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Rainbow Space Magic Schedule – Sunday

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Rainbow Space Magic

Rainbow Space Magic, our first official virtual con, is here. Olivia Helling came up with the idea a couple months back, and Eric Alan Westfall suggested the name. Together with Angel Martinez, Jo Moon Willow Rose, Monique Cuillerier, and Valerie Jean Mikles (who made the lovely graphic above), we’ve been working tirelessly to put it together. So there’s no discussion topic today on QSF – instead, head over to https://www.rainbowspacemagic.org, register if you haven’t already, and check out the panels and readings! Today’s schedule: PT 7:00am / MT 8:00am / CT 9:00am / ET 10:00am Author Readings and Q&A PT … Read more

Rainbow Space Magic Schedule – Saturday

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Rainbow Space Magic

Rainbow Space Magic, our first official virtual con, is here. Olivia Helling came up with the idea a couple months back, and Eric Alan Westfall suggested the name. Together with Angel Martinez, Jo Moon Willow Rose, Monique Cuillerier, and Valerie Jean Mikles (who made the lovely graphic above), we’ve been working tirelessly to put it together. So there’s no discussion topic today and tomorrow on QSF – instead, head over to https://www.rainbowspacemagic.org, register if you haven’t already, and check out the panels and readings! Today’s schedule: PT 7:00am / MT 8:00am / CT 9:00am / ET 10:00am Author Readings and … Read more

FOR READERS: My Favorite Ace Characters

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Asexual Ace Flag

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: We’re seeing more and more ace characters in speculative fiction. Who does it well, and what are your favorite books and characters? 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: Shameful Scars – A.L. Williams

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Shameful Scars - A.L. Williams

QSFer A.L. Williams has a new queer paranormal romance out (ace, bi, gender fluid, intersex, non-binary), book 3 in their Scars series: “Shameful Scars.” I can take care of myself… Please help me… Her lips are pure damnation… I will never leave you… Hayley is determined to achieve her goals even as overworked as she is. She is almost done with school and loves her new internship. Everything is great. Except for a certain angel she wants gone. The others have forgiven Gabriel and Hayley doesn’t understand why. Worse of all she can’t reconcile her deep hatred and attraction to … Read more

TV: Spongebob Squarepants Comes Out?

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Spongebob Squarepants

SpongeBob SquarePants’ sexuality has entered the 2020 chat and it seems everyone desperately needed a distraction from the indelible horrors of coronavirus as thousands of Twitter users came to celebrate the yellow square’s coming out party. Nickelodeon tweeted Saturday night celebratory Pride Month tweet with pictures of Spongebob, alongside canonically queer characters Schwoz Schwartz from Henry Danger and Korra from Avatar: The Last Airbender spin-off Legends of Korra. “Celebrating Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month,” the children’s television network wrote, turning off comments and replies to the tweet in what can only be … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Roommates and Space Trees – Geneva Vand

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Roommates And Space Trees - Geneva Vand

QSFer Geneva Vand has a new ace/nb sci fi romance out: “Roommates and Space Trees.” Several years ago, Will’s best friend ran away with an alien to live happily ever after. They’ve kept in touch, but Will misses the man that might as well be his brother. So, he decides he’s going to go visit. Who cares if visiting requires a trip to outer space? No big deal, right? Ticheck met Will for the first time while trying to find a friend who had gotten lost. Since then, they’ve seen him a couple times a year at most. Ticheck wasn’t … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Aces and Eights – O.E. Tearmann

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Aces and Eights - O.E. Tearmann

QSFer O.E. Tearmann has a new queer cyberpunk book out, Aces High, Jokers Wild Book 4: “Aces and Eights.” The year: 2157The mission: change everythingThe Unit: Democratic State Force Base 1407Call handle: The Wildcards  Seven Corporations control what was the United States of America. The food supply and its production is controlled by American AgCo. All agricultural seeds in the United States have been genetically designed to fail outside Corporate control. At least, that’s what the Corporations say. There’s a rumor that a seed bank has survived the destabilization that brought down old America, and the seventy-five years of Corporate … Read more

REVIEW: The Adventure of the Naked Guide – Cynthia Ward

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The Adventure of the Naked Guide

Title: The Adventure Of The Naked Guide Series: Blood Thirsty Agent Book 3 Author: Cynthia Ward Genre: Aqueduct Press LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Lesbian, Poly Publisher: Aqueduct Press Pages: 119 Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book The earth is hollow—a trackless primordial wilderness. It’s also the new front in the Great War. Here, the British spy Lucy Harker—Dracula’s daughter—must locate Britain’s missing vampire slayer—her own mother. Then she’s separated from her lover, the vampire spy Carmilla, and captured by Germany’s most brilliant scientist, the sinister Dr Krüger. Now, Agent Harker may discover her most … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Screaming Beauty – Scott Mooney

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Screaming Beauty - Scott Mooney

QSFer Scott Mooney has a new Ace/Gay urban fantasy out: “Screaming Beauty.” Twenty-three-year-old Briar Pryce has earned a little rest and relaxation. She’s rescued her best friend from being transformed into a cat and stopped a war in the Poisoned Apple, New York City’s hidden neighborhood of counterfeit curses and fairy tale trickery. All Briar wants is to have a carb-filled brunch, gossip over a couple of mead-mosas, and maybe figure out if she’s actually in a love triangle with her high-school crush and her strait-laced business partner. But relaxing is hard when the city starts screaming. Some malevolent curse … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Qinali Virus, by Valerie J. Mikles

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The Qinali Virus

QSFer Valerie J. Mikles has a new queer sci fi book out: “The Qinali Virus.” Rage. Poverty. Disease. They’re gone. Every last one. The cost was great. The population has been devastated. But for the survivors, utopia has arrived. Then the suspicious death of a young person forces Amber to question her world like she never has before. The Contentedness Council is after her, determined to protect their perfect society. Now Amber must unbury her city’s repressed past, expose the crimes that led to their utopia, and find a way to stop the Council from killing the world… again. Join … Read more