scott FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amy Leibowitz: What are your must-read YA spec fic novels or authors? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: https://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: https://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
QSFer Arshad Ahsanuddin has a new queer fantasy book out, Book One in the Secret Histories series: “The First Age.” Mikal despised the idea of working with an Imperial, for reasons both personal and political, but only the invaders’ magic could repair the artifact weapon that was the last link to a family he’d left behind. Rian was a magician by trade, trying to escape the obligations of his noble birth, and the life his family planned out for him. Living incognito at the border of Imperial territory, he found his solitude interrupted by a mysterious visitor with an impossible … Read more
Every Saturday on the QSF Facebook group, we’re now hosting #ownvoices. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring authors who are asexual or aromantic or on the ace/aro spectrum and who write ace or aro, etc characters in speculative fiction. #ownvoices FB: https://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: https://bit.ly/2mjg8lf If you’re an ace or aro author, tell us about yourself, your experiences as an author, and the spec fic books you write (especially those with ace or aro characters – with links, please). If you’re not, you can still participate – share your … Read more
Title: Shadows of the Past Series: The Cassie Tam Files Book Four Author: Matt Doyle Genre: Sci Fi, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Publisher: NineStar Press Pages: 205 Reviewer: Marie Loring, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Shadows of the Past is the new novella collection set in The Cassie Tam Files universe! Enjoy two new stories that follow PI Cassie Tam and her girlfriend Lori Redwood as they deal with the fallout from LV48. This book is part of a series and needs to be read in sequence. A Week in New HopelandWhen Lori Redwood agrees … Read more
Lee Colgin has a new MM paranormal tale out, book one in the They Bite series: “Forbidden Bond.” Vampires and werewolves are historical enemies. When the Peace Accord that imposes an uncomfortable armistice between the species is threatened, the entire supernatural community must respond. Young vampire heir Sinclair Davis successfully petitions the council for permission to attend a werewolf dominated university. Surrounded by a pack of unwelcoming wolves, Sinclair’s first meeting with their alpha doesn’t go well. The handsome wolf hates him. Alpha wolf Mitchel Edgehill is furious when the university sends a vampire to be housed among his pack, … Read more
Welcome to “That Thing I Just Read” (TTIJR) day on Queer Sci Fi. PLEASE MAKE THIS ITS OWN POST, NOT A COMMENT ON THIS ONE. This is a new weekly Friday reader feature where you can: a) share the great queer spec fic (sci fi, fantasy, horror, or paranormal) book you just read, and why you loved it so… b) ask for queer spec fic book recommendations. Please follow these guidelines: Make it a stand-alone post, not a comment on this post Do not promo your own books Please do not share negative posts/reviews. This is about sharing books we … Read more
Lia Cooper has a new FF sci fi book out, Moon Mirror Book One: “Essex Colony.” It’s been 227 days since Essex Colony’s last transmission… Dispatched to the surface of Essex Prime and tasked with discovering what happened to the colony, Doctor Soran Ingram discovers that most of the colonists are dead and the surviving Executive Officer—Aline Aster—has turned into a ravening wolf-beast. The human survivors claim the XO and her Lunaran fellows went mad and killed everyone, but Soran has her doubts. Following Aster’s testimony, as well as clues left behind, Soran embarks on a fact-finding mission to retrace … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer K.S. Trenten: How do you find your readers? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: https://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: https://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
Title: Ride the Whirlwind Series: A Love Across Time Book Three Author: Jackie North Genre: Sci Fi, Time Travel, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay MM Publisher: Blue Rain Press Pages: 350 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Soulmates across time. Two hearts, stronger together. In present day, Maxton is good at finding trouble and bad at everything else. In 1892, Trent Harrington, sheriff of Trinidad, Colorado, lives a respectable but lonely life, devoid of any closeness. Trying to escape a past that keeps chasing him, Maxton drives south to avoid getting arrested. When his car spins off the … Read more
Jose Nateras has a new queer paranormal latinx book out: “Testament.” Gabe Espinosa, is trying to dig himself out of the darkness. Struggling with the emotional fallout of a breakup with his ex-boyfriend, Gabe returns to his job at The Rosebriar Room; the fine dining restaurant at the historic Sentinel Club Chicago Hotel. Already haunted by the ghosts of his severed relationship, he’s drastically unprepared for the ghosts of The Sentinel Club to focus their attentions on him as well. When a hotel guest violently attacks Gabe, he finds himself the target of a dark entity’s rage; a rage built … Read more