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COVER REVEAL: Overcoming Fear, by Grace Duncan

Overcoming Fear

QSFer Grace R. Duncan has a new dystopian sci fi book out: Overcoming Fear. It’s been four years since a global pandemic has ravaged the world and almost a year since Mark and Duncan had their fateful meeting at a tiny pharmacy. Duncan has spent that time doing everything he could to ease Mark’s fears of losing him—fears that go beyond the normal danger of their new world. When a minister and his wife seek out Mark for help, Duncan sees an opportunity to show Mark another level of commitment—if Mark will dare to take it. Get It At Amazon … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: grydscaen: imperium, by Natsuya Uesugi

QSFer Natsuya Uesugi has a new book out in the grydscaen series book out: grydscaen: imperium. The mission of Faid Callen and the Packrat hackers was to rid the Echelons of the Elite government. In the penultimate climax to the grydsacen saga, Faid swore he would seek revenge for government exploitation of psychics. From posing as a high powered host to being the Emperor’s knight, he never took his eyes off the operation. Yet, will Faid’s manipulations derail Emperor Lino Dejarre’s ultimate goal of a lasting peace and the end to war? Faid takes his foot off the brakes as … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: A Broken Winter Webcomic , By Kale Night

A Broken Winter

Kale Night has a queer sci fi webcomic you should check out – A Broken Winter. General Auryn Tyrus runs a government slaughterhouse, overseeing the covert execution of political dissidents – victims of an Emperor who claims to have swallowed the sun. When the son of a former lover is sentenced to death, Auryn intervenes, turning his life upside down. A Broken Winter is a science fiction/fantasy webcomic featuring LGBTQ+ characters.  The comic is currently on hiatus but a novelization of the webcomic will be published in June by NineStar Press. Release date: April 21, 2019.Length: 281 pagesHeat Level: 3 … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Ignite, by Nora Phoenix

Ignite

QSFer Nora Phoenix has a new MMM sci fi romance out: Ignite. The United States has split into three countries, and in the Conservative United States, being gay will get you sent to a reintegration camp. Tan has survived three years in camp, but he’s at the limit of what he can endure, even with the help of his best friend, Austin.  When a massive meteor shower creates complete chaos at the camp, Austin and Tan see a chance to escape and they take it. On a whim, they decide to bring Mack with them, a newbie at camp who seems to … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: grydscaen: metropolis

grydscaen metropolis

QSFer Natsuya Uesugi has a new MM sci fi book out in his grydscaen series: grydscaen: metropolis. Lino Dejarre returns to the City and must pick up the mantle of leadership as the Atlantea Federation terrorizes the border. Brokering a deal with the neighboring United Municipalities, Lino must make political maneuvers to remove the blemish of his trance channeler’s mistakes. When the Atlantea Federation operative Riuho attacks the Packrats, Faid is faced with the daunting task of confronting the former Packrat leader. The stakes couldn’t be higher when Riuho’s lies bring chaos and threaten Faid’s life. Can the Packrats survive? … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Green Death, by Madeline Ribbon

Green Death

Madeline Ribbon has a new MM dystopian sci fi book out: Green Death. As poisonmaster to the Oligarch, Tryg Sant knows a lot of things others shouldn’t. But when he discovers his family’s darkest secret, his brother tries to kill him. When Tryg’s lover pushes him out of a helicopter and into the poison-filled Exclusion Zone, Tryg finds himself trapped in a dangerous new world, entirely different from the one he expects. Now, Tryg has to learn to survive nearly-feral humans and his own disintegrating mind. Luckily, he’s found an ally in Riot, one of the victims of the Green … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Surviving the Apocalypse, by Tinnean

Surviving the Apocalypse

QSFer Tinnean has a new MM sci fi book out: Lyncoln Ryland always saw himself as an ordinary man with an ordinary job, working maintenance in an ordinary mall. The only thing about him that isn’t ordinary are his feelings for the man who’s renovating the mall, but any kind of relationship with such a sophisticated man is highly unlikely. Adam James is the wealthy man who owns the mall. He’s secretly been yearning for Lyncoln, a man he doesn’t see as ordinary in the least. But Adam’s family has plans for him, and they don’t include a relationship with … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Eidolon, by E.S. Yu

Eidolon

E.S. Yu has a new MM sci fi book out: Eidolon. When Cyrex Corp, one of the foremost bioaugmentation companies in the world, sends Vax to assassinate Zai Lumero, Vax thinks it’ll be a simple, straightforward job. Zai is only a journalist, after all, and with his bioaugments, Vax has never botched a job before. But then the hit unexpectedly goes south, and before Vax can correct his mistake and finish Zai off for good, he discovers that Cyrex has turned on him, putting him in their crosshairs as well. With no one else to turn to, he strikes a … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Heart’s Prey, by Natalina Reis

Heart's Prey

QSFer Natalina Reis has a new MM/MF sci-fi/dystopian romance out: Heart’s Prey. The world Jia and Cees knew no longer exists. Amidst chaos and terror, they find each other and fall in love—a love that goes against all castes’s rules. As their civilization is ravaged by genetically-altered beasts, the caste system relied upon for ages crumbles. The privileged and wealthy are just as vulnerable to the onslaught as are the disadvantaged. Faced with impossible odds and unsettling secrets about their society, Jia and Cees must decide which part of their dying world to take with them and what they should … Read more

TRENDING: Dystopian Fiction

Dystopian Novels

Save the light reading for later. In 2017, dystopian fiction is all the rage. Gloomy classics depicting societies gone terribly wrong have shot to the top of best-seller lists like Amazon‘s in recent months, including George Orwell’s 1984 and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, prompting publishers to ramp up production decades after the books were first released. Others have followed close behind, such as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Some nonfiction works in the same vein have seen similar resurgences, including Hannah Arendt’s 1951 Origins of Totalitarianism. Longtime staples … Read more