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Review: Rise Anthology

Rise

Genre: Sxci-Fi, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Asexual, Bisexual, Demisexual, Gay, Gender Fluid, Gender Non-Conforming, Intersex, Lesbian, Poly, Transgender Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book RISE (noun / verb) Eight definitions to inspire writers around the world, and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell: 1) An upward slope or movement2) A beginning or origin3) An increase in amount or number4) An angry reaction5) To take up arms6) To return from death7) To become heartened or elated8) To exert oneself to meet a challenge Rise features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: Rise – Queer Sci Fi’s 10th Flash Fiction Contest

Rise

Queer Sci Fi has a new flash fiction anthology out: Rise. And there’s a giveaway. RISE (Noun, Verb) Eight definitions to inspire writers around the world, and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell: Rise features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi. About the Series Every year, Queer Sci Fi runs a one-word theme contest for 300 word flash fiction stories, and then we choose 120 of the best for our annual anthology. Publisher | Amazon | Apple Books | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org | … Read more

Night Of the Living Queers; On Beyond Cisgender VII – Boogieman in Lavender

This is the seventh (wow!) installment of our “On Beyond Cisgender” feature, where we look at books for YA readers (whether written for them or not!) It was initially inspired by a Facebook post from A. M. Leibowitz lamenting the lack of LGBT, non-cisgender, non POC books for High School readers several years ago. There aren’t a lot of good original anthologies aimed at LGBT YA audiences out there, and this one is appropriate for the season. —–jeff Just in time for Halloween, Wednesday Books has published “Night Of the Living Queers,” a YA anthology edited by Shelly Page and … Read more

New Release: Windtaker – Emmy Mears

Windtaker - Emmy Mears

QSFer Emmie Mears has a new queer fantasy book out in the Stonebreaker series (ace, bi, demi, gay, intersex, non-binary, pan, sapphic): Windtaker. Time ticks down to the Reinvocation… In Lahivar, Carin and Culy prepare to track down the remaining hearthstones even as in Haveranth, Lyari works to decimate the life that is finally returning to the Northlands. More than life, magic itself returns in force—and that’s not the only invasion. Carin’s narrow escape from Khardish rebels has left enemies in her wake, and they will stop at nothing to find her, even if it means following her to her … Read more

New Release/Giveaway: When a Man Loves an Alien – Chloe Archer

When a Man Loves an Alien - Chloe Archer

Chloe Archer has a new MM sci-fi romance book out, Tentacular Tales book 3: When a Man Lies an Alien. And there’s a giveaway. A grumpy-sexy alien and his (mostly) human mate are just trying to get married for goodness sake! But the road to matrimony is riddled with obstacles that could prove deadly… RIVER Being engaged to my adorable alien boo is a dream come true. Too bad there’s a target painted on my back. Come on universe, quit messing with true love! For reals. Kai and I need to plan our wedding—which is going to be hella quirky … Read more

New Release: Court of Magickers – Novae Caelum

Court of Magickers - Novae Caelum

Novae Caelum has a new queer sci-fantasy book out, The Stars and Green Magicks book 2: Court of Magickers. THE POWER TO DESTROY A KINGDOM.THE POWER TO HEAL A HEART. Ari’s new powers have awakened, threatening to tear apart a kingdom already on the edge. Sent back to Valon to face her father’s—and the people’s—judgement, Ari must decide how far she’ll go to reclaim her former life, if that’s even possible anymore. In the heart of the turmoil, Iata, the reigning ruler, is losing control of his increasingly unstable magics. As his secrets threaten to spill out, his brother’s wife, … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: Sympathy for the Devil – Stephanie Burke

Sympathy for the Devil - Stephanie Burke

Stephanie Burke has a new queer rock ‘n roll paranormal romance out: Sympathy for the Devil. The rock gods of the band Abadon are falling hard, but their would-be killers are getting closer… Charle (Sympathy For the Devil 1): Reporter Charle Lexington latest gig is covering the last leg of Abadon’s American tour. After a confrontation at a concert, he loses himself in a one-night stand. Now he’s finding it hard to forget the stranger he screwed, even if he never saw his face. Abadon (Sympathy For the Devil 2): Abadon is a Rock god… literally. He’s discovered a way … Read more

Review: The Master of Puppets – Molly J. Bragg

The Master of Puppets - Molly J. Bragg

Genre: Sci-Fi, Alien Invasion LGBTQ+ Category: Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Pansexual Reviewer: Lucy Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords About The Book Jakari, an alien assassin, receives orders taking her to a primitive alien world. She expects the mission to be like any other. Get in, eliminate the target and get out again. Instead, when she arrives, she finds out that one of the leaders of the fascist Char Oram is there, seeking to turn the inhabitants into mindless soldiers that could tip the war in favor of the Char. Hayami Takahashi follows a strange woman down a dark street and all she … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: Overexposed – Alexa Piper

Overexposed - Alexa Piper

Alexa Piper has a new MM paranormal thriller out: Overexposed. After the events that drew them together, Ethan and Auris have grown into their feelings for one another. On their quest to discover other supernatural beings, Ethan will have to do some healing after the violence he experienced, and Auris, in order to help the man he loves do so, will share his past with Ethan. While their relationship deepens, the pair finds something in Prague that they had hoped for but not expected: traces of another vampire. But that discovery brings with it a greater threat and more things … Read more

Double Review: Malena MCD – Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

Malena MCD - Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space opera, Adventure, Police Procedural LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Poly Reviewers: Lucy, Ulysses (PRG) Get It On Amazon About The Book Mauve is a pet, a human pleasure slave. He is smart, ambitious, horny – and the only witness in a murder case. Or rather, he is ‘evidence’. Luckily, the crime was committed on Malicorn, where an unsolved murder would disturb its profitable reputation as the safest planet of the Empire. So Mauve ends up in the hands of the Malena MCD, the local Major Crimes Division, run by ex-space-marine Alexej Sirenkov and his brilliant wife Andrea. Unwilling … Read more