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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Things That Come, by Dan Ackerman

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QSFer Dan Ackerman has a new queer horror book out: The Things That Come. David never wanted to hurt anyone, but he didn’t ever think he’d ever be made to choose between his own mutilation or someone else’s life. With a threat like that hanging over his head, he returns to his hometown and reconnects with the one person who might believe that the things that come to visit him some nights aren’t just another hallucination. Between his current predicament, an active serial killer, the still-unsolved murders of his classmates in high school, and trying to make his life livable … Read more

FOR READERS: Mixing Flavors

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: How do your genre patterns look? Are you a staunch one genre kind of person? Are you a genre collector/gourmand? Do you binge on one, then move on to another? Or do you crave a certain mix? 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

Anthropologists Find Ancient Humans Smaller than “Hobbits”

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The ancient bones and teeth of a previously unknown human relative — one that was even smaller than the so-called Hobbit — have been discovered deep in a cave on an island in the Philippines. The newfound species is named Homo luzonensis in honor of Luzon, the island where the mysterious beings lived during the late Pleistocene epoch, more than 50,000 years ago. At less than 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall, H. luzonensis is the second known dwarf human on record, the first being Homo floresiensis, also known as the Hobbit, whose remains were found on the Indonesian island of … Read more

Dealing with Distraction

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Too often I get distracted. I cannot count the number of times I stopped in the middle of a Work in Progress, because I was obsessed with Star Wars, Tokyo Babylon, or Naruto. Those are just the fun distractions. There’s also the serious, real life problems which grab, shake me, and leave me too hurt to create. How do I deal with them? How do I deal with such distractions so I can work? Sometimes I simply can’t. It’s too big, too serious. I have to take a break from my writing, let myself cope. Regardless of how big or … Read more

Update on submission calls and my philosophy on what to post

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I’ve had a bit of a crisis in terms of how I should approach the task of filtering submission calls before I post. I strive to make this blog LGBTQ-inclusive and to help in protecting underrepresented writers from marginalization during the submissions process. But sometimes I make mistakes.

Read the full post on Dale Cameron Lowry’s blog for writers.

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Resignation, by RM Durand

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QSFer RM Durand has a new MM paranormal book out: The Resignation. Cashel’s indecent proposal could push Braxton to take his last breath… Braxton has had it with his dead-end job. After four years of long hours with dismal pay, he hands in his resignation. When he finds out the new company pays more and offers tuition assistance, he jumps at the chance. CEO Cashel needs a lover and Braxton is the one he must have. Cashel has hungered to approach his mailroom employee, but his insecurities held him back. When he discovers his desired is leaving, he knows this … Read more

SPACE: The Sun is Belching at Us

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The sun’s corona constantly breathes wispy strings of hot, charged particles into space — a phenomenon we call the solar wind. Every now and then, however, those breaths become full-blown burps. Perhaps as often as once every hour or two, according to a study in the February issue of the journal JGR: Space Physics, the plasma underlying the solar wind grows significantly hotter, becomes noticeably denser, and it pops out of the sun in rapid-fire orbs of goo capable of engulfing entire planets for minutes or hours at a time. Officially, these solar burps are called periodic density structures, but … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GUEST POST: Conviction, by M.D. Neu

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QSFer M.D. Neu has a new queer sci fi book out in his A New World series: Conviction. A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to 7 billion people with all manner of faiths, beliefs and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding, who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world called the United States of America. … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Wireless, by Alex Acks

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QSFer Alex Acks has a new queer/bi steampunk collection out: Wireless. Captain Marta Ramos, the most dangerous pirate in the Duchy of Denver, is back and she and Simms are up to their goggles in trouble. Has General del Toro found a way to use the Infected as an army and can Captain Ramos work with her arch enemy, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas, to stop him? Can Simms join forces with the devious Deliah Nimowitz on a jailbreak, some sewer misadventures AND a high society soiree involving tea, a heist and sausages? And what about the Rail King and his nefarious … Read more