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Love Stories is a series about love in all its forms. For this year’s installment, Vogue partnered with the publisher 831 Stories on a collection of essays and excerpts celebrating the art of romantic ...

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When Crave’s gay romance Heated Rivalry premiered as a scripted series in November, it didn’t just mark yet another adaptation making the leap from page to screen. It signalled a long-overdue ...

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Dystopia. Dark academia. Lady knights. Vampires. Cyberpunk cities. Drowned coasts. Magical romance. 2025 was another major year for micro-trends within the fantasy and science-fiction genres. It’s ...

While the show primarily adapts the romance between rival hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), the latest episode, “Hunter,” follows another couple in ...

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A dark romance novel that started life as Harry Potter fan fiction about a BDSM relationship between Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger has been snapped up by a movie house in a deal worth more than $3 ...

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SenLinYu's debut novel "Alchemised" is officially here, a publishing journey nearly seven years in the making. Like many popular books, "Alchemised" has its roots in fan fiction. But unlike many, the ...