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For Representation Dial Yukon 2-8209 – Boogieman In Lavender

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This month, two examples of LGBT representation in forgotten places. And I must be intentionally vague about the first one. Fritz Leiber’s short-story “The Two Best Thieves In Lankhmar” (published in 1968) features his classic fantasy swordsmen Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser who are again their own worst enemies as well as best friends. They have acquired a stash of jewels they are trying to sell but things (of course) go awry. Set in Leiber’s fantasy world of Lankhmar the story does feature some LGBT characters but if I revealed more it would give away the story’s surprises, and the … Read more

New Release: The Dalí Tamareia Missions (audio)

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QSFer E.M. Hamill’s Dali Tamareia Series is now completely available in audiobook format. A diplomat turned galactic operative risks everything to bring in the terrorist who shattered their life. Dalí Dalí Tamareia has everything—a young family and a promising career as an ambassador in the Sol Fed Diplomatic Corps. Dalí’s path as a peacemaker seems clear, but when their loved ones are killed in a terrorist attack, grief sends the genderfluid changeling into a spiral of self-destruction. Fragile Sol Fed balances on the brink of war with a plundering alien race. Their skills with galactic relations are desperately needed to … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Lost and Found Audiobook – Nita Round

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Lost and Found Audiobook - Nita Round

QSFer Nita Round has a new lesbian fantasy steampunk audiobook out, The Evie Chester Files book 1: “Lost and Found.” A gifted slave. A cursed woman. Together can they gain their freedom? Evie Chester is a slave with a precious gift who lives in a world that both marvels and fears magic and the unexplained. Evie dreams of being free and of being accepted as gifted. When an opportunity presents itself for escape she finds herself pursued with a bounty on her head. Eyes are everywhere, nowhere is safe and when she is caught, she rsumes her life in chains … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Royal Dragon Audiobook – Ash Roberts

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Royal Dragon: Dragoneers Audiobook - Ash Roberts

QSFer Ash Roberts has a new LGBTQ+ childrens’ fantasy book out, Dragoneers Book 1: Royal Dragon. A banished princess, an unwanted dragon, and a bond that just might save them all.  Fifteen-year-old Kalia has her life all mapped out. Heir to the elven homeland, promised to a Duke’s son, and the war against her people nowhere near the castle, she thinks herself safe from any and all harm.  But then she accidentally bonds with her greatest fear, a dragon.  No longer a princess and stuck with a blue dragon, she reluctantly joins the dragon riders. But the fearless Dragoneers won’t … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Uncharted (audiobook) – Alli Temple

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Uncharted audiobook

QSFer Alli Temple’s FF fantasy pirate romance Uncharted is now available in audiobook format. In a world of arrogant nobles and their punishing laws, Georgina will be hanged if anyone discovers she is a spy. But when the wicked prince proposes marriage, Georgina must accept. Refusing would expose the secrets she has delivered to a hidden resistance and forfeit her life. With her wedding day looming ever closer, salvation comes from an unlikely source.  Pirate Captain Cinder is a terror on the open sea, striking fear into hearts wherever she sails. Now she has a new target. The vulnerable Princess … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Through the Last Door audiobook – J.A. jaken

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Through The Last Door Audiobook - J.A. Jaken

QSFer J.A. Jaken has a new MM fantasy audiobook out, narrated by Dan Calley: Through the Last Door. When Kaori Sansa’s father dies, he is forced to return home to claim the throne as the rightful heir of the country of Kazure. In the aftermath of his father’s death, he learns that the country he loves is riddled with corruption, and is hovering on the brink of war. Will he be able to hold the kingdom together despite the odds that are stacked against it, and somehow unlock the buried powers of Shinja, the Sacred Beast of Kazure? Get It … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Getting the (Audio) Word Out

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: So you took the plunge, and you have a new audio book coming out soon. How do you promote it and get the word out? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Dire Warning Audio – Mary Rundle

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Dire Warning Audio - Mary Rundle

Mary Rundle has just released the audio version of “Dire Warning,” book one of the Blackwood Pack series. The Blackwood Pack saga begins… Follow the journey of the Blackwood Pack, seven brothers who are wolf shifters in search of their fated mates – stories about love at first sight with twists and turns, angst and humor, romance and adventure. Each book has two men who meet, fall in love, mate and achieve an HEA but the stories also chronicle the continuing saga of the Blackwood Pack. For more than 100 years, Steel, one of the last Dire Wolves, has been … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Shattered Shards (Audio), by Stephen J. Wolf

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Shattered Swords

QSFer Stephen J. Wolf has a new queer fantasy book out in audio format: Shattered Shards. The shattered shards in a shattered land…. With the fall of the prisoner’s tower, Dariak and his companions head west toward his home kingdom of Hathreneir. The group struggles against feral creatures while striving to avoid the king’s soldiers. With each piece of the Red Jade, Dariak’s powers grow, but – as in Pindington – he can’t always control them. As the group journeys through the opposing kingdoms, each member must confront his or her past. Though they gather allies along the way, the … Read more