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TV: Is “Stranger Things'” Will Gay?

July 10, 2019 by scott

Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp is speaking out about his character Will Byers’s sexual orientation after a line of dialogue in Season 3 suggested Will might be gay. “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls,” says Finn Wolfhard’s character Mike to Schnapp’s Will in Episode 3, after the friends have spent a game of D&D talking about break-ups. Said Schnapp to The Wrap: “It’s really up to interpretation. While all the characters were out developing and growing up, Will was in the Upside Down and he was alone there, not interacting with or connected to his friends or the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dragon’s Rise, by Lou Hoffman

July 9, 2019 by scott

QSFer Lou Hoffmann has a new queer YA fantasy book out: Dragon’s Rise. Sequel to Ciarrah’s LightThe Sun Child Chronicles: Book Four Five days after his sixteenth birthday, Lucky—or Luccan, as he’s known in the Sunlands of Ethra—cut down a horde of wraiths with the help of his magical, living blade, Ciarrah. Then they ended the worst undead of all—Lucky’s mother, Liliana, or rather the evil creature she had become. Now he needs a chance to rest, but he can’t catch a break. The otherworld invaders want to take Ethra as their new home, and one defeat hasn’t even slowed … Read more

5 drag queens and LGBT faves who could play The Little Mermaid’s Ursula

July 9, 2019 by scott

When Disney announced that Halle Bailey—a black singer and actor–would play Ariel in its live action remake of The Little Mermaid, the news was taken by some as a hint that producers might cast other key roles diversely—including main villain and LGBT+ icon Ursula. The original 1989 animation drew Ursula as a vampy sea witch with purple skin, bold blue eye makeup and a shock of white hair—a design heavily inspired by subversive drag queen Divine, real name Glenn Milstead. According to a 2016 article in Hazlitt, the film’s producer and lyricist Howard Ashman might even have considered casting Milstead for the … Read more

FOR READERS: Thrifty Faves

July 10, 2019July 9, 2019 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: Readers, we all have thrifty moments. Let’s create a thread of your queer spec fic favorites for 3.99 or less! 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

REVIEW: To The Ends of the Earth, by Michael Gouda

July 9, 2019 by scott

Title: To The Ends of the Earth Author: Michael Gouda Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: MM/Gay Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 67 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book What do you do when when your lover is out to kill you? After university, Johnny dated a mysterious and influential man who never disclosed his profession. Now, following a quarrel, Johnny suffers a series of attacks—attempts on his life that his lover has the power and influence to perpetrate. With nowhere else to turn, he must rely on his childhood best friend. But can Johnny trust … Read more

sPACE: Could Black Holes Be Life Creators?

July 8, 2019 by scott

Black holes are engines of destruction on a cosmic scale, but they may also be the bringers of life. New research on supermassive black holes suggests that the radiation they emit during feeding frenzies can create biomolecular building blocks and even power photosynthesis. The upshot? Far more worlds roaming the Milky Way and beyond could be suitable to life, the researchers speculated. For their new study, published May 24 in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists created computer models to look at the radiating disks of gas and dust called active galactic nuclei, or AGN, that swirl around supermassive black holes. Some … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Escape, by Sean Ian O’Meidhir & Connal Braginsky

July 8, 2019 by scott

Sean Ian O’Meidhir & Connal Braginsky has a new queer paranormal book out, book one on the Crossing Nuwa series: Escape. For sheltered Robbie, one week of freedom leads to sexual awakening and adventure… but when his world intersects with Theo’s, they’ll need all their wits and Theo’s magic to fight for their future. Rare male weresnake Robbie has had his whole life decided for him down to his meals. But when the time comes for him to perform an unspeakable duty to his clan, he runs. San Francisco Pride is in full swing when technomage Theo spots a scared-looking … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Magic, Wicca, & Voodoo

July 8, 2019 by scott

FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer R.L. Merrill: Part of the reason I’ve only written one paranormal is because I don’t think I’d have anything original to say on the topic of shapeshifters, vamps, etc. I’d love to see more stories focusing on the practical uses of magic i.e. Wicca, Voodoo, etc. Do you write these kinds of stories? Read any lately? Let’s discuss. Writers: This is a reader and 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 … Read more

CLIMATE CHANGE: Arctic Permafrost is Melting – 70 Years Sooner Than Expected

July 8, 2019 by scott

In the Canadian Arctic, layers of permafrost that scientists expected to remain frozen for at least 70 years have already begun thawing. The once-frozen surface is now sinking and dotted with melt ponds and from above looks a bit like Swiss cheese, satellite images reveal. “We were astounded that this system responded so quickly to the higher air temperatures,” said Louise Farquharson, a co-author of the study and postdoctoral fellow at the Permafrost Laboratory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Permafrost is ground that remains frozen for at least two years. It underlies about 15% of the unglaciated Northern Hemisphere … Read more

Me Me Monday!

July 8, 2019 by scott

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 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!!!