Happy Turkey Day!
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: On this American Turkey Day, share your favorite spec fic books featuring Thanksgiving meals (queer or otherwise). Writers, feel … Read more
Speculative Ficiton
“On Beyond Cisgender; Part Two.” Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender.
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 … Read more
FOR READERS: A Change of Perspective
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: Have you read anything (fiction or non-fiction) that shifted your perception and made you think differently about speculative fiction? Writers: … Read more
FOR READERS: Favorite Spec Fic Magazines and Journals
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFers Scott and Ryane: What are your favorite inclusive spec fic magazines and journals, and why? Writers: This is a reader chat – … Read more
Are We Living in the Matrix?
It is not often that a comedian gives an astrophysicist goose bumps when discussing the laws of physics. But comic Chuck Nice managed to do just that in a recent … Read more
The Feminist World of Joanna Russ- Boogieman in Lavender
Her literary criticism was blunt and uncompromising. Her humor was sharp and stinging. Her importance to the field of science fiction cannot be underestimated. Best of all, her fiction is … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: All the Right Places: Short Stories by Wayne Goodman
Wayne Goodman has a new gay spec fic/romance/historical fiction short story collection out: “All the Right Places.” “All the Right Places” is a collection of short stories, most written for … Read more
FOR READERS/WRITERS: Past Futures
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: Some things that used to be in the realm of sci fi have moved into reality over the … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT: A Quiet Afternoon Anthology
There’s a new “low fi” spec fic anthology out that includes some queer stories and others by queer authors – “stories of wonder and the celebration of small successes”: “A … Read more
FOR READERS & WRITERS: Defining YA / NA
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: How do you define YA/NA, especially in spec fic? What is and isn’t appropriate for young adult, and for … Read more