Lesbian fiction

fiction genre involving intimate relationships between female characters

1748 novel by John Cleland

Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. A foundational work of English-language vampire literature, it predated Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue from 1871–72, the novella subsequently appeared in Le Fanu’s short story collection In a Glass Darkly in 1872. Set in 19th century Styria, it is the story of a young woman who is pursued by the vampire Carmilla. Since its initial publication, Carmilla has often been regarded as one of the most influential vampire stories of all time, and popularized the lesbian v

1928 novel by Virginia Woolf

1928 novel by Radclyffe Hall

genre of fan fiction characterized by a focus on same-sex romantic relationships, typical male/male relationships

novel by Denis Diderot

book by Jeanette Winterson

Internet meme about fictitious film

1987 novel by Fannie Flagg

Japanese manga series

Signalis is a 2022 survival horror video game developed by Hamburg-based rose-engine and published by Humble Games and Playism. The player controls a gynoid named Elster as she aims to solve supernatural mysteries after waking up in a hostile mining facility.

Japanese term for romantic friendships between girls

is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Hiromi Takashima. The series was serialized in Shinshokan's Hirari magazine and Flash Wings web publication between August 2010 and March 2017 and is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. A sequel series, titled , began publication in the shōjo manga magazine Wings in April 2017. A five-minute original net animation by Zexcs was released on May 7, 2017, followed by a 58-minute original video animation released in theaters on June 9, 2018.

thumb|100px|The symbolic slash, used to separate the two names in a romantic pairing, from which slash fiction takes its name

Japanese media franchise

American writer (1899–1991)

genre of fiction

Nightwood is a 1936 novel by American author Djuna Barnes that was first published in the United Kingdom by publishing house Faber and Faber. It is one of the early prominent novels to portray explicit homosexuality between women, and as such can be considered lesbian literature.