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QSF Contest Winners – Third Place

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CE Kilgore Cover

Here are our third place winners – The Road Block, by Aidee Ladnier, and the cover (provided in draft version with stock art) from CE Kilgore: The Road Block Aidee Ladnier I remembered the little man from my childhood, a fairy manikin peeking at me through the branches of the backyard azalea bush. Here at the dirt crossroad, a mile from the new county highway, he stood again. The stink of tar smothered the air as several yards away my men paved over the gravel that had stung the engine blocks and spiderwebbed the windshields of my kin for a … Read more

QSF Contest Winners – Second Place

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Here are our second place winners – Anomalous, by Carole Cummings, and the cover from Alicia Nordwell.: Anomalous Carole Cummings He wakes starving. Starving. He shouldn’t be. He’d had his rations not… he checks his chrono. It’s only been three klicks of the planet’s sun, which translates roughly into less than one and a half Earth-hours. He shouldn’t be this hungry, but he can swear his envirosuit is looser than it was when they left the lander. He can also swear the sun’s moved a lot more than three klicks. He shakes his head, jabs at Cam’s ribs. “Wake up.” … Read more

QSF Contest Winners – First Place

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Discovery - Bey Deckard

Here are the first two contest winners – cover by Bey Deckard and story by Jenn Burke – enjoy! Self-Actuating Jenn Burke “The electrical anomaly did not damage me,” I report. “Operations are within expected parameters.” “Glad to hear it, Davey.” Through my bridge cameras, I see Captain Landon’s smile. He pats my console. I am sure he knows I cannot feel it, but I understand it is a gesture of camaraderie. Landon leaves the bridge. Every time we encounter danger or other stress, he retreats to his cabin to indulge in May. She is always ready, naked, legs spread, … Read more

Announcing the Winners of the Second Annual QSF Flash Fiction Contest

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Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction contest

Hey all, OK, we’ve gone through all the entries – covers and stories – for the flash fiction contest. There were some amazing stories in there, and overall the level of sophistication was very high. Judging was done blind, so we didn’t know who the winners were until the stories were chosen. We had 115 to choose from – a huge increase from last year’s 16 stories. Congrats to everyone who entered! We’ve chosen the winners – no easy task. And so, without further delay (drumroll please) – For the stories: First Place – Self-Actuating, by Jenn Burke Second Place … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Welcome to ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post, so I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info at … Read more

News: The Sexual Future is Here

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Lovely

These days, everything we own is becoming “smart” – from the smart watch, smart TV, and smart fridge, to the smart fitness tracker and smart glasses – so it should come as no surprise that now smart wearable technology is coming to sex toys too. Meet Lovely, a penis ring now on Indiegogo that does way more than just vibrate – its built-in sensors send data to an accompanying smartphone app in order to track your sexual performance, give you tips on what you could do better next time, and count how many calories you’ve burned. Made from medical-grade silicone, … Read more

New Photos of Saturn’s Moon Rhea

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Rhea

After a couple of years in high-inclination orbits that limited its ability to encounter Saturn’s moons, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft returned to Saturn’s equatorial plane in March 2015. As a prelude to its return to the realm of the icy satellites, the spacecraft had its first relatively close flyby of an icy moon (apart from Titan) in almost two years on Feb. 9. During this encounter Cassini’s cameras captured images of the icy moon Rhea, as shown in these in two image mosaics. The views were taken about an hour and a half apart as Cassini drew closer to Rhea. Images … Read more

Me Me Monday

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Welcome to ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post, so I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info at … Read more

Ever Wanna Fly With a Jetpack?

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Jetpack over Dubai

We’ve seen him fly over the Grand Canyon and in tandem with military jets, but now Jetman Yves Rossy and his protege, Jetman Vince Reffet, have taken on the surreal landscape of the city of Dubai in an HD video that feels like something out of a science fiction film, buzzing landmarks like the Burj Khalifa and the Palm Islands. Says Rossy: “That feeling of freedom in all dimensions, it’s so new. Just playing in the air with a machine that brings you in another world.”