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SPACE: So What Made the Huge Crater on the Moon’s Dark Side?

October 3, 2019 by scott

Billions of years ago, something slammed into the dark side of the moon and carved out a very, very large hole. Stretching 1,550 miles (2,500 kilometers) wide and 8 miles (13 km) deep, the South Pole-Aitken basin, as the tremendous hole is known to Earthlings, is the oldest and deepest crater on the moon, and one of the largest craters in the entire solar system. For decades, researchers have suspected that the gargantuan basin was created by a head-on collision with a very large, very fast meteor. Such an impact would have ripped the moon’s crust apart and scattered chunks … Read more

REVIEW: A Thousand Lifetimes, by Kate Hawthorne

October 3, 2019 by scott

Title: A Thousand Lifetimes Author: Kate Hawthorne Genre: Paranormal Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM, Gay with implied off page MMF for secondary characters Publisher: Self Pages: 192 Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book My name is Ezra Clarke, and I’m twenty-three. Forever. If you’re counting in vampire years, I’m actually two-hundred and eight, and if living that long has taught me anything, it’s that nothing lasts forever. And that’s been fine. It’s… whatever. I’ve never wanted anything that long, anyway, which is why I’ve never taken a mate, but that all changed when I met Declan … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Ghosts in My Bedroom

October 2, 2019 by scott

FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: Are you superstitious? Do you believe in ghosts? Do you like reading (or writing) them? Writers: This is a reader/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

SPACE: Are We Wrong About Black Holes?

October 2, 2019 by scott

If you were to dive into a black hole (something we would not recommend), you”d likely find a singularity, or an infinitely small and dense point, at the center. Or that”s what physicists have always thought. But now a pair of scientists suggests that some black holes may not be black holes at all. Instead, they may be weird objects chock-full of dark energy — the mysterious force thought to be pushing at the bounds of the universe, causing it to expand at an ever-increasing rate. “If what we thought were black holes are actually objects without singularities, then the … Read more

REVIEW: SWORD DANCE, BY A.J. Demas

October 2, 2019 by scott

Title: Sword Dance Series: Sword Dance Trilogy Book One Author: A.J. Demas Genre: Historical, Alt History LGBTQ+ Category: MM, Non-Binary Publisher: Sexton’s Cottage Pages: 265 Reviewer: Dan Get It On Amazon About The Book Five years ago, Damiskos’s brilliant military career was cut short, leaving him with a permanent disability and scars that are not all physical. Adrift and still grieving, he tries to find meaning in an unsatisfying job. Work takes him to the remote seaside villa of an old friend, where, among an odd assortment of guests, he meets the eunuch sword-dancer Varazda. Enigmatic and beautiful but distinctly … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Thrall, by Ravon Silvius

September 30, 2019 by scott

QSFer Ravon Silvius has a new queer paranormal book out: “Thrall.” The old Empire has fallen, and humanity is losing the war against powerful vampires. Kaiden, once the pathetic town drunk, is now a thrall, a mindless servant driven only by bloodlust and his master’s orders. But when his master orders Kaiden to kill a vampire hunter, Kaiden disobeys. Hunter Johann has spent years studying old lore and killing thralls, but he’s never seen one like Kaiden, intelligent and capable of free will. If he can convince Kaiden to help him, he might reclaim something thought lost forever: a chance … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Prologues

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Violet Joicey-Cowen: To prologue or not to prologue, that is the question… do you use prologues? Id so, why? If not, why not? Our writers discuss. 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

How Will Deepfake AIs Change Our World?

September 30, 2019 by scott

Of all the scary powers of the internet, it’s ability to trick the unsuspecting might be the most frightening. Clickbait, photoshopped pictures and false news are some of the worst offenders, but recent years have also seen the rise of a new potentially dangerous tool known as deepfake artificial intelligence (AI). The term deepfake refers to counterfeit, computer-generated video and audio that is hard to distinguish from genuine, unaltered content. It is to film what Photoshop is for images. The tool relies on what’s known as generative adversarial networks (GANs), a technique invented in 2014 by Ian Goodfellow, a Ph.D. … Read more

REVIEW: Adam, by TN Tarrant

September 30, 2019 by scott

Title: Adam Series: Whispers From a Hidden World Book Two Author: TN Tarrant Genre: sci fi romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: MLR Press Pages: 267 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Adam Darcy might be a star, but he’s not immune to a cheating lover. He kicks his lover out and buries himself in work for months until his best friend drags him out to go dancing. Dylan and Simon Rosetai are finally rejoining the scene after a sexual assault on Simon nearly ends both their lives. What affects one lifemate affects the … Read more

RUMOR: Elsa WILL Have a Girlfriend in Frozen 3

September 30, 2019 by scott

While it was already confirmed that Frozen 2 will not give Queen Elsa a love interest, rumours suggest that the LGBT+ icon may finally get a girlfriend in the third installment of the franchise. Elsa’s LGBT+ fanbase were disappointed when rumours of the ice queen having a girlfriend in Frozen 2 were quashed by a Disney songwriter last month. Kristen Anderson-Lopez told IGN: “Like the first movie, Elsa is not just defined by a romantic interest. “There’s so many movies that define a woman by her romantic interest. That’s not a story that we wanted to tell at this point … Read more