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Books For Pride Month. Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender (June 5, 2026)

Books For Pride Month By Jeff Baker Just in time for Pride Month (which is why I’m posting this early!) I’m selecting several of my favorite LGBT-themed books to dip into for June. And I acknowlege I’ve probably talked about these in this space before. Most of them should be readily available to read online, to order online or find at your new or used bookstore. And the bulk of them are short-story collections or anthologies. (Full disclosure; I know some of these authors and I’m actually mentioned in a story introduction in one of the books!) In no particular … Read more

New Release: Tales of the Quiet Kitty Box Set – Camille Anthony

Tales of the Quiet Kitty - Camille Anthony

QSFer Camille Anthony has a new queer sci-fi book out (bi, non-binary, trans): Tales of the Quiet Kitty. These futuristic sci-fi tales are anything but quiet. Board the Quiet Kitty Waveship and travel with Brant Sel, a Sh’Bahkyr Tygyr and his crew: Bevel-leveB, a Medusoid Jenari with a sentient cock, and Willa, a Sprite from the wounded planet Sparkle. Brought together by fate, these three have common goals — to rescue and gather their lost peoples so they can take down the corrupt, brutal Corporation, run by the most evil beings in the three Galaxies… Humans. Royalties go to The … Read more

New Release: Claimed – Ashlynn Monroe

Claimed - Ashlynn Monroe

QSFer Ashlynn Monroe has a new queer sci-fi book out (bisexual, non-binary, trans, multiple partners): Claimed. Lexa never really knew what it meant to live until she was condemned to die. Framed for a crime she’d never even contemplated, Lexa Mercer’s doing thirty days or death on the Intergalactic Broadcasting Channel’s hit reality show Nariasma. She owes her life to one of the show’s hottest contestants — and a ghost of a man no one is supposed to know exists. Roan of the Northlands is a man made famous by enduring his sentence on the space station Nariasma. Lexa has … Read more

Why Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender, Is Writing Two Novellas At Once. (May 12, 2026)

Why I’m Writing Two Novellas At Once by Jeff Baker I am a terrible procrastinator. (Okay, okay. Actually I’m a very good procrastinator.) I’m a great putter-offer, especially about writing. So, when I tried to start writing regularly years and years ago I told myself that I would only work on one story at a time. That had been my problem for many years; plenty of false starts, including some very good beginnings, but very few were finished. In that, I probably was like a lot of wannabe writers who have a trunk-full (or file-full) of half-finished stories, (if even … Read more

New Release: Precog’s Perception – Emily Carrington

Precog's Perception - Emily Carrington

QSFer Emily Carrington has a new MM paranormal romance out, Psychic Soulmates book 2: Precog’s Perception. When the world doesn’t catch fire, Amaruq doubts his precognition. Can Nootaikok’s love heal him? A stillborn pup, precognition unfulfilled, and raging guilt plague a trans werewolf. Amaruq’s suspicion that there’s something wrong with him, and that the death of his and Nootaikok’s child is his fault, colors all that he does. Traumatized, he denies himself pleasure. Nootaikok will have none of that. He takes Amaruq on a “working vacation” back to the scene of Nootaikok’s greatest mistake. As both of them struggle with … Read more

Review: Dangling High – Kaycee King

Dangling High - Kaycee King

Genre: Western, Dystopian, MM Romance, Action-Adventure LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book “Some things are worse than death.” These are the words that continually haunt Ezra “Two Shots” Smith, a ruthless outlaw shaped by blood and hate beside the river. Obsessed with revenge, Ezra is a man who takes from the powerful and answers only to himself. At least, that’s the way it is until a twist of fate lands him helpless in the dirt, staring at the faintly haloed shadow of Alexander “Good Times” Davis. A member of The Resistance, Alex is everything … Read more

Review: Inkbloom – E.D.E. Bell

Inkbloom - E.D.E. Bell

Genre: Quiet Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Demi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book Xelle is marked as dragonfriend. Arriving at To’Ever under a veil of unease and an uncertain future, she must redefine herself. Again. Inkbloom continues the story of Night Ivy, a wandering bard’s tale of magic and friendship amidst the spires and shadows of the seven towers of Alyssia. The second book in the fantasy world of Alyssia, featuring plant magic, friendship, and dragons. The Review In the second book of the Alyssia series, Xelle continues her … Read more

Review: Quill & Still – Aaron Soafer

Quill & Still - Aaron Soafer

Genre: Fantasy, Slow Fantasy, LitRPG LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Demi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans MTF. The main character is also aromantic, and there are a few agender characters Reviewer: Kristi Get It On Amazon About The Book Sophie Nadash once yearned to understand life and chemistry. Now a disillusioned scientist approaching middle age, she yearns to set aside pipettes and polymerase forever. A chance encounter with the Goddess Artemis sets her on the path to becoming the Alchemist for the rural Shemmai village of Kibosh, where the rat race gives way to peace and the quiet life. … Read more

New Release: Sailing the Golden Chersonese – Joyce Chng

Sailing the Golden Chersonese - Joyce Chng

QSFer Joyce Chng has a new queer pirate fantasy out (bi, non-binary, trans FTM): Sailing the Golden Cheronese. Neo has been raised to be their father’s son, to succeed him as the captain of the pirate vessel Sri Matahari and to sail the seas of the Golden Chersonese raiding and having adventures. They thought this was all that they needed or wanted until the beautiful Maria sought their help on her quest for vengeance. Together, they will avenge wrongs, encounter Naks and other wonders and find a magic all their own. Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Publisher Excerpt … Read more

“Four Pages A Day—I Gotta Be Out Of My Mind…” Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender. April 2026

Photo By Amy Tharp Four Pages A Day or I Gotta Be Out Of My Mind by Jeff Baker I didn’t expect to do one of these columns involving Frederik Pohl again. Pohl (1919-2013) being the very heterosexual sci-fi writer whose story “Day Million” I profiled a few months ago https://www.queerscifi.com/day-million-jeff-baker-boogieman-in-lavender-january-13-2026/ here. But I’m going to and it ties in with the act of writing. Several years ago I picked up a copy of Pohl’s 1984 collection “Pohlstars,” where Pohl collected several of his more recent short-stories and also offered introductions to the stories, entertaining little snippets about how (and … Read more