Sub Rosa is a 2010 queer novel by Canadian Amber Dawn published by Vancouver-based Arsenal Pulp Press.

It narrates the story of "Little," a teenage girl who cannot remember her real name and ends up involved in the dark world of Sub Rosa, "a fantastical underground community of sex workers",[3] where she enters the company of ghosts, magicians, and magical Glories.

Her luck seems to change when she meets Arsen, a mysterious young man with a nice car and apartment, who soon tempts her into sex.

Little meets First and Second, two other “girlfriends” of Arsen, and he brings them all with him into Sub Rosa, a magical world where sex workers are called Glories and wield supernatural powers.

Continuing to confront the Dark, Little seeks to earn her dowry from male customers to become a full Glory, while battling her repressed memories from the past she left behind.

The Globe and Mail’s Jim Bartley remarked on how Dawn manages to subvert expectations in the development of her novel, addressing significant issues revolving around gender, sexuality, and human rights.

[4] The Lambda awards are given to a novel that best represents and celebrates the LGBT community in that past year as chosen by a jury.