Bendi Barrett is a Black, queer writer and game designer living in Chicago. He has several games out through Choice of Games, which he recommends if you want more weird worlds and protagonists out of their depth. 
Empire of the Feast by Bendi Barrett
“Within our sun is the Rapacious and it hungers.”
2022’s novella Empire of the Feast begins with something going wrong. Riverson awakes, being called Empress by a royal retainer, who is shocked to discover that the new ruler is not female, as all of the Stag Empire’s rulers have been. Furthermore, Riverson lacks the memories of his forebears — and it seems his immediate predecessor, the 31st Empress, was murdered. That’s pretty shocking, but it’s going to get more shocking real fast.
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