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Announcement: Herald, by T.A. Creech

Herald

QSFer T.A. Creech has a new paranormal Christmas book out: Danny’s life has never been easy or straightforward. Farm life with his brothers was supposed to be a quiet existence, something he needed after his medical discharge from the Army. Then an angel fell from the sky. Four days before Christmas, two more followed, and Danny hasn’t the faintest idea why he’s so ensnared by one of them, but he is. Of course, Gabriel isn’t at all pleased about getting knocked off his perch. It was too soon to be back on Earth. Too soon to fall into the trap of … Read more

Nine Trashy But Scary Halloween Movies

Drag Me to Hell

Is it just me, or do LGBTI people have a thing for scary movies? I’ve encountered enough gay horror aficionados in my time to say: quite possibly. So ahead of Halloween on Monday 31 October, we’re revisiting our favourite absurdly camp – but surprisingly decent – horror flicks of the oft-overlooked variety. Some are criminally underrated. Others have fallen off radar since release. The rest commonly find themselves overshadowed by their bigger blockbuster brothers and sisters (sometimes within their own franchise). Whatever the case, we say pass on seeing Scream form the 100th time (although obviously that’s one of the … Read more

Me Me Monday!

Welcome to M3: 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 … Read more

Announcement: The Goat, by Bill Kieffer

The Goat

QSFer Bill Kieffer has a new dark urban fantasy book out: This is the story of Frank, a self-loathing gay/bisexual 40-something man, having a mid-life crisis ‘affair’ with his high school bullying victim. Glenn is a Furry, human in real life but online, he plays a sexually active Goat in several Furry communities. Glenn not only allows Frank’s abuse, but he seems to encourage it in order to get what he wants. Still, Frank is what our HS teachers would call an “Unreliable Narrator.” So, it’s up to the reader to decide who the real victim is in the story. … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Writing Good Lesbian Characters

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: “Not really a question but LGBTQI+ encompasses a wide range of sexual identities. Reading gives us some of them but what about a day or days identifying them and explaining and discussing ways to incorporate them into books?” OK, so lets kick this off. We’ll devote a day each over the next few months talking about writing different types of characters across the LGBTIQA spectrum. Given that each of us is human, there’s no one “right” way to write a lesbian character. But maybe we can tackle this from a … Read more

Gay Show Runner Replaced on Star Trek: Discovery

Bryan Fuller

Bryan Fuller has left the bridge of his new CBS series, “Star Trek: Discovery,” reports Variety, but apparently will remain within communication range. He’s being replaced as showrunner by executive producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, according to the report. Berg and Harberts worked with Fuller on ABC’s “Pushing Daisies.” Fuller will reportedly retain his title as executive producer, and it’s his vision that the show will follow. He wrote the first two episodes which will soon be filmed, Variety said. Fuller reportedly will still be involved in breaking stories. By Dawn Ennis – Full Story at LGBTQ Nation

Announcement: Realm of the Grizzly Bear, by Alex Morgan

Realm of the Grizzly Bear

QSFer Alex Morgan has a new MM paranormal romance book out: Jarrod has become obsessed with finding Caleb, the white-haired bear who rescued him from freezing to death in a blizzard the previous winter. After their night of passion, Jarrod realizes his body is changing. He is becoming larger, more muscular and hairier so he wants to find Caleb to find out what’s happening to him. Jarrod searches the forest where he encountered Caleb but instead finds Logan, and almost loses his life. Caleb rescues him and tells Jarrod he is becoming a bear, a real bear, to be a … Read more

For Readers: Warnings and Triggers

Warning

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: This came up in a group: A lot of books have warnings or listings of possible triggers. Do you think that books today have too many of these and do you think too many warnings affect sales? 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

“Black Mirror” Buries “Bury Your Guys”

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If you identify as being anything other than straight, you know that living life under the rainbow flag can be difficult. From canceling your gym membership because it’s become a depressing graveyard of Grindr hookups, to strangers revealing that between their legs dangles the Excalibur of schlongs, primed to magically turn any lesbian back into a peen-loving heterosexual, life comes with its own unique set of downsides. Oh, and then there’s the whole being verbally or physically assaulted and occasionally fearing for your life thing. All this being said though, at least us real-life LGBTQ’ers aren’t (for the most part) … Read more

Announcement: Kieran, by Toni Griffin

Kieran

QSFer Toni Griffin has a new MM paranormal romance book out: “You need to go to Atherton,” they said. Easy for them. The higher-ups at headquarters don’t have their whole world on the line. When Detective Damon Kelly’s bosses send him across the state on a “simple” cyber fraud case, he never thinks he’d meet his mate, then risk losing Kieran by doing his job. No matter what other possible angles Damon works, his partner Grant Davis is sure Kieran’s best friend Corey’s their guy, and Grant is bent on bringing him in. After the birth of their Alpha’s son, the Atherton … Read more