Let’s Hear It for Queer Vikings!
The Vikings: for most of us, they’re the peak of cis-het masculinity. But increasingly, research is showing that this simply wasn’t the case. I’m a Viking historian. I study queerness … Read more
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HISTORY: The Real Dracula
Legends of Vampires go back centuries, but few names have cast more terror into the human heart than Dracula. However the fictional character, created by author Bram Stoker, was in … Read more
HISTORY: Were Witches Really Burned at the Stake in Salem?
Between 1692 and 1693, accusations of witchcraft were made in and around the town of Salem in Massachusetts, leading to the arrests of about 150 people. These charges were taken … Read more
NEW RELEASE: Shadows Over Milan – Edale Lane
QSFer Edale Lane has a new FF alt historical book out, Night Flyer book 5: Shadows Over Milan. What happens when heroes fall? Murder strikes Milan, threatening the city’s future … Read more
The History of Halloween
Each year on 31 October, people dress up, go to parties, go trick-or-treating, or watch their favourite horror films to celebrate the holiday that has become known as Halloween. Today, … Read more
HISTORY: Nine People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Queer
Every LGBT+ History Month, we come together to celebrate queer culture and our many achievements. But while it’s relatively easy to find icons and heroes to look up to nowadays, … Read more
HISTORY: Greece’s Gay Warrior Army
In the fourth century BC, a fearsome army named the Sacred Band of Thebes was formed, and it was made up entirely of gay couples. Lawmakers in countries across the … Read more
NEW RELEASE: Prolepsis – J. Scott Coatsworth
QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new MM sci-fi time travel story out: Prolepsis. PROLEPSIS pro.lep.sis: The representation of a thing as existing before it actually does What if you … Read more
HISTORY: The World’s Oldest-Known Porn Was Super Queer
On a huge red basalt outcrop in the remote Xinjiang region of northwest China, the world’s oldest porn, the Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs, can be found – and they’re super queer. The … Read more
Was Buckingham Palace Once the Site of a Gay Brothel?
For our alt history fans… Hundreds of years ago, there was likely to have been a gay brothel on the site where Buckingham Palace now stands, historians believe. According to … Read more