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Black Hole Guns For Hire Special Edition & Audiobook

Created by Friday Strout

Reload. Lock In. Lube up. A queer military sci fi novel that follows three perspectives aboard the privateer vessel The Galley on the frontier of contested space as they attempt to survive pirates, cyborg xenos, and a black hole.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Special Edition cover on the way
17 days ago – Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 07:22:49 AM

Howdy backers.

I wanted to share a little progress we have for the SE cover. The artist HolBat has shared this sketch with me.



This go around instead of dictating the cover entirely, I asked the artist to read the book and pitch some ideas. This is what we got! :D

Once I get the final draft in I'll start the process for the print run and sending out your physical copies. Before that, if you're an ebook reader and see any typos/issues, please report that! (You can email me - isfriday at gmail).

If you've already read the book, one of the things you can do to support me the most is leave a review. Indie authors struggle with visibility more than anything else. 

We funded! Thank you.
about 1 month ago – Sun, Jul 05, 2026 at 09:20:20 AM

Yay! It was a really long Pride Month in a real shitty time, but I want to thank everyone for being so generous with their contributions to the campaign.

Haven't backed yet? Late pledge here.

I have a little update about the cover art by Holbat.



I've chosen the concept on the left which will feature Zuri, Lina, and Andromeda in addition to the mining station & our lovely black hole.

Have you read the book already? Did you know the best free thing you can do to support me as an author is drop a review? Indie authors struggle with visibility more than anything else besides having money for editing, cover art, and printing.

Here's the Goodreads link!

Let me know what you think in the comments! Vote in the poll on who your favorite character is. I'll be away from home for a week but once the payout hits and cover art is done, I can start estimating on delivery dates of printed copies.

Who's Your Favorite Character?
about 2 months ago – Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 06:12:27 PM

Vote in the new poll!


We have but a week left on the crowdfunding campaign. Help us get to the next stretch goal by sharing with your friends on Discord, socials, and maybe even text it to your mom (if she's an ally)!

Reading the book? Join the Discord!
3 months ago – Sat, May 30, 2026 at 09:04:31 AM

Hey y'all! We're off to a great start for the campaign and I wanted to take a moment to bring y'all together to chat about the ebook that you assuredly have started reading already. Right? Right!?

Join the Discord and check out #🏳️‍🌈-friday-books channel!


https://discord.gg/3AcuAZcdX

Check in on my progress on Book 2 in the series or maybe even sign up to play a TTRPG with me? (Being a pro GM is my day job, heh.)

Badass Girls Shooting Hot Loads Into Your Local Galaxy
3 months ago – Fri, May 29, 2026 at 08:05:54 AM

HELLO.

Thank you to all of the wonderful backers! We are at a cool 50% funding after the first day. Missed launch day? That's okay! I'm here to talk about it. Share with your friends!

Here's our launch trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/p7PLG4m5Buc

Neat space, book, & BackerKit facts:

  • Pledging means that you will be charged once the campaign ends, which is June 30th.
  • If you were exposed to space it would take you about a day to actually freeze. You would, however, have all of your air sucked out of your lungs immediately so you'd suffocate pretty quickly.
  • Funding at 2k means that I can go into production for special edition hardcovers which will feature a nice slip cover illustration by Yorsy Hernandez, a cloth bookmark, and sprayed edges!
  • You can read the ebook immediately after pledging! Then if you like it, you can decide to go all in for a print edition later this month. Wow!
  • The audiobook is our first stretch goal, which features two amazing queer voice actors spanning the 3 POVs of the book.

COME ON YOU APES, DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_c6V0U-4k

When you pledge at the highest tier, I will write you (or a character we discuss) into the platoon of the Marines (known as "the Guns") in book 2. This isn't for the faint of heart. Your character will do something badass in the set piece battle of the second book and even have an entire POV scene in the vein of Joe Abercrombie's novel The Heroes!



So what are you waiting for? GET IN THE FIGHT!