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Review: Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

Genre: Weird Westerns, Anthology LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters encounter weirdness on the edge of the worlds they know. Authors include: Julie Bozza, J.A. Bryson, Dannye Chase, S.E. Denton, Miguel Flores, Adele Gardner, Roy Gray, KC Grifant, Peter Hackney, Bryn Hammond, Narrelle M Harris, Justin Warren Jackson, Toshiya Kamei, Catherine Lundoff, Bunny McFadden, Angus McIntyre, Atlin Merrick, Eleanor … Read more

Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

QSFer Julie Bozza is the editor of a new queer western anthology: Queer Weird West Tales. Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters encounter weirdness on the edge of the worlds they know. Authors include: Julie Bozza, J.A. Bryson, Dannye Chase, S.E. Denton, Miguel Flores, Adele Gardner, Roy Gray, KC Grifant, Peter Hackney, Bryn Hammond, Narrelle M Harris, Justin Warren Jackson, Toshiya Kamei, Catherine Lundoff, Bunny McFadden, Angus McIntyre, Atlin Merrick, Eleanor Musgrove, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Lauren Scharhag, Sara L. Uckelman, … Read more

TV: Netflix Cancels LGBTQ+ spy series Q-Force

Q-Force

Queer adult animated series Q-Force will not be returning to Netflix, having been axed after just one season. Variety confirmed Q-Force had been officially cancelled on Monday (8 August), after star Matt Rogers first let the news slip on the Attitudes! podcast in May. The show followed the misadventures of a group of undervalued LGBTQ+ spies, with a cast that also included Will & Grace’s Sean Hayes, Wanda Sykes, Patti Harrison, Gary Cole and Stranger Things’ David Harbour. Rogers noted that while the show didn’t receive great reviews, he was grateful for the cult following it amassed. Full Story from … Read more

New Release (Wattpad): Queeroes – Steven Bereznai

Queeroes

QSFer Steven Bereznai has a new queer superhero romance out on Wattpad (gay, non-binary): Queeroes. Closeted high-school jock Troy Allstar needs the last lake-weekend of summer to be perfect because it sets the tone for the school year to come. Instead, he grapples with his non-binary sibling’s out-and-proud lip syncs, an inability to shake off his beta status amongst the other jocks, an ex-girlfriend who is now dating his BFF Jesse, a growing desire for said BFF as well as for hottie cheerleader Chad, all while a mysterious shadow sets loose DNA-spliced experiments that give Troy strange powers that make … Read more

Trailer: Michaela Coel to Play Queer Warrior in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Michaela Coel - Wakanda Forever

Marvel has confirmed that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will introduce the queer character Aneka, played by none other than Michaela Coel. The first trailer for the Black Panther sequel premiered at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday (23 July), along with a string of announcements about the new film and the wider Marvel universe. After much speculation, it was confirmed that I May Destroy You’s Michaela Coel will be playing Aneka. Coel was first announced for the film in July 2021, but her character had been kept under wraps. In the Marvel comics, Aneka is the combat instructor of the Dora … Read more

Announcement: Occlusion – Valerie J. Mikles

Announcement: Occlusion - Valerie J. Mikles

QSFer Valerie J. Mikles has a new queer sci-fi book out, New Dawn book 9: Occlusion. Hawk’s people need the truth to survive. The Protected only care about saving themselves. Having traveled the world to find a cure for a city-wide malady, Hawk is anxious about his return home. Although facing a death sentence, he believes the medicine he’s brought can save his city from extinction. But when he and the captain start behaving oddly, the crew suspects a hybrid is pulling the strings in Rocan, altering people’s perceptions, and even occluding the cause of the malady itself. Hawk’s resistance … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: Herald’s Call – Jaymie Wagner

Herald's Call - Jaymie Wagner

Jaymie Wagner has a new FFF urban fantasy out, Sing For Me book 3: Herald’s Call. And there’s a giveaway. Woe to the wolf who dares to callWith unworthy hearts lest darkness fallDour note this horn will playThe hounds shall rise and wolves shall bayThrough the horn Herne shall commandBy blood of the Hunt and a worthy hand! It is said that long ago Herne, the god of the Hunt, could use his Horn to make wolves obey his commands. A legend that Amy Oakley, Alpha of the Howlers pack, learned as a child and stopped believing in long before … Read more

New Release: Night Ivy – E.D.E. Bell

Night Ivy – E.D.E. Bell

QSFer E.D.E. Bell has a new queer quiet fantasy out: Night Ivy. Xelle is sure in her passion for magic, but struggles to find her place within the constructs that enable its study. Night Ivy offers the first verse of a wandering bard’s tale of fancy and fantasy, amidst the spires and shadows of the seven towers of Alyssia. The first book in the fantasy world of Alyssia, featuring plant magic, friendship, and dragons. Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Atthis Arts Excerpt Xeleanor Du’Tam. You petition before us? It was always like this. She’d collect her mind to … Read more

Review: Sanctuary – Andi C. Buchanan

Sanctuary - Andi C. Buchanan

Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans MTF Reviewer: SI Get It On Amazon About The Book Morgan’s home is a sanctuary for ghosts. The once-grand, now dilapidated old house they live in has become a refuge for their found family—Morgan’s partner Araminta, an artist with excellent dress sense; Theo, a ten-year-old with an excess of energy; quiet telekinesthetic pensioner Denny—as well as the ghosts who live alongside them. All people who once needed sanctuary for their queer, neurodivergent selves. Now they offer that safety to the dead as well as the living. When a collection of … Read more

New Release: The Lever – Marl Salzwedel

The Lever - Mark Salzwedel

QSFer Mark Salzwedel has a new gay space opera out: The Lever. In the future, a reporter uncovers a plot to change the DNA of selected young adults, abduct them, and cover up evidence that they ever existed. Her investigation takes her and three gay soldiers to Mars and eventually to the other side of the galaxy, where any misstep they make could doom the human race. Get It At Amazon | Publisher Excerpt “You’re a doctor?” Roger interrupted. “My name is Captain Sullivan . . .” the man began. Roger was looking out the only porthole and watching stars … Read more