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REVIEW: Peony Lanterns, by Patricia Correll

Peony Lanterns

Title: Peony Lanterns Author: Patricia Correll Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Patricia Correll Publisher Pages: 91 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Mitsu has been Shiro’s personal servant and best friend since they were both six years old, and he’s been in love with him for nearly that long. While Shiro takes lovers of both sexes, the gulf between their social classes is so vast that Mitsu has never spoken his feelings aloud.  When Shiro meets the beautiful Lady Keiko, he’s instantly infatuated. His affection soon turns to obsession, and Mitsu resigns … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: His Bewildered Mate, by Brea Alepoú

His Bewildered Mate - Brea Alepou

QSFer Brea Alepoú has a new MM fantasy shifter book out: His Bewildered Mate. True mates are found in the most unlikely of places.  Rhy, a weretiger with a heart so big, that when an elderly woman comes in looking for her lost cat, Mr. Fluffkins, Rhy knew he had to help. He had no way of knowing that it would lead him to his true mate. Dillan (Mr. Fluffkins), has lived his whole life wishing he was more than just a cat. He never felt right walking around on four paws. He tried to be a normal cat; tried … Read more

FOR WRITERS: When Betas Fight

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer LV Lloyd: How do you manage your beta reads – what to accept and what to discard? especially when a) they contradict each other or b) they all query the aspect you thought was the key to the whole story? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat

SCIENCE: Chesapeake Bay Asteroid Impact Created Wide Swath of Destruction

About 35 million years ago, an asteroid traveling nearly 144,000 mph (231,000 km/h) smashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the modern-day town of Cape Charles, Virginia. The space rock vaporized instantly, but its impact triggered a gargantuan tsunami, cast up a monsoon of shattered rocks and molten glass that spanned hundreds of miles and carved out the single largest crater in the United States — the so-called Chesapeake Bay impact structure. Today, that 25-mile-wide (40 kilometers) crater is buried half a mile below the rocky basement of Chesapeake Bay — the 200-mile-long (320 km) estuary linking Virginia and Maryland on … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Repeat Offence, by Jackie Keswick

Repeat Offence

QSFer Jackie Keswick has a new MM paranormal fantasy book out: Repeat Offence. It should have ended with their deaths. But dying in a wash of blood was just the beginning. Sentenced to eternal life for sacrificing themselves in battle, warriors Taz and Hiro must take turns living as human and Guardian on opposing sides of the veil with only a chance to catch a glance of each other in the moment of death. Until an attack forces Taz and Hiro to make a choice. Should they cling to what little solace they’ve carved out for themselves? Or should they … Read more

FOR READERS: Is There Life Beyond Reading?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Lex Chase: Do you do anything else besides reading? Are you a gamer? A moviegoer? Watch TV? Play Pokemon Go? Cosplay? Play role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons? Do any other activity that requires imagination? 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

Borderlands 3 character Will Be Non-Binary

Borderlands Non-Binary Character

As fans gear up for the highly-anticipated shooter game, it has emerged that one of its vault hunters does not fit into the gender binary. Ahead of its September 13 release date, eagle-eyed fans have picked up on gender-neutral pronouns and allusions to an LGBT+ identity in the sequel’s description description. “An emergent AI driven in an ongoing quest for self-discovery, FL4K wanders from world to world accompanied by beasts. While they feel a connection with the primal wisdom of animals, the social constructs of humans are strange to them,” reads one such passage. Ahead of its September 13 release … Read more

REVIEW: Overcoming Fear, by Grace R. Duncan

Overcoming Fear

Title: Overcoming Fear Series: Pandemus Chronicles Book 3 Author: Grace R. Duncan Genre: sci fi, romance LGBTQ+ Category: gay / bi Publisher: Self Pages: 25 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book It’s been four years since a global pandemic has ravaged the world and almost a year since Mark and Duncan had their fateful meeting at a tiny pharmacy. Duncan has spent that time doing everything he could to ease Mark’s fears of losing him—fears that go beyond the normal danger of their new world. When a minister and his wife seek out … Read more

When Carmilla Ruled the Night – Boogieman in Lavender

Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender             But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.                                                   ———from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu She prowls the night, looking for blood—and women. She sleeps in late, usually rising at one in the afternoon, but it is at night that she seeks what she truly desires. She is Carmilla, seemingly a victim of a carriage accident recovering in a neighboring castle. The residents of the castle see nothing too unusual, even as … Read more

FOR READERS: Worn Out Fantasy Tropes

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Michael Barnette: What fantasy tropes are you seriously tired of seeing? For me it’s the ‘evil wizard and minions taking over the world’ bit. You? 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