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Review: Land of the Dead – Steven Hopstaken & Melissa Prusi

January 30, 2023 by scott

Genre: Historical, Paranormal (Vampires & Werewolves) LGBTQ+ Category: Gay (Oscar Wilde) Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde unite once more to battle spirits and demons invading our world. Third book in the series. Grimdark Magazine called the first book an “addictive, clever and extremely fun horror adventure.” Book 3 in the Stoker’s Wilde series! Science and the supernatural collide in this terrifying tale of witches, reanimated corpses and spirits invading our world from beyond the grave. Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde have returned to their lives in London after their adventures in … Read more

TV: Carnival Row’s Pansexual Faerie is Out for revenge – Trailer

January 19, 2023 by scott

The trailer for the second and final season of Prime Video’s Carnival Row has finally dropped – and it looks set to be a messy end in The Burgue. It’s been three-and-a-half years since the show’s first season in 2019, and fans have been desperate to find out what’s in store for Cara Delevingne and Orlando Bloom’s star-crossed characters – pansexual faerie Vignette Stonemoss and constable Rycroft “Philo” Philostrate. Season one set out a fantasy world based in Victorian times, in which humans and mythical creatures – including faeries like Delevingne’s character – live side-by-side. However, tensions between the two … Read more

New Release: A Beat of Honour – Amir Lane

January 11, 2023 by scott

New Release: A Beat of Honor - Amir Lane

QSFer Amir Lane has a new MM (bi, gay) historical urban fantasy out: A Beat of Honour. Go into battle expecting to die… Born and raised as a samurai, Tetsuro Saito expected to die in battle. He didn’t expect to rise again. Waking up in the middle of a bloodbath, Tetsuro is horrified to discover he’s been turned into a vampire by a man with a violent agenda. Unless Tetsuro can find a way to stop him, Maxwell Osborne will continue to create an army of immortals. Fighting the bloodthirsty urges now burning through his veins, Tetsuro vows to kill … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: The Demon Lord of California – Bennu Bright

January 3, 2023 by scott

The Demon Lord of California co-op - Bennu Bright

Bennu Bright has a new MM alt-history fantasy out (bi/pan, intersex, poly), Infinity 8 book one: The Demon Lord of California. And there’s a giveaway. A Slow Burn Meet Cute! Baker. Wizard. God of Space and Time. Cupcake enthusiast. How long will it take to fan the flames and enrage this gentle phoenix? Start counting. What’s a wounded and lonely little cinnamon roll to do? Stripped of his psychic powers, Calico Winghorse flees his homeworld and travels to 19th century Earth via his inter-dimensional portal. As a mixed-blood phoenix trapped in human form, he opens a bakery in the San Francisco … Read more

Review: Daunting Dilemmas – Edale Lane

December 15, 2022 by scott

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Steampunk Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Sometimes one must lie to live her truth. Stetson has been fooling London for ten years while her fictitious alter-ego solves crimes. But could a criminal mastermind put her carefree days of sleuthing in jeopardy? Evelyn longs to be recognized for her talent; will her music prove to be the key in helping Stetson solve a mystery? While Jack the Ripper terrorizes London, Stetson closes in on the art thief she has been after for months; however, will catching him place her in … Read more

Review: Stoker’s Wild – Stephen Hopstaken & Melissa Prussi

October 21, 2022 by scott

Genre: Historical, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Longlisted for The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize 2019. Years before either becomes a literary legend, Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde must overcome their disdain for one another to battle the Black Bishop, a mysterious madman wielding supernatural forces to bend the British Empire to his will. With the help of a European vampire expert, a spirited actress and an American businessman, our heroes fight werewolves, vampires and the chains of Victorian morality. The fight will take them through dark forests in Ireland, the … Read more

New Release: Imperfect Illusions – Vanora Lawless

October 12, 2022October 10, 2022 by scott

QSFer Vanora Lawless has a new MM historical paranormal romance out: Imperfect Illusions. A drafted empath. A dreamwalking poet. A world at war. Chicago, 1917. Idealistic, aspiring poet, Elliot Stone can make people feel euphoria or horror with a simple touch. But that’s only part of his magical abilities. He can also wake in the dreams of people he cares deeply for. Stubborn, fiercely independent Warren “Sully” Sullivan is an illusionist with a secret of his own: he feels the emotions of others as visceral sensations. That, and a lifetime of fending for himself, has left him guarded. On their … Read more

Review: Imperfect Illusions – Vanora Lawless

October 12, 2022October 6, 2022 by scott

Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book A drafted empath. A dreamwalking poet. A world at war. Chicago, 1917. Idealistic, aspiring poet, Elliot Stone can make people feel euphoria or horror with a simple touch. But that’s only part of his magical abilities. He can also wake in the dreams of people he cares deeply for. Stubborn, fiercely independent Warren “Sully” Sullivan is an illusionist with a secret of his own: he feels the emotions of others as visceral sensations. That, and a lifetime of fending for himself, has … Read more

Review: A Brightness Long Ago – Guy Gavriel Kay

October 5, 2022 by scott

Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi/Poly Gay (minor characters) Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra’s intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count—and soon learned why that man was known as the Beast. Danio’s fate changed the moment he saw and recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count’s chambers one … Read more

New Release: The Lusty Journey of Perseus – Arthur Griffin

October 3, 2022 by scott

QSFer Arthur Griffin has a new MM historical erotic fantasy out: The Lusty Journey of Perseus. You’ve never heard the story of Perseus and Medusa told quite like this before! At just nineteen, the handsome and naive Perseus is given a devastating choice: venture out into the world for the first time to slay the monster Medusa, or watch his mother be forcibly married to his homeland’s tyrannical king. Raised on a small island nation where most everyone goes naked and the main activity is fishing, Perseus is ill-prepared for a quest that includes any sort of danger. Fortunately, he … Read more