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Announcement: Fountain of the Worlds, by Laney Cairo

Laney Cairo has a new paranormal MM romance out: Island ran away from his past and settled into a new life as a bar owner in Melbourne, Australia, with a quietly promising relationship with Faith, his manager. The past hasn’t forgotten Island, however, which is obvious when Schröd! inger, the talking cat, arrives at the bar. Island’s allegiances to his ex-lover, Trouble, draw Island and Faith to the City and into a territorial dispute for a small corner of the universe. Faith’s willingness to trust Island and Trouble, and her innate sneakiness, are all that stand between their team and … Read more

Your Favorite 2014 Read

Since it’s the last day of 2014 (and the first day of 2015 for our friends on the other side of the International Date Line), I thought we’d keep it simple today. So looking back, what was your favorite LGBT speculative fiction read? And why? If it’s too hard to choose – you can name a couple. :)

The Post-Apocalyptic Diet

What would we eat in the event of global catastrophe? Two researchers have come up with the answers and let’s just say that it involves plenty of bacterial slime and rats. In a new book titled Feeding Everyone No Matter What, risk researchers have imagined eight scenarios where some calamity destroyed our ability to grow crops. The list includes sudden climate change, super-weeds, super-bacteria, super-pests, super-pathogens, super-volcano eruption, asteroid impact, and nuclear winter.2 The authors of the book, Joshua Pearce at Michigan Technological University and David Denkenberger at the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, were tired of people imagining apocalyptic scenarios … Read more

New Settings for Sci Fi and Fantasy

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: “Where are the tales of Santa Muerte? Of the demons that infest Google Glass? What haunts the Pacific Garbage Patch? Yuck!” Our world is full of cultures and situations ripe to be exploited in LGBT sci fi, fantasy, and even paranormal. To add to Jim’s list above: –Are supernatural forces behind Global Warming to get hot guys naked? –Is the local Farmer’s Market a modern-day portal into Faery? –Will Uber’s software become self-aware and take over the world? Let’s have a little fun today and mine the culture for some great new story … Read more

Anime Characters from “Legends of Korra” Confirmed as Lesbians

The co-creators of anime series ‘Legends of Korra’ have confirmed that two main characters are a lesbian couple. The American TV series – based on hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender – appeared to break new ground for children’s TV. Fans have long suspected that the series was building towards a romance for protagonist Korra and best friend Asami, with their closeness and strong bond a central theme for the show. The show’s closing moments appeared to confirm the rumours – when the pair walked off to the spirit world together hand-in-hand. Full Story at Pink News

Me Me Monday

Welcome to ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post, so I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info at … Read more

A Great Lake on Mars?

NASA has announced a major discovery by the Curiosity rover; water may have been more plentiful on the planet’s surface than previously thought. This could mean that some forms of life existed on Mars millions of years ago. In a news conference earlier this week, lead scientist John Grotzinger said that observations by the rover on its year-long trek across the Gale Crater indicate that the area was likely dotted with rivers, deltas and even a “great lake” in the distant past. Taking soil samples and detailed photos as it made its way towards Mount Sharp, the rover discovered layered … Read more

Announcement: Under a New Star, by Leo D’Entremont

Leo d’Entremont at Dreamspinner has a new sci fi story out, part of the Advent Calendar package: In the 26th Century, mankind has breached the light speed barrier and begun to colonize other planets. They’ve also learned to Design human beings, known as Morphs, for specialized colony missions. Adrian is an Aerial Morph, on his way to colonize the low-gravity planet Eridani VI with his scientist Partner, Michael. In violation of the rules of the Morph Projects, they’ve been lovers for months. Michael cares more about his work than anything, while Adrian doesn’t take anything seriously except Michael. Before they … Read more

Why Do You Write?

Sometimes I go through a bit of a dry patch – when I’m not writing, either because of time constraints from work or other obligations, or because I’m just not in the right space. When the latter happens, I usually don’t use it as an excuse not to write – I just shoft gears to a different project that will fire my interest. But also, at these times, I wonder why I write. I mean, I love reading – especially anything sci fi or fantasy. I have since I was in second grade. But I like music too – so … Read more