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New Release: Majera – Gideon Marcus

Majera - Gideon Marcus

QSFer Gideon Marcus has a new queer sci-fi book out (ace, bi, gay, lesbian, poly): Majera. Their last flight? Testing a new Jump drive far beyond the Frontier, Captain Kitra Yiilmaz and her friends plunge headlong into a rare first contact… …just a little too late. The world they find seems lifeless, shrouded in eternal silence—until it lashes out with lethal intent. Now, with danger all around, and emotions running high, can the Majera crew solve the riddle of the plagued planet in time to save a dying race? With illustrations by Hugo Finalist Lorelei Esther. Get It At Amazon … Read more

Reading “Heated Rivalry.” Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender February 2026

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid by Jeff Baker NOTE: Of course, this review contains a bunch of spoilers. “You know those guys on rival teams who act like they hate each other when the game is playing but are really good friends when the game is over? Well, this takes it to its logical extreme…” —-Kenny Blasco, explaining the TV show “Heated Rivalry.” It’s almost impossible to scroll through any LGBT social media or websites without seeing references to “Heated Rivalry.” The Canadian Gay Hockey Romance that has taken television audiences by storm. But before there was a TV show, … Read more

New Release: Voidsinger – Mimi Lyons

Voidsinger - Mimi Lyons

QSFer Mimi Lyons has a new queer urban fantasy (bi, gay), Voidborn book 1: Voidsinger. In a world where monsters and mortals live side by side, Aiden has always felt he belonged to neither. His origins a mystery shrouded in shadows as dark as the ones he should be able to control but can’t. Raised by a loving adoptive family, Aiden never wanted for anything, but the question of who—or more-so what—he is has always been at the back of his minds. When unregistered rifts in reality start appearing at random across Havenwood, unleashing creatures not meant for this world, … Read more

New Release: The River City Companion – J. Scott Coatsworth

The River City Companion - J. Scott Coatsworth

QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new short story collection out: The River City Companion. Can’t get enough of the River City? Here are five more tales to whet your appetite: The Bear at the Bar: A gay fish out of water tale with just a pinch of Freaky Friday magic. Between the Lines: Ben is a Republican chief of staff for a state Senator. Sam is Brad’s handsome young assistant. When Brad finds an antique medallion that lets him read minds, all hell breaks loose. Ten: After the death of his husband, Chris faces a gay mid-life crisis—at thirty-five—as … Read more

“Day Million.” Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender. January 13, 2026

Day Million by Jeff Baker Gender fluidity. A love story. A man and a woman who are not a man and a woman. And this is not in a modern work of fiction but in the 1966 story “Day Million” by the very cisgender Frederik Pohl. “Day Million” is not a story that would be called “groundbreaking” for LGBT fiction but it fits the 1960s in that it broke taboos and norms with frank explorations of gender and phrases like “he doesn’t need the flesh for pleasure…it is the brain that feels; it is the interpretation of (the) impulses that … Read more

New Release: Incubus – Jonathan Wright

Incubus - Jonathan Wright

Jonathan Wright has a new queer erotic paranormal book out (bi, non-binary, trans): Incubus. Life — and love — with a man who fights nightmares is bound to be… different. Smart, capable, and lethal, Sarah Fenton never needed rescuing — until she met Joe Horn and his horrifying nemesis, the muck-drippy-thing. Together they defeated that nightmare, and for the first time in decades Joe could stop running. In the process, Sarah discovered her weakness — Joe. The hard-as-nails woman becomes Joe’s willing sub — his slave girl. Joe is a perfect Dom, but Sarah has even darker fantasies — lurid, … Read more

Review: Down the River – J. Scott Coatsworth

Down the River - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Contemporary, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Romantic, Circle of Friends LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender Reviewer: Ulysses Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Vivlio | Universal Buy Link About The Book Nine years have passed since a group of strangers first met at a magical little restaurant in East Sacramento called Ragazzi. They have all been touched by its subtle magic, and have become a family. With the tragic death of one of them, the ripples spread through the entire group, exposing secrets and revealing truths that many of them would rather not face. Dave and Marcos are battling their own demons. Matteo seeks an … Read more

New Release: Earth Warriors: The Four Heroes of Peace – Lui Petri

Earth Warriors: The Four Heroes of Peace - Lui Petri

QSFer Lui Petri has a new queer sci-fi book out (ace, bi, gay, lesbian, poly): Earth Warriors: The Four Heroes of Peace. What does it take to survive in a hostile universe? The alien empire, Zlocu, has dedicated itself to evolution through violence after a civil war ravaged its planet. Now, as part of its plan, it has declared war on all galactic civilizations. And Earth is next. With Earth’s military crumbling under the onslaught and interplanetary governments also on the edge of collapse, four unlikely heroes band together to stop the empire. Logan Preaker, a swordsman fighting for true … Read more

Review: Valley of Secrets – H.L. Moore

Valley of Secrets - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi, Non-Binary, Poly  Reviewer: Scott Universal Buy Link About The Book This city of fools will be brought to order! Deposed, her father presumed dead, her friends slaughtered and the cavern in chaos, Grace Harrington is on the run and entirely alone. The only ally she has left is the man she hates most in the world: Nathaniel Morgenstern, the assassin who murdered her mother and seduced her father. Grace’s only hope of reclaiming the throne and saving her people is to seek the aid of Éamon Tadhg, the High Druid of Arajon. … Read more

Review: Throne of Lies – H.L. Moore

Throne of Lies - H. L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual, Non-Binary Reviewer: Scott Get It At Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book There are vipers in Arajon, from the Valley to the Bronze. Grace Harrington, the Dowager Archon of Arajon, is approaching her first anniversary on the throne she claimed following the death of her husband, slain at her own hands. But her position is so precarious that even the unwelcome presence of the former assassin Nathaniel Morgenstern, watching over her at her father’s behest, cannot protect her from her enemies. The city’s press has turned against her, the Bronze is rallying … Read more