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Sources of Inspiration: Ghosts

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Ghosts and goblins; how I love the term, the season, and the imagery those words conjure. Creepy, cozy, and cute mingle and become one in visions of tiny green monsters cutting capers, and white sheets with enormous black holes, which often are somehow endearing pop into my head.  I’ve read some marvelous stories about goblins; the tricks they’ve played, luring people into traps or marriages. Vernon Lee, E.F. Benson, and Sarah Monette blurred the line between ghost and vampire in beguling tales. Dark Shadows did an intriguing job of ghost and vampire alike, playing up the tragedy and terror.  For … Read more

Review: Dragon’s Ending – Joy Lynn Fielding

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Dragon's Ending - Joy Lynn Fielding

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Dragon history was easy. This particular dragon? Anything but. I was sent to Dragon’s Ending to uncover lost dragon history. What I found was Dominic Bedwyr. The heir to one of Britain’s oldest dragon-shifter families, Dominic has a reputation for turning heads and causing trouble in equal measure. He flirts. He provokes. He has an infuriating habit of appearing when least expected and interrupting my research. And each time I think I’ve worked Dominic out, he proves me wrong. Because behind the studied indifference, I … Read more

New Release: The Heart’s Retreat – Shannon Blair

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The Heart's Retreat - Shannon Blair

QSFer Shannon Blair has a new MM fantasy romance book out (demi, gay, pan, poly, trans FTM): The Heart’s Retreat. Centuries ago, Aspen, the woodlands’ divine Heart Tree, disappeared, twisting His lands into a corrupted shadow of their former glory and sending rage-filled werewolves to hunt His elven children. Now His punishment has passed beyond the woodlands’ borders. If its spread cannot be stopped, all the world will suffer. Gar has served his native swamplands as a soldier for almost half his life. Chosen to lead one last attempt to locate Aspen, he fears the dangers lurking in the woodlands’ … Read more

Theodore Sturgeon’s “World Well Lost.” Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender.

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Sturgeon’s World Well Lost by Jeff Baker First things first: Theodore Sturgeon was (as far as I know) straight. The fact that I feel it necessary to make that statement would probably make him annoyed. And possibly make him laugh. Sturgeon, (1918-1985) an esteemed writer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and even westerns, published his story “The World Well Lost” in the June 1953 issue of Universe Magazine. Keep that date in mind: 1953. This was one of the first if not the first sci-fi/fantasy story to present a sympathetic view of “homosexuality,” in the person of “The Loverbirds.” … Read more

Review: In Love and War – Beryll and Osiris Brackhaus

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In Love and War - The First Lotus Knights, by Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi , Poly Reviewer: Serena Universal Buy Link About The Book A swashbuckling adventure? An epic romance between three men? Characters that feel so real they virtually jump off the pages? A succession war between competing noble Houses except it’s set in space? Diplomatic complications and interplanetary rivalries? Sign me up! It has been a while since I have read such an amazing story, and I was spellbound by this one from the first page. I followed the adventures with bated breath and even when the three heroes (for that is what they are) … Read more

New Release: The Heresy of Thieves – Mia V. Moss

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The Heresy of Thieves - Mia V. Moss

QSFer Mia V. Moss has a new queer fantasy book out (bi, gay, gender fluid, lesbian, non-binary, trans MTF): The Heresy of Thieves. Vael stole magic from the gods for Her people and put an end to centuries of unrest. Now magic is gone, and the battle for the Witchlands’s soul begins After a millennium of prosperity and magic, one catastrophic night undoes the realm of Yvaelen. Magic has fallen, and prayers to Vael the Giver go unanswered. Jal Riago knows when it’s time to move on from a con. She can’t maintain her false refugee heiress story forever, and … Read more

New Release: Search for the Lost – J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding

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Search for the Lost - J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding

J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding has a new MM romantasy book out, Chaos and Order book two: Search for the Lost. SOMETIMES ORDER BECOMES CHAOS… Leopold Lane—after being “collected” for the Office of the Lost by Crispin Eladrin Moss’caladin—is tucked away cozily with his beloved office fae in their treehouse. Happily ever after, right? Not so fast. Before Leo can even get settled, Crispin’s mother disappears, leaving Crispin in charge and his brother Aspin in a panic. As Queen of the Fae, she has also left them a little surprise: a bit of oxymoronic magic that turns their world upside … Read more

Review: Search for the Lost – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Search for the Lost - J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding

Genre: Romantasy, Comedy, Portal Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon | Apple | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book SOMETIMES ORDER BECOMES CHAOS Leopold Lane—after being “collected” for the Office of the Lost by Crispin Eladrin Moss’caladin—is tucked away cozily with his beloved office fae in their treehouse. Happily ever after, right? Not so fast. Before Leo can even get settled, Crispin’s mother disappears, leaving Crispin in charge and his brother Aspin in a panic. As Queen of the Fae, she has also left them a little surprise: a bit of oxymoronic magic that turns their world upside down. Crispin … Read more

Review: The Heresy of Thieves – Mia V. Moss

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The Heresy of Thieves - Mia V. Moss

Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans MTF Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Vael stole magic from the gods for Her people and put an end to centuries of unrest.Now magic is gone, and the battle for the Witchlands’s soul begins After a millennium of prosperity and magic, one catastrophic night undoes the realm of Yvaelen. Magic has fallen, and prayers to Vael the Giver go unanswered. Jal Riago knows when it’s time to move on from a con. She can’t maintain her false refugee heiress story forever, and her … Read more

Review: The Heresy of Thieves – Mia V. Moss

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The Heresy of Thieves - Mia V. Moss

Genre: Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans MTF Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Vael stole magic from the gods for Her people and put an end to centuries of unrest. Now magic is gone, and the battle for the Witchlands’s soul begins After a millennium of prosperity and magic, one catastrophic night undoes the realm of Yvaelen. Magic has fallen, and prayers to Vael the Giver go unanswered. Jal Riago knows when it’s time to move on from a con. She can’t maintain her false refugee heiress … Read more