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SCIENCE: Surgery in Space Will Be Messy – Live Science

July 14, 2018 by scott

There’s already enough to worry about when planning a one-way trip to Mars. Did you pack enough sunblock to deflect the deadly cosmic radiation? Will there be enough water there? What if your assigned procreation partner doesn’t like you? Now, scientists writing in the British Journal of Surgery have provided one more thing to fear: floating blobs of infectious bodily fluids. According to the authors of a new paper published last week (June 19), runaway blood, urine and fecal matter are just some of myriad possible complications of space surgery that likely await future astronauts. In a review of studies … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Once Upon a Rainbow V3 Anthology

July 13, 2018 by scott

NineStar Press has just released the third volume in the queer Once Upon a Rainbow fairy tale anthology series: Your favorite stories from childhood have a new twist. Seven fairy tales of old with characters across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. NineStar Press | Amazon | Goodreads The Stories Green Things Grow from Cinders by A.E. Ross – Glass slippers aren’t for everyone. Gretel on Her Own by Elna Holst – This time around, Gretel Kindermann is on her own. Or is she? Bremen Town Musicians by Mark Lesney – Loss and love on the road to Bremen Town. The Scent of … Read more

FOR READERS: Finding New Authors

July 13, 2018 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: How do you find new authors? Do you go by word of mouth or read reviews, or does a cover catch your attention? 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

SPACE: Signs of Life

July 13, 2018 by scott

Enceladus – NASA When it comes to looking for alien life, scientists mostly focus on where there is water. Now researchers suggest that looking at “bioessential” elements such as phosphorus and molybdenum could help judge a world’s potential for life. There is life virtually wherever there is water on Earth, from clouds high above the surface to the deepest layer of Earth’s crust. As such, the search for life outside Earth typically concentrates on worlds that are “habitable,” possessing temperatures conducive to hosting liquid water on its surface. For example, although the surface of Venus is currently hot enough to … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Designer Babies

July 12, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: We’ve all heard the scare tactics of politicians warning of the dangers of designer babies, but genetically modified humans are literally due to be born in the next decade. Medical science has made our lives longer and healthier. But what if scientists modify those things that make us fundamentally who we are? Why is it okay to make sure a child is not born with a genetic disease that will kill them prematurely (like cystic fibrosis) but not okay to give an child a higher IQ which would give it … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Caledonia Destiny, by Lexi Ander

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 by scott

It’s release day for Lexi Ander’s new MM historical fantasy/paranormal book, Caledonia Destiny: A twist of fate changed both their destinies. The wyrbears, once a long-lived species, were being lost to the forest in their prime. A people borne of a curse, their abilities not a gift but something wrongly taken, they nonetheless live in harmony with their animal spirits. But over time the curse they lived under changed, mutated, and now what once was a refuge from the world when they became too weary is culling mathan in their prime. Ewen mhic Friscalach, the leader of his peoples, lost … Read more

COVER REVEAL/GIVEAWAY: Impact Flash Fiction Anthology

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 by scott

Queer Sci Fi is releasing its fourth flash fiction anthology: Impact. We have the cover reveal here today! IM * PACT (noun) 1) One object colliding with another 2) An impinging of something upon something else 3) An influence or effect on something or someone 4) The force of a new idea, concept, technology or ideology Four definitions to inspire writers around the world, and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell, but only 110 made the final cut. A difficult choice to be made. An object hurtling recklessly through space. A new invention that will change the world. … Read more

GUEST POST/GIVEAWAY: Day of Wrath, by Anna Butler

July 11, 2018 by scott

QSFer Anna Butler has a new MM sci fi book out, the final one in her Taking Shield series: Day of Wrath. In less than a week, Bennet will finally return to the Shield Regiment, leaving behind the Gyrfalcon, his father, his friends… and Flynn. Promotion to Shield Major and being given command of a battle group despite the political fallout from Makepeace the year before is everything he thought he wanted. Everything he’s worked towards for the last three years. Except for leaving Flynn. He really doesn’t want to leave Flynn. There’s time for one last flight together. A … Read more

FOR WRITERS & READERS: What Would the Book Say?

July 11, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS & READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Benjamin van der Wel: Much debate has been had about a book that, once purchased, should either kept pristine or can be underlined, dog-eared, marked up, or generally annotated. No one seems to ask the books about what they would prefer. If a book could talk about it, what would it say? Join the chat

VIDEO: Billy Eichner IS Captain America

July 11, 2018 by scott

Step aside, Chris Evans — Billy Eichner is our new Captain America. Taking Twitter by storm, user @homeisarealsong dubbed over a scene from Captain America: Civil War with audio from Eichner’s comedy show Billy on the Street. In the scene, Cap is running with some of his fellow superheroes on their way to battle other superheroes (like Iron Man and Spider-Man). With the new audio, Cap shouts out: ‘Come on, lesbians!’ And really, that’s the superhero movie we all need. it’s midnight and i’m tired so i made this pic.twitter.com/Joh59j4qxk — lissy (@homeisarealsong) July 8, 2018 By Anya Crittenton – … Read more