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Sci Fi

Announcement: Coming Together – Among the Stars

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There’s a new sci fi erotic anthology out that includes some LGBT stories: Erotica writer and geekess extraordinaire, Lynn Townsend, presents an erotic spin on science fiction. Called the “literature of ideas,” science fiction is filled with futuristic settings, alien life forms, advanced technology, and space travel. Stories about the possible future have been used for centuries to frame stories to explore identity, morality, social structure, and desire. What it means to be human, among aliens. What binds us together, and what keeps us apart. From the exploration teams studying new lifeforms, to a woman flung to the edges of … Read more

Announcement: Tethered Pair, by Elizabeth Noble

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Today we have an annoucement from QSFer Elizabeth Noble – book five in her sci fi/paranormal Sentries series: War rages across New Colorado Protectorate, and both sides employ normal and supernatural soldiers and arsenals. Sentries like Todd and Nick Ruger have the talents and training to combat such paranormal threats. When Todd and Nick are sent by New Colorado’s Chancellor Clarke to investigate a group of weapons smugglers, they wind up posing undercover on the riverboat Annabelle. To their horror, they discover the arms dealers are demons—creatures they have no experience facing. Staying alive will take all their skills and … Read more

Pansexuality and Sci Fi

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer Beth Brock: “Have we posted anything in Queer SciFi about Pansexuality and how the mental and physical markers of how we label sexuality will probably change with the introduction of aliens, or even simply hundreds of years of technology? (think of…Jozy?…in Re-Life, who could change his/her body at will). What is homo and heterosexuality under those future conditions? Would everyone be a pansexual? What does pansexuality mean to you?” I admit, I had to look up the definition of pansexuality. I’m very familiar with the standard letters of the LGBT rainbow, but I’ve only heard … Read more

Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Contest – Honorable Mention

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We’ve wrapped up the judging of the First Annual QSF Flash Fiction Contest early, so we’ll be sharing the top stories over the next 6 days. After that, most of the submitted stories will be posted on the site for everyone to enjoy. We had some fantastic submissions this year – congrats to everyone! All stories were limited to 300 words max, with the theme “endings”. Our second of three honorable mention winners is Aldous Mercer – congrats, Beth! Here’s the story – enjoy! Today we’re interviewing Dr. Julian Smith,expert on Argar Exopsychology By Aldous Mercer Where did you decide … Read more

Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Contest – Honorable Mention

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We’ve wrapped up the judging of the First Annual QSF Flash Fiction Contest early, so we’ll be sharing the top stories over the next 6 days. After that, most of the submitted stories will be posted on the site for everyone to enjoy. We had some fantastic submissions this year – congrats to everyone! All stories were limited to 300 words max, with the theme “endings”. Our first of three honorable mention winners is Beth Brock – congrats, Beth! Here’s the story – enjoy! Our Night By Beth Brock Over the pale face flickered the shadows of ancient craters. Like … Read more

Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Contest – Third Place Winner

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We’ve wrapped up the judging of the First Annual QSF Flash Fiction Contest early, so we’ll be sharing the top stories over the next 6 days. After that, most of the submitted stories will be posted on the site for everyone to enjoy. We had some fantastic submissions this year – congrats to everyone! All stories were limited to 300 words max, with the theme “endings”. Our third place winner is Alicia Nordwell – congrats, Alicia! Here’s the story – enjoy! First Contact By Alicia Nordwell The wall burst open. I trembled, retreating to my corner. “Hey.” I huddled into … Read more

If Men Were the Ones Who Got Pregnant…

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From QSFer Tam Ames: “Mpreg. I don’t even like it, but it does seem like something that is tackled when talking sci-fi and there are readers who enjoy it. Maybe I could get more behind an alien that lays eggs if they were less humanoid. TN Tarrant i like mpreg just for the basic role reversal….it’s kinda fun making some poor male hormonally crazy.” Ah, a fun one. :) We’ve seen depictions on film of male pregnancy – most notably Arnold Schwarzenegger in Junior. And we’ve actually had some male pregnancies in the last few years – albeit in trans … Read more

Can We Live on Mars?

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The guys over at ASAPScience have a new video all about Mars and the obstacles we’d need to overcome in order to set up a human colony on the red planet – gay club presumably included. Full Story at Towleroad.com

LGBT Sci Fi and Mega Structures

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QSFer Jim Comer posed an interesting question recently: “Megastructures and where and how they belong in SF/F; where do we fit in? Dyson Spheres/Shells, Ringworlds, Topopoleis. Alderson disks etc. This group deals with QUILTBAG individuals, mostly of human-like species. CAN we tell an LGBT story in such a setting? Is there any point even to discussing LGBT issues when we’re constructing a shell AROUND A STAR? … Very few hard SF authors (want to) deal with us and our issues, whether because of their social conservatism or because they don’t see QUILTBAG people as having a place in such a … Read more