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Fantasy

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Dubious Gift of Dragon Blood – J. Marshall Freeman

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The Dubious Gift of Dragon Blood

QSFer J. Marshall Freeman has a new MM YA fantasy romance out: “The Dubious Gift of Dragon Blood.” High schooler Crispin Haugen already has so many identities to sort through―Asian, Scandinavian, not to mention gay. Then a messenger from another world arrives to tell him he also carries the blood of dragons in his veins.  Transported to the Realm of Fire, where dragons and humans live in harmony, Crispin falls for Davix, a brooding, nerdy scholar. But dark mysteries threaten the peace of Crispin’s new world. Without warning, dragons from the Realm of Air unleash a bloody war.  With everything he cares about on … Read more

FOR READERS: Favorite Queer Spec Fic Winter Holiday Tales

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Readers, bring me your favorite queer speculative fiction winter holiday tales – Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Christmas, Solstice, New Year’s… and why you love them. Links please! 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: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

ANNOUNCEMENT: Enzor and the Volcano – Stephen J. Wolf

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Enzor and the Volcano - Stephen J. Wolf

QSFer Stephen J. Wolf has a new queer choose your own ending fantasy book out: “Enzor and the Volcano.” A teen with a dream… A volcano in his way… Enzor is a young teen about to take a trial so he can become a master of fire magic. He must travel through a volcano and claim a prize at the end. Along the way, Enzor encounters various challenges. Can he survive a fire golem? Can he cross a river of lava? He can’t do it alone. He needs your help. Select Enzor’s actions in this Choose-the-Fate story. Guide Enzor through … Read more

REVIEW: Heart of Dust – H.L. Moore

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Heart of Dust - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book ‘Doran had a problem, and it wasn’t that he’d been stabbed.’ Iole City is in turmoil. Doran Ó Seanáin, leader of the Black Lung Gang, is determined to bring the Archon, Arajon’s tyrannical ruler, down for his brutal treatment of the miners. But Doran has more to deal with than getting stabbed and a city-wide lockdown that’s seeing his gang of ex-miners being slowly starved out of their base. His daughter Grace has turned against him, and the weight of his wife’s … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ithani – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Ithani - J. Scott Coatsworth

QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new LGBTQ sci-fi book out, Liminal Sky: Oberon Cycle Book Three: “Ithani.” Time is running out. After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The ithani―the aliens who broke the world―have reawakened from their hundred millennia-long slumber. When Xander and Jameson disappear in a flash, an already fractured world is thrown into chaos. The ithani plans, laid a hundred thousand years before, are finally coming to pass, and they threaten all life on Erro. Venin and Alix go on a desperate search for their missing and find … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Royal Dragon – Ash Roberts

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Royal Dragon - Ash Roberts

QSFer Ash Roberts has a new queer YA fantasy out (bi, lesbian): “Royal Dragon.” Kalia’s life is all mapped out for her – she is heir to the elven homeland and marriage to a Duke’s son had been arranged before she was old enough to walk. For her, the war in the north is far away and all she knows of it is stories about the fearless Dragoneers. Her life is safe. Idyllic. Until she accidentally bonds with the blue dragon, Farean. Kalia is banished from her homeland and her engagement is broken – the nobility will have nothing to … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sapphire Soul – Matthew S. Cox

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The Sapphire Soul - Matthew S. Cox

QSFer Matthew S. Cox has a new FF Sword and sorcery fantasy out, Eldritch Heart Book 3: “The Sapphire Soul.” Monarchs often face the consequences of a predecessor’s actions—but death is asking too much. Kitlyn and Oona never wanted power, only to love each other… a potentially deadly desire in a kingdom obsessed with a twisted notion of purity. After years hiding the truth, even from themselves, they sit on the throne together as queens. It only took bringing an end to a horrible war—and the direct intervention of a goddess—for the citizens to accept a marriage between two young … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Premonition – Valerie Mikles

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Premonition

QSFer Valerie Mikles has a new queer sci fi book out, The New Dawn book 7: “Premonition.” They came looking for medicine … … he hadn’t expected to find this kind of healing. Could Hawk find a cure to save his children, or was this new delay going to end his life and theirs? On the surface, Nola looked like a peaceful farming town. When they invited Hawk and the crew to their palace to attend their Festival, the crew jumped at the prospect. They needed a peaceful trade partner, especially if these people knew where Hawk could find his … Read more

REVIEW: An Invitation to Love – Blaine D. Arden

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An Invitation To Love, By Blaine D. Arden

Genre: Romance, Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: MMM Gay Reviewer: Sharonica Get It On Amazon About The Book When Dominick has to attend a six-day dragon mating ceremony, he wants to avoid speaking to anyone for fear his severe stutter will send possible suitors running.  However, Lysander and Zachary, both from different cultures with a thing for redheads, refuse to let him hide. Worse, they actively pursue him, even after Dominick mucks up their first encounter.  Against the backdrop of a ceremony that takes testing endurance, strength, and acoustics to new heights, differences between languages, customs, and expectations create an obstacle course … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Unsafe Words – Loren Rhoads

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Unsafe Words - Loren Rhoads

QSFer Loren Rhoads has a new queer spec fic short story collection out: “Unsafe Words.” In the first full-length collection of her edgy, award-winning short stories, Loren Rhoads punctures the boundaries between horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction in a maelstrom of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. Ghosts, succubi, naiads, vampires, the Wild Hunt, and the worst predator in the woods stalk these pages, alongside human monsters who follow their cravings past sanity or sense. Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Bookshop.org Excerpt Excerpt from “Still Life from Shattered Glass” from Unsafe Words by Loren Rhoads The moment … Read more