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COVER REVEAL: Fighting Chances Charity Anthology

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We have the cover reveal today for a new MM romance anthology: “Fighting Chances.” Get it at the special preorder price of just $2.99. Includes paranormal, fantasy and contemporary stories. An opportunity to put his hands around his enemy’s… neck. What can a man do when the spark of hate ignites the fire of passion? Can desire bridge the gap between two men on opposite sides of a fence? A kitchen isle? What about a war?  Can love heal years of resentment and little hurts? And is the line between hate and love really all that thin? In these almost 200,000 … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Migration Anthology Stories

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Migration Teaser

It’s time to announce the anthology stories for “Migration,” the 2019 QSF flash fiction anthology. These are listed in order of author first/last name. We are not announcing the contest winners, judges’ picks or honorable mentions yet. Those will come over the next few weeks, along with the cover reveal. We have contacted all of you by email today with more details. if you do NOT get this email, let me know. If your name is not on this list, take heart. It was a very competitive year, with more than 250 stories vying for 120 spots. You are all … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Psychic Surgery, by Martha Allard

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Psychic Surgery

QSFer Martha Allard has a new queer fantasy collection out: Psychic Surgery. This is a collection of stories about being lost, and being found. They are myths retold through the lens of a new century. Here you’ll find a koi-girl and her grandfather, living in a stream in the mountains of Tennessee, waiting to become more. There are a pair of bickering celestials in a dive bar that exists in any city in the world, at any given time. A guardian of the moon, out of a job, and trying to care for his daughter the best he can on … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Wireless, by Alex Acks

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QSFer Alex Acks has a new queer/bi steampunk collection out: Wireless. Captain Marta Ramos, the most dangerous pirate in the Duchy of Denver, is back and she and Simms are up to their goggles in trouble. Has General del Toro found a way to use the Infected as an army and can Captain Ramos work with her arch enemy, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas, to stop him? Can Simms join forces with the devious Deliah Nimowitz on a jailbreak, some sewer misadventures AND a high society soiree involving tea, a heist and sausages? And what about the Rail King and his nefarious … Read more

KICKSTARTER: Planetside

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Planetside

Planetside is edited by Thea Ferrara and welcomes both creators and characters of all races/orientations/gender IDs/faiths/nationalities. The characters in these stories, who range from human to alien to robot to parasitic hive mind, offer us a glimpse of their lives in this book. Much like our own lives, this might mean romance or comedy, joy or sadness. Many are even deeply introspective. But all of them ring true, because even in a world of cosmic wonders, the people who live there are just like us. Planetside Anthology is created and edited by Thea Ferrara, a transgender independent comic writer from New York. She … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: No Safewords 2, Featuring Dani Hermit, Nevi Star and Madeline Elayne

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QSFers Dani Hermit and Nevi Star have a short story in the new anthology “No Safewords 2”: “Something More.” And QSFer Madeline Elayne does too – “Second Opinion.” Note: includes a number of queer and spec fic tales. Laura Antoniou’s consensual world of owners and slaves known as The Marketplace has been thrilling readers of BDSM fiction for over 25 years. In that time she has invited other authors to come “play in her sandbox” more than once. In this second anthology of “fanfiction” set in The Marketplace, 18 stories explore both familiar favorites and brand new characters, and delve … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Spells & Stardust, by J. Scott Coatsworth

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QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi/fantasy anthology out: Spells & Stardust. Spells & Stardust is Scott’s first anthology – eight sci fi and fantasy shorts that run the gamut from regeneration to redemption. The Bear at the Bar: A gay fish out of water tale with a pinch of magic. Tight: What happens when your lover disappears in midair? Morgan: The year when everything changed. Re-Life: What if you were reborn in a strange new future? A New Year: They met every eleven years. And each time, Hank’s life changed. Repetition: What if you wanted to … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) Anthology

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Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space)

QSFer Catherine Lundoff’s Queen of Swords Press has a new pirate anthology book out: Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) Anthology. Outlaws. Lovers. Heroes. Villains. With their peg legs, their parrots and the skull and crossbones flying from the mastheads of their ships, classic pirates are some of the world’s best-known and easily recognizable outlaws. Or are they? These fifteen stories spin new tales of pirates crossing dimensional barriers for revenge, fighting terrible foes in outer space and building new lives after the Trojan War. Travel to the South China Sea, then on to New York City after … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Rainbow Briefs Vol 2, by Kira Harp

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Rainbow Briefs Volume 2

QSFer Kira Harp has a new spec fic short story collection out: Rainbow Briefs. Dragons don’t care what gender you are. A small town may be a refuge, or a trap. Some younger brothers really do save the planet. Three people can be the strongest shape. There’s nothing quite like a gorgeous girl on a shape-shifting motorcycle. This second Kira Harp collection brings together LGBTQ teens in 21 stories of adventure, discovery, and romance, in fantasy, paranormal, contemporary, and SciFi settings. Ranging from a few short pages to 12,000 words, each story was inspired by a prompt picture from the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Robots and Artificial Intelligence

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Robots and Artificial Intelligence

QSFer Dr. Sara L. Uckelman has a queer short story – Being Human – in a new sci fi anthology: Robots and Artificial Intelligence. The promise and the threat of technology, of humankind replaced by its own mechanical creation has long enticed the SF and fantasy imagination. This fabulous mix of new and established writing brings together the top talents of today with the likes of Jerome K. Jerome, E.T.A. Hoffman, L. Frank Baum and Ambrose Bierce. Includes contributions by Roan Clay, George Cotronis, Deborah Davitt, Jeff Deck, Christopher Geeson, Bruce Golden, Rob Hartzell, Nathaniel Hosford, Rachael K. Jones, Rich Larson, … Read more