Award-Winning Author

Exploring Identity, Politics, and the Human Condition

Reuben "Tihi" Hayslett is a queer writer, activist, and storyteller whose work confronts themes of identity, racism, and social justice through powerful narratives.

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Latest Release

ORBITAL BEBOP

Love, Resistance, and Reckoning—Across the Solar System

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Orbital Bebop is a daring collection of speculative stories set from the Moon to the edge of the Year 3000. Black queer lives take center stage amid corporate empires, alien intelligences, and fractured futures. Each tale blends intimacy and rebellion—where romance, memory, and desire collide with power and control. As …

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📅 March 27, 2026

23rd Annual Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival

📍 New Orleans, LA

The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to …

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📅 May 09, 2026

Rainbow Book Fair

📍 New York, NY

Find Reuben "Tihi" Hayslett's booth at the largest LGBTQ+ book event in the US. Over a hundred authors, artists, and …

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📅 May 22, 2026

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📍 Baltimore, MD

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