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Announcement: Daring the Wolf, by Skylar Cates

Daring the Wolf

QSFer Skylar Cates has a new MM paranormal romance book out: Can a human ever dominate a werewolf? Living in a strict world of paranormal do’s and don’t’s is exhausting for Gabe Ryan. After fleeing his home when he became a werewolf, Gabe attempts to forget his family and the young boyfriend he left behind. But he is still haunted by his memories—until a birthday wish leads him to an unexpected confrontation. A busy emergency room doctor, Ethan Dunn has closed off his heart. He sure as hell does not trust Gabe Ryan, not after the way he abandoned Ethan. … Read more

Worldbuilding Week Day Six: Religion

Worldbuilding Week

Welcome to the second annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and politics; sex, marriage and reproduction; tools and techniques; and religion. It should be a lot of fun. For our final day, we’re talking about religion, and Jenna Hale will be our moderator. Her take: How many religions exist in the history of the world? Likely you’ll think of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam–the Abrahamic trio–or Buddhism and Hinduism. You might be familiar with Shinto, the varying flavors of paganism and Wicca, … Read more

Review: “Children of the Knight” by Michael J. Bowler

Title: “Children of the Knight.” Series: The Knight Cycle (Book I) Author: Michael J. Bowler Genre: Urban Fantasy (Young Adult) Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 344 pages   Blurb: According to legend, King Arthur is supposed to return when Britain needs him most. So why does a man claiming to be the once and future king suddenly appear in Los Angeles? This charismatic young Arthur creates a new Camelot within the City of Angels to lead a crusade of unwanted kids against an adult society that discards and ignores them. Under his banner of equality, every needy child is … Read more

Worldbuilding Week Day Five: Tools and Techniques

Worldbuilding Week

Welcome to the second annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and politics; sex, marriage and reproduction; tools and techniques; and religion. It should be a lot of fun. Today we’re talking about tools and techniques, and A. Catherine Noon will be our moderator. Good morning! I’m author and textile artist A. Catherine Noon with you today, helping to facilitate a discussion about Worldbuilding Tools and Techniques. Since there are as many different approaches as there are writers, artists, and gamers, I … Read more

Announcement: Insurrection, by Arshad Ahsanuddin

Insurrection

QSFer Arshad Ahsanuddin has a new sci fi book out: One man will destroy the past to save the present. The price is too high. But it may already be too late to stop him. Life settles into a routine for the inhabitants of Chiron Colony, humanity’s first interstellar settlement, after the threat of the time traveler Gifford has apparently been eliminated. But the Hourglass and its leader, Admiral O’Dare, are not content to rest on their laurels, convinced that time travel remains a palpable threat to human civilization. When Annette Sutton uncover a possible secret plot to eliminate the principal … Read more

Superman Statue Was a Hit at Comic-Con

Superman Statue

Love it or hate it, there is probably one image from this year’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” that was impossible to forget. A Superman statue in the fictional Metropolis used in advertisements — with the words “false god” scrawled across it in blood red spray paint — which represented a dark turn for Warner Bros. in its first crack at universe building. The vandalism in the movie represented mankind’s fear of the Last Son of Krypton and a rejection of a statue that aimed to idolize a larger-than-life hero. By Phillip Molnar – Full Story at the Unio … Read more

Review: “Electric Candle” by Elizabeth Noble

Title: Electric Candle Series: The Sleepless City #2 Author(s): Elizabeth Noble Genre: Gay Paranormal Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 pages Blurb When a vampire finds his soul mate, the bond is forever. It’s love at first sight. Or is it? Flint, Ohio Homicide Detective Jonas Forge has been a vampire for nearly two hundred years. He’s fought wars, seen life go from the simple but hard colonial days to the modern high tech world. He’s evolved with the times, adapting with each new era, blending into each new life. The one constant is his best friend and lover, … Read more

Announcement: Time Lost, by C.B. Lewis

Time Lost

QSFer C.B. Lewis has a new MM time travel/mystery book out: What began with a dead intruder and a missing scientist quickly becomes the most perplexing case of Detective Inspector Jacob Ofori’s career. Nothing about it makes sense, from the incredibly advanced technology found on the intruder to the scientist’s mysterious workplace, the Temporal Research Institute. Jacob’s gut tells him the TRI is hiding something, and the questions keep piling up. Who would abduct Sanders; what is the strange gate in his basement laboratory; and how does it connect to similar gates in the TRI? TRI engineer Kit Rafferty only … Read more

Trailer: Justice League

Justice League

Warner Bros. has released the first official image from its forthcoming Justice League movie at San Diego’s Comic-Con during its Hall H presentation on Saturday morning In the first footage from Justice League we see Flash (Ezra Miller), Superman (Henry Cavill), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Batman (Ben Affleck) and Aquaman (Jason Momoa), as the crime-fighting coalition is assembled. Writes Bleeding Cool: The sorta quick two-paragraph run-down version of the trailer goes basically like this: Batman, as Bruce Wayne, tracks down Aquaman and the Flash—separately in different sequences—to recruit them for a team to fight an enemy that’s … Read more

Worldbuilding Week Day Four: Sex, Marriage and Reproduction

Worldbuilding Week

Welcome to the second annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and politics; sex, marriage and reproduction; and tools and techniques. It should be a lot of fun. Today we’re talking about sex, marriage and reproduction, and Roger Lovelace will be our moderator. Here’s his take: When I volunteered to be a part of this world building exercise, I was a bit surprised to have Sex, Marriage, and Reproduction as my topic. I love world building. It’s one of the reasons I … Read more