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Men, Erotica, and Porn

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Best Gay Erotica

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Beth Brock: Beth Brock Popular belief (and evidence) suggests that men are stimulated visually, with physical sexual images of intercourse and/or genitalia. This can help explain why a lot more men than women watch porn. Around 20% of romance/erotica readers are men, which also supports the hypothesis that men prefer a visual stimulus. So my question is, why do men read erotica/romance? Why do they write it? Are they different than those other men who only watch porn, or do they watch porn too? Is there any correlation with the fact that, of the percentage … Read more

Announcement: Nightfall, by Shiriluna Nott and Saja H.

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Nightfall, by Shiraluna Nott and Saja H.

QSF author Shirluna Nott and Sajah H. have a new fantasy book out: Gibben Nemesio thought his life was over the day he received a conscription notice demanding he train to be a soldier. When he left his home for Silver City, he never expected he’d thwart a terrible plot to murder the King and become an overnight hero—and he definitely hadn’t expected to find love in the form of a handsome mage trainee named Joel. Three years later, Gib has fought his way from lowborn farmer to hold the coveted position as understudy to the seneschal. Despite heightening tensions … Read more

Angel’s Bits: Podcasting with Special Guest Janet Gershen-Siegel

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For today’s edition of Angel’s Bits, we have a special guest, Janet Gershen-Siegel, to talk to us about: Podcasting It’s a means of getting to a wider audience. It’s a different medium from what you might be used to. And it offers practice and the opportunity to polish some skills that you, the writer, might not have realized you needed, such as thinking on your feet and being an interview subject. Getting Started What do you need for podcasting? This image is a pretty good summary of what you need – The good news is that you have most of … Read more

“Reawakening” by Amy Rae Durreson

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Genre: MM Fantasy Romance Length: Novel   Reawakening is a story about a dragon, Tarn, who wakes up after hundreds of years of hibernation. He discovers that his hoard—family—have all moved on or are dead. Lonely, he leaves his mountain home in search of civilization, and finds himself in the desert, where he meets a rather feisty air spirit, Gard. He gets kicked out of the desert (because who wants a dragon hanging around?—lol) and he decides to try again with the air spirit in his human form. Only when Tarn arrives in the desert by caravan, he can’t find … Read more

Announcement: Phoenix, by Elle King

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Phoenix

QSFer Elle King has a new paranormal book out: New York City homicide detectives Rachel Wayland and Artemis Gregory are first on the murder scene of a beautiful young gay man, the third victim of a serial killer dubbed the Moon Killer by the department. Their investigation leads them to Talis Kehk, charismatic lead singer of the rock group Phoenix Rising. As the next full moon approaches, Rachel and her partner uncover clues that lead straight to Talis, even as Talis, exhibiting behavior Rachel finds strange indeed, considering the circumstances, uses every means possible to keep her close. Innocent or … Read more

Queer Sci Fi’s Second Annual Flash Fiction Contest

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Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction contest

Hi all, We have some big news today. We’re launching the second annual flash fiction contest on QueerSciFi.com. Last year’s contest was a great success, with some fantastic entries and a great winning story. This year promises to be even better, and we’re adding a second contest as well. Flash Fiction Contest We are partnering with Mischief Corner Books to create an eBook with all the entries that we will then sell on the site and at Rainbow Con to help fund the growth of the QueerSciFi empire. :) There will be cash prizes for the top three entries, along with … Read more

Announcement: Blood and Ghosts, by Shira Anthony

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Blood and Ghosts

QSFer Shira Anthony has a new paranormal MM book out: Sequel to Blood and Rain/Blood: Book Two With vampire Nicolas Lambert’s marriage to a rival clanswoman only weeks away, Adrien Gilbert struggles to come to terms with his defeat at the hands of Verel Pelletier, a vampire hunter and an immortal like himself. Adrien and his former teacher, Roland Günter, begin to explore his newly acquired abilities. But without his soul’s sword, Adrien flounders. On Nicolas’s wedding day, a two-hundred-year old secret is revealed, sending the wedding party into a blazing battle between hunters and vampires. Once again Adrien finds … Read more

What’s Your Favorite Book, Author or Series in LGBT Speculative Fiction?

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gay sci fi

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Tammy Jenkins: Who is your favorite MM Sci Fi / Fantasy / Paranormal author or series, and why? What would you like to see more of from them? Some ground rules: It can’t be you or your own book/series OK, well, really that’s about it. :P Let’s have some fun! In this chat, it’s fine to link to a buy page for the book. :)

The Midweek Mingle: Hollywood Tokenism

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When it comes to diversity in fiction/cinema/whatever, we’ve come a long way. Like, a really, really long way, in a relatively short time. If the Supreme Court rules that same sex marriage is legal, pretty soon, we’ll have an entire generation who doesn’t remember a time when it was illegal. We already have a generation or two who won’t have to worry about getting their sexuality classed as a mental disorder. And already, QUILTBAG+ characters are hardly something to bat an eye at (Usually. I’ll touch on that further, promise.). Yay yay yay, more more more! However (there always seems … Read more

Announcement: Kiss of Death, by Cassie Sweet

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Kiss of Death

QSFer Cassie Sweet (MK Mancos) has a new fantasy book out: Alchemists and Elementals: Book Three Before Headmaster Oberon Bertolini stands the lover he lost seventeen years ago: Hazrael, the most powerful etherealthant to ever live. Abducted and presumed dead, Hazrael has no memory of his time with the necromancers or the atrocities he was forced to inflict on humanity while under their control. Torn between his memories of the man Hazrael used to be and the one with blood on his hands, Oberon tries to offer the support Hazrael needs to heal and regain his life. The only evidence … Read more