Mystery – Page 6 – Queer Sci Fi

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Anthropoda – Xenia melzer

March 2, 2021 by scott

QSFer Xenia Melzer has a new queer paranormal mystery out: Arthropoda. Detective George Donavon doesn’t plan to stay in Charleston long. Skeptical and by-the-book, he’s on the fast track to the top, and he won’t let anything derail his career. Especially not Andrew Hayes, his grumpy, awkward new partner—and not the chief’s secret order to find out how said partner solves even the most difficult cases. George and Andi can’t agree on anything except their mutual dislike, but when three dead girls turn up at a storage unit, they must put their differences aside before the suspected trafficking ring claims … Read more

Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender: The Groovy Gay World of Victor Banis

February 13, 2021 by Jeff Baker

The Groovy Gay World of Victor J. Banis By Jeff Baker It was the Swinging Sixties. Spies were everywhere. Fictional ones, anyway. James Bond was all over the place. The Man (and the Girl) from U.N.C.L.E. were plying their trade. And there were spoofs; Maxwell Smart klutzed his way through five years of television misadventures. The British movie “Carry On Spying” pre-dated Smart by about a year. And the coolest, grooviest, most flamboyant superspy of them all wore outrageous outfits, used super-gadgetry as well as his good looks, charm and a fair amount of sex … Read more

REVIEW: Lies of Omission – Edward Kendrick

February 11, 2021 by scott

Genre: Paranormal Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Lyle Atwood’s company is hired to costume a party given by multi-millionaire Warner Radclyffe. As he and his employees begin preparations for the job, Lyle begins to feel as if someone is watching him. Then he meets Damien Sauvage, the newest tenant in the apartment building where he lives. Damien tells Lyle that he’s a waiter, and when Lyle confides in him that he thinks he’s being stalked, Damien offers to help find out who it is. What he neglects to … Read more

REVIEW: Fur and Fangs – Nita Round

February 8, 2021 by scott

Genre: Steampunk, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: FF Lesbian Reviewer: H.L. Get It On Amazon About The Book Some fight evil with swords and force. Evie and Hesta stand against evil with no more than their will and a song. In a series of violent and horrific murders, The Butcher of Bristelle, strikes terror into the heart of the city. No one is safe. When Evie Chester encounters the remains of one such victim she knows that this is the work of no ordinary killer. With mistrust of the gifted rising, can Evie and Hesta solve the case and keep the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Years of Silence – J.K. Jones

February 8, 2021 by scott

QSFer J.K. Jones has a new gay murder mystery out: Years of Silence. Three friends. Two lies. One truth. Silence can be deafening. Billionaire Tycoon Zander Wright is no stranger to loneliness. However, what happens when his friend turned enemy comes back? Knowing Vadim is like dancing the space between heaven and hell. The ocean is an inch between ecstasy and misery. Like all things long since forgotten, young love always remains the most crippling of pain. Get It At Amazon Excerpt Zander Wright is aware of this. He’s felt the fatal blow of being love-struck—bludgeoned violently over the head … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Infected: Legacy – Andrea Speed

January 29, 2021 by scott

QSFer Andrea Speed has a new queer mystery/urban fantasy/sci fi book out (ace, bi, gay), Infected book 9: “Infected: Legacy.” The werecat virus has altered society, and for Roan McKichan, a born infected ex-cop turned private investigator, life is a capricious landscape. With all the unknowns of his mutating virus, Roan has relocated to Canada, and he should be enjoying early retirement, but his restlessness makes it impossible to walk away from being a detective. Taking on the case of a missing teenager gives Roan the chance to use his heightened senses to see through the deceptions—and reunites him with … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Caroled – Kim Fielding

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by scott

QSFer Kim Fielding has a new historical MM holiday paranormal noir romance out, The Bureau Book 7: “Caroled.” Charles Grimes hasn’t celebrated Christmas in years, so spending December in San Francisco while keeping an eye out for monsters sounds like an easy way to earn a few bucks. He should have learned by now that nothing is ever easy—not his job, not his existence as the son of an angel, and not his relationship with a formerly captive demon. It’s going to take more than a few rounds of Jingle Bells to make Charles feel the joys of the season. … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Other Side of the Mirror – Jamie Sands

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by scott

QSFer Jamie Sands has a new queer urban fantasy/mystery (lesbian/non-binary) out: “The Other Side of the Mirror.” The case: a grandmother who vanished from a locked room.The best lead: a psychic who’s as mysterious as she is cute. Detective Jack Duarte is the one called upon when weird cases hit Auckland. A fierce loner with a reputation for solving the unsolvable, she is the perfect choice for the latest odd mystery: the locked-room disappearance of a beloved grandmother, who has vanished without trace and, seemingly, without suspects or a motive. This time around, though, Jack has also been assigned a … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Soul Eater – Ofelia Gränd

November 24, 2020 by scott

QSFer Ofelia Gränd has a new MM paranormal mystery romance: “Soul Eater.” Detective Thaddeus Ezax is in over his head. He’s the only wizard in Rockshade’s Paranormal Investigations Department, and it was his name that got him the job. The Ezaxs are known as some of the most powerful wizards in the world, but Thaddeus isn’t your average Ezaxs. Is it any wonder his family shuns him? When a kidnapping case is dropped into his lap, Thaddeus must act fast. While most five-year-olds can cast a location spell, Thaddeus can’t and is forced to get creative. When he finds himself … Read more

“On Beyond Cisgender; Part Two.” Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender.

June 13, 2021November 13, 2020 by Jeff Baker

On Beyond Cisgender Part Two By Jeff Baker About a year ago I posted a column suggested by A. M. Leibowitz’ list of suggested reading for High School of sci-fi/mystery authors outside the usual straight-white-male paradigm. These next few may be considered addenda of sorts, but are not as readily available. I have a thing for science fiction of the Nineteenth Century-early Twentieth Century and recently got the Dover Publications book “The Feminine Future.” Subtitled: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers, the book presents fourteen stories of sci-fi published between 1873 and 1930. Cyborgs, mysterious rays, … Read more