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Month: September 2017

Review: “Monster” by Soren Summers

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Title: Monster Series: Vertex #1 Author: Soren Summers Genre: MM Romantic Horror Publisher: Amazon Word Count: 88,000 Blurb Bloodied corridors. Mangled bodies. Deranged test subjects. Just another day at Vertex, a corporation devoted to perfecting humanity by any means necessary. It’s up to Jarod Samuels to keep the hallways pristine and safe, but scrubbing bloodstains and bagging bodies is losing its luster. Then someone new joins his department, this man with a huge ego and an even huger mouth. Gabriel Anderson is infuriating but intriguing, as brash as he is beautiful, and almost enough to keep Jarod preoccupied. Almost. But … Read more

Star Trek Discovery: To Timidly Go Where the Franchise Has Gone Over And Over … And Over Again.

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I really wanted to love the latest iteration of Star Trek. I’m a huge fan of the original series for its quirky stories and it groundbreaking premise;  and of Voyager for  breaking the glass ceiling over the captain’s chair and for delving into character, motivation and morality in a more realistic way than its predecessors. I was sad when Voyager ended and I had high hopes for  Enterprise. Dashed hopes, as it turned out. Unfortunately, my hopes were dashed once again tonight as I watched the first two episodes of Discovery. My ‘trial membership’ to CBS All Access will be … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: In His Majesty’s Service, by Elizabeth Silver & Jenny Urban

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In His Majesty's Service

QSFers Elizabeth Silver and Jenny Urban has a new MM sci fi book out: Everyone in the Drion Collective knows that finding your match—the one person in existence with the same soul mark as yours—is the best thing that could ever happen. But the last thing Lord Anders Hawthorne is thinking about when he boards a ship to Drion for the king’s funeral is finding his soul mate. Captain Zachary O’Connell has the perfect life—his ship, the stars, and no emotional entanglements. When heat sparks between him and Lord Hawthorne, Zach gleefully dives into a no-strings arrangement. He doesn’t expect … Read more

TV: Russell Tovey to Play Gay Hero “The Ray” on CW Crossover

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Russell Tovey / The Ray

The CW is planning a four-part crossover series of its Arrow-verse this fall, airing on November 27 and 28, and they’ve tapped out actor Russell Tovey to play gay superhero The Ray. Additionally, Tovey will voice the character on the animated series based on the character which was announced in July. EW reports: The Ray first appeared in a 1973 issue of Justice League of America; the animated series’ Ray will be closer to the version of the character in DC’s Multiversity series, which updated the Freedom Fighters to look more like current-day Americans. Freedom Fighters: The Ray will debut on The CW’s digital channel … Read more

REVIEW: “Renewal” Gets 5 Stars

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Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Another great review for “Renewal” – this one from Melanie at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words: I am such a fan of flash fiction, the ability to tell a complete story in 300 words or less. Renewal is Queer SyFy’s Fourth year’s collection of flash fiction and what an incredible winner it is. Like a library full of tiny jewels, Renewal‘s flash fiction is glorious in it’s presentation of the dizzying array of imaginative themes and world building by it’s host of authors… Such power, such beauty. And this collection is full of such haunting tales. As J. Scott Coatsworth … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Portraits of a Faerie Queen, by Tay LaRoi

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Portraits of a Faerie Queen

QSFer Tay LaRoi has a new FF fantasy book out: After several long stressful months, things are looking up for seventeen-year-old Jocelyn Lennox. She’s almost finished with her first commission gig, her family has no idea she’s not in school, and she can say for a fact that her mother is about to wake up from a coma. But when Jocelyn meets and rescues the beautiful Rina Fischler from the depth of a seedy nightclub, things get complicated. For one thing, the nightclub is a favorite hangout for local faeries and not all of them are friendly. For another, their … Read more

Sci Fi: Welcome to Octlantis

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octopus

The idea of undiscovered underwater cities isn’t as far-fetched as you might think. It just turns out they’re built by octopuses. Earlier this month, scientists published a paper describing a site in Australia’s Jervis Bay, near Sydney, where 10 to 15 gloomy octopuses (yes, that’s really what they’re called) live at “high density” and exhibit “complex social interactions” towards one another. The species, also known as Octopus tetricus, communicate, fight and even “evict” one another from their dens in a settlement formed around exposed rock patches. In other words, it’s basically an octopus city, which biologists are calling “Octlantis,” according … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Golden, by R.L. Mosswood

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Golden

QSFer R.L. Mosswood has a new MM Fantasy book out: Harem boy might not be the most appropriate role for someone who’s never really seen the appeal of sex, but Elin’s status as dahabi: golden in a land of tan and brown, has marked him for The Dragon’s service since birth. He’s content enough with his life of uncomplicated, if restrictive, luxury, until an unremarkable chore becomes a case of love at first sight. Mysterious newcomer Hathar, a roguish “merchant adventurer” from far-off lands, ignites an exploration of Elin’s first taste of physical desire, as well as a desire to … Read more