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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Awakening – Dusk peterson

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The Awakening - Dusk Peterson

QSFer Dusk Peterson has a new queer alt history book out (ace, bi) – Dungeon Guards book 1: The Awakening. Barrett Boyd has awakened from death to a new and baffling life. He knows that he is a guard in the queendom’s royal prison, the Eternal Dungeon. But why do the prisoners matters so much to him? Who are these other guards who appear to have claims over him? And how will he survive while he finds his new place in this world? As Barrett seeks to make sense of his surroundings, he must contend with a would-be love-mate, a … Read more

REVIEW: A Lady Who Looks Good When She’s Crying – Dan Ackerman

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A Lady Who Looks Good When She's Crying - Dan Ackerman

Genre: Contemporary, Detective, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Angels shouldn’t pal around with demons, especially not ones they’ve been sent to assassinate. They shouldn’t work with them or cook them dinner, or strike a deal with the Devil for them either. Sunshine probably isn’t a very good angel. The demon in question is Felix Specter. He’s forgiven Sunshine for stabbing him all those years ago. He’s got a lot on his plate: a curse, his mental health, and a questionable love life. Finding out Sunshine owes the Devil a few favors … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Adventure of the Golden Woman – Cynthia Ward

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The Adventure Of The Golden Woman - Cynthia Ward

QSFer Cynthia Ward has a new queer alt historical sci-fi paranormal book out: The Adventure of the Golden Woman. The Adventure of the Golden Woman is the concluding novella of the author’s Blood-Thirsty Agent series. Lesbian vampire spies at the cabaret! It’s 1931, and conquest of the earth isn’t enough for the British Empire. But the demi-mondaine of occupied Berlin harbors a resistance movement, and the double agents Lucy Harker—Dracula’s daughter—and her lover, the vampire Carmilla, steal England’s spaceship plans. Then the handoff to American agent Adolph Hitler is foiled by an impossibly advanced mechanical woman, and the lovers are … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Windfall – Shawna Barnett

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Windfall - Shawna Barnett

Shawna Barnett has a new LGBTQ+ pirate fantasy book out: Windfall. And there’s a giveaway! Captain Liana Foley knows a thing or two about fights. She fights the King’s Navy. She fights to balance power in oppressive Vioria. She fights for respect as a female, bisexual, pirate captain. But she’s losing her biggest fight: to escape her secret past as a lost Princess.With a mysterious letter and a stranger threatening to expose her, Liana is blackmailed into attending a royal ball and protecting her counterpart, sheltered Princess Rhian. The pretenses are suspicious enough, but Liana takes the risk in hopes … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: A Lady Who Looks Good When She’s Crying – Dan Ackerman

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A Lady Who Looks Good When She's Crying - Dan Ackerman

QSFer Dan Ackerman has a new queer paranormal mystery/thriller out, Sunshine and Specter book 1: A Lady Who Looks Good When She’s Crying. Angels shouldn’t pal around with demons, especially not ones they’ve been sent to assassinate. They shouldn’t work with them or cook them dinner, or strike a deal with the Devil for them either. Sunshine probably isn’t a very good angel. The demon in question is Felix Specter. He’s forgiven Sunshine for stabbing him all those years ago. He’s got a lot on his plate: a curse, his mental health, and a questionable love life. Finding out Sunshine … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: Why Ace representation Is Important

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“I’m not much interested in… physical stuff,” says Parvati. Ed’s face slowly widens into a grin as the realisation hits him. He points at the flag behind him. This is what asexual representation looks like. “When I figured out that [Parvati] was [ace], it was like getting a surprise birthday party for me,” says Twitch streamer CauseImEd. “It felt like there was somebody there that was there specifically for me”. Ed was playing Obsidian’s space RPG The Outer Worlds and while he knew the game included ace representation, he didn’t know how. It wasn’t until the character Parvati revealed it … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Apex Five – Sarah Katz

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Apex Five - Sarah Katz

QSFer Sarah Katz has a new queer sci fi book out (Ace, Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Intersex, Non-Binary), The Plane book 1: Apex Five. On far-future Earth, the only solar-powered human Rohem embarks on a journey of self-discovery that will reveal the danger of humanity’s sudden forward leap in technology. Get It At Amazon Excerpt Telo stood overlooking the great Maw, its depths inky black despite the soft white light of the Great Stone overhead. Tales of the great chasm’s origins had always been his favorite before his father’s death. Thoughts of his father caused anger to bristle and nerves … Read more

REVIEW: Entanglement Bound – Mary E. Lowd

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Entanglement Bound - Mary E. Lowd

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Lesbian, Trans FTM Reviewer: SI Get It On Amazon About The Book Clarity’s home is her spaceship. Living on the move. Planet to planet. When money trouble forces Clarity and her traveling companion, Irohann, to take on passengers, Irohann worries his secret identity will be revealed. He’s a canine alien on the run from an empire of sentient plants, and their queen has a personal vendetta against him. But Clarity believes his fears are unfounded and the Doraspians gave up on him long ago. Heartsick at the idea of losing their ship, Clarity … Read more

REVIEW: Imaginary Creatures Anthology

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Imaginary Creatures Anthology

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Demi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Let go of the mundane and escape reality with four tales of strange, wonderful magic by up-and-coming authors in the realm of queer romance. Imaginary Creatures by Shai Porter explores the relationship between two people who meet via online fandom. Loo isn’t asking for much from life, really. Just a safe place to start over with her daughter and cat, the occasional glowing comment on her fan fiction, and maybe even a washer-dryer. Anything else…well, … Read more

REVIEW: Dropnauts – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Dropnauts - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fi, Solarpunk, Hopepunk, Action-Adventure LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi, Ace, Trans Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iBooks | Universal Buy Link About The Book Life after the Crash.Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining Lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System. But with an existential threat burrowing its way into the Moon’s core, humanity must recolonize the homeworld. Twenty brave dropnauts set off on a mission to explore the empty planet. Four of them—Rai, Hera, … Read more