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Review: Migration Flash Fiction Anthology

Migration

Title: Migration Series: Queer Sci Fi Annual Flash Fiction Contest Author: Various Genre: Speculative Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: LGBTQ+ Publisher: Other Worlds Ink Pages: 256 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book MI-GRA-TION (Noun) 1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. 2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. 3) Movement from one part of something to another. Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites. Migration … Read more

REVIEW: Here Comes the Son, by Dahlia Donovan

Here Comes the Son

Title: Here Comes the Sun Author: Dahlia Donovan Genre: Paranormal Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing Pages: 308 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Five Stars When evil stirs in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, heroes come in both ordinary and extraordinary packages. Ignatius Faber knows a few things for absolute certain. He’s half-demon, his father is the unequivocal prince of darkness, and demons want to destroy his city. And if he doesn’t make the first move on his crush, they’re never going to be anything more than a teenage fantasy … Read more

REVIEW: Afflicted to the Core, by Nat Kennedy

Afflicted to the Core

Title: Afflicted to the Core Series: Wielder World Book Three Author: Nat Kennedy Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Lagomorph Press Pages: 275 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Reggie Wolfe religiously visits Kyle Landon—his student in Nerve detangling—at the Harpford Disentanglement Center, where the younger man has been incarcerated on trumped up charges. During one of Reggie’s visits, Kyle’s able to warn his teacher of an imminent unauthorized transfer by an unknown shadow agency. Reggie demands help from his sister at the Bureau of Wielder Services but is pressed to take the … Read more

REVIEW: Where Oblivion Lives , by T. Frohock

Where Oblivion Lives

Title: Where Oblivion Lives Series: Los Nefilim Book One Author: T. Frohock Genre: fantasy, historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: 368 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A lyrical historical fantasy adventure, set in 1932 Spain and Germany, that brings to life the world of the novellas collected in Los Nefilim: Spanish Nephilim battling daimons in a supernatural war to save humankind. Born of daimon and angel, Diago Alvarez is a being unlike all others. The embodiment of dark and light, he has witnessed the good and the horror of this world … Read more

REVIEW: The Hands We’re Given, by O.E. tearmann

The Hands We're Given - O.E. Tearmann

Title: The Hands We’re Given Series: Aces High, Jokers Wild Book One Author: O.E. Tearmann Genre: sci fi LGBTQ+ Category: MM / Gay Publisher: Amphibian Press Pages: 429 Reviewer: Ulysses Dietz, Paranormal Romance Guild eBook – Amazon | Audio – Amazon About The Book Aidan Headly never wanted to be the man giving orders. That’s fine with the Democratic State Force base he’s been assigned to command: they don’t like to take orders. Nicknamed the Wildcards, they used to be the most effective base against the seven Corporations owning the former United States in a war that has lasted over … Read more

REVIEW: All City, by Alex DiFrancesco

All City

Title: All City Author: Alex DiFrancesco Genre: Dystopia LGBTQ+ Category: Genderqueer Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pages: 272 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book In a near-future New York City in which both global warming and a tremendous economic divide are making the city unlivable for many, a huge superstorm hits, leaving behind only those who had nowhere else to go and no way to get out. Makayla is a twenty-four-year-old woman who works at the convenience store chain that’s taken over the city. Jesse, an eighteen-year-old, genderqueer, anarchist punk lives in an abandoned … Read more

REVIEW: Peony Lanterns, by Patricia Correll

Peony Lanterns

Title: Peony Lanterns Author: Patricia Correll Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Patricia Correll Publisher Pages: 91 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Mitsu has been Shiro’s personal servant and best friend since they were both six years old, and he’s been in love with him for nearly that long. While Shiro takes lovers of both sexes, the gulf between their social classes is so vast that Mitsu has never spoken his feelings aloud.  When Shiro meets the beautiful Lady Keiko, he’s instantly infatuated. His affection soon turns to obsession, and Mitsu resigns … Read more

REVIEW: Overcoming Fear, by Grace R. Duncan

Overcoming Fear

Title: Overcoming Fear Series: Pandemus Chronicles Book 3 Author: Grace R. Duncan Genre: sci fi, romance LGBTQ+ Category: gay / bi Publisher: Self Pages: 25 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book It’s been four years since a global pandemic has ravaged the world and almost a year since Mark and Duncan had their fateful meeting at a tiny pharmacy. Duncan has spent that time doing everything he could to ease Mark’s fears of losing him—fears that go beyond the normal danger of their new world. When a minister and his wife seek out … Read more

REVIEW: Death’s Angel, by Michael Mandrake

Death's Angel

Title: Death’s Angel Author: Michael Mandrake Genre: Paranormal Dark Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM / Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 159 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Death’s plan for revenge is derailed by his lust for one of the Creator’s angels. Being second to Michael has never sat well with Allerio. Feeling slighted, he travels beyond the heavens, meeting a creature who informs him of his Father’s secrets. With curiosities niggling him, he challenges his god, seeking freedom from stringent rules. Though the prize might look wonderful on the surface, it comes with a … Read more

REVIEW: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum, By Cynthia Ward

The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum

Title: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum Series: Conversation Pieces Author: Cynthia Ward Genre: Action Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Paranormal (supernatural, etc.), Science Fiction (space opera, science fantasy, steampunk, etc), Romance, steampunk dieselpunk vampires wolfmen mashup LGBTQ+ Category: Asexual Spectrum (demi, gray, aromantic, etc), Bisexual+, Lesbian, Pansexual, Poly, Sapiosexual Publisher: Aqueduct Press Pages: 109 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Intelligence agent Lucy Harker receives the most dangerous job in the world — keeping Winston Churchill safe in the Great War. Despite her unique abilities as Dracula’s daughter, she loses Churchill to Kaiser … Read more