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Announcement: ‘Til Darkness Falls, by Pearl Love

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'Til Darkness Falls

DSP Publications author Pearl Love has a new paranormal book out: A malicious deception… An ancient curse… A timeless love… Brian Macon is a worn-out homicide detective whose job and life hold no meaning until he meets a gorgeous German man who turns his world upside down. Alrick Ritter has a poet’s soul, a master cellist’s skill, and a sniper’s deadly accuracy, and though constrained by sinister forces to be a killer-for-hire, Alrick wants nothing more than to be with Brian. Helpless to resist the call of their hearts, Brian and Alrick begin a cautious affair, keeping secret the reality … Read more

Discussion: “Your Writing is Worse Than Fanfic”

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bad reviews

It happens to all of us. We read the Goodreads reviews. Or the Amazon reviews. Or any other crowdsourced review site. At first, it’s fine. OK, someone liked my book – they REALLY liked my book. Oh, here’s someone else that enjoyed it, but wished it was longer – hey, even that’s kind of a compliment, right? Then you see it. The dreaded one star review. The reader who couldn’t find a single nice thing to say about your labor of love, the thing you worked on for months and months (or even years and years) and gave your heart … Read more

Article: Read The Best Gay Speculative Fiction of the Year!

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What do you think? Have you read anything by these authors? Read The Best Gay Speculative Fiction of the Year! Want to explore some strange new worlds that are genuinely new? Then you’re in luck—because Wilde Stories: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction has just been published! Here’s the full TOC: “The Love of the Emperor Is Divine” by Tom Cardamone “The Vampire of Xanthos” by Andrew Warburton “The True Alchemist” by Sonya Taaffe “The Mortuaries” by Katharine Duckett “What Glistens Back” by Sunny Moraine “Passion, Like a Voice—That Buds” by Steve Berman “True North” by Chaz Brenchley “The Oily … Read more

News: Sci-Fi Pride – May the Pride Be With You!

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Rochester Pride parade: A celebration with a new theme Rochester, N.Y. (WROC) – For a few hours Saturday, Rochester was awash in color and “sci-fi” characters as the pride parade made its way through the Park Avenue community. Hundreds marched in the annual gay pride parade. This year’s theme was, “Sci-Fi Pride: May the Pride Be With You!” See the full article here

Announcement: Alien Victory, by Mark Zubro

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Alien Victory

MLR Press author Mark Zubro has a new Sci Fi book out: In the concluding volume of the Alien Danger series the perils and dangers of the universe converge on the lovers, Mike from Earth, and Joe from Hrrrm an unlikely pair to have fallen in love. Together they struggle to build a world safe for gay people and keep the dangers and prejudices of the world at bay. All leading to the final titanic battle between prejudice and all that is good and kind. The conclusion to the great gay sci-fi epic. Excerpt “This ship is going to be … 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

Announcement: Manny’s Heart, by K-lee Klein

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Manny's Heart

QSFer K-lee Klein has a new paranormal book out: Manny’s willing to do anything it takes to be loved by the spirit mate of his dreams, but there’s a fine line between dreams and nightmares. Manny’s life has improved in so many ways since moving to Romania, but he’s unhappy that the last essential piece-finding his spirit mate-hasn’t happened yet. He’s more than ready, willing, and able to make that dream come true. If only the match for his birthmark would finally show up, because he’s determined to be the best damned spirit mate anyone ever had. Mika’s always been … Read more

When You’re Not in the Mood

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer MK Mancos: “Writing when you’re not “in the mood” but are on deadline. Opening a vein and putting your emotions on paper.” Ss writers, we all live for those times when the writing just flows out of us – when it’s like we opened a spigot and it just all floods out onto the page. But often writing is drudgery. Sometimes we’re writing the “he traveled through the forest from here to there” scenes that have nothing exciting happening. Sometimes we are stuck on a thorny plot or character issue. And sometimes we just don’t … Read more

Announcement: Terror of the Frozen North, by Angelia Sparrow and Naomi Brooks

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Terror of the Frozen North

QSFer Angelia Sparrow and Naomi Brooks have a new paranormal book out: War is hell, but coming home is even harder. Edward Kilsby, Lord Withycombe, flying ace and noted adventurer, has grown increasingly restless with civilian life. He seeks refuge from his depression and nightmares in adrenaline, and when that fails, in painful sex. Until his erstwhile fiancé blackmails him into making an arctic expedition. In the frozen wastes, Edward and his secretary, Charlie, work hard, facing the rigors of the climate and the lethal war machines they are testing. But no-one is prepared for what lies under the ice. … Read more

Discussion: Shamans and Sorcerers

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer John Allenson: “Shamans and Sorcerers. How to write competing magical systems.” So let’s break this down a little. There are many forms of magic in film, literature, and cultural tradition. As John pointed out, we have Shamans and Sorcerers – but we also have magical systems from most cultures and traditions, as well as the many types of magic invented in Fantasy. Mixing and matching these can be fun for both the writer and the reader, but can also be disastrous, especially when the systems clash. Think of such cross-cultural disasters Patsy and Eddy from … Read more