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News: The Queer Power of Witches

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Endorra

Who’s your favorite famous witch? Fun-loving Madame Mim? The Sinister Grand High Witch? It’s so hard to pick. In a new video, Matt Baume explains the queer power of witches. “I believe they share a magic, unspoken bond with queer people,” explains Baume. “Witches are powerful women who step outside their gender roles to wield incredible control…ordinary people don’t understand them…they’re outcasts…eternal outsiders…they have to learn to be fearless and brave on their own.” See the Full Story at the LGBT Weekly

Announcement: Renovo, by G. Wakeling

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QSF author G. Wakeling has a new sci fi book out: Up to her eyeballs in debt, Dr. Rachel Galliance jumps at the chance of a last-minute rotation on Mars, despite being terrified of hypersleep. This is her last chance to get life back on track, and it’s only one stint on Mars – how bad can it be? When she awakes, her vessel – the Renovo – is eerily quiet; that’s before it begins to disintegrate around her. Fighting for her life and struggling to save her crewmates, Rachel realises something is very wrong. The question’s not will they … Read more

Discussion: What’s Most Important to You in LGBT Speculative Fiction?

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gay sci fi

We all come to LGBT speculative fiction from different places. Some of us were “straight” romance writers who stumbled across MM/FF romance and genre fiction and loved it. Some of us were writers (and readers) of “mainstream” sci fi or fantasy or paranormal (or all three) and then found LGBT genre fiction later. So we all come in expecting different things. What’s more important to you in an LGBT sci fi, fantasy or paranormal story story? The cool tech/magic/paranormal aspect? The flavor of the culture / society? The relationships / romance (if any)? What is it that most draws you … Read more

Interview: Tom Early, Author of Aspect of Winter

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Aspect of Winter

Today we have something special – an interview with Tom Early, YA author of Aspect of Winter: Thanks so much, Tom, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: What kind of books do you write? Tom Early: Fantasy, mostly. And YA pretty much exclusively at the moment. There’s something fun about seeing teenagers interacting in a world where the rules aren’t always that clear and seeing what happens. JSC: What’s your writing style – pantser or plotter? TE: That’s a fun way of putting it. Pantser, definitely. I don’t really plan anything out beyond maybe the way I want the story … Read more

Asexuality in Speculative Fiction

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Asexuality

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Elizabeth Barrette: Asexuality in spec-fic. Asexuality doesn’t get talked about much – many folks have dismissed it, in fact, as it doesn’t seem to make sense to them. After all, the thinking goes, who wouldn’t want to have sex? On the other hand, the idea of homosexuality has long been discounted because straight people couldn’t envision it for themselves. So my questions today – how would you define asexuality? As a writer, have you included any asexual characters? As a reader, have any of the books you read included them?

Announcement: Closing Ranks, by Ethan Stone

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Closing Ranks

DSP publications author Ethan Stone has a new mystery/suspense book out: Internal Affairs investigator Jeremy Ranklin is looking into corruption within the Reno Police Department when he’s ordered to examine the suspicious death of the Chief of Police. The assignment partners Jeremy with Detective Cristian Flesh. Though they spar at first, Jeremy earns Cristian’s trust, and they work well together. Deeply closeted, Jeremy fights an attraction to fellow cop Kipp Mosely. The investigation brings Jeremy and Kipp together, but lies and secrets prevent things from going any further. Jeremy will need both Kipp’s and Cristian’s help to discover how deep … Read more

Discussion: Future Virus

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DNA

Last year, we saw some fringe folks blame the Ebola outbreak on the gays in various ways – too much funding/focus on LGBT issues and not enough on Ebola; Ebola is God’s Wrath; etc. We’ve been through this before with HIV/AIDS, when an entire population was demonized because of a virus. Ironically, it also caused the community to get serious, standing up for their own rights, and arguably eventually led to marriage equality. So my question today – what could the next virus look like? And how would it impact the future LGBT community, if at all?

News: “Star Wars – The Force Awakens” Poster and Trailer

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It’s finally happened. We’re now just close enough to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that we’re getting teasers for new trailers—and we couldn’t be more excited. In two clips released ahead of tonight’s debut of the latest Force Awakens trailer, we see just a brief moment of Finn (John Boyega) and Poe (Oscar Isaac) apparently gearing up for battle and Rey (Daisy Ridley), Poe, Finn, and BB-8 all giving long, thoughtful looks. (There’s also that now-familiar shot of Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren wielding his amazing lightsaber, which never gets old.) See the Full Story at Wired

Announcement: Spirit Anthology

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Spirit

Jamie Fessenden has a new story out in the Spirit Anthology: Jamie’s story “The Mill” is out today, just in time for Halloween! “In 1907, a fire spread through Hawley Mill, taking the lives of ninety-seven workers. The mill was rebuilt, but since its official closing in 1989, construction workers attempting to renovate it have reported strange things happening—mysterious accidents and frightening, inexplicable events. Frank Carter and his team of paranormal investigators have been hired by the mill’s current owner, Mrs. Hawley, to determine if the mill is indeed haunted… and what can be done about it. On their first … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Welcome to 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 I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info at … Read more