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MOVIES: Get Ready for a Bisexual Spider-Man (Maybe)

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Spiderman

A pop culture website is reporting that Sony is working on a movie where Spider-Man is bisexual. Several unnamed sources told We Got This Covered (WGTC) that a live-action Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield, where the iconic hero is bi is in the works. In the movie, Holland, the current Spider-Man, meets his alter-egos from the Spiderverse. The character was played by Maguire and Andrew Garfield in other movies. The sources said that Sony really wants to get Garfield back in a Spider-Man movie, and his Spider-Man would be bi and have a boyfriend. How … Read more

REVIEW: The Divine Cities Trilogy, by Robert Jackson Bennett

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The Divine Cities trilogy

Title: The Divine Cities Trilogy Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Genre: Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Publisher: Random House Pages: 1400 Reviewer: Jim Get It On Amazon About The Book A special omnibus edition, collecting all three books of Robert Jackson Bennett’s acclaimed Divine Cities trilogy in a single volume.  In a world where terrifying, capricious gods once walked the earth, enslaving and brutalizing millions, three unforgettable protagonists struggle to come to terms with the mysteries these divinities left behind— and to make sure these cruel masters do not rise again.  In City of Stairs, an unassuming young woman named Shara Thivani arrives … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Devon’s Island, by SI Clarke

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Devon's Island - SI Clarke

QSFer SI Clarke has a new queer sci fi book out (ace, bi, lesbian, trans ftm), book one in the White Hart series: “Devon’s Island.” Other stories will take you to Mars. This one will take you inside the boardroom, the pub, and the bedroom with the people planning the mission. Gurdeep is an engineer and a soldier. Georgie’s a food scientist. One is pragmatic with a tough outer shell; the other’s an optimist, a person of ideas and compassion. Together, they’re humanity’s last hope for survival. In the span of a single afternoon, the couple find themselves in charge … Read more

FOR READERS: In the Scene

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: If you could live inside or experience any scene in any queer spec fic book for a day, what book, what scene? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

SCIENCE: Yaravirus Is Unlike Anything We Have Ever Seen

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Yaravirus

Our planet is teeming with mysterious microbes. Now, in the waters of an artificial lake, scientists may have discovered one of the most mysterious of all: a brand-new virus with genes that have never been seen before. A couple of years ago, the group collected water samples from the creeks of Lake Pampulha, an artificial lagoon in the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil, in search of giant viruses — or those with massive genomes — that infect single-celled organisms called amoebas. But when the team went back to the lab and added these samples to amoeba cells to try … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Once Upon a Green Rose Anthology

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Once Upon a Green Rose

QSFer Warren Rochelle has a short story in a new anthology: “Once Upon A Green Rose.” Love is in the air. Or maybe lust. Queer platonic attraction possibly? Either way, this anthology collects stories of people and relationships that are just a little bit… queered. Stories by:Warren RochelleJess MahlerKatrina EricksonDan AckermanMichón Neal Get It At Amazon Excerpt From “Mirrors,” by Warren Rochelle Sometimes I forget how to say my name.  I haven’t said it out loud in such a long time I don’t know if I could make the sounds. That was part of the witch’s curse. I am able … Read more

FOR WRITERS: I’m a Master Juggler

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jenna Hale: How do you juggle multiple projects at the same time? Wall of post-its? Giant Scrivener files full of research and details? Careful scheduling of your writing time? 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

FILM: Birds of Prey Confirms harley Quinn is Bi

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New DC film Birds of Prey confirmed that Harley Quinn is bisexual. The film, which sees Margot Robbie reprise the role she played to acclaim in 2016’s Suicide Squad, made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it revelation about the character. The moment is at the very start of the film, during an animated sequence explaining Harley Quinn’s origins. In it, the character explains how she had a series of failed relationships before meeting the Joker, with a virtual slot machine quickly depicting her exes. While the first two exes are men, the third is a woman – in a subtle confirmation of her sexuality. … Read more

REVIEW: A Trust to Follow, by Diana Waters

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A Trust to Follow - Diana Waters

Title: A Trust to Follow Series: Wild Magics Book One Author: Diana Waters Genre: Fantasy Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages: 64 Reviewer: Avril Get It On Amazon About The Book Daymon is the second prince of a kingdom in which Evokers—those who possess intuitive magical abilities—have long since been treated with fear and mistrust. Marked as an Evoker himself, Daymon is captured by those who wish to take advantage of these powers. Now, the prince must put his faith in Rhyder, the captain of his guards—and the man Daymon has claimed as his own—to free him. The … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: IM, by Rick R. Reed

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IM - Rick R. Reed

QSFer Rick R. Reed has a new MM thriller out: “IM.” And there’s a giveaway! One by one, he’s killing them. Lurking in the digital underworld of Men4HookUpNow.com, he lures, seduces, charms, reaching out through instant messages to the unwary. They invite him over. He’s just another trick. Harmless. They’re dead wrong. When the first bloody body surfaces, openly gay Chicago Police Department detective Ed Comparetto is called in to investigate. Sickened by the butchered mess of one of his brothers left on display in a bathtub, he seeks relief outside where the young man who discovered the body waits … Read more