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Announcement: Cat Got Your Tongue, by Michelle Rae

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Cat Got Your Tongue, by Michelle Rae

QSFer Michelle Rae has a new fantasy book out: Rejected by his parents because of his sexuality, Tyler flees to an abandoned house owned by his family in the country. There, Tyler discovers the presence of a cat he has appropriately named ‘The Black Devil’. But this cat is not ordinary cat and Tyler is about to find out things are going to get a whole lot more complicated. Lannor is not your average cat; he’s not even from the planet. Sent to earth by his mother to understand what love truly means, Lannor struggles through the many years. Losing … Read more

Bisexual Characters in Spec Fic

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Bisexuals

Every genre has its rare characters, although Fantasy seems to have more than its share, with leprechauns, unicorns, will-o-the-wisps, and many more elusive entities populating the pages of this magical genre. But there’s one character that’s far more rare than it should be – bisexual characters. Let me say that I totally accept that bisexuality exists, and it always irks me when folks say that bisexuals are just gay men (or lesbian women) who just haven’t fully committed to their homosexuality yet. I’ve known many happy and well adjusted bi folks. And hey, the way I figure it – if … Read more

Announcement: Quinn’s Gambit, Bellora Quinn and Angel Martinez

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Quinn's Gambit

QSFer Angel Martinez and Bellora Quinn have a new fantasy book out: AURA – the Agency for Unnatural Resettlement and Assimilation It’s a weird job, but somebody’s got to do it. A magical catastrophe tears the fabric of reality, causing unpredictable holes between worlds through which anything might fall—elves, centaurs, trolls, yeti. The brave officers and employees of AURA struggle daily to help the lost and injured, and contain the irretrievably violent while their research staff scramble to find a way to reverse the effect. Anything can and does pop through into the human world, sometimes with disastrous and deadly … Read more

Lesbians in Speculative Fiction

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Inkstained Succubus

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Anastasia Vitsky: “What are some F/F sci fi authors and books you have read?” She pointed out, rightly, that we talk a lot about MM fiction, but very little about the other parts of the LGBt spectrum, so I’ll be introducing more topics that touch on the LBTQI folks in our midst. So let’s have fun with this one! What is your favorite FF speculative fiction – authors and books? And let’s broaden it out to include paranormal and fantasy, too. The cover above is from one of my favorite presses that does a lot … Read more

“Mnevermind” Trilogy by Jordan Castillo Price

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Here’s my review of the first book in the trilogy: This is an urban science fiction story, about a man named Daniel, who works in a memory modification adventure agency, kind of like in Total Recall, but cooler—because Daniel’s gay. Yes, gayness makes everything cooler. The plot revolves around a glitch Daniel’s experiencing in one of his “love programs”—there are many hilarious moments concerning this plotline. I don’t get to read a lot of humorous MM, but JCP is a master of the dry wit. The story takes on an interesting dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream quality, reminding me of Inception. In some moments … Read more

Are We Alone?

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Are We Alone?

It’s estimated that there are 200 billion habitable planets in the our galaxy. This PBS explainer looks at the arguments for and against the notion that we are not alone in the universe. Full Story at Towleroad.com

Announcement: Chaos Station, by Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen

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Chaos Station

QSFer Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen have a new sci fi book out: Book One Chaos Station “You’re not real. Felix Ingesson is dead.” The war with the alien stin is over, but Felix Ingesson has given up on seeing his lover, Zander Anatolius, ever again. Zander’s military file is sealed tighter than an airlock. A former prisoner of war, Felix is attempting a much quieter life keeping his ship, the Chaos, aloft. He almost succeeds, until Zander walks on board and insists that Felix isn’t real. A retired, broken super soldier, Zander is reeling from the aftereffects of his … Read more

Bring Us the Heads of Your Plot Bunnies

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Plot Bunnies

OK, it’s that time again. We need to fill up the bucket of QSF topics so we have things to discuss over the next few months. So please, post your ideas on our FB discussion group – anything you’d like to discuss that relates to sci fi, fantasy, paranormal, reading writing, etc – we cast a pretty wide net. If your idea is used (and most of them will be), we’ll credit you and tag you on the post. Discuss!

Announcement: Vulnerable, by Amy Lane

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Vulnerable, by Amy lane

Dreamspinner author and QSFer Amy Lane has a re-release Fantasy / Paranormal book out: Working graveyards in a gas station seems a small price for Cory to pay to get her degree and get the hell out of her tiny town. She’s terrified of disappearing into the aimless masses of the lost and the young who haunt her neck of the woods. Until the night she actually stops looking at her books and looks up. What awaits her is a world she has only read about–one filled with fantastical creatures that she’s sure she could never be. And then Adrian … Read more

MF Sex in MM Speculative Fiction

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Gay Sci Fi Sex

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Beth Brock: “Does FF or FM sex have any place in MM sci fi? Always, sometimes, never? And why?” This kinda goes hand in hand with the question – does MM sex have any place in MM sci fi / fantasy / paranormal. And that leads us to the whole romance spec fic vs. “regular”spec fic. They are really two different beasts. My take – MM sex is fine (and expected) in romance spec fic, and other variations should be used if/when they forward the story. In general, in “regular” spec fic (that’s science/magic or … Read more