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Rainbow Space Magic Schedule – Sunday

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

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

ANNOUNCEMENT: Shameful Scars – A.L. Williams

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

REVIEW: What Blooms Beneath (audio), by A.D. Ellis

What Blooms Beneath

Title: What Blooms Beneath Author: A.D. Ellis Narrator: Kory Getman Genre: Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Pansexual, Genderqueer, Intersex Publisher: PUBLISHER Length: 6 Hours 25 Minutes Reviewer: Sharonica Amazon eBook | Amazon Audio About The Book Kellan considers himself lucky to have an adequate existence on earth where, in the year 2044, common citizens toil under the oppressive thumb of a corrupt and unscrupulous government. Kellan dreams of becoming part of the Department of Paranormal, Supernatural, and Fantasy Sciences, but his application is continually denied because he has no extra-sapien blood. Kellan’s simple reality shifts when Rhône unexpectedly enters his life. Rhône, living … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Like the First Moon Landing, by Matthew Metzger

Like The First Moon Landing

Matthew J. Metzger has a new queer sci fi mystery out: “Like the First Moon Landing.” Stranded and injured in deep space, Maggie McLean has one chance at survival—the ship drifting off her starboard side, refusing to answer her distress calls. The ship the whole universe has been looking for. Maggie most of all. The Swift vanished without so much as a cry for help. There have been endless conspiracy theories, from aliens to government corruption to wormholes leading to other dimensions, but one thing was certain. She was gone, with all two hundred and thirty-six crew members on board. … Read more

#OWNVOICES: Intersex Authors

We’re now featuring #ownvoices on Saturdays on the QSF Facebook group. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring authors who are intersex and who write intersex characters in speculative fiction. #ownvoices If you’re an intersex author, tell us about yourself, your experiences as an author, and the spec fic books you write (especially those with intersex characters – with links, please). If you’re not, you can still participate – share your favorite intersex authors and their spec fic works that include intersex characters. Note: This is NOT a … Read more