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Romance

Announcement: The Library, by TM Smith

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The Library

QSFer TM Smith has a new sci fi book out: Want to know what happened that night in the library? Cirian and Rian had a fight in the library and Rian ends up naked on the desk, on his back, at Cirian’s mercy. Want to know how far things went with ice cream? A romantic evening by the fire feeding his husband ice cream leads to a lot more than heavy petting for Aiyan and Kaden. Want to know what was going on when those birds fled? Travelling hundreds of miles, battling the rebels and then travelling back to House … Read more

Announcement: First Blood, by JD Glass

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First Blood

QSFer JD Glass has a new paranormal book out: Unless you’ve got werewolves in your family or something, Samantha Cray’s family secrets beat out yours—hands down. When the aftermath of a tragedy causes Samantha Cray to stay for a while in Europe, she gets more than she bargained for. Some people go to Europe to study their genealogical history, but Samantha’s visit to Europe reveals her genealogical destiny as The Wielder. She is invited to join The Circle, a group that works in the shadows to fight back against a mysterious force they call The Dark. When Samantha’s longtime best … Read more

Announcement: His Master’s Summons, by Cassie Sweet

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QSFer Cassie Sweet has a new fantasy book out: At the chasm between life and death lurks the art of reanimation. When world-famous violinist Andres Valentine is pushed from a window to his death by Herr Maestro Wilhelm Kering, he is snatched back from the abyss by a doctor well-versed in reanimation. Contrary to popular belief, Andres’s life up to this point has not been filled with opulent soirees and adoring fans, but is controlled by a hellish force, a being of the dark fae—Azgarth. Henri Vauss is a medical student who works for a man capable of raising the … Read more

Announcement: Spliced Series

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QSFer Jambrea Jo Jones has a new sci fi/shifter book out that’s part of the four book series Spliced: When scientists mess with the most primitive elements of a man’s core, the results are bound to be explosive. Four book series, four authors. Sharkorilla (Spliced #1) – Sarah Masters Mason has been tasked with the job of helping his fellow shifters escape from the compound. Two techs need his help to ensure the breakout goes smoothly. One of those techs, Brennan, has a thing for Mason—and Mason has a thing for Brennan too. Once Mason and his three friends are … Read more

Announcement: Infernal Machine, by Elizabeth A. Schecter

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Infernal Machine

Forbidden Fiction author Elizabeth A. Schechter has a new fantasy book out: Student-Artificer Elijah Saloman discovers what he thinks could be a lost masterwork of the greatest Artificer ever born. He is determined to make it work, even though he has no idea what it is or what it is supposed to do. But when everything that can go wrong does, Elijah finds himself caught in an interesting predicament—trapped within the machine, and at the mercy of the whimsical plaything of a long-dead Artificer with a taste for the exotic. Excerpt Gently, I eased my tool into the opening, easing … Read more

For Readers: YA Fiction for Girls

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Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: Are we seeing the things we need to see? Recommendations and how spec fic can help. MM seems to be the dominant force in the LGBTIQA fiction market these days. But for young girls, especially girls who like girls, we ought to be encouraging more YA fiction. So what’s out there now that’s good in YA FF speculative fiction? And what would we like to see more of? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join … Read more

Announcement: Avanti Chronicles: Once Upon an Ocania, by Hannah Walker

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QSFer Hannah Walker has a new sci fi book out: After their trip to Berinias is delayed, thoughts turn to both love and the future. Ocania, a day of love for mated pairs, gives the men a treasured day off. But with love in the air, all the Avanti seem to feel the pull, pushing some to go after those they want and try to fulfil their hearts desire. May your journey be swift and uneventful, may you all get one step closer to your truemates and may good triumph over evil. Remember love conquers all. This short falls just … Read more

Announcement: Beside a Black Tarn (Brimstone 4), by Angel Martinez

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Beside a Black Tarn

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new sci fi book out: When Shax stumbles across rumors of an experimental house that responds to the occupant’s brain functions, creating scenarios to please and delight, naturally he wants to steal it. But with the return of a troubled and hunted Julian Parallax and an overabundance of Poe references, even Shax’s scheming may not be enough to get the Brimstone crew out alive this time. Book Four in the Brimstone Series Excerpt Forked lightning stabbed the sky, misfiring neural dendrites from some angry god with a migraine. Wind whistled and groaned through the rattling … Read more

Announcement: The Mazarinette and the Musketeer, by Heather Rose Jones

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QSFer Heather Rose Jones has a new free Historical Fantasy story out: In the turbulent France of 1678, Hortense Mancini, Duchesse Mazarine takes on the disguise of a King’s Musketeer to pursue her love affair with Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex. She crosses paths with a true Musketeer, and with Aphra Behn, English playwright and spy, both seeking to retrieve letters between the kings of France and England that could prove ruinous. Every disguise and plan is threatened by the arrival of a young woman who seeks to gain fame by besting a Musketeer in a duel—and now she has … Read more

Announcement: Scardust, by Suzanne Van Rooyen

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QSFer Suzanne Van Rooyen has a new sci fi book out: Raleigh Williams made a promise to his brother before he died, that he’d scatter his ashes on Mars. Desperate to leave a life of bad memories behind and start over in the Martian colony, Raleigh fully intends to keep that promise. But his plans are thwarted when a meteor near-misses him in the desert, and Raleigh finds in its crater not debris or even a spacecraft, but a man covered in swirling scars and with no memory of who he is. At least he looks like a man—a man … Read more