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Plot Bunnies: Animal Super Powers

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In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at mysterious animal abilities that are so incredible they might as well be superpowers. How do animals breathe underwater? Why can microscopic tardigrades survive being frozen for decades? And what’s the biggest animal that a snake can swallow? Listen to Life’s Little Mysteries 18: Mysterious Animal Superpowers, to find out!  We’ll also hear about how monkeys can outperform humans at problem-solving, and we’ll explore the grossest, stickiest animal superpower — making slime. Full Story From Live Science 

ANNOUNCEMENT: Clear Sight, by Alex Silver

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Clear Sight

QSFer Alex Silver has a new MM urban fantasy out, book four in the Psions of Spire series: “Clear Sight.” When the slightest touch triggers visions of horror, you learn not to let anyone close. After more than a decade hiding from society, Seth Albright is sheltered. His visions make it a necessary evil. After a precocious emergence as a seer when he was eight, his mother took him to live in the woods. To protect him. When he can’t take another day of isolation, Seth turns to SPIRE. There, he gets partnered with Roy Merchant as his anchor. Enough … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cadence and the Pearl , by K.L. Noone

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Cadence and the Pearl

QSFer K.L. Noone has a new MM fantasy book out: “Cadence and the Pearl.” Once upon a time, on a rocky island with enchantment under the ocean … Cadence Bell left the windswept Northern Isles and his parents’ inn for the theaters and royal masques and glitter of Londre, swearing he’d make his fortune as a playwright and poet, trading fish stew and rain for fame and adoration and a place at the Queen’s Court. Now his parents are gone and Cade’s inheritance brings him back home, where he’d never wanted to return. But magic lurks beneath the waves, a … Read more

FOR WRITERS: National Encourage a Young Writer Day

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Yesterday was National Encourage A Young Writer Day, and yeah, we’re a day late. So are you a young writer? What do you wanna know? Are you more experienced (notice I did NOT say older)? What would you tell your younger writer self? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

A Murder Mystery With Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen? Yes, Please.

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So, you’ve already inhaled all your snacks and watched Tiger King on Netflix, what else is there to do during the coronavirus lockdown? Petition, no, beg for this murder mystery show starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen to be made as soon as possible. The pair have a well-documented and beloved bromance that spans more than 20 years, and Stewart and McKellen’s chemistry has them being a true light in this dark world since. For the sake of signal-boosting, here is a Twitter thread that fantasy novelist ML Brennan posted last Thursday which describes, in glorious detail, a show starring … Read more

REVIEW: Tales From Ardulum, by J.S. Fields

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Tales from Ardulum

Title: Tales From Ardulum Series: Ardulum Author: J.S. Fields Genre: Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Ace, Queer Publisher: NineStar Press Pages: 195 Reviewer: Scott Amazon | NineStar Press | Barnes & Noble | Kobo About The Book One year after saving the Neek homeworld and redefining the people’s religion, the crew of the Scarlet Lucidity returns to the Charted Systems for a much-needed break. For Nicholas and Yorden, the Systems will always be home, but for Emn and Atalant, too many memories compound with Emn’s strange new illness to provide much relaxation. TALES FROM ARDULUM continues the journey of Atalant, Emn, Yorden, Nicholas, and Salice as … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Gift of Ashes, by Amir Lane

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Gift of Shadows, by Amir Lane

QSFer Amir Lane has a new Gay Urban Fantasy out in the Barrier Witch series: “Gift of Ashes.” Death is no escape from the grasp of a malevolent necromancer. Five hundred years ago, Angelo was burned at the stake and reborn as a phoenix. That’s when his true suffering began. For more than a century, he has born the brand of necromancer Rutherford Bromley. Bound by magical ties even death can’t escape, Angelo is a slave to the mad man’s vile whims. It falls to him to find victims Bromley can harvest organs from. If he fails, he pays with … Read more

That Thing I Just Read

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Welcome to “That Thing I Just Read (TTIJR) day on Queer Sci Fi. PLEASE MAKE THIS ITS OWN POST, NOT A COMMENT ON THIS ONE. This is a new weekly Friday reader feature where you can: a) share the great queer spec fic (sci fi, fantasy, horror, or paranormal) book you just read, and why you loved it so… b) ask for queer spec fic book recommendations. Please follow these guidelines: Make it a stand-alone post, not a comment on this post Do not promo your own books Please do not share negative posts/reviews. This is about sharing books we … Read more

Mormon Trans Man Explains How Spock Helped Him Accept Himself

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As any Trekkie will tell you, the first time you watch Star Trek is an unforgettable experience. For Andy Winder, it was life-defining. He grew up living with his gender identity in secret, knowing that if he came out to his Mormon family it would mean alienation from the church he saw as his home. With over 80 per cent of his classmates also being Mormon, Winder also felt unable to trust others around him at school and so battled with his identity all alone. “I felt that if they knew I wished I had been born male, they would … Read more

REVIEW: The Not So Little Merman, by C.W. Gray

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Title: The Not So Little Merman Series: The Silver Isles Book 2 Author: C.W. Gray Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 226 Reviewer: Sharonica Get It On Amazon About The Book Kit Rees is one of the many children of the King of the Southern Silver Isles. Despite being a prince and third in line for the throne, he is too chubby, too loud, and too unsophisticated to truly fit in with the rest of the southern court. He lives a luxurious but lonely life, unnoticed in the castle and quietly wishing for the freedom to simply be … Read more