Enter the world of Cecilia Tan's Magic University.

It's the 15th anniversary of the publication of this groundbreaking fantasy series that was pitched to publishers as "what if Harry Potter went to college to study sex magic?" but Magic University turned out to be so much more. Tan has been amply lauded as a pioneer for putting erotica and sf/fantasy together back when that was done by few (RT Career Achievement Award, LGBT Writers Hall of Fame, etc) and she took Magic U as a chance to queer up the magic school concept as much as possible.

"I wanted a story contained all the queerness that was suppressed in Harry Potter, I wanted a series that spoke to MY heart," the author says. "So that’s how we ended up with a bisexual hero, a bigender love interest, a transgender mentor, and a magical erotic force that doesn’t care about human labels like gay or straight! I really wrote these books for myself because it was the magic school story I wished I had read when I was in college and trying to figure myself out." 

In the story, our hero, Kyle, arrives at Harvard only to discover, much to his surprise, he's magical, and there's a magical university hidden in the campus known as Veritas.

Kyle has to quickly come up to speed on magic and try to find out what his talents are. He falls into a group of peers who become involved in solving various mysteries around the campus, trying to catch a seductive siren in the library, figure out who made off with two powerful magical rings, and stop the incubus who haunts students' dreams. Their adventures require them all to learn about the magic inside themselves and around them, as well as the secret history of magic and those who practice it.

But Kyle's ultimate trial is his search for true love. As he is drawn more and more into the practice of sex magic, he finds himself more and more convinced that a prophesied cataclysm is coming, and if he can't find his perfect match, the whole magical world could come to an end...!

 

To celebrate the 15th anniversary, and to push back against a world that is trying to erase trans people, characters, and narratives, Tan is crowdfunding a hardcover deluxe volume that will put all four books of the series into one book. The more people back it, the fancier and more deluxe the hardcover will get. 

For those who prefer paperbacks or ebooks, the campaign also offers a special backer discount on those bundles. 

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ceciliatan/magic-university-collectors-edition-hardcover-omnibus?ref=2b4jje

Help Cecilia make this real. Because, you know, books are magic, too!