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REVIEW: Any Given Lifetime, by Leta Blake

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Any Given Lifetime, by Leta Blake

Title: Any Given Lifetime Author: Leta Blake Genre: Paranormal, Metaphysical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Leta Blake Books Pages/Word Count: 215 Pages Reviewer: Georgiana This is him. He’s everything. When two souls have found their mates, no time or distance can keep them away. This is true for Joshua and Neil. “When I lost Neil, my first love, I thought I’d never feel pain that bad again.” Joshua and Neil were together a short amount of time, but it was apparent from the beginning they were meant for each other. It wasn’t easy for Neil to experience growing up again, knowing … Read more

Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender:

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Earth - NASA

Arthur C. Clarke’s Tall Tales Or: A Splash of Science With a Shot of Whimsy on the Rocks by Jeff Baker You come upon the “White Hart” quite unexpectedly in one of those anonymous little lanes leading down from Fleet Street to the Embankment. —Arthur C. Clarke “Tales From The White Hart.” It is among my favorite themes in fiction; the tall tale told in a bar, the “Club Story.” Tales told with tongue in cheek and a soupcon of humor. Lord Dunsany wrote several books full of them (told by “Jorkins,”) L. Sprague DeCamp and Fletcher Pratt wrote the … Read more

REVIEW: The Last Sun, by K.D. Edwards

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The Last Sun

Title: The Last Sun Series: The Tarot Sequence Author: K.D. Edwards Genre: Paranormal, mystery/detective LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Pyr Pages/Word Count: 365 pages Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment’s missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam’s relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the … Read more

REVIEW: Autonomous, by Annalee Newitz

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Autonomous

Our friend Trevor Barton is stopping by with a guest review for Autonomous, by Annalee Newitz. Title: Autonomous* Author: Annalee Newitz Genre: Science Fiction / Cyberpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Several Publisher: Orbit Pages: 304 Blurb: Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap medicines for those who can’t otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane. Hot on her trail is an unlikely pair: … Read more

Review: “No Enemy But Time” by Angel Martinez

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Title: Open for Business (No Enemy But Time) Series: Brandywine Investigations Author: Angel Martinez Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: M/M, Cis Publisher: Mischief Corner Books, LLC Pages: 488 Blurb When humans forsake the temples, the gods need to find other employment. Hades opens Brandywine Investigations after his divorce and his subsequent move to the modern world. If he was hoping for boring infidelity cases and lost dogs, he’s sorely mistaken as murder and mayhem find his agency and his extended family at an astonishing rate. Includes: Canines, Crosshairs & Corpses: Brandywine Investigations #1 No Enemy But Time: Brandywine Investigations #2 … Read more

“Transcendent 2,” review. Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender.

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Transcendent 2

                                       Transcendent 2 a Review By Jeff Baker               As this column was going to press, (read; as I was getting off my lazy behind and typing it up) word came that “Transcendent 2” won for best Transgender Fiction at the 2018 Lambda Literary Awards. Congratulations to all involved, starting with editor, Bogi Takacs. Those who want some specifics about just how good this book is, read on. —J.S. Baker “Transcendent 2,” Lethe Press’ second annual collection of Transgender themed speculative … Read more

Review: “The Lurid Sea” by Tom Cardamone

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Title: The Lurid Sea Author: Tom Cardamone Genre: Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages: 182 Blurb: A steamy bacchanal bending through time and space, replete with the occasional God, mythic creatures, and oh-so-many men. For centuries the godling Nerites luxuriated in a shifting sexual paradise, hopping from one bathhouse to another—from disco-era Manhattan to Feudal Japan and back to where it all started: ancient Rome. When the dark shadow of his half-brother, the sinister Obsidio, descends, his deadly kiss leaves bodies cooling in steam room corners. Nerites must adopt a new role: as defender of these hidden … Read more

Review: “Triptych” by J. M. Frey

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Title: Triptych Author: J. M. Frey Genre: sci-fi LGBTQ+ Category: bi/pansexual, nonbinary Publisher: StrangeFuse Pages: 286 Blurb IN THE near future, humankind has mastered the arts of peace, tolerance, and acceptance. At least, that’s what we claim. But then THEY arrive. “You know…” she said slowly, so softly that Evvie almost didn’t hear it. “You know those movies where the aliens come to Earth, and they… I dunno, they try to steal our natural resources, or create a nuclear winter so they can turn the Earth into slag, or they melt the polar ice caps and New York is under … Read more

Review: “Canines, Crosshairs & Corpses” by Angel Martinez

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Title: Canines, Crosshairs & Corpses Series: Brandywine Investigations 1 Author: Angel Martinez Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: M/M, Cis Publisher: Mischief Corner Books, LLC Pages: 488 (for 1, 2, &3) Blurb WHAT’S A Lord of the Dead to do? Hades’ bride of several thousand years has served him with divorce papers and she doesn’t just want him out of her life, she wants the palace and the dog, too. Hades’ nephews and his faithful ferryman, Charon, are determined to find their uncle something to distract him before he expires of brooding misery. Tiberius Snyder had a good future, until his … Read more

Review: “And God Belched” by Rob Rosen

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Title: And God Belched Author: Rob Rosen Genre: Scifi, Humor LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: MLR Press Pages: 212 pages Blurb IN THIS riotously funny romantic adventure, Randy and his younger brother, Craig, find themselves in a different universe, on a strange planet, desperately searching for Milo, a handsome stranger in imminent danger, all while being chased by the heavily armed local authorities. And that’s just the start of this epic journey. But what else does fate have in store for our brave heroes? And can one human save two worlds, the handsome alien he’s fallen in love with, his entire … Read more