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ANNOUNCEMENT: Falling Hard, by Dale Cameron Lowry

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QSFer Dale Cameron Lowry has a new MM anthology that includes speculative fiction: Nine of Dale Cameron Lowry’s best short romance stories, available for the first time in one book. Part 1: Falling Fast Warm up with whirlwind romances that last. Mi Alma — Ex-Mormon Alma Larsen doesn’t know the first thing about alcohol, so he hires bartender Damian Banks to help out at his winter holiday party. They build a friendship that simmers with sexual tension—and possibly something much deeper. Will this Christmas bring them both a love that lasts? Loggerhead — Soon after they fall in love, Jake makes Eric … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Gathering of the Light, by Eric Westfall

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Gathering of the Light

QSFer Eric Westfall has a new MM fantasy book out: Kohlnar: A land of dragon-shifters known as Kin, and the Folk whose love allows them to change, and patrol the skies while praising His Name. A peaceful country cut off from the rest of the continent by a vast mountain range known as the Spine of the World. A prosperous land, with deep mines and soil producing crops nowhere else can duplicate. A land desired by the Two Kings of Sirulan, who will stop at nothing, including use of the death magic of the Church of the Blood, to get … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dragon Void, by Ophelia Bell

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Dragon Void

QSFer Ophelia Bell has a new MMF fantasy book out: A Turul princess, Evie North has waited long enough for her “one true love” — a man she’s stopped believing truly exists. She throws caution—literally—to the wind and decides to take matters into her own hands. She chooses a handsome stranger from a crowd and falls into bed with him, hoping love might find her in his arms. A human man drawn to powers beyond his comprehension… The only thing Marcus Calais knows is that he’s likely to die in a pointless war but also honor-bound to run into battle. … Read more

Announcement: Skim Blood & Savage Verse, by Angel Martinez

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Skim Blood and Savage Verse

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new MM paranormal/urban fantasy romance out: Words damage more than just feelings as Carrington hunts feral books menacing the city. When a ferocious book attacks Carrington at his own birthday party, he believes it’s an isolated incident. But similar books soon pop up all over town, menacing innocent people with harsh bits of poetry and blank verse that deliver damaging physical blows. It’s a frustrating case with too many variables and not enough answers, and the stakes go up with each attack. With the help of his misfit squad mates at the 77th and the … Read more

FOR READERS: Is Fantasy Romance Viable?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amy Wasp Wimberger: Fantasy Romance – is it a viable genre? do people like it? hate it? 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

Announcement: Beauty in the Beast, by Erik Schubach

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Beauty In The Beast

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new FF urban fairy tale out: Even the most beastly… may hold beauty inside. While Daria McQueen mourns. The legends of fairytales fight to contain the incursions of the new demon hybrid contagion that Styche the Trickster has unleashed upon the world. An enraged and seemingly unstoppable demon appears, and it seems just as powerful as Styche. It directs its boundless rage at anything that moves, friend or foe. They learn that the beast can only be controlled by a young woman who has a uncanny ability to soothe the savage beast. Amazon Excerpt I … Read more

New Children’s Fantasy Book About a Prince and a Farm Boy

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A book about a prince and a farm boy who fall in love was released today. Promised Land is a project by two New Zealand friends, Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds, that raised nearly 50,000 NZD (about $36,000) on Kickstarter to produce the book. “A lot of kids today don’t have a problem with it. It’s really just if their parents tell them ‘Two boys can love two boys, two girls can love two girls’,” Reynolds told 1NewsNow. The story is about a prince and a farm boy who fall in love in a magical forest. The prince’s evil stepfather … Read more

Announcement: The Sinclair Selkie, by Chris Quinton

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The Sinclair Selkie

QSFer Chris Quinton has a new MM fantasy book out: American Donal MacCraith is on a road trip along the western coast of Scotland, and the Western Isles. His family roots are there, but his main reasons for the extended vacation are the songs and legends. He’s a folk-singer, come to collect some new old material. In Stornoway he meets the Shielingers and Niall MacLachlan. Donal is attracted to Niall, but doesn’t act on it, unable to guess if the man is gay or not. When he continues his exploration of Lewis in his rented motorhome, making for the small crofting … Read more

Review: “Skythane” by J. Scott Coatsworth

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Title: Skythane Author: J. Scott Coatsworth Genre: Gay Science Fantasy Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 244 Blurb Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnson, a handsome, cocky skythane with a troubled past. Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts to fall apart around them, they have no idea what’s coming—or the bond that will develop between them as they race to avert a cataclysm. Together, they will … Read more