Announcement: Nighttime Promises, by MA Church
QSFer MA Church has a new paranormal book out: The first time Daroshi spotted Bryan, the Maz’Rarian warrior knew he wanted the small town sheriff as his mate. Things have been going downhill since. Daroshi doesn’t have experience dealing with humans, especially a very unhappy human male who’s just had his well-planned life jerked out from under him. Little does Daroshi know the changes Bryan will insist be made to help him adjust. But he also never dreamed someone would actually try to kill his mate. The shocks just keep coming for Sheriff Bryan Coltrane. Finding out aliens exist was … Read more
DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Six – The Nitty Gritty Stuff: Taxes and Royalties
Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Sunday: The Nitty Gritty Stuff: Taxes and Royalties So you started your press. You edited and produced your books and got them out into the marketplace. And you promoted them. You made some mistakes. Now how do you deal with the financial stuff, especially taxes and (if you publish other authors) royalties? So if you publish your own books, … Read more
News: Matt Baume – The Best Gay Halloween Flicks
“Happy Halloween! By all means, go out and party. But what if you’re a grumpy loner like me and all you want is a nice quiet spooky evening at home? Well, what better way to spend a dark and stormy night than with a creepy, scary, or generally disturbing movie. Last week I asked a bunch of folks on Twitter and Facebook to recommend some of their favorite Halloweeny films, and I get some spooktactular suggestions. I gathered up my favorites, threw away the raisins, and now here are your best bets for a scary film fest.” Full Story at … Read more
Announcement: Mischief Corner Books Quarterly Volume 3
Mischief Corner Books has a new issue of the fantastic MCB Quarterly magazine out: The Quarterly is an eMagazine of LGBTQ fiction – of all kinds. This volume features five short stories: Under the Moonbow by David Sharp Deleted by Elliott S. Mundy Jellybang by Jake Hostetter The Purpose of Ife Leighs by Aldous Mercer Out of Air by Albert Nothlit It also includes an Interview with Vance Bastian talking about “The Road to Audio”, and a Featured Artist section about Adam DeKraker. And our very own Kevin Matthews offers an Op-Ed on “Face It”, a trans* commentary. Excerpt From … Read more
DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Five – Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make: Keeping Up Your Morale
Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Saturday: Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Taxes and Royalties Also, we have a special event – an interview with Matt Buscemi, owner of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, at 1 PM Pacific today. Matt will talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of running your own press. So you started your press. You edited and … Read more
Announcement: Behind the Eight Ball, by MA Church
QSFer MA Church has a new paranormal book out: A cool morning, a yard full of birds, and a kitty on a mission. What more could a werecat want? Beta Heller Wirth has it all, except a mate—a shifter mate, that is. The last thing he wants is one of those dangerous humans who kill without remorse. Heller knows about that firsthand. So what does the goddess Bast do? She gives Heller exactly what he does not want—a human: business owner Lawson Dupre. Lawson hasn’t a clue what just happened in his car detail shop. One minute a cute client … Read more
DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Four – Promoting Your Work
Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Friday: Promoting Your Work Saturday: Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Taxes and Royalties Also, we have a special event – an interview with Matt Buscemi, owner of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, at 1 PM Pacific. Matt will talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of running your own press. So you started your press. … Read more
Announcement: The Mirrored City, by Mike Bode
QSFer Mike Bode has a new fantasy book out: Maddox is a broken man, held together by the will of his sentient sword. Heath is a prophet of a forgotten god— and an assassin. Jessa is an inexperienced ruler, struggling to broker a truce between her warring nation and her enemies. That plan for peace is threatened by the local politics of the Mirrored City, a place ruled by dual theocratic governments. Beneath the tenuous accord between the two halves of the city lies centuries of hostility that threaten to break out into open war. Treacherous conspiracies, deadly diplomacy, a … Read more