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ANNOUNCEMENT: From the Ashes, by Marie Brown

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From the Ashes

QSFer Marie Brown has a new MM sci fi book out: From the Ashes. After the destruction of billions of humans and hundreds of colony worlds by an unknown aggressive force, Lieutenant Wallace K. Williams must overcome his personal devastating losses and rise to the challenge of leading the few thousand survivors into a new future. Along the way, he encounters aliens, hope, despair, and the chance for an unexpected love. But will he lose everything all over again, just when things begin to go right? Get it On Amazon Excerpt The civilian huddled on the floor, long dark hair shielding his face. He wore a robe … Read more

Impact – The Honorable Mentions

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The “Impact” flash fiction anthology has a publication date – July 25th – one month from today. It will be up for pre-order a couple weeks before that date. So to celebrate, we thought we’d announce the Honorable Mentions for the book. If your story has received an honorable mention, it means that you were one of the high scoring stories in the average of all the judges’ scores. It also means you are *not* one of the top three winners, but you might still be one of our Judge’s picks, which will be announced in a few weeks. The … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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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 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!!!

SPACE: The Science of Reproducing on Mars

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In 1972, citizen scientist Sir Elton John hypothesized that Mars “ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.” While John’s remarks were never published in a peer-reviewed journal (though they did peak at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart), he’s not wrong about the Red Planet’s inhospitality. With its freezing climate, thin atmosphere and weak gravity, Mars will be a hard place to raise the children necessary to sustain a permanent colony there. And according to a new paper published in the June issue of the journal Futures, conceiving kids on Mars will be even harder. Thinking about … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: A Gladiator Wedding, by W.M. Kirkland

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A Gladiator Wedding

QSFer W.M. Kirkland has a new MM time trvel book out in the Gladiators Through Time series: A Gladiator Wedding. Finally, the time has arrived that the gladiators and their partners have been waiting for: a truly Roman wedding ceremony. Or at least, as authentic as one can get in modern times. Join the five gladiators–Marius, Fabius, Lucius, Dursus, and Titus–as they join in love with their partners. New friends join them for the ceremony. Once the ceremony is over, the honeymoon begins… If you thought these gladiators were hot before, wait until they marry the men they love, because … Read more

Four Facts About Beloved Black Lesbian Science Fiction Writer Octavia Butler

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On Friday (June 22), Google celebrated the birthday of award-winning and Black lesbian science fiction writer Octavia Butler. “Octavia E. Butler’s legacy calls to mind the age-old question of whether life imitates art, or vice versa,” Google wrote in her tribute. “Today’s Doodle honors the author’s immense contribution to the genre of science fiction, including the diverse worlds and characters she brought to life.” The “Kindred” author died of a stroke in 2006 and she would have been 71-years-old today. But who is Butler? What were her stories about and what is the legacy she left behind? Well, we got you: … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Blood Bathory: Absence of the Sun, By Ari McKay

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Absence of the Sun

QSFer Ari McKay has a new MM paranormal book out in the Blood Bathory series: Tyger tyger, burning bright… As theriomorphs in the service of Gaia, Tyr Gustavson and his lover Aaron fought against the vampires aiding the Third Reich during WWII. But even the fierceness of Tyr’s tiger form couldn’t save Aaron from being torn apart when a mission went horribly wrong. Lost in his pain, Tyr remained feral until he was unwillingly recalled to Gaia’s service seventy years later. In the forests of the night… When fighter pilot Adam Carson’s plane was shot down, he thought the worst … Read more

FOR WRITERS: AI and Romance

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Virtual intelligence? AI? Have we discussed this? But could you have a romance between a human and software? Using virtual technology to have sex or communicate, but no physical body? Would we want to in the future? Could a good author really make readers believe it’s “real” romance? Join the chat

SCIENCE: Don’t Be Afraid of the Frankenfowl

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Scientists recently combined human stem cells with chicken embryos, but that doesn’t mean the researchers are breeding flocks of “frankenfowl.” Rather, the scientists are looking closely at how those embryonic cells organize themselves, to better understand how embryos develop and how cells build specialized body structures. Experiments that graft cells onto a growing embryo date to nearly 100 years ago, and in 1924, such experiments in amphibians led scientists to discover “the organizer,” a region of embryonic cells that manipulates the development of other cells. But an organizer in primate embryonic cells (humans included) has been elusive — until now. … Read more