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FOR WRITERS: AI and Romance

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Virtual intelligence? AI? Have we discussed this? But could you have a romance between a human and software? Using virtual technology to have sex or communicate, but no physical body? Would we want to in the future? Could a good author really make readers believe it’s “real” romance? Join the chat

GUEST POST/GIVEAWAY: Revenant, by Kristoffer Gair

Revenant

Kristoffer Gair has a new MM paranormal thriller out in his Falling Awake series: Andrew O’Donnell’s childhood friend, Thomas, was murdered when they were ten years old. Nightmares and guilt have plagued Andrew ever since. And he believes himself responsible for delivering Thomas into the very hands of the men who committed the atrocity. Now, fourteen years later, Andrew is driven to uncover the mystery of what really happened to Thomas, the reason behind the brutal abduction, and whether the assailants—who were never caught—have set their sights on someone else. Even the help of an unlikely ally may not be … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Omen Operation, by Taylor Brooke

Omen Operation

Taylor Brooke has a new queer sci fi book out: An epidemic hits the country, and Brooklyn Harper is stolen from the life she knew. Implanted in a rural camp, Brooklyn and her friends are severed from their families and the outside world. Each day is filled with combat training to assure their safety against a mysterious virus and the creatures it creates—violent humanoids with black blood. Two years later, Brooklyn’s cabin-mate, Dawson Winters, finds a letter that shatters the illusion they’ve been living in. There is a world outside Camp Eleven, and the virus that supposedly destroyed their country … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Demon Familiar, by Bellora Quinn & Sadie Rose Bermingham

QSFers Bellora Quinn and Sadie Rose Bermingham have a new MM paranormal book out, the first in the Wanted series: Sometimes when you don’t know what you want, life gives you what you need. When Neil Markovic witnesses the murder of his mother by Bone Men his world is thrown into turmoil. On the run from the assassins that killed her, his sorcerer father and the police, Neil finds help in the form of a tall half fae alchemist named Malachai. Mal seems more accepting than most of Neil’s demon bloodline, but curiously immune to his charms. Malachai Valentine, disgraced … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Rescue, by Marie Brown

Rescue

QSFer Marie Brown has a new 99 cent FF fantasy book out: A cry in the woods leads Ranger Kell Ardantin to the rescue of a lovely young lady, escaping a horrible fate in her homeland to start life anew. Get It On Amazon Giveaway Marie is giving away a copy of her book “Desert Rose” with this post – comment below for a chance to win. Excerpt Cinnamon heard the sound first, as usual. She flung her head up and snorted, ears pricked. “What is it, girl?” Kell patted the mare’s neck and strained her own hearing. Nothing, of … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Recruit, by Addison Albright

The Recruit, by Addison Albright

QSFer Addison Albright has a new MM paranormal vampire tale out: Albert Manlii has walked this earth for more than two thousand years, but survival on his own was never easy. Now he leads a faction of highly organized vampires who carefully guard the secret of their existence. Unlike the old days, potential recruits are carefully selected and presented with an offer. Phillip Brewer has weeks to live—if he lets his disease run its course. He doesn’t want to die, but given a choice, will his desire to live outweigh his concerns about the vampires’ ethics? When the new recruit’s … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Roughnecks and Butterflies, by Meraki P. Lyhne

Roughnecks and Butterflies

QSFer Meraki P. Lyhne has a new MM sci fi book out: What should have been the start of a life with lots of money, a prestigious job, and adventures in space, quickly turned sour as the promised job got downsized while Ethan was in route to Ore 5. Now there, he doesn’t even have enough money for the return ticket to Earth. Stuck in the outskirts of the housing for the miners, he quickly finds that his usual standards are impossible to uphold. A new coworker opens up a new world to him, and in this world, the center … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Twenty-One Arrow Salute, by Kasia Bacon

Twenty-One Arrow Salute

QSFer Kasia Bacon has a new MM fantasy book out: Verhan Tŭrryés of Black Mountain is a handful. Freshly enlisted in the Highland Regiment, he does all he can to steer clear of responsibility and commitment. Just not his cup of mead, that. Loose of tongue and even looser of morals, he rarely misses an opportunity to get into trouble—and into the other archers’ knickers, too. In a unit composed almost entirely of Dark Elves, Hernan Seinnés, with his green eyes and auburn hair, is an outsider. When Verhan, up the creek again, is blackmailed into helping Hernan, he never … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Ghost’s Sight, by Morwen Navarre

Morwen Navarre has a new MM paranormal book out: Years ago, a bond was forged when a little boy, plagued by dreams and visions he could not explain, became the Witch’s new apprentice healer. Gerry, a rugged and headstrong hunter, is brought to the Witch for healing, and Ghost is forced to reveal the mark beneath his snowy hair that sets him apart from other men. But Gerry does not reject Ghost as an outcast. He finds Ghost beguiling and mysterious and declares his intent to claim Ghost as his own. When Ghost is kidnapped by a rogue ranger, Gerry … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Blood-Bound, by Kaelan Rhywiol

Blood-Bound

QSFer Kaelan Rhywiol has a new MM/MF vampire book out: Rhian is content in her life. As a pwca, a Welsh shapeshifter, she is bound to the Dark God Arawn as an assassin. So when he assigns her as ambassador to oversee Ontario for him, it’s a shock. Her new job? To find out who murdered her predecessor and bring them to justice, as well as to oversee the otherkin and clean up their messes before the humans find them—all to preserve the illusion that magic and supernatural creatures do not exist. The problem? One of the otherkin she’s supposed … Read more