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Pixar Film “Onward” to Feature Lesbian Character

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Onward

The film Onward, coming to theaters everywhere on March 6 from Disney and Pixar Studios, will include a character openly in a same-sex relationship. Office Specter (spelled Spector in some reports) is a police officer cyclops voiced by out actress and screenwriter Lena Waithe, known for starring in Netflix’s Master of None and writing the 2019 blockbuster Queen & Slim. She will apparently only appear in one scene, but “her role is vital to the emotional arc of the story.” The main story in the animated fantasy follows Ian and Barley (voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, respectively), two … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cinis, by Pelaam

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Cinis - Pelaam

QSFer Pelaam has a new gay poly paranormal shifter book out: “Cinis.” When Valentine’s sire is forced to take a mate by his Clan leader, Valentine is reduced to stoking the castle’s furnaces as nothing more than a cindered servant to the new matriarch. With his sire Libertine incarcerated and Valentine forced to wear a cursed collar, there seems no way to escape Belladonna’s hold on them. When a stranger appears, Valentine is surprised by how quickly he trusts the other vampire. He accepts the request to go to the castle of his Clan Lord, the ancient and powerful Hades, … Read more

REVIEW: Demon in the Whitelands, by Nikki Z. Richard

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Demon in the Whitelands - Nikki Z. Richard

Title: Demon in the Whitelands Author: Nikki Z. Richard Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Gender Fluid, Intersex, Non-Binary, Pansexual Publisher: Self Pages: 300 Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Sometimes no matter how hard you try, some things cannot be explained. Sixteen-year-old Samuel, son of devout cleric, has endured shame and prejudice his entire life. Although he is destined to become clergy too, he longs for an ordinary life in the whitelands away from demons and holy roots.  When the mayor claims to have captured a mute demon girl, Samuel is forced to become … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Brimstone Journals: Collection Three, by Angel Martinez

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The Brimstone Journals Collection 3 - Angel Martinez

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new queer sci fi book out: “The Brimstone Journals: Collection Three.” The Brimstone. Cargo hauler, brigand ship, privateer. Crewed by the exiled, the misplaced, the uniquely strange and even a certain government assassin. Together, they’ve faced interstellar criminals, the wrath of archangels, the threat of frogs, their own terrors, nearly deadly buttercopters, and government paperwork. Through it all, as Brimstone’s inhabitants expanded from two demons on the run to a complement of eleven various and sundry beings, they’ve become more than crew. They’ve evolved into family. Join us now for some snippets from the characters’ … Read more

REVIEW: Renegades From the Time War, by Gordon Phillips

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Renegades from the Time War

Title: Renegades From the Time War Author: Gordon Phillips Genre: Romance/Sci Gi LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 104 Reviewer: Becky Get It On Amazon About The Book Carl Obermeier, a cadet at the Time Corps Academy, discovers he has been admitted to his second year on Conditional status. This is due to his high “emotional liability.” He is advised to mediate and study the precepts and disciplines of the Corps. But on his first day back, his class is shown an example of Temporal Crime committed by the Time Pirates, enemy of the Ordered Society, and he is … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Space Fox, L.M. Brown

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Space Fox - L.M. Brown

QSFer L.M. Brown has a new MM Sci Fi/shifter/mpreg book out: “Space Fox.” Protecting his shifter from threats is easy, but can he protect him from his own ambition? As part of the G-Force Federation, gargoyle Jude is a newly promoted pilot eager to prove himself on his first solo assignment. Unfortunately, his plans go awry when his craft is shot down, leaving him stranded in the desert. Kirby is a fennec fox shifter on the desert world of Cairo. When Jude’s ship comes under attack he races to help him, and after the crash he offers to guide him … Read more

Review: Wally, by Rowan Massey

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Wally

Title: Wally Series: Such a Colorful Feeling Author: Rowan Massey Genre: LGBTQ Dystopian Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 573 Reviewer: Gloria, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Most people thought our drug made us into freaks, but I say it made us happier than any other bunch of freaks in the world. Part of the town of Emporium’s homeless since he was twelve and a drug addict just as long, fifteen-year-old Wally spends his days barely surviving, and his nights dancing while high and blood-soaked. When a new dealer shows up in place of … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Forbes Mates – Devotion, by Grace R. Duncan

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Forbes Mates

QSFer Grace R. Duncan is rereleasing her Forbes Mates series, starting with “Devotion.” And it’s on sale for just 99¢! Will Tanner realize he’s wrong and claim his mate before Finley’s devotion is gone? Finley Cooper is tired of waiting for his destined mate to be ready to claim him. In deference to human laws, he’s already agreed to wait until he’s eighteen. But now his birthday has come and gone—and his mate has a new set of excuses. Finley doesn’t understand it any more than his wolf does, and he’s beginning to wonder if fate made a mistake. Tanner … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Behind the Sun, Above the Moon Anthology

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Behind The Sun, Above The Moon Anthology

NineStar Press has a new Non-Binary sci fi/fantasy antho out with a number of QSF authors: “Behind the Sun, Above the Moon.” A Queer anthology inspired by magic and the cosmos, a vast and beautiful place where planets, stars, comets—entire galaxies, even—live without borders, specifications or binaries. Stories span science fiction, science fantasy, contemporary, fabulism and magical realism, and celebrate Non-binary and Transgender characters. Stories in the anthology: twice-spent comet by Ziggy Schutz From Dusk to Dying Sun by Paige S. Allen Lost/Found by Brooklyn Ray Awry with Dandelions by J.S. Fields The Far Touch by S.R. Jones Ink and … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Edge of the Breach, by Halo Scott

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QSFer Halo Scot has a new bi grimdark sci fi book out: “Edge of the Breach.” We all become monsters at the edge of the breach. In a post-apocalyptic world where season of birth determines power — spring healers, summer mages, fall shapeshifters, and winter shields — a man and a woman emerge from tragic childhoods to lead humanity on opposite sides of an interrealm war. Julian Kyder is the son of an abusive rape victim who compensates for his abandonment through psychopathy. Sira Rune is a cancer survivor who dedicates her life to living free and fearless while experiencing … Read more