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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Contact, by M.D. Neu

QSFer M.D. Neu has a new queer sci fi book out – “Contact” – book one in his “A New World” series. And there’s a giveaway! A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to seven 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 … Read more

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

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

ANNOUNCEMENT: Call The Bluff, by O.E. Tearmann

QSFer O.E. Tearmann has a new queer sci fi book out, book two in the Aces High, Jokers Wild Book series: Call the Bluff. It costs a lot to win. And even more to lose. Seven Corporations rule the former United States with seven codes of conduct based on their ideas of morality. Comply with the code of the Corporation that holds your Citizen Contract, or suffer the economic consequences.  Or fight back.  For sixty years the Democratic State Force has been fighting to return representative democracy to the country. Living in the no man’s lands between cities and hanging on … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Evolution in Sci Fi

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: We tend to think of evolution as something that happened in the past. But evolution is happening all around us, and we are accelerating it by massively changing the world. How will it play out in the next 100, 500, 5000 years? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Escape From the Holidays Collection

Escape From the Holidays Collection

Escape from the Holidays Collection For the second year in a row, Mischief Corner Books is putting out a winter holiday collection – Escape from the Holidays – ten stories revolving around various December holidays: The end of year holidays can get overwhelming for anyone. Things to do. People to see. Last minute work obligations to take care of. Sometimes it’s just easier to escape from it all, running away from the responsibilities and expectations, or ignore the underlying disappointment from relatives who don’t see eye-to-eye with you. Because escaping the holiday grind can lead to new, unexpected paths, and … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: LV48, by Matt Doyle

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

COVER REVEAL/GIVEAWAY: Spells & Stardust, by J. Scott Coatsworth

QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi/fantasy anthology coming out on December 5th: Spells & Stardust. And he’s sharing the cover with us today. Spells & Stardust is Scott’s first anthology – eight sci fi and fantasy shorts that run the gamut from regeneration to redemption. The Bear at the Bar: A gay fish out of water tale with a pinch of magic. Tight: What happens when your lover disappears in midair? Morgan: The year when everything changed. Re-Life: What if you were reborn in a strange new future? A New Year: They met every eleven years. … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ultimate Sacrifice, by Damien Benoit-Ledoux

Ultimate Sacrifice

QSFer Damien Benoit-Ledoux has a new MM superhero book out, the penultimate book in his Guardians series: Ultimate Sacrifice. More determined than ever, superhuman Quinn McAlester navigates the dramas of high school and family life while balancing the growing responsibilities of being the world’s first superhero. Having won over the respect and trust of the authorities who sought to capture him, Quinn unites a team of unique individuals and devises a plan to infiltrate The Order and rescue his best friend, Blake Hargreaves, from the clutches of mastermind Victor Kraze. When the people he loves discover his secret superhero identity, … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Dreams and Machines, by Berlynn Wohl

Dreams and Machines

QSFer Berlynn Wohl has a new queer sci fi anthology out: Dreams and Machines. Arriving on another world to negotiate a trade deal, Shane discovers that Earth has another commodity that his hosts desperately crave… Drake throws a party for time-travelers: the invitations will only go out after the event. But then someone knocks on the door… Jac has two lovers, one a cop, one a criminal. Getting off the wretched outpost he calls home in the midst of a galactic war means leaving one of them behind… It all happens in Dreams and Machines. Get it on Amazon Giveaway … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Green Death, by Madeline Ribbon

Green Death

Madeline Ribbon has a new MM dystopian sci fi book out: Green Death. As poisonmaster to the Oligarch, Tryg Sant knows a lot of things others shouldn’t. But when he discovers his family’s darkest secret, his brother tries to kill him. When Tryg’s lover pushes him out of a helicopter and into the poison-filled Exclusion Zone, Tryg finds himself trapped in a dangerous new world, entirely different from the one he expects. Now, Tryg has to learn to survive nearly-feral humans and his own disintegrating mind. Luckily, he’s found an ally in Riot, one of the victims of the Green … Read more