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ANNOUNCEMENT/GUEST POST: Conviction, by M.D. Neu

Conviction

QSFer M.D. Neu has a new queer sci fi book out in his A New World series: Conviction. A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to 7 billion people with all manner of faiths, beliefs and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding, who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world called the United States of America. … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: A Congress of Ships, by Stephen Graham King

QSFer Stephen Graham King has a new queer sci fi book out: A Congress of Ships. In a desolate system on the outer edge of Pan Galactum, the skin of the universe has ruptured, tearing open a portal to an alternate reality. Witnessed only by the sentient science vessel N’Dea, a massive, battered ship falls through, housing a community of refugees fleeing an enemy that has pursued them across the cold reaches of space for decades. But have they come alone? Summoned by N’Dea while en route from a reunion with dear friends on the Galactum’s capital, the mystery is … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Conviction, by M.D. Neu

Conviction

QSFer M.D. Neu has a new queer sci fi book out in his A New World series: Conviction. A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to 7 billion people with all manner of faiths, beliefs and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding, who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world called the United States of America. … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Aurora Conspiracy, by Lexi Ander

QSFer Lexi Ander has a new MM sci fi book out: The Aurora Conspiracy. Regin just wants to heal. After a terrible accident that maimed him, and nearly took his life and that of someone he loved, he’s spent the last several years licking his wounds on a mining station. With only six months left on his contract, he hopes to start a new life. Then he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit, and a ghost from the past arrives, reopening old wounds and leaving him convinced that no second chances could ever really come his way. But sorting … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Raven, Sand and Sun, by Nita Round

Raven, Sand and Sun

QSFer Nita Round has a new FF steampunk book out: Raven, Sand and Sun. Lucinda, Ascara, and the Captain have survived several almost fatal encounters with various agents of Sh’Na. Now they must face the Mistress of the Night herself in the pyramid from Lucinda’s dreams and cut short the beast’s reign of terror. Captain Stoner, however, has met this Queen of the Desert before, and although the companions are together, she fears the three of them will not be enough to withstand Sh’Na’s evil. Their journey is not a simple one and their trials start in the city of … Read more

KICKSTARTER: Planetside

Planetside

Planetside is edited by Thea Ferrara and welcomes both creators and characters of all races/orientations/gender IDs/faiths/nationalities. The characters in these stories, who range from human to alien to robot to parasitic hive mind, offer us a glimpse of their lives in this book. Much like our own lives, this might mean romance or comedy, joy or sadness. Many are even deeply introspective. But all of them ring true, because even in a world of cosmic wonders, the people who live there are just like us. Planetside Anthology is created and edited by Thea Ferrara, a transgender independent comic writer from New York. She … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Hope, Tears, Steam, Gears, by Gregory L. Norris

QSFer Gregory L. Norris has a new MM steampunk book out: Hope, Tears, Steam, Gears. At the request of the Earl of Kensington, Donovan Tisdale attends a mind-expanding presentation by Richard Sandominus Flynn, the Minster of Steam-based Sciences. Flynn reveals the next step in steam-based power—flights to the moon and far beyond conducted by mechanical men. The attraction between Donovan and Flynn ignites from the moment they meet and follows them through the dangerous political climate of Her Majesty’s jeweled city as dark powers seek to dismantle the clean-based power poised to send humanity to the stars. NineStar Press | Amazon … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Beneath the Surface (audio), by Rebecca Langham

QSFer Rebecca Langham has a new FF sci fi audio book out: Beneath the Surface. When a change in collective conscious sends the Outsiders, a group of aliens, to the shadows below the city, humans reason that the demonization of their peers is simply more “humane.” There’s no question, nor doubt. Just acceptance. Lydia had embraced that sense of “truth” for as long as she can remember. The daughter of a powerful governor, she has been able to live her life with more comforts than most. Comforts can be suffocating, though, and when the opportunity to teach Outsider children in … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: We are the Catalyst, by Tash McAdam

QSFer Tash McAdam has a new queer sci fi book out in their Psionics series: We Are the Catalyst. And there’s a giveaway! Kidnapped and imprisoned, telepathic children are forced to gather military intelligence. Repeatedly stripped of their memories, they live in ignorance of the world above. You can’t tell anyone a secret if you don’t remember it. It’s not child abuse if no one knows you exist. Epsilon 17 appears to be just another mindless tool, empty of thought. But it’s a lie. The carefully constructed shell she hides behind protects her from their mind wipes. One day she … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Severed, by Shona Husk

QSFer Shona Husk has a new MMF sci fi wingfic book out: Severed. Halle Ish, one of Velli’s elite police Arrows, is shot down during a Precinct One riot. Wounded and unable to fly, she tries to hide and avoid capture, knowing that if she is found by the razor gangs or Clipper Sect they will sever her wings. She needs to get out of Precinct One. Avin Lent was once a promising medical student, but he started sniffing Mumble to beat the stress and is now the doctor to one of the biggest gangs in Precinct One—while not part … Read more