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History & Alternate History

NEW RELEASE: Prolepsis – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Prolepsis - J. Scott Coatsworth

QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new MM sci-fi time travel story out: Prolepsis. PROLEPSIS pro.lep.sis: The representation of a thing as existing before it actually does What if you could change the course of queer history, one story at a time? It’s the fall of 1986, the age of walkmans, mix tapes, floppy discs and Jolt Cola. Sean’s a twenty-five-year-old closeted gay sci-fi geek who runs a popular pulp ‘zine called Prolepsis. A geek with a crush on the cute guy named Jason who works at the post office. One day a pink envelope from an author named I.H. … Read more

COVER REVEAL: Blood Bound – Courtney Maguire

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Blood Bound cover reveal - Courtney Maguire

Courtney Maguire has a new MM paranormal historical romance out, and we have the cover reveal: Blood Bound. And there’s a giveaway! Two hundred years can strain even the seemingly eternal love of the youkai.When Hideyoshi’s coldness drives them apart, Hiro finds comfort in his friendship with Takanori, a vociferous human man he met at a ramen shop and can’t seem to keep away from.. Everything Hiro had to fight for from Hideyoshi, Takanori gives freely, making it all too easy to turn away from his responsibilities–and Hideyoshi–in favor of something sweeter. But while Hiro is off playing human, danger … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Wolf Killer – C H Clepitt

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Wolf Killer - C H Clepitt

QSFer C H Clepitt has a new FF historical fantasy/fairy tale retelling out: Wolf Killer. “Honey, it’s the ’80s. You need to find yourself a woman who can hold your hand in public, not one who calls you her ‘friend’ and keeps you away from her boss. You don’t need that kinda heartache. You think it’ll be OK, but it won’t, trust me. It starts to eat away at you.” FBI Agent Clara Hunter might not be girlfriend material, but as Red soon discovers, if you have a serial killer on your heels she is just the woman you want … Read more

Was Buckingham Palace Once the Site of a Gay Brothel?

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Buckingham Palace - Pixabay

For our alt history fans… Hundreds of years ago, there was likely to have been a gay brothel on the site where Buckingham Palace now stands, historians believe. According to LGBT+ historian Norton Rictor’s 2013 essay The Gay Subculture in Early Eighteenth-Century London, gay cruising spots and brothels may have started popping up in London in the early 1600s. Although evidence is scarce, in 1649 English politician Clement Walker made an observation that has fascinated Londoners for centuries. In his Anarchia Anglicana, Walker wrote that “there stood “new-erected sodoms and spintries at the Mulberry Garden at S. James’s”. At the … Read more

REVIEW: The Vampire’s Pirate – Liv Rancourt

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The Vampire's Pirate - Liv Rancourt

Genre: Paranormal, Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Is death too great a risk when the reward is freedom? Dáire Malone has been undead for over 200 years when he is summoned to the home of a would-be queen, a vampiress who possesses an unnatural potency. She declares that Malone will not leave without giving her a pledge of loyalty. He’s been held in thrall before and would rather face his final death than let another have power over him. Thomas Clifton is a pirate, or rather, a privateer. He too is … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Awakening – Dusk peterson

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The Awakening - Dusk Peterson

QSFer Dusk Peterson has a new queer alt history book out (ace, bi) – Dungeon Guards book 1: The Awakening. Barrett Boyd has awakened from death to a new and baffling life. He knows that he is a guard in the queendom’s royal prison, the Eternal Dungeon. But why do the prisoners matters so much to him? Who are these other guards who appear to have claims over him? And how will he survive while he finds his new place in this world? As Barrett seeks to make sense of his surroundings, he must contend with a would-be love-mate, a … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Adventure of the Golden Woman – Cynthia Ward

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The Adventure Of The Golden Woman - Cynthia Ward

QSFer Cynthia Ward has a new queer alt historical sci-fi paranormal book out: The Adventure of the Golden Woman. The Adventure of the Golden Woman is the concluding novella of the author’s Blood-Thirsty Agent series. Lesbian vampire spies at the cabaret! It’s 1931, and conquest of the earth isn’t enough for the British Empire. But the demi-mondaine of occupied Berlin harbors a resistance movement, and the double agents Lucy Harker—Dracula’s daughter—and her lover, the vampire Carmilla, steal England’s spaceship plans. Then the handoff to American agent Adolph Hitler is foiled by an impossibly advanced mechanical woman, and the lovers are … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Missing in Milan – Edale Lane

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Missing In Milan - Edale Lane

QSFer Edale Lane has a new FF historical fantasy out, Night Flyer book 4: Missing in Milan. When all credible avenues have been exhausted, then one must consider the incredible. Vanishing thieves, disappearing athletes, and an inventor who is nowhere to be found; can the Night Flyer solve a mystery that seems impossible? While Florentina puzzles over the missing people, Maddie’s ex-lover turns up in Milan, claiming she is not there to cause trouble while doing little else. The Night Flyer must use every resource available, including a memory from her childhood to discover how the thieves escape, who abducted … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Fog of War – Ally Lester

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The Fog of War - A.L. Lester

QSFer A.L. Lester has a new lesbian historical paranormal time travel book out: The Fog of War. The quiet village of Bradfield should offer Dr Sylvia Marks the refuge she seeks when she returns home from her time in a field hospital in France in 1918. However, she is still haunted by the disappearance of her lover, ambulance driver Anna Masters, two years previously. Settling back in as the village doctor alone in her large family house is more difficult than she realised it would be after the excitement of front-line medicine. Then curious events at a local farm, mysterious … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Windfall – Shawna Barnett

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Windfall - Shawna Barnett

Shawna Barnett has a new LGBTQ+ pirate fantasy book out: Windfall. And there’s a giveaway! Captain Liana Foley knows a thing or two about fights. She fights the King’s Navy. She fights to balance power in oppressive Vioria. She fights for respect as a female, bisexual, pirate captain. But she’s losing her biggest fight: to escape her secret past as a lost Princess.With a mysterious letter and a stranger threatening to expose her, Liana is blackmailed into attending a royal ball and protecting her counterpart, sheltered Princess Rhian. The pretenses are suspicious enough, but Liana takes the risk in hopes … Read more