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“We Mostly Come Out At Night.” On Beyond Cisgender IX. – Boogieman In Lavender

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For this ninth (!!!) installment of the column’s occasional feature “On Beyond Cisgender,” we go into a recent YA anthology perfect for the Halloween Season. This feature is about books recommended for High School readers that go beyond the usual “white, male, cisgender paradigm,” an idea suggested by Amy Liebowitz, (thanks very much!) several years ago. “We Mostly Come Out At Night,” edited by Rob Costello, published by Running Press Teens, Hatchette Book Group in 2024 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rob-costello/we-mostly-come-out-at-night/9780762483198/ features “15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels and Other Creatures,” to quote the cover blurb. Stories range from variants on a classic fairy … Read more

New Release: Teramar Beasts of the Field – T. M. Murray

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Teramar Beasts of the Field - T. M. Murray

QSFer T.M. Murray has a new MM sci-fi book out, teramar book 2: Beasts of the Field. Beware the Collective. Set in modern New York and a fictional feudal planet, this new story from Teramar tempts the feral temperament of Internet connoisseurs through a lubricious story that puts the R back into romance. While young love struggles to find a foothold across the light years, a super computer’s journey toward sentience matures as organic sensations like taste and smell come alive. Named Jessica by her designers, the same A. I. quietly extends her influence within the famous families on Teramar … Read more

Review: The Switch – April McCloud

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The Switch - April McCloud

Genre: Cyberpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A hundred years in the future, in a world where technologically enhanced bodies are valued above organic ones, Complete Life Management (CLM) is selling perfection in the form of the latest and greatest bionic model, the Apogee. As an elite runner and inadvertent spokesperson for the humanism movement, NYPD Detective Naomi Gate has eschewed vanity upgrades. However, if she hopes to survive in New York City’s fierce criminal Underground and find her brother, she can’t show up in her … Read more

Review: Whiskey and Warfare – EM Hamill

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Whiskey and Warfare - E.M. Hamill

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Ace/Aro, Pan Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Running on caffeine and spite with nothing left to prove. GOLDEN GIRLS meets FIREFLY in this rollicking space opera adventure. Maryn Alessi retired from mercenary service after her last assignment went horribly sideways and settled down on a quiet planet with the love of her life. Unexpectedly widowed, Maryn must fulfill a promise to return her mate’s ashes to zer home planet for funeral rites, but a brutal civil war has destabilized space travel. Former Artemis Corps sisters-in-arms … Read more

Review: Parallel Lines – Mark McElroy 

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Parallel Lines - Mark McElroy

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance, Comedy, Time Travel LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book When Thomas’s constant indiscretions wreck his decade-long marriage to handsome Carter Lamm, he wonders how different choices might have made him happier. In a misguided attempt to help, Ed Williams, Thomas’s Big Gay Role Model, shares a technology that plunges users into alternative worlds: versions of the present day, shaped by different choices. Would Thomas be happier stepping on Legos while juggling a wife and kid … partnered to America’s favorite secretly gay action star … or married … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: Whiskey and Warfare – E.M. Hamill

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Whiskey and Warfare - E.M. Hamill

E.M. Hamill has a new queer women-led space western out (pan, lesbian, aro/ace), Team Huntress book one: Whiskey and Warfare. And there’s a giveaway! Running on caffeine and spite with nothing left to prove. GOLDEN GIRLS meets FIREFLY in this rollicking space opera adventure. Maryn Alessi retired from mercenary service after her last assignment went horribly sideways and settled down on a quiet planet with the love of her life. Unexpectedly widowed, Maryn must fulfill a promise to return her mate’s ashes to zer home planet for funeral rites, but a brutal civil war has destabilized space travel. Former Artemis … Read more

Review: Whiskey and Warfare – EM Hamill

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Whiskey and Warfare - E.M. Hamill

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Ace/Aro, Pan Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Running on caffeine and spite with nothing left to prove. GOLDEN GIRLS meets FIREFLY in this rollicking space opera adventure. Maryn Alessi retired from mercenary service after her last assignment went horribly sideways and settled down on a quiet planet with the love of her life. Unexpectedly widowed, Maryn must fulfill a promise to return her mate’s ashes to zer home planet for funeral rites, but a brutal civil war has destabilized space travel. Former Artemis Corps sisters-in-arms … Read more

New Release: Inhuman – R.M. Olson

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Inhuman - R.M. Olson

QSFer R.M. Olson has a new queer sci-fi book out (bi, gay, lesbian), The Dark Between the Stars book 1: Inhuman. A remote resource planet. A mysterious illness. And a rescue team frighteningly out of their depth. It was supposed to have been an easy job: go in, kidnap or kill his mark, get out. Shine’s done plenty of jobs like this before, no problem. But when it all goes suddenly wrong, he has only one option left to save his skin. He finds himself an unwilling volunteer on a medical mission to a remote resource planet. It sent in … Read more

New Release: The Worlds Behind Her Eyelids – Alexa Lee

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The Worlds Behind Her Eyelids - Alexa Lee

QSFer Alexa Lee has a new queer YA fantasy out (bi, demi, poly), Inescapable Escapism book 1: The Worlds Behind Her Eyelids. “Tell me, kid… How do you feel about desecrating a graveyard?” Suffocated by her narcissistic mother’s constant complaints, Grace retreats into the refuge of her mind. Her imagination becomes her only source of escape, and there she meets a grizzly treasure hunter, Mitch, with a history of rescuing strays. He takes Grace under his wing, allowing her to accompany him on his search for a long-lost artefact. Split between her mundane reality and the exhilarating new world she … Read more

Review: Cursebreakers – Madeleine Nakamura

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Cursebreakers - Madeleine Nakamura

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Gender Fluid Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Adrien Desfourneaux, professor of magic and disgraced ex-physician, has discovered a conspiracy. Someone is inflicting magical comas on the inhabitants of the massive city of Astrum, and no one knows how or why. Caught between a faction of scheming magical academics and an explosive schism in the ranks of the Astrum’s power-hungry military, Adrien is swallowed by the growing chaos. Alongside Gennady, an unruly, damaged young soldier, and Malise, a brilliant healer and Adrien’s best friend, Adrien searches for … Read more