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Article: Celebrate Marriage Equality with these 12 Beloved LGBT Characters from Geek Culture

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Family and Reflection

Article: Celebrate Marriage Equality with these 12 Beloved LGBT Characters from Geek Culture Sci-fi tends to explore themes of identity, tolerance of differences, and true expression of the self, so many stories have served as allegories for the oppression of homosexuals in society, most notably X-Men. But in spite of this, geek culture hasn’t historically been the most diverse, with sci-fi TV and comics just recently taking some baby steps towards representation (there are no sci-fi movie franchises on this list). And the real world is catching up, as SCOTUS just ruled that gay marriage is legal in all 50 … Read more

Interview: S.A. Collins – HO’M,O

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HO'M,O

Today we have a great new exclusive interview with QSFer S.A. Collins on his book HO’M,O – released a couple months ago. The sequel, A Quarrel of Sparrows, comes out on 4/15. Watch this space. QSF: Tell me about HO’M,O – what’s it about, and what’s with the name? SA: HO’M,O came about for a friend of mine, actually the first person to ever read my stuff (beyond my husband) and liked what I wrote. I proclaimed him my first fan. He was cool with that. He lives in a fairly remote part of Michigan with very little going for … Read more

Announcement: IM, by Rick Reed

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IM, by Rick Reed

DSPP author Rick R. Reed has a new sci fi thriller book out: The Internet is the new meat market for gay men. Now a killer is turning the meat market into a meat wagon. One by one, he’s killing them. Lurking in the digital underworld of Men4HookUpNow.com, he lures, seduces, and charms, reaching out through instant messages to the unwary. When the first body surfaces, openly gay Chicago Police Department detective Ed Comparetto is called in to investigate. At the scene, the young man who discovered the body tells him the story of how he found his friend. But … Read more

Announcement: Cat Got Your Tongue, by Michelle Rae

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Cat Got Your Tongue, by Michelle Rae

QSFer Michelle Rae has a new fantasy book out: Rejected by his parents because of his sexuality, Tyler flees to an abandoned house owned by his family in the country. There, Tyler discovers the presence of a cat he has appropriately named ‘The Black Devil’. But this cat is not ordinary cat and Tyler is about to find out things are going to get a whole lot more complicated. Lannor is not your average cat; he’s not even from the planet. Sent to earth by his mother to understand what love truly means, Lannor struggles through the many years. Losing … Read more

Non Consensual Sex in Sci Fi / Fantasy

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No Means No

OK, we haven’t had a hot button topic in awhile – we try to limit them to about one a month, because they often do stir emotions. So a four ground rules: –Please be civil –This is not a discussion about sex with minors – we are talking about adults here –Please be civil –Please be civil So here it goes – do depictions of MM non-consensual sex have a place in sci fi and fantasy? If so, have you used it, and why (writers) and have you read it, and did it forward the story (readers)? If not, why? … Read more

Announcement: The Parliament of Twilight, Episode 1, by Dani Hermit and Nevi Star

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Parliament of Twilight paperback

QSFers Dani Hermit and Nevi Star have just released their book The Parliament of Twilight, Episode 1 in paperback for the first time: What do a TV ghost hunter, a fading Broadway icon, a CEO and his son, a bored assassin, and a whole host of other delightfully damaged and deranged characters have in common? The Parliament of Twilight binds them all from the shadows. The men of this deliciously Yaoi-inspired world fall in and out of love nearly as much as they fall in and out of danger. Steered from the shadows by the mysterious Parliament of Twilight, they … Read more

Announcement: Ryker’s Aquamate, by Cree Storm

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QSFer Cree Storm has another fantasy MM series out – “Mystic”. The first book is Ryker’s Aquamate: A meteor attack has changed the world as we know it. Most of the people that survived now have special powers. However, as with all people, some are good and some are evil. There is a group of men that were brought together by the World Council called MYSTIC, a group of men with multiple powers. They are only brought in on to deal with Nefariouses. These are men with powers used for their own evil, twisted purpose. Ryker Spalding is a MYSTIC … Read more

Announcement: The Sinclair Selkie, by Chris Quinton

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QSFer Chris Quinton has a new shifter MM romance book out: Folk singer Donal MacCraith is touring the Scottish Western Isles, documenting traditional songs and investigating his family history. He meets Niall MacLachlan in Stornoway and Niall invites himself along. He has a secret and an agenda of his own. Meeting Donal is the chance he needs to complete it. 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 … Read more

Announcement: Love Spanks Anthology

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QSFer Anastasia Vitsky is in a new FF romance anthology that includes some spec fic pieces, part of the Seasonal Spankings series: Seasonal Spankings is a four-year tradition of authors coming together to share excerpts of their work, offer prizes, and interact with readers. Love Spanks, the first weekend in February, focuses on F/F fiction. Sci Spanks (June 12-14 for 2015) includes all pairings within the broad range of speculative fiction. For more information, find Anastasia Vitsky at Governing Ana (http://governingana.wordpress.com) or on Facebook. If you are interested in writing for Sci Spanks this year, please send her a sample … Read more

Announcement: Frankie’s Vamp, by Toni Griffin

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Amber Quill author Toni Griffin has a new paranormal MM romance out: The second Frankie Reynold’s boyfriend takes a hand to him, he is out of there. Frankie isn’t hanging around to see if the man will do it again. Now, if only his ex-boyfriend will take the hint and disappear from his life. Needing a night out to forget his troubles, Frankie heads to Hot Encounters nightclub…only to come face-to-face with a master vampire who wants Frankie for his very own. Merrick Winters is a five-hundred-year-old vampire bored with life and the monotony of the same men throwing themselves … Read more