My besties @enews dropped the cover for DEARLY DEPARTED yesterday (we’re basically official now), but here it is in all its shadowy glory…my gay, mythological, spicy-as-hell rom-com about grief, hope & queer joy.
Out 6.16.26 🖤
The author opens up about his swoony new book, his complicated relationship with queer media growing up, & his ideal date night with his husband.
queerty.com/author-chip-pons…
A little overwhelmed by the love this story has received already 🖤🌻
The fact that so many of you have embraced a semi-retired God of the Underworld & the Loverboy florist determined to drag him back into the land of the living will never stop amazing me. Out June 16 🖤
If Elijah Mikaelson from TVD & The Originals did it for you, I think you’re going to love Hayden Harlow from Dearly Departed 😏
📖: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
a couple that can’t take their hands off of one another >>>>>>
When writing Dearly Departed, I knew I wanted to write a pair of loverboys who were DOWN BAD for one another 😮💨
“Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them,” I whisper gently. “Maybe darkness isn’t emptiness. Maybe it’s what makes the light matter.”
My soft boys come out in just over three months & I’m feeling big feelings about it 🖤
For anyone still searching for light in the shadows…my hand is yours to hold.
And most of all, to my mom, the strongest, most resilient woman I know. Everything blooms because you loved me first. ♥️
penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
'Heated Rivalry' isn’t just a hockey romance, it’s a cultural reset.
In a powerful new personal essay for Gayety, author Chip Pons breaks down why Rachel Reid’s beloved love story, and its buzzy screen adaptation starring Hudson Williams and Conner Storrie, feels bigger than a book or a show. It’s proof that queer audiences are done paying trauma as the price of admission and are demanding joy, heat, and happily-ever-afters instead.
🔗: gayety.com/heated-rivalry-qu…
I got to write a little something something for @gayety about Heated Rivalry, queer joy & what this moment means to me ♥️
gayety.com/heated-rivalry-qu…
“Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them,” I whisper gently. “Maybe darkness isn’t emptiness. Maybe it’s what makes the light matter.”
Levi & Hayden…my soft boys 🖤
📖: Dearly Departed (6/16)
Btw these are the leads I envisioned when writing my books:
Taylor Zakhar Perez & Nico Greetham for WINGING IT WITH YOU
Lee Pace & Max Parker for DEARLY DEPARTED
…excited for you to see the next one 👀