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ANNOUNCEMENT: Stations of Life, by Chloe Spencer

Stations Of Life, By Chloe Spencer

QSFer Chloe Spencer has a new FF fantasy romance out: “Stations of Life.” Juniper “June” and Eloise have been together since they were fifteen, and have been married for four years. When they first became friends, June fell in love with Eloise’s bubbly personality, but now, she can only see her wife’s flaws: recklessness, impulsiveness, and the ability to make any situation more complex than it should be. Fed up, June declares she wants a divorce and leaves. But the universe has other plans for her. When June boards the light rail home one day, she falls asleep and wakes … Read more

REVIEW: All City, by Alex DiFrancesco

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Title: All City Author: Alex DiFrancesco Genre: Dystopia LGBTQ+ Category: Genderqueer Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pages: 272 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book In a near-future New York City in which both global warming and a tremendous economic divide are making the city unlivable for many, a huge superstorm hits, leaving behind only those who had nowhere else to go and no way to get out. Makayla is a twenty-four-year-old woman who works at the convenience store chain that’s taken over the city. Jesse, an eighteen-year-old, genderqueer, anarchist punk lives in an abandoned … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fighting Chances Charity Anthology

Check out this new MM romance charity anthology: “Fighting Chances.” Includes paranormal, fantasy and contemporary stories. An opportunity to put his hands around his enemy’s… neck. What can a man do when the spark of hate ignites the fire of passion? Can desire bridge the gap between two men on opposite sides of a fence? A kitchen isle? What about a war?  Can love heal years of resentment and little hurts? And is the line between hate and love really all that thin? In these almost 200,000 words of stories by well-loved M/M authors united by a common cause, you can find … Read more

#OWNVOICES: Gay Authors

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On Saturdays on the QSF Facebook group, we’re now doing an #ownvoices day. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring authors who are gay and who write gay characters in speculative fiction. #ownvoices If you’re a gay author, tell us about yourself, your experiences as an author, and the spec fic books you write (especially those with gay characters – with links, please). If you’re not, you can still participate – share your favorite gay authors and their spec fic works that include gay characters. Note: This is … Read more

SCIENCE: Man’s Joy Stick Turns to Bone (really)

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Sometimes, the body grows bone in places it shouldn’t. That was the case for a man who was diagnosed with an extremely rare condition — his penis was turning to bone, according to a new report. The 63-year-old man went to the emergency room after he fell on the sidewalk onto his buttocks, according to the report, published in the September issue of the journal Urology Case Reports. He was able to walk, but he told doctors he was experiencing knee pain. When doctors performed a physical exam, the man also reported penile pain, the report said.  Given that the man … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Shipwright and Other Stories, by Matthew Buscemi

QSFer Matthew Buscemi has a new fantasy anthology out: The Shipwright And Other Stories. The Palípolian archipelago is a world of poets, warriors, philosophers, engineers, and wanderers. Arkh Makhaino yearns to leave his island home of Khatap for the larger and busier mainland city of Épanngel, but worries that the Shipwrights’ Guild there will not accept him. Arkh struggles to resolve his lingering self-doubt while arduously waiting for a reply. In other parts of Palípoli: a young man seeks a singular experience in the desert; an explorer’s return causes chaos for his guild and ideological upheaval for his city; what … Read more

That Thing I Just Read

That Thing I Just Read

Welcome to “That Thing I Just Read” (TTIJR) day on Queer Sci Fi. PLEASE MAKE THIS ITS OWN POST, NOT A COMMENT ON THIS ONE. This is a new weekly Friday reader feature where you can: a) share the great queer spec fic (sci fi, fantasy, horror, or paranormal) book you just read, and why you loved it so… b) ask for queer spec fic book recommendations. Please follow these guidelines: Make it a stand-alone post, not a comment on this post Do not promo your own books Please do not share negative posts/reviews. This is about sharing books we … Read more

CLIMATE CHANGE: Greenland Melting; July Heat; Fracking

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Here are some of the latest climate change stories to keep you up-to-date: Greenland Loses 11 Billion Tons of Ice – In One DayAfter months of record temperatures, scientists say Greenland’s ice sheet experienced its biggest melt of the summer on Thursday, losing 11 billion tons of surface ice to the ocean — equivalent to 4.4 million Olympic swimming pools. Greenland’s ice sheet usually melts during the summer, but the melt season typically begins around the end of May; this year it began at the start. It has been melting “persistently” over the past four months, which have recorded all time … Read more