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Review: “Lime Gelatin & Other Monsters” by Angel Martinez

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Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters

Title: Lime Gelatin & Other Monsters Series: Offbeat Crimes #1 Author: Angel Martinez Genre: Gay Paranormal Mystery Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages: 147 Blurb Kyle Monroe’s encounter with a strange gelatinous creature in an alley leaves him scarred and forever changed, revealing odd abilities he wishes he didn’t have and earning him reassignment to a precinct where all the cops have defective paranormal abilities. Just as he’s starting to adjust to his fellow misfit squad mates, Kyle’s new partner arrives. Tall, physically perfect, reserved, and claiming he has no broken psychic talents, Vikash Soren irritates Kyle in every way. But as … Read more

FOR READERS: They Hate My Favorite Book

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: “If you read reviews, how do you feel about blatant negative reviews of books you love or even liked OK?” Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

Review: “7&7–Anthology of Virtue and Vice” by Speed, Witt, Carole Cummings, Reed, Inman, Yates, London, Hennig, Ford, Michael, Fessenden, Love, Cook, Durreson

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Title: 7&7–Anthology of Virtue and Vice Author(s): Andrea Speed, Brandon Witt, Sean Michael, J. Tullos Hennig, Carol Cummings, Rick R. Reed, John Inman, Rhys Ford, Clare London, Pearl Love, Jamie Fessenden, J. S. Cook, Amy Rae Durresson, and Serena Yates Genre: LGBT Anthology Publisher: DSP Publications Pages: 360 Blurb Humankind possesses a dual nature, the ability to rise to the brightest heights—or sink to the darkest and most perverse depths. What inspires some to reach the pinnacles of virtue while others cannot resist the temptations of vice? Is it something innate, or a result of destiny and circumstance? Delve into … Read more

Review: “Billy Blood” by Christopher Church

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Title: Billy Blood Series: The Mason Braithwaite Paranormal Mystery Series Book #4 Author: Christopher Church Genre: Gay Supernatural Suspense Publisher: Dagmar Muira Pages/Word Count: 156 pages Blurb: A fender-bender on the freeway gets psychic investigator Mason entangled with Catherine, an enigmatic visitor from DC—but who, exactly, does she work for? Trying to track her down, he runs across Billy Blood, a Los Angeles company that markets a stomach-churning “lifestyle drink” made with animal blood, and goes to work for its shady CEO to find out who has been vandalizing the product. Recruited by Hanh, an old friend from the psychic … Read more

Review: “The Seventh Pleiade” by Andrew J. Peters

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Title: The Seventh Pleiade Series: Atlantis #1 Author: Andrew J. Peters Genre: Gay YA Historical Fantasy Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 264 pages Blurb Atlantis is besieged by violent storms, tremors, and a barbarian army. For sixteen-year-old Aerander, it’s a calamitous backdrop to his Panegyris, where boys are feted for their passage to manhood. Amid a secret web of romances among the celebrants, Aerander’s cousin Dam goes missing with two boys. With the kingdom in crisis, no one suspects the High Priest Zazamoukh, though Aerander uncovers a conspiracy to barter boys for dark spiritual power. Aerander’s proof— an underground … Read more

Review: “Gun to My Head” by Dira Lewis

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Title: Gun to My Head Author: Dira Lewis Genre: LGBTQ+ Paranormal Fiction Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 325 pages Blurb: Sin is a vampire at the end of his rope. Having escaped forcible conversion by a vampire cult, he temporarily kills himself and rises again only to immediately imprint on a human: eighteen-year-old Dominic. Thanks to the cult’s conditioning, Sin can’t bite Dominic, but because of the imprint he also can’t leave him alone. Protecting Dominic from a local vampire named Oriana puts Sin between a rock and a hard place. With nowhere else to turn he does … Read more

Review: “Electric Candle” by Elizabeth Noble

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Title: Electric Candle Series: The Sleepless City #2 Author(s): Elizabeth Noble Genre: Gay Paranormal Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 pages Blurb When a vampire finds his soul mate, the bond is forever. It’s love at first sight. Or is it? Flint, Ohio Homicide Detective Jonas Forge has been a vampire for nearly two hundred years. He’s fought wars, seen life go from the simple but hard colonial days to the modern high tech world. He’s evolved with the times, adapting with each new era, blending into each new life. The one constant is his best friend and lover, … Read more

Review: “Jack of Thorns” by Amelia Faulkner

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Title: Jack of Thorns Series: Inheritance #1 Author(s): Amelia Faulkner Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: LoveLight Press Pages/Word Count: 442 pages Blurb: Florist. Psychic. Addict. Laurence Riley coasts by on good looks and natural charm, but underneath lies a dark chasm that neither heroin nor lovers can fill. Sobriety is a pipe dream which his stalker ex-boyfriend is pushing him away from. Luckily, Laurence has powers most can only dream of. If only he could control them. Aristocrat. Psychic. Survivor. Quentin d’Arcy is the product of centuries of wealth, privilege, and breeding, and is on the run from all three. A … Read more

Review: “Kestrel’s Talon” by Bey Deckard

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Kestrel's Talon

Title: Kestrel’s Talon Series: The Stonewatchers #1 Author(s): Bey Deckard Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Self Published Pages/Word Count: 426 Pages Blurb: Following the Prentish/Nemarri war, Kes is rejected by his homeland under the guise of religious purity laws. Though he’s spared execution, the proud Nemarri’s fate is only marginally more merciful than death when he is sold into sexual slavery at a prosperous pleasure house. Despite his stoic endurance, Kes knows he’s reaching his breaking point, but there is nothing he can do—there is no path to freedom in the Holy Prentish Empire, only a lifetime of humiliating servitude. That is, … Read more

Review: “Myths Untold: Faery” by Witt, Li, Coatsworth, and Hegyes

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Title: Myths Untold: Faery Authors: August Li, Brandon Witt, Skye Hegyes, and Scott Coatsworth Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 247 pages   The Pwcca and the Persian Boy by August Li Despite beauty and luck, something about Glyn makes everyone uncomfortable. Homeless on the streets of Cardiff, he has nothing to keep him going but his friendship with Farrokh. Through stealing and fortune’s occasional favor, Glyn keeps them alive. But then homeless youths begin to disappear, and when Farrokh goes missing, Glyn begins to discover the reasons behind both his luck and the way people react to him. Determined … Read more