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Announcement: Bad Things That Happen to Girls, by Michelle Browne

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QSFer Michelle Browne has a new book out: Tanis and Lila have learned to keep their heads down, follow their Mother’s rules, and get good grades. Then Lila does the stupidest thing possible: she falls in love. The romance sparks an explosion within the religious, tightly-controlled family. As Tanis watches her family shatter, she tries to help her sister’s fledgling romance survive…but maybe some things are meant to be broken. Buy Links Amazon: Click Here Kobo: Click Here Goodreads: Click Here Author Bio Michelle Browne is a sci fi/fantasy writer. She lives in Lethbridge, AB with her partner-in-crime and their … Read more

Announcement: The Dangerous Type, by Loren Rhoads

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QSFer Loren Rhoads has a new bi sci fi book out: Entombed for twenty years, Raena Zacari — one of the galaxy’s most dangerous assassins — has been freed. The first thing on her mind is revenge against Thallian, the insane war criminal who enslaved Raena, turned her into a killing machine, then left her for dead. When Thallian discovers she has escaped, he’s willing to risk everything — including his army of cloned sons — to bring her back under his control. Gavin Sloane saved Raena once, only to lose her to Thallian. Since then he’s been desperately searching … Read more

Announcement: The Mazarinette and the Musketeer, by Heather Rose Jones

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QSFer Heather Rose Jones has a new free Historical Fantasy story out: In the turbulent France of 1678, Hortense Mancini, Duchesse Mazarine takes on the disguise of a King’s Musketeer to pursue her love affair with Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex. She crosses paths with a true Musketeer, and with Aphra Behn, English playwright and spy, both seeking to retrieve letters between the kings of France and England that could prove ruinous. Every disguise and plan is threatened by the arrival of a young woman who seeks to gain fame by besting a Musketeer in a duel—and now she has … Read more

Ana’s Spoons: Mrs. Claus

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Mrs. Claus

Welcome and thank you for joining Ana’s Spoons, a feature co-hosted with Queer Sci Fi on the second Wednesday of the month. Today’s topic, as part of the holiday fun, focuses on our favorite holiday figure. Come Join the Chat Wait. Mrs. Claus who? Our Christmas lore is filled with references to her husband. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas The examples are endless. In the season of Christmas, Santa Claus rules. In some cultures, it might be Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or St. Nicholas. But what of the women? Or little girls, for that matter? A … Read more

Announcement: Vicious Circle, by Elle E. Ire

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QSFer Elle E. Ire has a new FF Sci Fi book out: Kicked out of the Assassins Guild for breach of contract, hunted by its members for killing the Guild Leader, and half-hooked on illegal narcotics, Cor Sandros could use a break. She accepts a freelance job to eliminate Kila T’ral’s brother, Jaren. Kila claims her politically powerful brother has sexually abused her, and Cor has always been a sucker for helping the helpless. The plan doesn’t include Cor falling in love with Kila, but as the pair struggles to reach Kila’s homeworld, pursued by assassins from the Guild, Cor … Read more

Discussion: What’s Most Important to You in LGBT Speculative Fiction?

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We all come to LGBT speculative fiction from different places. Some of us were “straight” romance writers who stumbled across MM/FF romance and genre fiction and loved it. Some of us were writers (and readers) of “mainstream” sci fi or fantasy or paranormal (or all three) and then found LGBT genre fiction later. So we all come in expecting different things. What’s more important to you in an LGBT sci fi, fantasy or paranormal story story? The cool tech/magic/paranormal aspect? The flavor of the culture / society? The relationships / romance (if any)? What is it that most draws you … Read more

Announcement: The Wrecking Faerie – A Charm School Novella, by Elizabeth Watasin

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QSFer Elizabeth Watasin has a new fantasy book out: The Twilight World: where monsters and magical people meet. Teen witch Bunny has a perfectly wicked girlfriend in vampire biker Dean, until a dark faerie comes along. Can Bunny resist Fairer Than’s charms? And when she does, what will Fairer Than do about it? Paranormal romance, fantasy, comedy. LGBT YA. ON the very edges of the unknown lies the Twilight World, where the town of Little Salem teems with hot rods, ghouls, and devil girls. Meet magical witch girl Bunny, a good teen witch happily attending Haunt High, drinking milkshakes at … Read more

Announcement: Monster Stalker, by Elizabeth Watasin

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QSFer Elizabeth Watasin has a new paranormal book out: “Kill first.” Vampire Nico popped from the year 1998 into an Again NewYork airfield, a sudden chrono-immigrant with Mr Bear strapped to her, her switchblade in hand, and no idea how or why she got there. She’s on Darqueworld: an intragalactic society 400 light years from Old Earth, where Other-beings and humans co-exist and vampires are no big deal. Nico can have a normal student life at last and even date a diner waitress she likes. But there’s a darkened spot in her mind, one blanking out her immediate past, and … Read more

Ana’s Spoons – The Monthly QSF FF Takeover

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Welcome to the second monthly celebration of F/F fiction! F/F, by the way, stands for Female/Female (not Fan Fiction) pairings that may or may not be romantic. We’ve had two days of free-for-all F/F promotions, but today I’d like to kindly ask you to refrain from promoting your own books, friend’s books, publisher, or other services. The goal for today’s discussion is to establish a common ground for future F/F discussions and give new readers a place to start. For the top five classic F/F books, plays, and movies everyone should read, here is Anastasia Vitsky’s list: The Price of … Read more

5 Tips for Lesbian Time Travelers

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by Elizabeth Andre Time travelling can be lots of fun, just ask H.G. Wells who wrote The Time Machine, but such journeys have special challenges for lesbians. Laws and attitudes have changed a lot over the decades. Being a lesbian can complicate a time traveller’s attempts to fit into a new time and place. Accidentally travelling through time can make the situation even more challenging. Just ask Dara Gillard. She’s an African-American lesbian from 21st century Chicago who accidentally travels to Edwardian London in my novel, The Time Slip Girl. This is what she says about how to prepare for … Read more