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Jeff Baker; Boogieman in Lavender. Brown Grass.

Brown Grass By Jeff Baker A lot of things make me nostalgic this time of year, especially since I outlived my immediate family. I have some distant cousins I rarely see and some found family that I talked about in last December’s column. https://www.queerscifi.com/jeff-baker-boogieman-in-lavender-found-family/ All of them have been hugely supportive. But that’s not what I want to talk about. I live in Kansas. Driving from one town to the other involves covering a lot of ground, usually on the highway. Lots of farmland and a lot of grass by the roadside. In spring and summer that grass ought to … Read more

New Release: Point of Sighs – Melissa Scott

Point of Sight - Melissa Scott

QSFer Melissa Scott has a new MM fantasy book out: Point of Sighs. Magic, murder and danger in Astreiant. Rumors are swirling among the boatmen that the Riverdeme, the ancient spirit of the river, once bound by the magic of the city’s bridges, is back and hunting handsome young men. The broadsheets are full of dire predictions and Adjunct Point Nicolas Rathe has been handed a case that involves a murdered tea trader, a death that implicates a prominent merchant family in the crime.  Philip Eslingen, now a captain in the City Guard, is assigned to assist him in navigating city … Read more

Review: A Snowmonster for Midwinter – Blaine D. Arden

A Snowmonster for Midwinter - Blaine D. Arden

Genre: Fantasy, Holiday, Romance, Monster Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Payhip About The Book Snow turns to sleet where monsters tread. As the resident sorcerers, Toren and his family protect their village from monsters—like the one they trapped in the mountains decades ago. But on the eve of the annual midwinter festival, it’s not a monster but a sudden eruption at the springs that threatens their lives. With rescue spells failing and the danger of a second, more deadly eruption looming, Toren discovers that a monster responsible for his brother’s death holds the key to saving … Read more

New Release: Envoy – C.J. Dragon

Envoy - C.J. Dragon

QSFer C.J. Dragon has a new MM sci-fi romance out: Envoy. Rescuing his best friend, Ben, and seven hundred other humans was a straightforward task compared to what the Guardian Sebastien had been ordering him to do. Several terrible assignments in a row have tipped the ambassador into trauma, affecting not just him, but also his prince. Calling into question whether he can continue to work for the Guardian who seems to want him dead. Knowing he has no choice if his parents are to be kept safe, River continues to do as he’s told, despite a break in his … Read more

New Release: Quill and Still – Aaron Sofaer

Quill and Still - Aaron Sofaer

QSFer Aaron Sofaer has a new Queer LitRPG Fantasy book out (Ace, Agender, Aro, Bi, Demi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans MTF): Quill & Still. Sophie Nadash once yearned to understand life and chemistry. Now a disillusioned scientist approaching middle age, she yearns to set aside pipettes and polymerase forever. A chance encounter with the Goddess Artemis sets her on the path to becoming the Alchemist for the rural Shemmai village of Kibosh, where the rat race gives way to peace and the quiet life. Freed from the hustle of Earth, she can relax, make friends, and rediscover … Read more

Review: Space Opera – Catherynne M. Valente

Space Opera - Catherynne M. Valente

Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Parody LGBTQ+ Category: Pansexual Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy meets the joy and glamour of Eurovision in bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente’s science fiction spectacle, where sentient races compete for glory in a galactic musical contest…and the stakes are as high as the fate of planet Earth. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented—something to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds … Read more

New Release: Cosmic Cage – Jean-Paul L. Garnier and Peter Schutes

Cosmic Cage - Jean-Paul L. Garnier and Peter Schutes

QSFers Jean-Paul L. Garnier and Peter Schutes have a new MM sci-fi erotica duology out: Cosmic Cage. Two erotic SF tales of incarceration will keep you captivated and aroused. IN EACH OTHER’S ARMS – I’m an Earthling, surrounded by other life forms, presumably male. We all live in a dreary prison with no windows somewhere off-planet. We have no memory of how we got here or why we’re even here. The need for connection is intense; it often results in interspecies couplings that defy the imagination. When will we ever break free from our bondage and see the light of … Read more

Review: River – C.J. Dragon

River - C.J. Dragon

Genre: Sci-Fi, Aliens, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book River Carteret is a diplomat, known for crafting solutions between disparate groups. Growing up on Earth under the control of the Guardians, he’d never experienced hardships, such as war, plague, or famine. Urged by his Guardian supervisor, River volunteers to go to the planet Drakonis to broker an agreement between the Drakos, and the Draas. He is determined to bring equality to the Draas, wresting it from their ruling class, the Drakos, if necessary. There is only one, small problem. The … Read more

New Release: Connected – Kim Fielding

Connected - Kim Fielding

QSFer Kim Fielding has a new MM paranormal mystery out, the Bureau book 12: Connected. Long-time Bureau agent Owen Clark has an assignment in Copper Springs, Wyoming. Although once he was excited about what he could offer the Bureau, Owen has become hardened over the years by his experiences, and he feels no joy in being sent to the town where he grew up—and then fled as a teen. Keaton Gale was a promising child star who later crashed and burned due to addiction and a supernatural talent he never asked for. He has rebuilt his adult life in near … Read more

New Release: Shelf-Made Man – Kim Fielding

Shelf-Made Man - Kim Fielding

QSFer Kim Fielding has a new MM fantasy holiday romance out: Shelf-Made Man. Tobias Lykke is big, awkward, and accustomed to spending his holidays alone. This year, however, his godmother—who may or may not be an Italian countess—gives him an elf doll originally entrusted to her by her second husband, who might or might not have been a wizard. An evening of THC snickerdoodles and an offhand wish later, Tobias finds himself faced with a living, breathing elf—and a royal elf at that—with an exceptionally traumatic past. Bloodthirsty trolls are on a mission to recapture Prince Alfie, and the search … Read more