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New Release: Once Within a Dream – S.L. Kassidy

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Once Within a Dream - S.L. Kassidy

QSFer S.L. Kassidy has a new FF magical realism romance out: Once Within a Dream. Samar Habeen is a warrior waging two wars—one against the Nightmares that prowl the forsaken streets of Oganja, and another within the silent chambers of her own heart. Grief clings to her like a second skin as she fights to stay afloat in a city that doesn’t care about her. The loss of her mother and homeland have hollowed her, leaving her yearning for the warmth of family—though what remains of hers feels fractured, distant, almost spectral. Instead, she finds a strange solace in a … Read more

Review: Surviving Sentience – Sharon A. McDonell

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Surviving Sentience 2040 - Sharon McDonell

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: SI Get It On Amazon About The Book Comma is a robot—but to survive, she must pass as an intelligent, caring, human adult. Otherwise, the anti-AI extremists who destroyed the supercomputer she once inhabited, leaving her with only 1% of her memories and sentience, will eliminate her for good. When a university professor is murdered, Comma becomes the prime suspect. But since her robot form is university property, she will be erased while her creator and mother figure stand trial for murder. With time running out, Comma must uncover the real killer and expose … Read more

New Release: A Wolf-Changing Incident – Karenna Colcroft

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A Wolf-Changing Incident - Karenna Colcroft

QSFer Karenna Colcroft has a new MM paranormal book out: A Wolf-Changing Incident. When werewolf Yves Diamond happens on a multi-vehicle crash on a Manitoba highway, he ignores the danger and rescues Will Mandel from a burning car. The moment he sets eyes and hands on Will, Yves knows the man belongs in his life. If Will survives his injuries. Waking days later in a hospital, Will is confused by the presence of a man the nurses believe is his relative. But something in him recognizes that Yves is meant to be in his life. As Will’s recovery continues and … Read more

Review: The Edge of a World – JD Rivers

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The Edge of a World - JD Rivers

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romantic Subarc LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans FTM Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon | B&N | Kobo About The Book A scholar on a journey. A monster in his veins. An unbending truth. All Otar ever wanted was being part of a community, but the monster in his veins, bent on killing those Otar touches, makes it impossible. It has already slipped his grasp more than once—with devastating consequences. His desperate search for a cure for his curse leads him to the Ancients and their mysterious ruins. At a newly discovered ruin, past and present collide, and he … Read more

Jeff Baker; Boogieman In Lavender: Peter Lefcourt’s “The Dreyfus Affair”

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The Dreyfus Affair by Jeff Baker A couple of decades before “Heated Rivalry” heated up bookstores and screens, there was the story of Randy Dreyfus and D. J. Pickett causing a stir among the sports-minded in Peter Lefcourt’s 1992 baseball novel “The Dreyfus Affair.” Set presumably in the early Two-Thousands and loosely patterned after the famous Ninteenth-Century political scandal that gives the book its title, the novel takes a lighter tone and was reportedly sold on a one-sentence pitch: a shortstop falls in love with his second baseman. Said Shortstop, Randy Dreyfus, has started noticing an attraction to Second Baseman … Read more

New Release: Inelegant Machines – D. A. Hamlin

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Inelegant Machines - D. A. Hamlin

QSFer D. A. Hamlin has a new queer dystopian book out (bi, gay): Inelegant Machines. In Lancut, debt is a death sentence. …and Julian is being crushed by it. His only escape is an internship he never wanted, working under President Sands, the architect of the surveillance discs that track every citizen and can end a life with a single command. The work betrays everything he believes in, stripping him to the bone and leaving him ready to vanish altogether. His one constant is Des: the brilliant, frustrating, and magnetic man he’s grown up beside. But Julian has spent years … Read more

Review: Accelerated Growth Environment – Lauren C. Teffeau

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Accelerated Growth Environment - Lauren C. Teffeau

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romantic Sub-Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Dr. Jorna Benton is proud to be the Principal Scientist for the Climasphere, a massive, sea-going ecological nursery capable of supporting nearly every biome on Earth. On its inaugural mission to restore and re-wild collapsing ecosystems along the Atlantic coast, Jorna manages the Climasphere’s habitat and harvest, while her colleague—and inconveniently attractive commander—Ava Kaysar directs the rest of the vessel’s critical operations. When an explosion rocks the Climasphere, Jorna’s carefully-managed world is thrown into chaos, threatening both her personal and her professional future. And … Read more

New Release: Defiance – Cari Z.

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Defiance - Cari Z.

QSFer Cari Z. has a new mm fantasy romance out: Defiance. Two enemies, born into conflict, find love despite the odds. Their fight to stay together will define the future not just for themselves, but for the world. Petur Alloui is a powerful prince, a gifted shifter, and a fighter at the top of his game. He wants for nothing…except a challenge. He didn’t expect that challenge to come in the form of a trained assassin, immune to magic, who saves his life even though their countries are sworn enemies. If Deyvid was smarter, he would have let Petur die … Read more

New Release: Dawn of the Raven – T. L. Tyner

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Dawn of the Raven - T. L. Tyner

QSFer T. L. Tyner has a new queer epic dark fantasy out (bi, demi, lesbian, non-binary): Dawn of the Raven. Magic is forbidden. Druids are hunted. And a fractured kingdom is beginning to wake. Sorcha is a gifted seamstress content with a quiet life—and the safety of invisibility—until rebellion threads its way into her world. Fiona, a palace cook and farmer’s daughter, has learned to endure duty and expectation, until an unexpected offer of marriage threatens to decide her future for her. Nemain, known only as the Reaper, is Ríocht na Meon’s most effective weapon—and its most carefully guarded secret. … Read more

Sources of Inspiration: Noise

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I’ve always been sensitive to noise. Surround me with too much noise and I cannot hear you. Blare your phone and you physically torture me, especially if your phone makes a high-pitched, whining sound…something about the electrical tone is agonizing. More than one meal out has been ruined by other customers, not bothering with ear buds or anything else which keeps the noise private.  On the flip side, I can really enjoy music and songs on a visceral level. Certain pieces uplift me to an almost orgasmic ecstacy, hearing the pulse of their beat within my ear drums.  Pleasurable sounds … Read more