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Month: October 2015

News: Matt Baume – The Best Gay Halloween Flicks

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Death Becomes Her

“Happy Halloween! By all means, go out and party. But what if you’re a grumpy loner like me and all you want is a nice quiet spooky evening at home? Well, what better way to spend a dark and stormy night than with a creepy, scary, or generally disturbing movie. Last week I asked a bunch of folks on Twitter and Facebook to recommend some of their favorite Halloweeny films, and I get some spooktactular suggestions. I gathered up my favorites, threw away the raisins, and now here are your best bets for a scary film fest.” Full Story at … Read more

Announcement: Mischief Corner Books Quarterly Volume 3

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Mischief Corner Books has a new issue of the fantastic MCB Quarterly magazine out: The Quarterly is an eMagazine of LGBTQ fiction – of all kinds. This volume features five short stories: Under the Moonbow by David Sharp Deleted by Elliott S. Mundy Jellybang by Jake Hostetter The Purpose of Ife Leighs by Aldous Mercer Out of Air by Albert Nothlit It also includes an Interview with Vance Bastian talking about “The Road to Audio”, and a Featured Artist section about Adam DeKraker. And our very own Kevin Matthews offers an Op-Ed on “Face It”, a trans* commentary. Excerpt From … Read more

DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Five – Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make: Keeping Up Your Morale

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Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Saturday: Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Taxes and Royalties Also, we have a special event – an interview with Matt Buscemi, owner of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, at 1 PM Pacific today. Matt will talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of running your own press. So you started your press. You edited and … Read more

Announcement: Behind the Eight Ball, by MA Church

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Behind the Eight Ball

QSFer MA Church has a new paranormal book out: A cool morning, a yard full of birds, and a kitty on a mission. What more could a werecat want? Beta Heller Wirth has it all, except a mate—a shifter mate, that is. The last thing he wants is one of those dangerous humans who kill without remorse. Heller knows about that firsthand. So what does the goddess Bast do? She gives Heller exactly what he does not want—a human: business owner Lawson Dupre. Lawson hasn’t a clue what just happened in his car detail shop. One minute a cute client … Read more

DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Four – Promoting Your Work

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Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Friday: Promoting Your Work Saturday: Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Taxes and Royalties Also, we have a special event – an interview with Matt Buscemi, owner of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, at 1 PM Pacific. Matt will talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of running your own press. So you started your press. … Read more

Announcement: The Mirrored City, by Mike Bode

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QSFer Mike Bode has a new fantasy book out: Maddox is a broken man, held together by the will of his sentient sword. Heath is a prophet of a forgotten god— and an assassin. Jessa is an inexperienced ruler, struggling to broker a truce between her warring nation and her enemies. That plan for peace is threatened by the local politics of the Mirrored City, a place ruled by dual theocratic governments. Beneath the tenuous accord between the two halves of the city lies centuries of hostility that threaten to break out into open war. Treacherous conspiracies, deadly diplomacy, a … Read more

Ever Wanted to Date a Big Sexy Gay Green Monster?

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For some reason, nobody’s invented Grindr for orcs yet, but we have the next best thing in Tusks, a dating simulator for big gay green monsters. The game perfectly captures that feeling of being a scary creature, feared by the rest of the world, and then finding your tribe. Even when we feel monstrous, it’s okay when we can be monsters together. Full Story at LGBTQ Nation

DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Three – Getting Your Books Out There – Amazon, ARe and Other Venues

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Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Thursday: Getting Your Books Out There; Amazon; Other Venues Friday: Promoting Your Work Saturday: Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Taxes and Royalties Also, we have a special event – an interview with Matt Buscemi, owner of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, at 1 PM Pacific. Matt will talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of … Read more

What Will Humans Look Like in 1,000 Years?

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Humans have evolved over thousands of years to have a variety of traits that proved increasingly beneficial to the species as a whole. However, these mutations take thousands of years to develop and reach a critical mass. Which begs the question, how will humans 1,000 years from now be different than us? Science vloggers Mitch and Greg of ASAPScience look at ways humans may respond to climate change, technology’s increasing ability to mimic the human brain, the necessity of space colonization and the danger of artificial selection in their latest video. See the Full Story at Towleroad.com