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NEW RELEASE: Orphan’s Cry – Jaymie Wagner

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Orphan's Cry - Jaymie Wagner

QSFer Jaymie Wagner has a new FF urban fantasy out, Sing for Me book 1: Orphan’s Cry. Six months ago Leah Corbyn was bitten by a “dog.” Two weeks later, the full moon’s rise revealed she’s now a werewolf. After spending six months trying to hide her secret in the city of London, Leah is about to learn she isn’t alone … but that knowledge comes with new responsibilities, and new dangers. As Leah finds solace in her girlfriend’s arms, she must find her place among the wolves of Londinium, but can she prove herself in time? Get It At Amazon … Read more

REVIEW: Claustrophilia – Lilith Frost

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Claustrophilia - Lilith Frost

Genre: Sci-Fi, Gothic Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Claustrophilia is a genre-bending sci-fi Gothic that dives deep into the psyche’s need for love and control while exploring the darker side of human (and non-human) relationships.  After the tragic death of his entire family, Thomas lives under a conservatorship overseen by his lover, Ethan. But Ethan’s job keeps him away. Isolated in the family’s decaying Connecticut mansion, Thomas lives a monotonous life under the watchful eye of a live-in security firm until one day, he discovers an alien hiding on … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Verum Malum – Michael R. Collins

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Verum Malum - Michael R. Collins

QSFer Michael R. Collins has a new gay horror book out: Verum Malum. A simple story of life, love, and inevitable trip to Hell to save your husband’s soul from eternal torture. Life is getting better for Ben and Noah until people from Ben’s past come calling, making him realize one does not dabble in infernal rituals and human sacrifice without paying a price. These people worship something far worse than the Devil, and a place far worse than Hell; the Verum Malum. Now Ben and Noah must survive the murderous attempts to bring him back into the fold, leading … Read more

MOVIES: Playing Scream’s First Queer Character is ‘A Big Deal’

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Scream star Jasmin Savoy Brown has opened up about the monumental impact of playing the film series’ first queer big-screen character. Jasmin Savoy Brown, who rose to fame for her electric role in Showtime’s Yellowjackets, plays Mindy Meeks-Martin in the upcoming (and confusingly-titled) Scream. The film, which comes 25 years after the 1996 original, sees a new killer take on the ghoulish mantle of Ghostface to terrorise the residents of Woodsboro. Mindy is part of a new group of teens who join with some of the franchise’s original characters to stop Ghostface. Brown told ET it was a “huge honour” … Read more

Zenna Henderson: Quiet Rebel – Boogieman in Lavender

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For this fifth installment of this column’s occasional “On Beyond Cisgender” feature (a feature suggested by A. M. Leibowitz) about recommendations of books or stories for High School by authors outside the white, male, cisgender paradigm that has so often been the norm, the focus is on just one author, one who may not be so well-known as she was even twenty-five years ago. The lines between science fiction and fantasy are blurred. The definition of science fiction is even sort of blurred. Sometimes the better term is “Science Fantasy.” Zenna Henderson, very definitely wrote science fantasy. While spaceships and … Read more

FILM: Scream Creator Says Series Was “Coded in Gay Survival”

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Scream

Scream’s Sidney Prescott faces the same battle for survival as many young, gay kids, says the franchise’s screenwriter Kevin Williamson. In a new interview, Williamson reflected on how his own sexuality informed Prescott’s character. Played by Neve Campbell, the hero develops major trust issues after learning her boyfriend murdered her own mother. One of the things I’ve wrestled with is trust,” Williamson told the Independent, “and Sidney trusted no one. “Did she really know her mother? Is her boyfriend who he says he is? In the end, she wasn’t even trusting herself.” Sidney, Williamson said, is anything but the “final … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Fractured Mind Book 2 – Matthew Dante

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Fractured Mind

QSFer Matthew Dante has a new MM thriller out: Fractured Mind Book 2. People have been disappearing all across the State with no apparent connection to one another. Police are baffled and struggling to determine if the disappearances are connected or are simply isolated incidents. There are no bodies or evidence- only abandoned vehicles and missing persons reports. Meanwhile, Alex Sanders is battling his own demons… Almost a year after surviving a horrific weekend held captive by his former best friend, Marc, Alex is now a freshman at the University of Tennessee. Desperately trying to start over, he is consumed … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Nightmare Fuel Anthology

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Nightmare Fuel

QSFer Chloe Spencer has a story in a new mixed Horror anthology: Nightmare Fuel. Come one, come all, to the stories that twist, turn, and go bump in the night. From authors of many different backgrounds, experiences, and walks of life in general, come 16 tales of horror to raise the hair on your arms, and remind you – you’re never alone in the dark. This lineup includes: Rose Strickman – Jettisoned Tre Luna – Glooper In The Dark Matthew Eschbach – Captive Benjamin Allocco – A Light Above Trees Chloe Spencer – Wear Her Body Andrew P. McGregor – … Read more

REVIEW: Blood of the Land – Adrik Kemp

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Blood Of The Land - Adrik Kemp

Editor’s Note: We try to publish series reviews in order, but mistakenly published Blood of the City – book two – first. Apologies to the author! Genre: Horror, Romance, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book When an ancient Italian vampire travels to the pioneering Australian outback, what he finds there triggers a decades-long love triangle from which there is no escape. Mack, a young Australian cattle farmer, makes his living on his father’s cattle station. The work is hard and the days are long but he is content with the life he has … Read more

REVIEW: Blood of the City – Adrik Kemp

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Blood Of The City - Adrik Kemp

Genre: Horror, MM Romance, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After a century apart, Mack and Jason rediscover their love and lust, but will trying to fit into a modern world keep them together or tear them apart? When vampire lovers Mack and Jason are reunited after decades apart, they think of nothing but each other’s company. But over time, Mack’s old-world views conflict with Jason’s liberated life, and it throws them into a spiral of confused despair. When Mack seeks solace in the arms of another and Jason’s ex-lover Greg is murdered, … Read more