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Review: Inflicted – Leo Otherland

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Inflicted - Leo Otherland

Genre: Science Fantasy, Physiological Horror, Space Opera, Soft Sci fi, Eldritch Sci fi, Secondary World/Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Reviewer: Damian Get It On Amazon About The Book “Pain is pain. It all hurts the same.”Inflicted with dark desire, one man chooses between idyllic pretense and disturbing reality. Haunted by the silence of deep space, an engineer chases an eerie melody. Torn between penance and pride, a dishonored prince challenges the course of history. Suffering cracks our hearts and splinters our minds. It scars and alters us in irreversible ways. Yet while pain breaks us … Read more

New Release: Weird Worlds – Patricia Loofbourrow

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Weird Worlds - Patricia Loofbourrow

QSFer Patricia Loofbourrow has a new sci-fi collection out, some including ace and lesbian characters: Weird Worlds. A man arrives at his new job. A woman lets one last customer into her shop. Two teens sneak away to a party. These all sound normal. But these simple actions are on worlds that it’s unlikely you’ve seen before. Twenty short stories bring you twenty weird worlds you won’t soon forget. Warnings: Violence (a bombing), on-screen death. Get It At Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Universal Buy Link Excerpt Mmrra raised all three of his eyes over the fallen log and … Read more

Movies: Gaga Kisses a Woman in Captured Footage From Joker: Folie à Deux

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Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn

New footage from the set of the Joker sequel Joker: Folie à Deux has sent queer women into a frenzy after pop diva Lady Gaga was spotted kissing a woman while in character as Harley Quinn. Videos shared online show Gaga walking up the stairs outside the Manhattan Criminal Court while in character as the Joker’s love interest, Harley Quinn. One clip sees Gaga walk up the steps and past a woman holding a newspaper, which shows a photo of Harley Quinn holding a hospital placard on the front page, alongside the headline ‘Crazy In Love’. A woman standing among … Read more

Review: Proud Pink Sky – Redfern Jon Barrett

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Proud Pink Sky - Redfern Jon Barrett

Genre: Alt. History, Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans FTM, Trans MTF, Queer Reviewers: Lucy & Eliza B. Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Book Depository About The Book QSFer Redfern Jon Barrett has a new queer cyberpunk alt-history book out: Proud Pink Sky. Proud Pink Sky breaks down the binary between utopia and dystopia—presenting an ambitopian vision of the world’s first gay state. A glittering metropolis of 24 million people, Berlin is a bustling world of pride parades, polyamorous trysts, and even an official gay language. Its distant radio broadcasts are a lifeline for teenagers William and Gareth, … Read more

New Release: Proud Pink Sky – Redfern Jon Barrett

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Proud Pink Sky - Redfern Jon Barrett

QSFer Redfern Jon Barrett has a new queer cyberpunk alt-history book out: Proud Pink Sky. Proud Pink Sky breaks down the binary between utopia and dystopia—presenting an ambitopian vision of the world’s first gay state. A glittering metropolis of 24 million people, Berlin is a bustling world of pride parades, polyamorous trysts, and even an official gay language. Its distant radio broadcasts are a lifeline for teenagers William and Gareth, but is there a place for them in the deeply divided city? Meanwhile, young mother Cissie loves Berlin’s towering high rises and chaotic multiculturalism, yet she’s never left her heterosexual … Read more

New Release: Consortium – Gina A. Pond

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Consortium - Gina A. Pond

QSFer Gina A. Pond has a new queer sci-fi book out, Survey book 4: Consortium. What if first contact happened, and nobody even noticed? Light-years away, years ago, something insignificant happened. Now, the spirits are restless. Loki has returned, seeking help for his people. Entire stations are being consumed, populations lost. No one understands why, and the threat continues to spread. Can Jack, Marsha and teenager Po carry the weight of saving Loki’s civilisation? This time, it may break them all. Get It At Amazon Excerpt Recording of Bridge ActivityUnity Fleet Ship JemisonUT 73891Library Record Number: L589Logged UT 73901—Possible Survey … Read more

TV: Seven Queer Moments From Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Tara (left) and Willow were the first lesbian couple to share a kiss on TV in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which turns 26 today, blazed a trail for LGBTQ+ characters on TV, dusting tired gay stereotypes and proving heroes can be queer and badass. Twenty-five years ago, on 10 March 1997, a chosen few sat down in front of their televisions and were introduced to a plucky high-schooler and her gang of misfit friends. To those viewers, she may not have seemed like much. A wise-cracking teen who had a seemingly never-ending collection of halter-neck tops and shawls. Oh, and she fought vampires. But Buffy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, became one of television’s most enduring … Read more

Review: Transistor – Molly J. Bragg

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Transistor - Molly J. Bragg

Genre: Sci-Fi, Superhero, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Trans MTF Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book When Naomi Woodward’s doctor recommended her for a clinical trial, it seemed like the answer to her prayers. She was finally able to get her gender confirmation surgery and the surgery was a resounding success. She finally looked and felt like the woman she always knew she was. Her new face and new body finally helped her work up the nerve to ask out Anika, the beautiful nurse that lived across the hall. To her delight Anika said yes, but when they … Read more

Review: Split/Scream 2 – Cynthia Gómez, M. Lopes da Dilva

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Split/Scream 2

Genre: Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian; Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Eliza Get It On Amazon About The Book “The Shivering World” by Cynthia Gómez – Nayeli’s brilliance should be enough to outshine the darkness she longs to leave behind, but she fears she’ll never get further than what her unstable mother can provide: a futon in a garage. She’s determined to transfer to a good college and get out, but the men in her life—a violent neighbor, a greedy landlord, her mother’s predatory boyfriend—stand in her way. Only once she encounters the supernatural, a being she suspects to be La Llorona herself, does Nayeli … Read more

Video Games: A Love Letter to The Last Of Us’s Ellie Williams

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Ellie Williams - The Last of Us

The Last of Us has everything: horror, gore, romance and humour. But it would be nothing without Ellie. Before HBO adapted The Last of Us into a critically acclaimed television show that has taken the world by storm faster than its fungal disease cordyceps, game developer Naughty Dog released the story as a fully playable action adventure/survival-horror game on the PlayStation in 2013. The game swept its award season, as did its 2020 sequel, The Last of Us: Part Two, with each garnering multiple game of the year awards and mentions for the cast performances, sound design and storytelling. Both … Read more