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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Blood Lust, by L. E. Royal

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QSFer L.E. Royal has a new FF paranormal book out: Blood Lust. And there’s a giveaway! The sequel to Blood Echo. For Rayne Kennedy, the only Hybrid in Vires, a walled Vampire city in Vermont, life is almost over. Despite the new family and temporary happiness she’s found, her vampire girlfriend, Scarlett Pearce, has been given ninety days by the mysterious city government to turn her into a vampire. She’s sure her days as a human are numbered. Scarlett fights to find a way to avoid Rayne’s death when her father and society have decreed it must happen. Between new … Read more

TV: The Walking Dead Gets New Lesbian Couple

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The Walking Dead has introduced two new characters who will soon be unveiled as a lesbian couple. Magna and Yumiko made their debut on the AMC’s post-apocalyptic zombie drama in November, during Episode 5 of the show’s ninth season—but have not explicitly been shown as a couple. But Eleanor Matsuura, who plays Yumiko, has now revealed to Digital Spy that the women’s relationship will be made obvious to viewers when the show returns on Sunday (February 10). “We will see a lot more of Magna and Yumiko functioning as a couple, and it’s something that I fought really hard for … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Imminent Dawn, by R.R. Campbell

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QSFer R.R Campbell has a new FF sci fi book out: Imminent Dawn. Art-school dropout Chandra would do anything to apologize for her role in her wife’s coma—including enroll in the first round of human trials for an internet-access brain implant. At first, the secretive research compound is paradise, the perfect place to distract Chandra from her grief. But as she soon learns, the facility is more prison than resort, with its doctors, support staff, and her fellow patients all bent on hatching plots of their own, no matter how invested they might seem in helping her communicate with her … Read more

Lesbian Batwoman Gets CW Pilot – Pink news

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Lesbian Batwoman

The CW network has ordered a pilot for Batwoman, which stars Ruby Rose as the first live-action lesbian superhero to lead a TV show. The network will order a full series if the pilot, which could premiere as early as autumn this year, goes down well, reported TVLine on January 3. This decision came after the Australian Orange is the New Black actress made a successful debut as Kate Kane in December’s CW “Elseworlds” crossover event. The Batwoman pilot will be overseen by The Flash and Arrow director David Nutter, who is also famous for his work on Game of … Read more

FOR READERS: Metaphors for Queer?

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X-Men

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Andrew Kelley: Some speculative fiction movies and books that weren’t specifically LGBT and didn’t even make direct mention of any LGBT issues strongly resonated with and really moved me. Are there movies / books that others felt this way about too? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Techromancy Scrolls: Avalon, by Erik Schubach

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Techromancy Scrolls - Avalon

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new FF fantasy book out in his Techromancy Scrolls series: Avalon. Almost three thousand years after an extinction level event on Earth, mankind seeks to regain its former glory, in a new world where magic and technology collide. After Avalon’s tanks and guns lose a massive confrontation against the Knights and magic of Sparo, they finally agree to peace talks. Laney and the other Templars are chosen to lead the peace envoy that travels to the mysterious land of the north, which has so much of the technology from the Great Wizards of the Before. … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: LV48, by Matt Doyle

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LV48

QSFer Matt Doyle has a new lesbian sci fi mystery out, book three in the Cassie Tam Files: LV48. New Hopeland City may be the birthplace of Tech Shifter gear, but it isn’t the only place that likes to blend technology with folklore. Now, a new nightmare is stalking the streets… When PI Cassie Tam is attacked on the way home one night, she expects the police to get involved. What she doesn’t expect is to be forced into acting as bait to lure out a lunatic in a tech-suit that’s literally out for blood. But past actions have consequences, … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Daughter of the Sun, by Effie Calvin

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Daughter of the Sun

Effie Calvin has a new FF/pansexual fantasy book out – Tales of Inthya book two: Daughter of the Sun. Orsina of Melidrie is a paladin of the Order of the Sun, sworn to drive out corruption and chaos wherever she finds it. She has been ordered to leave her home and travel around Vesolda in search of a great evil she is supposedly destined to destroy. But after two years of fighting monsters and demons and evil gods, she does not seem to be any closer to her goal—or ever returning home. Aelia is the Goddess of Caprice, the personification … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Resilience, by Fletcher DeLancey

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Resilience

QSFer Fletcher DeLancey has a new FF sci fi book out, book seven in her Chronicles of Alsea series: Resilience. As the first Alsean to serve aboard a Protectorate warship, Rahel Sayana thought her empathic sense would be an advantage. She never imagined it could be a weakness. Captain Ekatya Serrado has her hands full with a new empathic officer, an attempted murder, and a missing cargo ship. Finding the lost ship only adds to her problems: its crew lies dead amid signs of alien predators. When those signs appear on her own ship, she must find a solution or … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Divide, by A.M. Rycroft

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The Divide

QSFer A.M. Rycroft has a new FF fantasy book out, third in her Corroption of Honor series: The Divide. The kingdom is falling. Shaun Grayson is a knight on the run with a mad creature inside her, fighting to find the princess who can save her and the realm. Shaun gave up on proving to the new king that she’s not a traitor to the realm as he claims. Lost without Sara and hellbent on finding her, she broke free from her prison and made a deal with the king’s enemy. The dark sorceress promised to help Shaun use the … Read more