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FOR READERS/WRITERS: Asexual Awareness Week

Asexual Awareness Week

FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: It’s Asexual Awareness Week. To celebrate, readers share your fave ace authors and stories. Authors, tell us about your badass ace self and your characters. Non-ace writers are also welcomed to share their ace characters/books. 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

Meat… in… Space!

Meat in Space

For the first time ever, meat was created in space — but no animals were harmed in the making of this 3D bioprinted “space beef.” Aleph Farms, an Israeli food company, announced today (Oct. 7) that its experiment aboard the International Space Station resulted in the first-ever lab-grown meat in space. The company focuses on growing cultivated beef steaks, or growing an entire piece of real, edible meat out of just a couple of cells, in this case, bovine cell spheroids, in a lab. On the space station, the experiment involved growing a piece of meat by mimicking a cow’s … Read more

REVIEW: The Demon of Hagermarsh, by Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

The Demon of Hagermarsh

Title: The Demon of Hagermarsh  Series: Virasana Empire: Sir Yaden Book One Author: Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 276 Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book “The Emperor cares for each and every one of his subjects.” Many consider the catchphrase of the imperial Lotus Knights to be nothing more but well-polished propaganda, but for Yaden, it is a way of life. A young Lotus Knight himself, his first mission in service of the Emperor sends him to the remote village of Hagermarsh, a suspiciously friendly place on … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Sharing the Queer

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: How do you introduce your characters’ queerness in your storytelling? Do you work to do so casually? Drop hints? Light the fact up in neon? What informs your decision on how to do this? 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

TRAILER: Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker

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How does one being to an end 42 years of Star Wars storytelling? We will soon find out, but here’s a tease of it. Director JJ Abrams told EW last month: “This is about bringing this thing to a close in a way that is emotional and meaningful and also satisfying in terms of actually answering [as many] questions as possible. So if years from now, someone’s watching these movies, all nine of them, they’re watching a story that is as cohesive as possible.” Added Abrams: “While there were many things that were planned for and discussed—George Lucas himself said … Read more

REVIEW: The Last Run, by J. Scott Coatsworth

The Last Run

Title: The Last Run Author: J. Scott Coatsworth Genre: Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Publisher: Other Worlds Ink Pages: 98 Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Sera is the last runner from Earth, bringing badly needed supplies to the Tharassas Colony across a twenty-five year gulf between the planets. Jas works on a hencha farm to make ends meet, harvesting berries from the semi-sentient plants. Neither one that knows their lives—and worlds—are about to change forever. The Review I love sci-fi movies and tv shows and when it comes to sci-fi books not so much … Read more

COVER REVEAL/GIVEAWAY: Convicted, by Kim Fielding

Convicted

Kim Fielding’s new MM paranormal book in her “Bureau” series – “Convicted” – comes out on October 29th, and we have the cover reveal! Vietnam veteran Kurt Powell’s addiction almost cost him everything, but a job as federal agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs helped him find sobriety and purpose. Now he tracks down dangerous paranormal creatures as well as humans who abuse their magical powers in illegal ways. Sent from Belfast to the United States as a boy, Desmond Hughes later fell into a disastrous relationship that led to horrific murders. He’s spent seventeen years in a bleak … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Wally, by Rowan Massey

Wally

QSFer Rowan Massey has a new gay dystopian sci fi book out: Wally. Homeless since he was twelve and a drug addict just as long, fifteen-year-old Wally spends his days collecting recyclables, hanging out with his best friends, and singing to his heart’s content in a town called Emporium. When a new dealer shows up in place of their old one, Wally is immediately attracted and finds himself with the possibility of his first boyfriend. On the same night, the man he knows as Doc asks him if he’d like a job in a research lab. The money is good, … Read more

Me Me Monday!

Me Me Monday!

Welcome to M3: 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 and our MeWe discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically –Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

Why Don’t Mountains Grow Forever?

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Imagine a world where mountains grow so high, they poke through the upper atmosphere and create a rocky maze for pilots to navigate. Maybe that world exists somewhere in the far reaches of the universe. But on Earth, mountains can’t grow much higher than Mount Everest, which extends 29,029 feet (8,840 meters) above sea level. So what stops our planet’s mountains from growing … forever? There are two major factors that limit mountains’ growth, said Nadine McQuarrie, a professor in the department of geology and environmental science at the University of Pittsburgh. The first limiting factor is gravity. Many mountains … Read more