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Marvel Producer: Queer Characters Are Coming to Marvel Films

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Marvel Avengers

A Marvel film boss has addressed the “frustration” about the failure to include visible LGBT characters in the film universe. Despite featuring hundreds of characters across its 20 blockbuster films to date, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has never featured a visible LGBT character, despite many in the source comic books on which the films are based.  Several of the films, including Thor: Ragnarok, did have characters who were intended to be LGBT – but all references to their sexuality have unfailingly ended up on the cutting room floor. It has been alleged that Disney bosses are concerned that … Read more

CALL: Future Visions seek speculative fiction

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Future Visions seeks speculative fiction “[i]n the tradition of great television anthology series such as The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. They publish anthologies each quarter and accept submissions on a rolling basis. Read the full post on Dale Cameron Lowry’s blog for writers.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Blyd and Pearce, by Kim Fielding

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Blyd and Pearce

QSFer Kim Fielding has a new MM high fantasy mystery book out: Blyd and Pearce. Born into poverty and orphaned young, Daveth Blyd had one chance for success when his fighting prowess earned him a place in the Tangye city guard. But after losing his position to false accusations of theft, he scrapes out a living searching for wayward spouses and missing children. When a nobleman offers him a small fortune to find an entertainer who’s stolen a ring, Daveth takes the case. While Jory Pearce may or may not be a thief, Daveth knows he certainly can’t be trusted. … Read more

FOR BOTH: Evolving Historical Cultures

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FOR WRITERS & READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer SA Collins: Amazons and other similar “historical” cultures – from a writing craft standpoint, why do we freeze these cultures in time, and not let them evolve with their own form of science/magic that would take them out of the stone/bronze age? Would these evolved cultures wouldn’t have created and moved past such historical weapons? What makes us, as an evolved society, think that a culturally rich environment can’t make leaps and epic discoveries if they are equally competent in education and technology? Black Panther demonstrates this well. How can … Read more

Orange is the New Black’s Ruby Rose to Appear in Sci Fi Film “The Meg”

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Another The Meg poster has been released and it features Australian actress Ruby Rose. Shot in New Zealand, the movie has some serious Jaws vibes. The sci-fi horror, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Jason Statham, is an adaptation of the 1997 novel by Steve Alten and will hit the screens later this summer. Rose plays the role of Jaxx Herd, one of the fearless members of the crew helping Statham saving the day. The OITNB actress posted an image of the new poster for the movie on her Twitter account on 31 July. By Stefania Sarrubba – Full Story … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales of a City That Never Was

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Broken Metropolis

QSFer Dave Ring edited a new queer urban fantasy anthology coming out on August 9th: Reeleasing August 9, 2018, Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales of a City That Never Was (edited by dave ring) explores the edges of urban fantasy through queer narratives in the tradition of Swords of the Rainbow (Alyson Publications, 1996) and Bending the Landscape (Overlook Books, 1997). This collection contains ten of those edges, each one bright and gleaming, from Claire Rudy Foster’s story of a scientist learning to accept not only herself but the very real impact of astrology on her love life, to Caspian Gray’s tale … Read more

TV: ‘Arrow’ Star Bex Taylor-Klaus Comes Out as Enby

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“Arrow” and “Scream” star Bex Taylor-Klaus has come out as transgender non-binary. Taylor-Klaus, 23, made the announcement on Twitter posting “I came out as trans non-binary in a room full of people today. Guess it’s time for me to do that on here, too …Hi. I’m Bex, and the rumors are true. I’m v enby.” Taylor-Klaus made a similar announcement about their sexuality on Twitter in 2016. “hello my name is bex and yes the rumors are true I am v gay,” they posted. By Mariah Cooper – Full Story at The Washington Blade

ANNOUNCEMENT: Mage of Silence, by Edward Kendrick

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QSFer Edward Kendrick has a new mm fantasy book out: Castien, an elf mage who cannot speak except with the aid of a magical dagger, has been captured while on a mission. He is freed by his companion, the warrior elf Daeron, and returns with him to Daeron’s homeland. There they will join forces to rid the land of a Lord bent on the destruction of the elves. Theirn, a young half-elf thief, attempts to rob Castien during his stay at an inn and is caught by the mage. Much against Theirn’s will, he is enlisted into the group of … Read more

FOR READERS: What Book Changed You?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: What book has changed you the most? The one that you can point to and say without a doubt that you were not the same person you were before you started reading it. Which one altered your perspective of the world, of yourself, or even changed the path your life was heading down? Tell me about the power of stories! 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