FOR READERS: Riding the Slipstream
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Slipstream fiction falls between speculative fiction and mainstream fiction – I think of it as similar to magical realism vs. fantasy … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Slipstream fiction falls between speculative fiction and mainstream fiction – I think of it as similar to magical realism vs. fantasy … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Have you ever learned something from a fiction book – a skill, a valuable piece of knowledge, etc? Writers: This is … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: Does your family know you write queer fiction? And if so, do they read it? Writers: This is a writer … Read more
We were fortunate to be asked to announce the winners of the 2019 Lesfic Bard Awards. Look for the Gay Scribe Awards in 2021! Here are the finalists, by category: … Read more
We were fortunate to be asked to announce the winners of the 2019 Lesfic Bard Awards. Look for the Gay Scribe Awards in 2021! Here are the winners, by category: … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Are you one of the folks who runs toward this crisis by reading fiction or watching shows and films about viruses … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: Are there descriptions in fiction of emotions, actions, etc – e.g. fainting, blushing red-hot – that you’ve read but never … Read more
By Jeff Baker He is one of the most famous characters in fiction, certainly the most famous vampire. He is Dracula, also known as Count Dracula. Not … Read more
Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as … Read more
By Jeff Baker Not every writer writes short-stories. The form has been described as “difficult” and “challenging.” Some fiction writers don’t write short-stories. I write almost nothing but short-stories. I … Read more