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Late Pokémon Writer Believed Pokémon Professor Ivy was a Lesbian

Professor Ivy

Brock has remained a constant in the Pokémon anime series as one of Ash Ketchum’s travel companions, but one of the hit anime show’s writers has hinted at a possible LGBT+ plot twist about his life. The 15-year-old Pokémon breeder and former Pewter Gym Leader is known for many things. Cooking food. An intense fascination with rocks with arms. Singing disturbingly intense love songs towards police officers and healthcare workers. But in a book penned by one of the original screenwriters of the Orange Islands chapter of the first series, Takeshi Shudo, believed that Professor Ivy was a lesbian. Full … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: 990066 – R. Cane

990066 - R. Cane

QSFer R. Cane has a new lesbian social sci fi book out: “990066.” Novella: 990066. Strange times after a sickness leaves everyone mostly indoors, living lives of limited movement. Barely on the edge of adulthood when it started, a young woman lives, learns in the only way she can figure – vicariously – through her customer shopping lists. Imagining their lives, meals, sussing details from what they buy, and don’t, getting lost in their lives to help get through being so restricted in her own. Until reality storms fantasy and she is faced with some very real choices in a … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: A Touch of Ice – Nita Round

A Touch of Ice - Nita Round

QSFer Nita Round has a new queer steampunk fantasy out, The Towers of the Earth Book 4: “A Touch of Ice.” To have a future, they must face their past. Magda, Ascara and Lucinda must draw upon the strength of their trinity to seek out the truths of the past that hold the key to their future. They travel north, to Magda’s place of birth amongst the Oceanics. For Magda, this is an unwelcoming place, a reminder that she was banished and dealt a cruel fate. Named Stoner and landlocked, for an Oceanic this is a dishonour and a fate … Read more

ANOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Harbinger – Mary Eicher

The Harbinger - Mary Eicher

Mary Eicher has a new FF paranormal book out, Artemis book one: “The Harbinger.” In a picturesque California town, the deafening sound of bells brings dozens of people to their knees. Three days later a horrific accident claims their lives. Among the dead is the twin brother of Artemis Andronikos, a beautiful attorney, who abandons the ill-fated vacation and returns home to grieve. Her mourning is interrupted by Lucy Breem a reporter who suspects a connection between the strange bell sound and subsequent deaths. Disturbed by the possibility that the phenomenon had presaged her brother’s death, Artemis agrees to join … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Duality – Chloe Spencer

Duality - Chloe Spencer

QSFer Chloe Spencer has a new bi/lesbian sci fi/paranormal/fantasy book out: “Duality.” A dead-end job, a slob for a boyfriend, and neglectful friends: this is Kat Wallace’s life. Ever since her best friend got married, Kat has been struggling to find happiness. All that changes when she meets Melody Adebayo, a field agent with the mysterious transdimensional company Clockwork & Associates. Melody’s job is to send the consciousness of others to a scarier dimension in order to make them kinder and more grateful for their lives, which, in theory, will influence them to do good. But when Kat is sent … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Odyssey – Erik Schubach

Tales From Olympus: Odyssey - Erik Schubach

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new lesbian sci fi book out, book three in the Tales From Olympus series: “Odyssey.” The United Races have become stronger in the centuries after losing their greatest beacon of peace and gentleness. Olympus has moved the palace and capitol City Tree of Alfheim into the citadel in case the Jotunn reach the Olympian’s host world. The daughter of Queen Jania Sure Step, the All Mother of the Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar elves, is at a crucial juncture in her life as she becomes an adult. She must choose from three paths before her, yet she … Read more

REVIEW: Gift of Secrets – Amir Lane

Gift of Secrets - Amir Lane

Title: Gift of Secrets Series: Barrier Witch Book 2 Author: Amir Lane Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian, Trans FTM Publisher: Self Pages: 211 Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Detective Fairuz Arshad is still recovering from events in the first book of this series, but her determination to help her former Special Crimes partner, Rowan, sends her on a path that she might not be able to return from. As with all the other books in this series, the cover is lovely. I am considering get a color e-book reader just so … Read more

REVIEW: Embracing Forever – K. Aten

Embracing Forever - K. Aten

Title: Embracing Forever Series: Blood Resonance Book 2 Author: K. Aten Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Publisher: Regal Crest Enterprises Pages: 246 Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Sarah Colby is a musician, teacher, lover, sister, and so much more. In the past year, she learned that sometimes life takes you places you never even knew existed. For Sarah and her sister Annie, they found out that not only were the monsters real but sometimes you loved them. Now the Colby sisters and their friends are being targeted by someone … Read more

TV: Next Batwoman Will Be a New Batwoman, Not Kate Kane

Batwoman

Rose quit Batwoman last month, stunning fans by announcing her departure from the queer superhero show after just one season. The TV star had blazed a trail with the CW show, playing the out-and-proud vigilante Kate Kane, who takes on the titular superhero mantle. Although rumours have abounded about why she quit the role, she later posted on Instagram: “I have stayed silent because that’s my choice for now but know I adore you all. I’m sure the next season will be amazing also.” Now, according to Decider, series bosses have decided to introduce an entirely new lead character rather … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Secrets of Milan – Edale Lane

Secrets of Milan - Edale Lane

Edale Lane has a new FF alternative historical fantasy out, book two in the Night Flyer trilogy: “Secrets of Milan.” The Night Flyer had brought Florentina and Madelena together but now threatens to drive them apart. While Florentina searches for a mysterious underworld organization that has attempted to murder the woman she loves, Maddie struggles to deal with the danger Florentina is courting. Her brother, Alessandro, has become the most prominent merchant of Milan, but the Night Flyer uncovers a secret so shocking it could destroy them all. Secrets of Milan is the second book in Edale Lane’s Night Flyer … Read more