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Announcement: Lights, by Perie Wolford

Lights

QSFer Perie Wolford has a new sci fi book out: In the dead darkness of the underwater there were lights. Coming home for summer break, two film school students, Bradley and Tag, decide to shoot a staged UFO encounter video, one that could potentially generate a lot of attention and a lot of clicks on YouTube. Unexpectedly for both of them, during the filming they accidentally discover a real alien presence in the dark waters near their coastal home town. A novel inspired by 1989’s ABYSS and Stephen King’s TOMMYKNOCKERS! Book-trailer: https://youtu.be/X00sPZPgN-k Buy Links Amazon: Click Here Goodreads: Click Here … Read more

Announcement: Banished Sons of Poseidon, by Andrew J. Peters

Banished Sons of Poseidon

QSFer Andrew J. Peters has a new fantasy book out: A new fantastical adventure by the author of The Seventh Pleiade. After escaping from a flood that buried the above ground in seawater, a fractured group of boys contend with the way ahead and their trust of an underground race of men who give them shelter. For sixteen-year-old Dam, whose world was toppling before the tragedy, it’s a strange, new second chance. There are wonders in the underworld and a foreign warrior Hanhau who is eager for friendship despite Dam’s dishonorable past. But a rift among his countrymen threatens to … Read more

Announcement: Evolution: Genesis, by Lissa Kasey

Evolution: Genesis

DSPP author and QSFer Lissa Kasey has a new fantasy/paranormal book out: Evolution made music history when one bandmate turned vampire and another joined the vampire hate movement Preservation Group. Gene is trying to cling to the music as his relationship with Kerstrande begins to spiral into the darkness of hidden demons. Jaded by his years as a vampire flunkie, Kerstrande uses his newly won power over New York City to destroy his enemies and protect Gene. But a demon called a Fallen begins to take control of KC, slowly devouring his soul and through him the entire city. Battling … Read more

Interview: Andrew Gordon, Author of Purpose

Andrew Q. Gordon

Today, Andrew Q. Gordon stops by the QSF blog to answer some of my questions. :) Thanks so much, Andrew, for joining me! JSC: When did you first start writing, and what was your first published work? Andrew Q Gordon: I first started writing stories in junior high school, but it wasn’t until college that I began to write seriously. My creative writing courses were basically required me to complete a short/novella length story in a semester. As much as I reflect fondly on those, none of them have ever been published or will be. JSC: Do you see a … Read more

Me Me Monday!

Welcome to 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 I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info at … Read more

Announcement: Myth Adventures, by Ally Blue

Myth Adventures

QSFer Ally Blue has a new paranormal mystery book out: Something evil is going down in Atlanta… Adrian Broussard and Greg Woodhall are attending OutlantaCon, Atlanta’s annual gay geek conference, and are looking forward to a weekend of cosplay and general nerdy fun. As they mingle with other conference goers, though, Adrian feels a strange, cold energy emanating from a man dressed as a satyr. Encounters with storybook creatures roaming the streets only increase the chilly tendrils teasing Adrian’s sixth sense—strong enough to cause disturbing visions of Greg’s existence being erased. When a girl at the conference goes missing, then … Read more

News: Meet LGBT History Month Icon Samuel Delany

Samuel Delaney

Samuel “Chip” Delany is a renowned author, literary critic and professor, best known for his science fiction writing. First published at age 20, he has written more than two dozen books. His most celebrated novels include “Babel-17,” “Nova,” “Return to Neveryon,” and “Dhalgren,” which sold more than a million copies. Delany has won four Nebula Awards, two Hugo Awards and a Stonewall Book Award. Among many other honors, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and in 2013 the Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 30th Grand Master. Delany was born and raised … Read more

Announcement: The Last Guardian of Sedelta, by Matt Jakens

The Last Guardian of Sedelta

QSFer Matt Jakens has a new GENRE book out: Jake is happy with his life aboard the Edgeward Hub space station. That is until his father, a nefarious smuggler, sends him an urgent message. His father has stolen an artifact that will reveal a plot to unearth a super-weapon capable of destroying a planet or even a star, and Jake learns some shocking truths about his heritage too. Thrust into a conspiracy that threatens another galactic war, Jake must race to discover where this super- weapon is. All the while evading a potent and deadly enemy hell-bent on finding the … Read more

Announcement: Fearful Symmetry, by Francis Gideon

Fearful Symmetry

QSFer Francis Gideon has a new Urban Fantasy book out: When something is perfect, it sets itself up to be destroyed, and for everything gained, something is lost. Since Dryden was young, his mother taught him about balance. While she weaves jewelry to sell at the marketplace, Dryden learns how every unspoiled gem begs to be damaged, just like the universe corrects every misfortune. But with age and experience, Dryden begins to see the cracks in his mother’s innocent view of life. If she is wrong about balance, she might be wrong about the supposed beast in the woods. Dryden … Read more

Announcement: Winterwode, by J. Tullos Hennig

Winterwode

DSP Publications author J. Tullos Hennig has a new fantasy book out: Robyn Hood is the undisputed ruler of the wild, green Wode. Reunited with his sister Marion and his lover Gamelyn, Robyn and his band of outlaws seek to raise the Ceugant—the magical trine of the Old Religion—against the tyranny of Church and Crown. Yet their forest kingdom is roiling with conflict. Marion has been made welcome, but old shackles and new fears hamper her true promise. Gamelyn is torn between oaths of heart and head—and the outlaws never let him forget he was but recently Guy of Gisbourne, … Read more