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ANNOUNCEMENT: Insatiable, by Jeff Mann

Insatiable

QSFer Jeff Mann has a new queer paranormal book out: Scotsman Derek Maclaine has fallen in love with his adopted West Virginia home and its burly native son, Matt Taylor. But a local mining company’s recent efforts to destroy the land spell an end to all that Matt holds dear. Derek happens to be an immortal, a creature of the night, a vampire who does not know satiety. After many years without equal, Derek believes stopping a corporation of weak men will be easy. But Alpha Coal employs more than thugs: they are literally demonic. Derek must work together with … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Welcome to M3: ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically –Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

TRAILER: Marvel Runaways

Runaways

On 21 November, a brand new Marvel series debuts on Hulu and it’s different from all the rest. It’s not one of Netflix’s gritty takes, nor is it the broadcast adaptations of Agents of SHIELD or the ill-received Inhumans. And it’s entirely to do with the source material: Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Runaways. The premise is relatively simple: a group of teenagers discover they have powers and their parents belong to a supervillain organization known as the Pride. It’s full of fun tropes and also plenty of diversity, which is clear from the new trailer. There are six … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Mise en Death, by Nikki Woolfolk

Mise en Death

QSFer Nikki Woolfolk has a new FF Steampunk Cooking Mystery out: Alex LeBeau, Chocolatier and chef instructor, wants nothing more than to give her almost grown son a quiet life and a place to call home. Settling in Honfleur, Louisiana, Alex can distance herself from her chaotic romantic past and association with the clandestine group Bellicose Solanum (BelSol). Things might be looking up for her when she takes a job at a promising cooking school. Her contentment is short-lived when a famous millionaire of Honfleur is murdered during the school’s catering event on an airship. As the body count begins … Read more

FOR READERS: There’s a Social Issue in My Peanut Butter

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amy Leibowitz Mitchell: Do you prefer if social issues are handled directly in a book, or do you prefer metaphors? What are some good ways you’ve seen tough topics handled? 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

WEDDING: Cinderella Marries Belle

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You know how Disney Princesses are almost always into blokes? Well, one lesbian couple decided that Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella (from…Cinderella) make the perfect pair. Yalonda and Kayla Solseng are both fans of Once Upon a Time – the fairytale-themed TV show set in Storybooke, Maine – and, as such, decided to have their own magical engagement photoshoot. “That show rewrites fairytales and this was our modern-day fairytale,” Kayla told The Huffington Post. The snaps were taken by Taylor Snyder and Erin Miller at Romantic Moon Events Center in Glendon, Minnesota – which is also where … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Adrian’s Bodyguard, by Shelby Rhodes

Adrian's Bodyguard

QSFer Shelby Rhodes has a new MM paranormal book out: Vampire King Adrian Bloodhart has faced many challenges in the thousands of years he’s been reigning. However, he had thought he’d moved past the stage of his life that was littered with assassination attempts. And, as if the attacks weren’t irritating enough, he finds himself saddled with a personal bodyguard he doesn’t feel he needs or even wants. When Xavier Dayden had agreed to guard King Adrian, he had expected to be guarding a mature adult, but what he got was a petulant child. Adrian is odd as hell and … Read more

SCIENCE: Asexual Worm Species Has Survived for 18 Million years

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A species of asexual translucent worm has been discovered by scientists. Diploscapter pachys hasn’t had sex in roughly 18 million years, when it parted from its parent species, by exclusively practicing asexual reproduction. The species has survived for the entire time by copying itself, while still maintaining fairly high genetic diversity. The revelation has taken scientists by surprise – with asexual species usually dying out due to genetic mutations. Biologist David Fitch of New York University said: “It has been a longstanding mystery in biology how some asexual animals have survived for so many generations. By Benjamin Butterworth – Full … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: BooFF, by Matt Burlingame

BooFF

QSFer Matt Burlingame has a new MM Paranormal book out: James Dixon has it all: a gorgeous fiance, a beautiful new house with the pool of his dreams, and his beloved dog Pepper. But his perfect life begins to unravel after the sudden disappearance of his best friend, Ben. Trying to maintain a sense of normalcy while desperate to find out what happened to his friend, James helps his fiance, Michael, plan their upcoming housewarming party. But the oddities keep adding up until James becomes convinced their new house is being haunted. Enlisting the help of his mother, a witch, … Read more