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Migration Third Place Winner

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Migration Third Place

The third place winner for the 2019 QSF Flash Fiction contest is: *drumroll* The Woman With No Name, by Siri Paulson This marks the first time someone has placed in the contest twice. Siri also took the #3 spot in 2017’s Renewal with her story “Urban Renewal.” A teaser: Seabirds cried and wheeled over the fishing currachsrocking at anchor as the sea-breeze blew over the breakwater and into the village harbour.Brighid sat on the dock leaning against the woman with no name, not caring who saw them touch now. They’d had their last kiss that morning. It had tasted like the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Migration – Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Anthology #5

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Migration

Queer Sci Fi has just released the annual QSF Flash Fiction anthology. This year, the theme is “Migration.” MI-GRA-TION (noun) 1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. 2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. 3) Movement from one part of something to another. Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites. Migration feaures 300 word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Gift of Shadows, by Amir Lane

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Gift of Shadows

QSFer Amir Lane has a new FF/queer urban fantasy suspense tale out, book one in the Barrier Witch series: Gift of Shadows. And get two books free! Why would anyone try to murder a phoenix?  A corpse with no eyes bursts into flames before Toronto’s Special Crimes Detective Fairuz Arshad can investigate. Her superiors are ordering her to close the case before it’s even been opened, and it isn’t the only one. She tracks down a siren and a faerie, both missing organs and brushed off by the police. Fairuz and her dryad partner, Rowan, suspect there’s more to this mystery than it appears. The … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: When Witches Wake, by Hilary Foxhill

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When Witches wake

QSFer Hilary Foxhill has a new FF Parnaormal tale out, book one in the Bancroft Coven series: When Witches Wake. She fell in love with a witch. And then she met her. Emily Quinn led a lonely and mundane life. Until the dreams started. Naked bodies lit only by candlelight, dancing and chanting in a smoke-filled room. Then there was the woman in her bed. Whose kiss felt like nothing she had ever felt in her waking life. In her dreams, she loved this woman, and those dreams led Emily right to her. Claire was an artist and the High … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Exile Prince, by Isabelle Adler

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The Exile Prince

Isabelle Adler has a new MM fantasy book out, book two in The Castaway Prince series: “The Exile Prince.” And there’s a giveaway! Having chosen exile rather than face persecution at the hands of his family, Prince Stephan of Seveihar has finally found refuge in the south kingdom of Segor with his lover and former servant, Warren. For the first time in his life, Stephan is free to be who he really is, to explore his sexual identity and his fascination with all things feminine. But it seems life has other plans, and the quiet happiness Stephan has run so … Read more

COVER REVEAL: Overcoming Fear, by Grace Duncan

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Overcoming Fear

QSFer Grace R. Duncan has a new dystopian sci fi book out: Overcoming Fear. It’s been four years since a global pandemic has ravaged the world and almost a year since Mark and Duncan had their fateful meeting at a tiny pharmacy. Duncan has spent that time doing everything he could to ease Mark’s fears of losing him—fears that go beyond the normal danger of their new world. When a minister and his wife seek out Mark for help, Duncan sees an opportunity to show Mark another level of commitment—if Mark will dare to take it. Get It At Amazon … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Black Sky Morning, by Hannah Dare

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Black Sky Morning

QSFer Hannah Dare has a new MM Gay/Bi sci fi book out in her Mind + Machine series: Black Sky Morning. And there’s a giveaway! A bounty hunter in over his head. Xin knows how to look out for himself, and he knows when something sounds too good to be true. But a forgotten planet filled with riches is too tempting to pass up. Fortunately Xin also knows someone who can back him up – if he doesn’t arrest Xin first. A government agent who’s lost hope. Jonathan Gray used to believe in a better future. Now he’s not so … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Serpent’s Teardrop, by Mary Rundle

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COVER - Serpents Teardrop

Mary Rundle has a new MM paranormal book out: Serpent’s Teardrop. The Blackwood Pack saga continues… This is part of an on-going series by Amazon Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle, and catching up on previous titles is advised. Readers of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere. Brian, a.k.a. “The Loch Ness Monster” has searched for his Fated Mate in vain for more than 600 years until he scents Reif in the frigid waters of the lake. But his mate seems … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Waking Up the Sun, by Laura Bailo

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Laura Bailo has a new MM YA Fantasy book out: Waking Up The Sun. When Lander accepts a dare to go into the forest at night, he thinks it’ll be easy. He just needs to walk in and then come out, right? But that’s easier said than done. It’s like the trees have a mind of their own, and they are stopping him from finding his way back. There were always stories of people getting lost forever in the forest, but Lander had never considered they might be true. Yban has been in the forest a long time and he … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Diable, by Pelaam

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Diable

QSFer Pelaam has a new MM paranormal book out in her Demonica Origins series: Diable. When Slayer Henri and his Intermediary Sébastien are sent to Paris to deal with attacks by vampires, they find the truth is worse still.  They also find unexpected allies in a family of gargoyles who help protect mankind.  Paris is under attack by demonic forces and it will take the united talents of humans, gargoyles, and vampires if they are to be defeated. Sébastien also finds that his mate is the last creature on earth he would have expected. When the time to fight comes, … Read more