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Announcement: Elemental Love, by LM Somerton

Elemental Love

QSFer LM Somerton has a new Fantasy book out: An untrained warlock is a dangerous man to love. On his twenty-first birthday, Evrain Brookes discovers he is an elemental warlock. The spell suppressing his talent lifts and he has to get used to a whole new existence. The protection that kept him safe during his childhood is gone, his skills are wild and uncontrolled and there are those that seek to use him for their own gain. Evrain’s grandmother is a witch, his godfather another warlock. Between them they do their best to keep Evrain on the right path. He … Read more

Announcement: Eye of Scota, by Serena Yates

Eye of Scota

QSFer Serena Yates has a new Fantasy/Sci Fi book out: In 845 a group of Gaels fleeing the Vikings stumbled through the mystic Eye of Scota and found safety on a planet they named Dalriata. Seven centuries later, the arrival of the Crìosdaidh religion changed everything. Fugitives stopped appearing, and the newly established Council of Priests used the energy of Slànach Stones to enforce their religious laws. But by 2500 the Stones’ power is dwindling. The High Priest is desperate—none of the warriors sent to find more Stones have returned. Cináed MacAlpin, a young healer priest, is chosen to undertake … Read more

Announcement: The Woodwose, by Nicolette DeSada

The Woodwose

QSFer Nicolette DeSada has a new fantasy book out: A young man living alone in the woods sees a set of cloven-hooved prints in the snow leading up to his barn. Thinking it’s food, he prepares his rifle, but doesn’t know what awaits him within the shadows of the barn. Excerpt Worry carved its way into his mind with a razor-sharp edge. The night brought the first snowfall of the year, and with it, Fawn knew food would be getting even scarcer. Already, he’d risked the punishment of a hanging by poaching rabbits and squirrels on the king’s land, but … Read more

Announcement: Patience, by Grace R. Duncan

Patience

QSFer Grace R. Duncan has a new paranormal shifter book out: Jamie Ryan was almost ready to accept he’d never find his destined mate. They’re uncommon to begin with and same-sex versions downright rare. Since his gay best friend found a destined mate, Jamie figured he was out of luck. Until end of semester stress forces him to go through the full-moon shift early. Stuck in wolf form, he runs into none other than his destined mate. Who’s human. Chad Sutton has always had good instincts. They served him well as a detective and continued on when he went private. … Read more

Announcement: Slaves of Greenworld, by David Holly

Slaves of Greenworld

QSFer David Holly has a new fantasy book out: Dove, a young man without memory, emerges naked and nearly drowned from a creek. Lacking any past or cultural identity, Dove employs his instinct to succeed and survive in any situation. Amid a developing slave revolt, Dove secures comfort and gay sexual intimacy with his slave, Raret. As he advances in an outlandish culture, Dove demonstrates an innate ability to overcome problems as he bounds up the rigid social hierarchy of Greenworld, an ability enhanced by his mysterious luck. Webs of treachery tighten around Dove as he and Raret seek a … Read more

Announcement: Serge & Een, by Angel Martinez

Serge & Een

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new sci fi book out: While driving home during a snowstorm, Serge Kosygin witnesses a meteor plummeting to Earth. When he reaches the strike location, he finds a horrific crash site instead of a meteor crater, with two aliens dead and one survivor barely alive. His deeply ingrained mistrust of the government prompts him to rescue the alien before the authorities arrive. Een has lost his life mates in a desperate effort to reach safety. With their deaths, he may be the last Aalana in the galaxy. He finds himself in the care of a … Read more

Announcement: Seeing is Believing, by Terry Poole

Seeing is Believing

QSFer Terry Poole has a new paranormal book out: As the only witness to the murder of a police detective Max Cooke never thought the dead detective’s ghost would appear at the foot of his bed two days later. Not only does Max have to deal with the often ridiculous fallout of being bonded to a ghost, he ends up falling in love with the dead man haunting him. Instead of wings and a harp Detective Nick Horvath ends up with a writer of romance stories, a sweet lonely man who brings out all his protective instincts. When the murderer … Read more

Announcement: Shadows & Light, by Cari Z.

Shadows & Light

QSFer Cari Z. has a new fantasy book out: A fight to the death against his former master turns into a chance for Rafael, an assassin denied the immortality he lived to achieve, to learn the shocking truth about the fate he was spared. Rafael wanted nothing more than to serve his immortal master, Xian, a High One of Clare, who taught him from an early age how to be an assassin. But after failing the final test, Rafael was turned out into the Lower City, abandoned by the one person he thought he could count on. Years of hatred … Read more

Announcement: Rescue, by Pelaam

Rescue

QSFer Pelaam has a new fantasy book out: When prince Adrianus accepts a quest to find the Jewel of Darkness to break a curse on king Thanos’s daughter, he takes along Fedor, a young man recently rescued from Thanos’s stables.  Fedor has experienced much hardship in a short space of time. A slave in the stables of king Thanos, he’s ill-treated by a sadistic captain of the guard until rescued by a royal visitor from another kingdom.  From a mix of gratitude and attraction he insists on joining Adrianus, despite the dangers involved. When he’s captured as a sacrifice, he … Read more

For Writers: Writing FF

FF Fiction

Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Carrie Pack Chowske: I’d love to hear the perspectives of authors who write F/F or bisexual or trans stories. Do FF authors face particular challenges because the field is so M/M dominant? My new book features a bisexual character and its sequel will have a significant F/F pairing. I’d love to know what the readership in those areas are looking for and what other authors are doing. Join the chat