What If: No One Could Speak?
Every Wednesday, we’re asking a what-if question – how would our world be different if something were changed? Today’s question is from QSFer Scott: What if most humankind lost its … Read more
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WHAT IF WEDNESDAY: What if All the Grass Died?
Every Wednesday, we’re asking a what-if question – how would our world be different if something were changed? Today’s question is from QSFer Julie Garrett: What if something killed off … Read more
FOR READERS: reading the Virus
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Are you one of the folks who runs toward this crisis by reading fiction or watching shows and films about viruses … Read more
SCIENCE: Yaravirus Is Unlike Anything We Have Ever Seen
Our planet is teeming with mysterious microbes. Now, in the waters of an artificial lake, scientists may have discovered one of the most mysterious of all: a brand-new virus with … Read more
SCIENCE: Catching a Zombie (Virus)
There’s no way around it: Viruses are scary. They’re invisible to the naked eye, they can be difficult to get rid of and many are capable of spreading quickly. That’s … Read more
FOR WRITERS: The Coming Plague
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: We’ve had Ebola scares over the last few years, and now we have “superbugs” to worry about. But what … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Omen Operation, by Taylor Brooke
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, … Read more
SCIENCE: Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness
You’ve got an ancient virus in your brain. In fact, you’ve got an ancient virus at the very root of your conscious thought. According to two papers published in the … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT: Barricade, by Lindsey Black
QSFer Lindsey Black has a new MM sci fi book out: The Barricade is all that separates the Northern Russian Empire from what remains of the world’s plague-decimated population. Snaking … Read more
Discussion: Future Virus
Last year, we saw some fringe folks blame the Ebola outbreak on the gays in various ways – too much funding/focus on LGBT issues and not enough on Ebola; Ebola … Read more