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CALL: WhimsyCon 2019 Anthology

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Shiny Garden is seeking short fiction for its 2019 WhimsyCon Anthology. Steampunk, science fiction, fantasy, and other spec fiction is preferred. While this will not be a queer anthology, queer submissions are requested and welcomed. Submissions should be: Written in English Written for a PG-13 Audience (no explicit sex or violence) Between 5,000-15,000 words Typed and double spaced Include the author’s name, address, phone number and approximate word count at the top of the first page. Print ready. (please don’t send first drafts, send it through an editor for grammar ect.) Saved as a .doc or .docx file Also do … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: In Azgarth’s Shadow, by Cassie Sweet

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Azgarth's Shadow

QSFer Cassie Sweet has a new MM paranormal/urban fantasy book out: When popular artist Nicholas Alexandre is shot and killed in a patron’s bedroom and his body dumped in Whitechapel, it is up to the talents of Drs. Mikhail Stanslovich and Dante Savoy to bring him back to life. Since the death of his beloved sister a few months before, Nicholas has lamented his pact with the fae master, Azgarth—for the world of the fae is one of broken promises and terrifying illusions. Fae agent, Roman Cetanni has spent his tenure as one of Azgarth’s representatives trying to shield his … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Murder on the Titania, by Alex Acks

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Murder on the Titania

QSFer Alex Acks has a new queer steampunk anthology book out: Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, has her hands full between fascinating murder mysteries, the delectable and devious Delilah Nimowitz, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas (the Duke of Denver’s new head of security), a spot of airship engineering and her usual activities: piracy, banditry and burglary. Not to mention the horror of high society tea parties. In contrast, Simms, her second in command, longs only for a quiet life, filled with tasty sausages and fewer explosions. Or does he? Join Captain Ramos, Simms and their … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Flight of Thieves, by David Bridger

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A Flight of Thieves

QSFer David Bridger has a new queer steampunk book out: I’ve Indie re-released my futuristic steampunk novel A Flight of Thieves. It’s a post-apocalyptic post-flood world of airships and intelligent robots and pirates and slavers, where no one looks askance at same-sex or mixed-race relationships, but robots are often treated badly, and anyone who wears a robotic replacement for a lost limb is shunned from society: In a dangerous world of isolated, steam-powered, island communities, a thousand years after Earth’s apocalyptic flood, Princess Victoria and her robot mentor King Henry recruit a ragtag band of airship adventurers to help her … Read more

COVER REVEAL & INTERVIEW: The Jackal’s House, by Anna Butler

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The Jackal's House

QSFer Anna Butler has a new MM Steampunk book coming out on 10/30, “The Jackal’s House”, and we’re happy to share the great cover and chat with Anna a bit about this book and its predecessor, “The Gilded Scarab”: Interview Queer Sci Fi: When did you know you wanted to write, and when did you discover that you were good at it? Anna Butler: I’ve been writing since I was a child. When I hit my teens and for years after, I wrote fanfic—that was before the internet and before I even knew such a thing as fanfiction existed. Looking … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GUEST POST: The Long Past & Other Tales, by Ginn Hale

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The Long Past & Other Stories

QSFer Ginn Hale has a new queer alt history/steampunk/weird west book out. Guest Post Hands on Research in Fantastical Worlds Often when the subject of research is brought up, fantasy authors will cite books and museums, or recount interviews and hours spent pouring over old newspapers, police records and magazines. You can almost hear the microfiche whirring around them and smell musty pages. To be honest I love that stuff myself. Original sources can be incredibly important to a book, particularly if it’s set in an alternate history or if the plot relies on real events or people. (The Long … Read more

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Kurios’ – A Steampunk Masterpiece

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Kurios

At this point, maybe you’re feeling a bit jaded about Cirque du Soleil. True, the French-Canadian circus company has back-flipped its way into the Rose City so many times that you start to wonder if they have a block of time-share condos here. By now, you’ve surely seen it all, right? Hold on a minute! There’s nothing quite like “Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities,” the latest big-top show that opened an extended run Thursday at the Portland Expo Center. With its steampunk theme and Victorian-era costumes, the 2-1/2-hour spectacle is a time-machine trip back to the Industrial Revolution, as seen … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Clockwork Heart

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The Clockwork Heart

QSFer Kim Fielding has a new free MM steampunk book out: Dante Winter makes a living repairing broken things. Socially awkward and rejected by his father over his too-fanciful work, he’s alone in the world. Dante’s life changes when he finds a badly damaged male golem, a lifelike automaton created for service and pleasure. He does his best to fix the golem, whom he names Talon, and comes to find that the creature is very human—perhaps more human than Dante. But when Talon tempts him with something more than friendship, Dante must decide whether a clockwork heart is capable of … Read more

Announcement: The Clockwork Conspiracy, by Emmett Steele

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The Clockwork Conspiracy

Emmett Steele has a new trans steampunk book out: A queer fairytale in a world of Steam… Alessandra has a problem. First of all, he’s not Alessandra. He’s Alek. Second of all, his parents pawned him off to an enchantress once they found out he was transgender, hoping she could “cure” him. Now Alek stays stuck in a tower all day, building marvelous singing automatons for Lady Elise. When a young man named Felix stumbles upon Alek’s menagerie, he’s startled not only by Alek’s beautiful creations but also the brilliant boy that makes them. Join Alek and Felix as they … Read more

Announcement: Secret Heart, by Marie Brown

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Secret Heart

QSFer Marie Brown has a new MM steampunk romance out: Sir Simeon Meriwether Kerrigan, fresh out of college, was expected to marry his cousin Rebecca and settle down like a proper gentleman. But he didn’t want to. And a farewell-to-bachelorhood voyage on his steam-powered airship with his dearest friend brings both disaster and a shocking discovery. Buy Links Smashwords | Evil Kitten Project (Download) Excerpt Sulking again, eh? Sir Simeon Meriwether Kerrigan, owner of the fantastic skyship Midnight Aurora, wealthy beyond the ken of mere mortals, displayed a most troubling trait of sulking like a little child when the world failed … Read more