Discovery
Star Trek Discovery to Include Gay Character, Female Lead
News emerged from the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour on Wednesday that CBS All Access’ forthcoming Star Trek series, Star Trek Discovery, will feature a diverse set of new characters, including an all new gay character and a female lead. Series runner Bryan Fuller said he wanted to continue in the tradition of the diversity of the first Star Trek series, according to The Hollywood Reporter: “We wanted to paint a picture of Star Fleet that’s indicative of encountering people who are much more different than we are.” Fuller confirmed that his Star Trek also will feature a gay … Read more
For Writers: On the Discoverability of LGBT Books
Today we have a special treat – a guest column from writer Andrew J. Peters on the marketing of LGBT fiction that’s not romance based: Recently a reader shared with me he had been curious to read my books, but was slow to pick them up because he mainly reads gay fiction and wasn’t sure if my books were gay based on their blurbs and covers. My books are quite gay, I think, though they take place in a fictional, ancient, “pre-gay” historical time. For example, my recent release Banished Sons of Poseidon is the story of a sixteen-year-old boy … Read more
For Writers: What Story Will Change the World?
There have been a number of pivotal events in world history that have changed the course of human events, from the discovery of fire to the beginning of agriculture to the wheel, and more recently, from electricity to television to the internet. So get out your crystal balls. What one story or discovery (scientific, political, or otherwise) do you think will change the world the most in the next fifty years, and how? Join the chat here
Discovery Makes a Great Christmas Present
Hey all… If you’re looking for something unique for Christmas this year, may I suggest “Discovery: The Second Annual QSF Flash Fiction Contest”? The book includes more than a hundred flash fiction stories, covering the gamut from sci fi to fantasy to paranormal to horror – and each of them is just 300 words long. There are some amazing stories in the collection, and it makes a perfect bathroom reader. Even better-each sale helps support the QueerSciFi site! You can get the paperback for under the tree here: Amazon Paperback If you want an eBook copy for yourself, you can … Read more
News: NASA Discovers Global Underground Ocean on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Planning a sea-faring vacation to escape from the rest of the world? Don’t discount Saturn’s moon Enceladus, as NASA has just released new research that indicates a global ocean lies underneath its icy surface. Using research from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft that is scheduled to make a flyby of Enceladus on October 28, NASA was able to detect a slight wobble on the moon that researchers say can only be accounted for by a underground ocean. “This was a hard problem that required years of observations, and calculations involving a diverse collection of disciplines, but we are confident we finally got … Read more
Announcement: Discovery, QSF’s Second Annual Flash Fiction Contest
QSF has a new anthology out: It’s hard to tell a story in just 300 words. But somehow we inspired more than a hundred writers to give it a try, with some amazing results collected here for your pleasure. The rules are simple enough. Write a complete story—either sci fi, fantasy, or paranormal. Make sure it has LGBT characters and/or an LGBT vibe. And do it all with just 300 words. The stories in this volume run the gamut, from platypus shifters to alien slug monsters, from carnival horror stories to haunting stories of ships with souls. There are little … Read more
Announcement: Discovery, QSF’s Second Annual Flash Fiction Contest
Queer Sci Fi has a new speculative fiction anthology out: It’s hard to tell a story in just 300 words. But somehow we inspired more than a hundred writers to give it a try, with some amazing results collected here for your pleasure. The rules are simple enough. Write a complete story—either sci fi, fantasy, or paranormal. Make sure it has LGBT characters and/or an LGBT vibe. And do it all with just 300 words. The stories in this volume run the gamut, from platypus shifters to alien slug monsters, from carnival horror stories to haunting stories of ships with … Read more