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Westerns

ANNOUNCEMENT: Rocks & Railways, by Maz Maddox

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Rocks & Railways

QSFer Maz Maddox has a new paranormal western romance out in the Stallion Ridge series: “Rocks & Railways.” Mack Kelly is a man of many talents: deputy, former solider, expert coffee drinker and a real suave player with the men. What he’s absolutely not is a person who should be in charge of anything. Especially an entire town. When Stallion Ridge is down one sheriff, the absolute last thing Mack wants is to have to fill in Centaur size horseshoes. Wearing the mantle of the man in charge, he now has to not only keep the town in order, but … Read more

The Last “Wilde Stories” Reviewed – Boogieman in Lavender

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                          “Wilde Stories 2018” reviewed. By Jeff Baker Author’s note: My full-fledged, full-length review of “Wilde Stories 2018” will be appearing in Lambda Literary, so here is a truncated variation on the theme. ——jb The final “Wilde Stories” is out, and is well worth the price. There are delights for LGBT readers, readers of gay-themed literature or just plain readers of speculative fiction. (Groups whose readership does not seem to overlap, laments editor Steve Berman in a reflective Afterward.) The authors include names like Matthew Bright (whose stories … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Heartache and Hoofbeats, by Maz Maddox

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Heartache and Hoofbeats

QSFer Maz Maddox has a new MM western fantasy book out: Like all centaur shifters, Sheriff Calhoun is the epitome of honor. He protects his small town of Stallion Ridge and its people from any threat large or small. When word comes in that the notorious Iron Bandits are making a play for a train in his territory he’s both livid and invigorated. If anyone can bring these thieves to justice it’s him and his crew. What he did not expect was having a charming, whiskey-eyed outlaw dumped in his lap that challenged everything he thought he knew. Stallion Ridge … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Snow Creek Mountain, by Shiloh Saddler

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Snow Creek Mountain

QSFer Shiloh Saddler has a new MM holiday paranormal book out: When Marshal Oden is left for dead on Snow Creek Mountain he never thought his rescuer would be a reindeer shifter. Two outlaws take Marshal Oden prisoner and leave him to freeze on Snow Creek Mountain. Marshal Oden tries to find shelter and build a fire, but he knows his time is running out. He sends up a silent plea for help, and is shocked and relieved when a mountain man comes to his aid. Horatio Kringle is a member of K herd. He knows he’s different from the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GUEST POST: The Long Past & Other Tales, by Ginn Hale

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The Long Past & Other Stories

QSFer Ginn Hale has a new queer alt history/steampunk/weird west book out. Guest Post Hands on Research in Fantastical Worlds Often when the subject of research is brought up, fantasy authors will cite books and museums, or recount interviews and hours spent pouring over old newspapers, police records and magazines. You can almost hear the microfiche whirring around them and smell musty pages. To be honest I love that stuff myself. Original sources can be incredibly important to a book, particularly if it’s set in an alternate history or if the plot relies on real events or people. (The Long … Read more

Announcement: Big Iron, by Pelaam

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Big Iron

QSFer Pelaam has a new MM steampunk western out: When Jesse Cooper hits town, all the Arizona Ranger cares about is taking back a dangerous outlaw, dead or alive… The last thing he expects is to find himself falling in love. Gabriel is firmly under his father’s rule. When wild rumours spread about a stranger in town, Gabriel thinks little of it, until he meets Jesse. To Jesse, Gabriel is a greenhorn but a possible bed mate nonetheless. To Gabriel, Jesse offers a much yearned-for opportunity to indulge in a desire he can’t openly speak of. Lust burns brightly, forging … Read more

Announcement: Once Upon a Time in the Weird West Anthology

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once upon a time in the weird west

There are bunches of QSF authors in this new wild west speculative fiction anthology: This isn’t the same old Wild West. The usual suspects are all present: cowboys, outlaws, and sheriffs. There’s plenty of dust, tumbleweeds, horses, and cattle on the range, but there are also magical gems, automatons, elementals, airships… even dinosaurs and genetically modified insects. Roaming among the buffalo and coyotes, you’ll encounter skinwalkers, mad engineers, mythical beings cloaked in darkness, and lovers who stay true to their oaths… even beyond the grave. On this frontier are those at the mercy of their own elaborate devices as well … Read more

Announcement: The Rescue, by Auburnimp & Michael Barnette

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The Rescue

QSFer Michael Barnette and Auburnimp have a new old western paranormal book out: The Guns of Colorado series: Aspen Grove seems to have an almost mystical ability to attract people of a different sort. People who don’t fit in elsewhere. Ones with pasts they don’t often speak about. The one thing they all have in common is a desire to make a safe haven for themselves and others who don’t exactly fit in a typical town. People like Rei Naito, a former samurai displaced by the Meji. Men like Constantine Gaylord ‘CeeGee’ Blackthorne, a wealthy businessman who has visions of … Read more

“Song of Oestend” By Marie Sexton

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Genre: MM Fantasy Romance Length: Novel Song of Oestend takes place in an alternate reality and resembles the Old West, but with some odd technologies, ancient mysticism, and ghosts thrown in for fun. I would feel comfortable labeling it as steampunk, paranormal, or fantasy, but I labeled it as fantasy because both steampunk and paranormal fit into that genre. Aren Montrell is a social leper from the city, and to get away from it all, he travels to Oestend for a job as a bookkeeper. Of all the cities he could have chosen, I honestly have no idea why he … Read more

Weird Westerns

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer Cynthia Ward: “LGBT Weird Westerns? I would think Weird Western fantasies of any subgenre would cover a lot of WW territory? (supernatural horror, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, magic realism, occult, high fantasy, steampunk fantasy, fantastic bizarro, fantastique, fairytale, fantasy surrealism, etc).” OK, I’m game. One of my favorite underrated sci fi movies of the last ten years was Cowboys and Aliens. I was hooked from the moment I heard the titles, and I may have been the only one, but I thought the movie was awesome. Then, of course, there’s Firefly, the ultimate Western in space, … Read more