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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: A Queer Little Book of Tales – H.R. Harrison

A Queer Little Book Of Tales - H.R. Harrison

H.R. Harrison has a new queer fantasy collection out (FF/MM): A Queer Little Book of Tales. And there’s a giveaway! A collection of queer fairy tale retellings for the discerning reader. Dive into a world both familiar and strange and meet a colorful cast of characters from all different backgrounds and upbringings, from princes and paupers to aliens and dwarves, from merchant sons to sign language interpreters. And fairies, of course. But it’s important to remember… most fairies aren’t fairy godmothers. The White Cat follows the intrepid young prince Yufitri from across the Sea, who meets a mystical talking cat … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Devil’s in the Details & other stories – Charlie Descoteaux

The Devil’s In The Details & Other Stories - Charlie Descoteaux

QSFer Charlie Descoteaux has a new queer horror story collection out: “The Devil’s In The Details & Other Stories.” The Devil’s in the Details & Other Stories–three paranormal Dark Romances featuring characters with shaky moral compasses as they get their Happily Ever Afters. The Devil’s in the Details James is on the run from the Key West Coven and the job he never wanted: enforcer. Portland, Oregon, is as far away as he could get and still be in the US, and since he doesn’t have a passport or a way to get one, that’s where he stopped. James knows … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fall Flavors – A.M. Leibowitz

Fall Flavors

QSFer A.M. Leibowitz has a new queer short story collection (bi, gay, lesbian, non-binary) out: “Fall Flavors.” Seven stories, from tricks to treats: A man discovers the benefits of autumn cologne; a haunted Broadway-themed house; a witch in some trouble; Lucifer’s daughter has a surprise for dear old dad; a pair of pre-teens on an autumn treasure hunt; a costume party; and a broken down car, a thunderstorm, and a creepy mansion. Get It At Amazon Excerpt Time for job number two, the coffee shop. Brady supposed it was a good thing he was heading to somewhere a cologne called … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Door and Other Uncanny Tales – Dmetri Kakmi

The Door And Other Uncanny Tales - Dmetri Kakmi

Dmetri Kakmi has a new queer horror collection out: “The Door And Other Uncanny Tales.” And there’s a giveaway! Living paintings, spectral children, cannibal serial killers, lost souls, haunted houses, and ancient evil proliferate The Door and Other Uncanny Tales. Everywhere reality and fantasy collapse to create a new unstable world, even the body is not what it seems. Combined with Dmetri Kakmi’s gothic imagination and mordant humor, the result is fiction that is as memorable as it is unsettling. This collection contains three new and three previously published stories, including the acclaimed Haunting Matilda, The Long Lonely Road and … Read more

REVIEW: All the Right Places – Wayne Goodman

All the Right Places - Wayne Goodman

Genre: Speculative Fiction, Romance, Historical fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Aethena, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book All the Right Places is a collection of short stories, most written for submission to anthologies or collections. Starting in the near future and proceeding to the near past, men interact with other men in the pursuit of love and companionship. The Review This book is a collection of short stories that take place around the world in a variety of different time periods.  From virtual reality in the future to 18th century Japan, each story conveys the challenges a gay … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: All the Right Places: Short Stories by Wayne Goodman

All the Right Places - Wayne Goodman

Wayne Goodman has a new gay spec fic/romance/historical fiction short story collection out: “All the Right Places.” “All the Right Places” is a collection of short stories, most written for submission to anthologies or collections. Starting in the near future and proceeding to the near past, men interact with other men in the pursuit of love and companionship. Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CAN | iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords | Goodreads Giveaway Wayne is giving away a $25 iTunes gift card with this tour – enter via Rafflecopter: a Rafflecopter giveaway Direct Link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/b60e8d47144/? Excerpt Gary had never seen the likes of the boy who just walked into … Read more

REVIEW: Slashed and Mashed – Andrew J. Peters

Slashed and Mashed - Andrew J. Peters

Genre: Fairy Tales LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Madison Davis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book What really happened when Theseus met the Minotaur? How did demon-slaying Momotarō come to be raised by two daddies? Will Scheherazade’s hapless Ma’aruf ever find love and prosperity after his freeloading boyfriend kicks him out on the street? Classic lore gets a bold remodeling with stories from light-hearted and absurd, earnestly romantic, daring and adventurous, to darkly surreal. The collection includes: Theseus and the Minotaur, Károly, Who Kept a Secret, The Peach Boy, The Vain Prince, The Jaguar of the Backward … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Loose Change Collection – A.M. Leibowitz

Loose Change - A.M. Leibowitz

QSFer A.M. Leibowitz has a new queer/fantasy collection out: “Loose Change.” Seven stories about small, intimate moments of change. A boy meets a mer-person; six honest conversations; deciphering the meaning of a spray-painted mural; May-December love blossoms between two teachers; the meaning of kissing; a big, gay, fairy tale wedding; an interview that changes two men’s lives. Get It At Amazon Excerpt Ten-year-old Wesley Sanders closed his book and carefully hid it under the crate he’d been sitting on. He watched the men hauling the nets and traps, their shouts mingling with the creaking of the ropes and the slap … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Trans Space Octopus Congregation, by Bogi Takács

QSFer Bogi Takács has a new queer sci fi collection out: “The Trans Space Octopus Congregation.” This new collection from the Lambda Literary Award-winning author and editor of Transcendent 2 2 offers plenty of thrills – and bonus tentacles – for readers of LGBTQ-focused speculative literature. The stories range from magical space opera to cheerful body horror and historical fantasy, always with a sense of hope amid adversity. The mystical and magical merge with the scientific and technological: sacred texts gain new interpretations in the light of nuclear physics, and people save a forest with computer science. Cephalopods build alliances and research … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Symbionts, by MF Alfrey

QSFer M F Alfrey has a new sci fi collection out that includes queer stories: Symbionts. Nice body. Think you control it? Think again. Eight stories. Eight realities. Eight ways to be enslaved. The symbionts are coming and not all of them come in harmony. A colony-wide blackout, but two engineers have a much bigger problem. Trapped by ghosts on a planetoid where escape isn’t what you would imagine. An alien spore puts humans to sleep and reshapes Earth. A drifting wreck slowly repairs itself, but every breath brings the survivors closer to death. An aerial assault on a bug … Read more