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Paranormal / Supernatural

How Do Vampires Get it On?

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Today’s subject comes courtesy of QSF member Theo Fenraven: “How is it male vamps can get erections when they are short of blood?” I’ll broaden this out a bit (pun intended). With many supernatural creatures, we have to suspend disbelief a bit. This is especially true of vampires – as Theo says, if they have no blood, how do they get it up for sex? Can femail vampires get pregnant? Can male vampires make a non vampire woman pregnant? And garlic? Seriously? So my question today – how do vampires get it on? And what other things do vampires do … Read more

Announcement: Kissing the Golem, by Danielle Summers

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QSF Member Danielle Summers has a new book out: Jacob and Marcus, an interracial interfaith couple, are fighting about everything: coming out, monogamy and marriage. Then one dark night, they encounter the Golem who has protected Jacob’s family for generations. The giant but handsome man made of clay and dirt saves their lives, and his kiss just may save their relationship. Q&A: Q: What was your inspiration for Kissing the Golem? A: We had been writing about new couples, and we decided to try our hand at a romance story featuring a long-standing couple that was in conflict. We wanted … Read more

Zombies Will Eat Your Brains (And Fall in Love With You)?

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Today’s topic is thanks to Erica Pike – “apocalyptic topics with or without zombies”. So here’s my take. Shifters seem to be all the rage, especially in MM paranormal romance. Zombies have had their moments lately in popular culture – see World War Z, Warm Bodies, and the Walking Dead. But there’s so much more potential in these rotting meat sacks. So my question today – how can we put a fresh spin on the whole zombie craze, either in romance or in paranormal or sci fi in general?

Reimagining Traditional Tales

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First off, thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday’s exercise on the Queer Sci-Fi discussion group – coming up with some great new topics for the blog and the group. I’ll start using these topics going forward, and will credit whoever submitted the topic originally. Today’s topic comes from Angel Martinez – “Re-purposing/ re-imagining/ reinventing oral traditions as LGBTQ stories”. Angel has a bit of practice with this – I’ll let her discuss this on the group. But it seems to me this could fall under either fantasy or paranormal (or even Sci Fi – See Vassily the Beautiful). … Read more

Announcement: Hunter’s Mark, by V.S. Morgan

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QSF’s own VS Morgan has a new shifter tale out: Artist Casey Smith lives a quiet life, under the radar of his enemies, until one fateful night he loses control and the astonishing image of a wolf racing down a suburban street splashes all over social media. Hunter’s bullet never misses its target. The assassin seeks out and kills his prey with a clear conscience by following two simple rules: 1) Don’t kill innocents 2) Don’t kill shifters. Realizing his latest assignment violates those rules, the hunter activates Princess Protocol and the assassin becomes the protector. Red hot attraction flares … Read more

Announcement: Bloody English by Renee George

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QSF member Renee George just released an exciting new vampire novel: Samuel King is an Amish private detective who has lived amongst the English in Independence, Missouri for sixteen years. When he is hired to find a missing accountant, Morton Clark, Samuel’s self-enforced solitary lifestyle is completely disrupted–the case unexpectedly leads him to the very sexy, very flawed Alistair Simms. Samuel is overwhelmed by his attraction to Alistair, and resisting the vampire is no simple task. Even for a chaste man. Alistair, a 154 year-old vampire and recluse with familial ties to the kidnapped Morton, has spent his undead years … Read more

Rocking the Haunted House

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Today is paranormal day at the Queer Sci Fi blog. And with the weather starting to change and Halloween fast approaching, I thought we’d have a fun topic today. The Haunted House. This is a classic paranormal/sci-fi staple. It has appeared over and over in movies, TV shows, and literature. When I was about 12 years old, I read the Amityville Horror from cover to cover in one evening. Unfortunately, it was an evening when I was home alone, and I finished it at around one in the morning. The damn thing left me sleepless for a week. Good haunted … Read more

Shifting Away from Shifters

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Ever since Twilight became a thing, shifters and been all the rage in the paranormal genre. Sure, we’ve seen attempts by zombies, Frankenstein, and even a return of the vampires to dethrone shifters, but they still seem to rule the roost. But every dynasty must eventually fall. So what’s the next great paranormal craze? At one point, vampires held sway over the popular imagination, with icons like Lestat, Dracula, Count Chocula, and Elvira in the national limelight. And some shows have tried to blend the cast of characters – even Twilight had both vampires and werewolves. Being Human had a … Read more

It’s Time to Out Some Wizards

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Okay, so we all now know that Dumbledore, the head of Hogwarts school of magic in the Harry Potter series, was secretly gay. And we also noted Ian McKellen, who has played Gandalf in the Lord of the rings movies, is also gay, even if the character of Gandalf is not. And I always suspected that Frodo and Sam had little thing going on the side. It’s a proven fact that the more gay people you know, the more likely you are to support LGBT writes, so I think the time is come. My challenge to you today – name … Read more

Free Gay Shifter Romance on Amazon

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This one just dropped from 3.99 to free on Amazon Kindle: Imagine having almost everything you want: a place of your own, mountains to climb, woods to roam–and above all, privacy. It’s Axton’s definition of paradise, because a werewolf needs his space and his secrets. He’s the resident recluse of a sleepy, far flung town hours away from his cabin in the woods, but there’s more than one hidden truth in Axton’s life. The lycanthropy’s enough to make a hermit out of him, but it’s the fact that Axton’s gay and closeted that keeps him shy. Friendship–let alone romance–isn’t an … Read more