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Announcement: Psychological Revenge, by Brian Barr

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Psychological Revenge

QSFer Brian Barr has a new superhero tale out: Sector E3’s Capital City is threatened by two rival supercriminals who will stop at nothing until they kill each other. One is The Principle Mind, a misanthropic telekinetic and electrokinetic with a lust for vengeance against humanity. The other is Brain Surgeon, an extraterrestrial doctor who uses his parasitic powers and technology to feed on the brains of humanity. They aren’t the only supercriminals stirring up trouble in the world’s largest megacity. The crime syndicate Saints of Death, the crafty robotist Master Gepetto, and animation-obsessed paranoid-schizophrenic Mont E. Cartoon also threaten … Read more

For Writers: Death in the Future

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death

Every society has its ways of dealing with death. Some enforce long mourning periods in ritual dress. Some cover mirrors. Some hold celebrations of life. And of course there are countless individual variations as well. I once read a great book by a terrible author whose name I won’t share here, where telling the whole truth about a person, both the good and the bad, had become a tradition. It fascinated me – this idea that we do a disservice to people by only saying the good things about them after they have passed. On the practical side, cemeteries take … Read more

Review: Key of Behliseth by Lou Hoffmann

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Title: “Key of Behliseth.” 2nd Edition. Series: The Sun Child Chronicles Author: Lou Hoffmann Genre: Fantasy, Gay Young Adult Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages: 296 pages  Blurb On his way to meet a fate he’d rather avoid, homeless gay teen Lucky steps through a wizard’s door and is caught up in a whirlwind quest and an ancient war. He tries to convince himself that his involvement with sword fights, magic, and interworld travel is a fluke, and that ice-breathing dragons and fire-breathing eagles don’t really exist. But with each passing hour, he remembers more about who he is and where … Read more

Announcement: Staged, by Kim Fielding

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Staged

QSFer Kim Fielding has a new MM sci fi romance book out: Once the second-prize winner on My Slave’s Got Talent, Sky Blue has spent the past few years singing at a failing New York nightclub. While Sky has never had control over his fate, his life seems to take a turn for the worse when he’s torn from the familiar comfort of performing and sold to a rich and enigmatic man. Morgan Wallace takes his newly purchased slave to San Francisco, his intentions unclear. On the one hand, he treats Sky with more kindness than Sky has ever known—treats … Read more

For Readers: Metaphorically Queer

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X-Men

For Readers: Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Andrew Kelley: I know that there are several Sci-fi movies and books that weren’t specifically LGBT themes and didn’t even make mention of any LGBT issues that I strongly identified with and really moved me. Even though I don’t think the author/director/screenwriter meant it to be an analogy it still could have been. Are there movies/ books that others felt this way about as well? 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

Announcement: A Different Breed, by Angel Martinez

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A Different Breed

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new MM paranormal romance out: Josh the vampire hunter falls in lust with one of the enemy; Richard has secrets and might not be sane–oh, sure, this will work. Josh hunts vampires with relentless, cold precision until the night he confronts a gorgeous hunk of vamp in the woods outside Ithaca. Richard destroys all of his prejudices about vampires in the first few moments of conversation and the sexual sparks between them ignite almost as quickly. Richard offers the stability Josh never had. Josh offers the healing Richard needs so desperately. But it’s nearly impossible … Read more

Want to Live Like Snow White?

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Snow White House

When it comes to fairytale homes, few look as much like Disney material as this three-bedroom cottage. Sitting at the end of a dirt road in Olalla, Washington, a small community along the Colvos Passage of Puget Sound the surreal property looks as if you stepped straight into a storybook. From an iron gate, the driveway leads up the hill, towards the cottage and its cobbled courtyard. By Stefanie Gerdes – Full Story at Gay Star News

Announcement: Booker’s Song, by Hannah Walker

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Booker's Song

QSFer Hannah Walker has a new MM fantasy romance out: Rillian Mascini is one of the most knowledgeable mages in the world. Spending his days and sometimes nights with his nose in a book has taught him magic and histories that few care to remember. He has a passion for dragons that pulls him to learn all he can about them, including their language. He is one of the last people left alive who can speak to the magnificent beasts. Conwyn D’Aver is squad leader of the Dragon Riders. He will do whatever it takes to protect the dragons and … Read more

For Writers: Male Beauty by Culture

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Male Beauty

For Writers: Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: Jim sent me this link a while back: http://www.queerty.com/heres-how-the-male-standard-of-beauty-changes-around-the-world-20150319 What makes a man physically attractive? Depending on where you live in the world, your answer to that question might vary greatly. In the U.S., the current standard seems to be moving towards the “lumbersexual” — masculine, muscular, bearded and white. In Brazil, “Germanic features” with tan skin are considered an ideal beauty combination, and cosmetic surgery for men is becoming a normal thing to hear about. In Turkey, there’s a trend of body hair removal for men — we remember … Read more