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Book Reviews

Review: “Translucid” by Zen DiPietro

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Title: Translucid Series: Dragonfire Station #1 Author: Zen DiPietro Genre: Science Fiction Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Parallel Worlds Press (buy link on Amazon) Pages: 228 Blurb What if you woke up knowing how to do your job, but not your own name? What if you had to rely on other people to tell you who you were? What if you thought they were wrong? Emé Fallon is the security chief of Dragonfire Station, and does a damn good job of it. That’s where her competence ends. Outside of work, she has a wife she doesn’t know, a captain who seems to hate … Read more

Review: “The Goat: Building a Perfect Victim” by Bill Kieffer

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The Goat

Title: The Goat: Building a Perfect Victim Author: Bill Kieffer Genre: Dark Paranormal Publisher: Red Ferret Press (buy link: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-goat-building-a-perfect-victim) Pages: 162 Blurb Frank was a high school bully but he always paid special attention to Glenn. Now, with his wife gone on yet another separation, Frank is trying to deal with a mid-life crisis that has been brewing for quite awhile. Glenn becomes Frank’s new hobby… and eventually Frank is going to have to ask himself… which one of them is actually the victim in his new violent lifestyle. Review Let me just say this first: Frank, our protagonist, … Read more

Review: “Knight of Flames” by Amelia Faulkner

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Knight of Flames

Title: Knight of Flames Series: Inheritance #2 Author: Amelia Faulkner Genre: MM Paranormal Publisher: LoveLight Press Pages: 460 Blurb Headstrong. Telekinetic. Pariah. On the run from his family, Quentin d’Arcy has settled in San Diego with dwindling funds and the growing suspicion that his gifts might not be limited to telekinesis. When he meets a psychic who can control people’s actions with a few words, his comfortable life starts to unravel. Demigod. Oracle. Hunter. Laurence Riley almost died killing one god only to discover that he’s descended from another. Before he can come to terms with that revelation, Quentin’s twin … Read more

Review: “Insurrection” by Arshad Ahsanuddin

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Insurrection

Title: Insurrection Series: The Interscission Project Book #3 Author: Arshad Ahsanuddin Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC Pages: 304 Blurb 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 … Read more

Jeff Baker—Boogieman In Lavender

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                                         Wilde Stories 2016                                                 By Jeff Baker               Science fiction, magical realism, fantasy and plain old horror. All are on display in the 2016 edition of Wilde Stories, editor Steve Berman’s annual “best of the year” collection devoted to gay speculative fiction.             “Imaginary Boys” by Paul Magrs is one of several stories in Wilde Stories with a young adult protagonist. In this case David, raised by a single working mother, dealing with homophobia and with a visitor from Somewhere Else thrown into the mix. The story is both touching and funny with laughs coming from the least-likely … Read more

Review: “Lime Gelatin & Other Monsters” by Angel Martinez

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Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters

Title: Lime Gelatin & Other Monsters Series: Offbeat Crimes #1 Author: Angel Martinez Genre: Gay Paranormal Mystery Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages: 147 Blurb Kyle Monroe’s encounter with a strange gelatinous creature in an alley leaves him scarred and forever changed, revealing odd abilities he wishes he didn’t have and earning him reassignment to a precinct where all the cops have defective paranormal abilities. Just as he’s starting to adjust to his fellow misfit squad mates, Kyle’s new partner arrives. Tall, physically perfect, reserved, and claiming he has no broken psychic talents, Vikash Soren irritates Kyle in every way. But as … Read more

FOR READERS: They Hate My Favorite Book

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: “If you read reviews, how do you feel about blatant negative reviews of books you love or even liked OK?” 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

For Readers: To the Point

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Nathan Smith: “how to write a short but useful reveiwz?” It’s a great topic. So often, a review is nothing more than a summary with spoilers. So what should a useful review include? What should be left out? And what do you, as a reader, most like to see? 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

Review: “7&7–Anthology of Virtue and Vice” by Speed, Witt, Carole Cummings, Reed, Inman, Yates, London, Hennig, Ford, Michael, Fessenden, Love, Cook, Durreson

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Title: 7&7–Anthology of Virtue and Vice Author(s): Andrea Speed, Brandon Witt, Sean Michael, J. Tullos Hennig, Carol Cummings, Rick R. Reed, John Inman, Rhys Ford, Clare London, Pearl Love, Jamie Fessenden, J. S. Cook, Amy Rae Durresson, and Serena Yates Genre: LGBT Anthology Publisher: DSP Publications Pages: 360 Blurb Humankind possesses a dual nature, the ability to rise to the brightest heights—or sink to the darkest and most perverse depths. What inspires some to reach the pinnacles of virtue while others cannot resist the temptations of vice? Is it something innate, or a result of destiny and circumstance? Delve into … Read more

Review: “Billy Blood” by Christopher Church

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Title: Billy Blood Series: The Mason Braithwaite Paranormal Mystery Series Book #4 Author: Christopher Church Genre: Gay Supernatural Suspense Publisher: Dagmar Muira Pages/Word Count: 156 pages Blurb: A fender-bender on the freeway gets psychic investigator Mason entangled with Catherine, an enigmatic visitor from DC—but who, exactly, does she work for? Trying to track her down, he runs across Billy Blood, a Los Angeles company that markets a stomach-churning “lifestyle drink” made with animal blood, and goes to work for its shady CEO to find out who has been vandalizing the product. Recruited by Hanh, an old friend from the psychic … Read more