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The 2016 Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Contest Ends Sunday!

Hi all, The third annual flash fiction contest on QueerSciFi.com closes Sunday, 5/1, at midnight Pacific Time (ie the end of Sunday night). Last year’s contest was a great success, with 115 entries across the LGBTIQA and speculative fiction spectrums. This year promises to be even better. Like last year, we are partnering with Mischief Corner Books to create an eBook with all the entries that we will then sell on Amazon, ARe, etc, on the site and at cons to help fund the growth of the Queer Sci Fi empire. There will be cash prizes for the top three … Read more

Announcement: Hostile Taking, by Yamila Abraham

QSFer Yamila Abraham has a new Sci Fi book out: Traumatized father Merrick has a business that’s about to fail. That means both him and his company will be claimed by a ‘Mentor.’ This riveting and spicy sci-fi romance has a guaranteed HEA and is presented in its entirety in a single installment. This is not a series. By the author of The Eidolon’s Conquest. Buy Links Amazon: Click Here Author Bio I’m a full time novelist of sci-fi romance and gay romance (yaoi or m/m romance). I write spicy detailed erotica that holds nothing back. Happy endings are the … Read more

Shawn Ashmore: I Would Play Iceman as a Gay Character

Shawn Ashmore

Star of the X-Men movies franchise Shawn Ashmore has said he would play his Iceman character if he were gay. Ashmore, who has played the character in various Marvel films, responded to the fact that Iceman has now come out as gay in the comic book series. The 36-year-old played Bobby Drake in four X-Men films, most recently in Days of Future Past. A version of Iceman came out as gay in issue 40 of the ‘All New X-Men’ series, after Jean Grey accidentally read his mind and heard his inner thoughts. Full Story at Pink News

New Discoveries Day

New Discoveries Day

Hey all, Recently we launched New Discoveries Day – a day once a month (usually on the last day of the month) when we discuss recent discoveries that fascinate us and that could spawn plot bunnies (or plot squirrels or plot mongeese – your plot animal of choice). So chime in and let us know about any new discoveries you ran across in the last month – links are always appreciated. Thanks to Freddy MacKay for the great idea! –Scott Come Join the Chat!

Announcement: Tempest, by Cari Z.

Tempest

QSFer Cari Z. has a new fantasy book out: Love can change a soul. But can it save one life? Colm Weathercliff is a simple fisherman with an uncanny—some might say preternatural—knack for his trade. He thought leaving his small village to take his father’s ashes to the capital city of Caithmor for a proper burial would be the grandest adventure of his life. At first, all his hopes seem to be fulfilled. He finds a home where he’s accepted without question, the freedom to use his talent to its fullest effect, and love with Nichol, a man with a … Read more

General Leia Hits a Gay Bar

A gay fan fiction short film created by YouTube channel, The Ryan And Amy Show, tells us exactly what happened after Episode VII of Star Wars, The Force Awakens. Following the traumatic happenings, General Leia drops by The Outer Rim bar to drink her sorrows away, not knowing that it’s actually a hangout place for gay men. Hungry for attention, she tries to hit on every guy she sees, but to avail. Then she sees her son, who then tells her that she’s actually at a gay bar. Full Story at Gay Star News

For Readers: Werewolf Types

Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: What’s your fave type of werewolf? Can only change on the full moon? Whenever they damn well please? Movie-types half-man/half wolf? Those that retain some animal traits while human? Not saying one is better than the other but what kind do you like to read about. Tell us one of your fave werewolf characters. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

Review: “Rising Son” by Steven A. Coulter

Genre: Science Fiction Length: Novel Series: The Chronicles of Spartak #1   THE POVERTY gap is great in the futuristic USA, and as a poor–but gifted–student, Spartak does all he can to keep his family alive and healthy. Though he is talented in the arts and athletics, and goes to a special school on a government grant, he knows the horrendously rich control his destiny. When politics take a turn for the worst, and the government makes it legal for the upper class to own the poor class as slaves for “their own good”, Spartak is the first person to … Read more

What’s Up With the Hugos This Year?

A dinosaur gay anal sex book is in the running for a prestigious science fiction award, but why? Chuck Tingle, the erotic fiction novella writer behind such classics as ‘My Billionaire Triceratops Craves Gay Ass’, ‘Pounded In The Butt By Own Butt’ and ‘Happy Birthday Frankenstein, Now Pound My Butt’, is a finalist for a Hugo award. He is nominated for his short story, ‘Space Raptor Butt Invasion’. The Sad Puppies and Rapid Puppies movements, separate but similar conservative anti-‘social justice warrior groups’, have campaigned to get many of their preferred nominations on the final ballot. Since 2013, the Sad … Read more

Announcement: Beneath the Surface, by MA Church

Beneath the Surface

TITLE: Beneath The Surface AUTHOR: M.A. Church PUBLISHER: OmniLit / All Romance eBooks, LLC COVER ARTIST: Erin Dameron-Hill LENGTH: 37,000 words RELEASE DATE: April 01, 2016 BLURB: A whole different world exists beneath the surface. The last thing Nisha expects while patrolling his territory is to find his mate, but his instincts tell him the handsome human diving into the surf is the one meant for him. Two bites and Kannon will be joined to him forever. But when Kannon’s father disrupts the mating process, Nisha releases his claim, hoping beyond hope his mate will one day return. While free … Read more