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Announcement – Infected: Paris, by Andrea Speed

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Dreamspinner author Andrea Speed has a new paranormal book out: In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds. Roan is working a frustrating stalker case, with no shortage of suspects and little solid evidence, when he comes across a startling eyewitness living in his car across the street from the scene. A tiger-strain infected, the only one Roan’s ever met, Paris Lehane is a former Canadian golden boy who suffered a breakdown after becoming infected in college. While Roan’s … Read more

Superbugs

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Today’s topic is “ripped from the headlines” – specifically: The Scary Rise of the Latest Superbug This illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control depicts a three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of a group of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron micrographic imagery. A potentially deadly “superbug” resistant to antibiotics infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 100 others were exposed at a Southern California hospital through contaminated medical instruments, UCLA reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Centers for Disease Control) The country’s latest health-care scare centers around a growing problem that’s keeping public health … Read more

Announcement: Koan, by Carole Cummings

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DSPP has a new Fantasy book out from Carole Cummings, book three in the Wolf’s-own series: After saving his people, killing the man he once loved, and losing his little sister, Fen Jacin-rei has made his way to Tambalon with his surviving brothers and Kamen Malick. But shortly after arriving, old ghosts resurface, new dangers arise, and Malick tells Fen the gods aren’t done with him yet. Fen now knows he’s a catalyst for Fate and a magnet for Fate’s players, and he’s dangerously close to falling over the edge into insanity. But tracking down the vicious creatures that have … Read more

Women and Horror – Frankenstein

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer John Allenson: This is women in Horror month. To honour one of the most influential hooror books written by a woman, let’s talk about Frankenstein? Are you more interested in mad scientists or the creatures they create? In what way was Frankenstein irresponsible? Was it in reckless action or was it in abandoning his child? From Jurassic Park to Roboapocalypse to Ascension to The Rocky Horror Picture Mary Shelley’s ideas still resonate with us. John asked so many great questions above, I don’t think I need to add any. Discuss!

Announcement: Uneasy Dreams, by Felicitas Ivey

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Dreamspinner author Felicitas Ivey has a new Fantasy/Paranormal book out, the third in the Dreamlands series: Sequel to Back to the Dream War came to the Dreamlands when Kyushu was invaded by the Egyptians and Inuzaka Keno’s old nemesis, the Trust. As the lords of Nippon maneuver on and off the field to recover their lands, the peaceful life Keno enjoyed with his lover, Samojirou Aboshi, comes to a violent end. Loyalty to their rulers and the need to drive the enemies from Kyushu tears them apart and forces them to question everything they thought they believed. Trust refugee Mason … Read more

Retcons

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Question: “How do we feel about retcons? The Retcon or retroactive continuity is rampant in television and comic books, but I have not personally come across any incidents of obvious retroactive continuity in the books I’ve read. How do you feel about retcons in any medium? Have you considered writing a follow up to an existing work to explicitly alter or even negate the previously known information in the previous work?” When it comes to retcons, do you prefer a subtle reveal? How about an off hand revision; or a big ‘everything … Read more

Announcement: Encounter, by Perie Wolford

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QSFer Perie Wolford has a new MM sci fi novel out: In an attempt to prove it to the world that crop circles are man-made and aliens don’t really exist, Ricky and his team of young enthusiasts (including one particular enthusiast, Josh, who is hopelessly in love with Ricky) start falsifying the phenomenon by creating their own crop circles. Their endeavors prove successful, pretty much so, but only until the day when Ricky sees his unique circle design replicated throughout the country by the forces unknown. Excerpt Josh kept silent for a moment. He panned to Emily who was still … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Welcome to ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post, so I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info at … Read more

Announcement: Ryker’s Aquamate, by Cree Storm

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QSFer Cree Storm has another fantasy MM series out – “Mystic”. The first book is Ryker’s Aquamate: A meteor attack has changed the world as we know it. Most of the people that survived now have special powers. However, as with all people, some are good and some are evil. There is a group of men that were brought together by the World Council called MYSTIC, a group of men with multiple powers. They are only brought in on to deal with Nefariouses. These are men with powers used for their own evil, twisted purpose. Ryker Spalding is a MYSTIC … Read more

Back Up or Lose It All

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer Fletcher DeLancey: “How do you back up your writing? Have you ever had a catastrophic failure, and if so, how did you recover?” We did once. Mark and I run several online directories for the LGBT community, and back in the early days, we backed up to Zip Drives – do you remember those? They were like floppy discs, but fatter. They held HUGE amounts of data – like 500 MB or maybe a Gig! LOL… Well, at one point, Mark’s hard drive crashed. And for some reason, the back-up had failed on one of … Read more