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ANNOUNCEMENT: Iron & Brass – Chris Fain

Iron & Brass - Chris Fain

QSFer Chris Fain has a new queer dark urban fantasy/horror book out (gay, gender fluid, genderqueer): Iron & Brass. Ramona Stone is a retired boxer and cancer survivor barely getting by in a faded Rust-Belt town—until she unwittingly frees a jinni from a thrift-store teapot. Now her cat has the power of speech, an ultra-powerful being is bunking on her couch…and her snow-locked community is set to become a battleground between our reality and a magic netherworld beyond. For the shapeshifting cannibal ghul Ashera has vowed to pursue Izi al-Samoon from the frozen vales of urban West Virginia to the … Read more

REVIEW: The Booker – Maryann Kafka

The Booker

Genre: Mystery, Horror, Suspense, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book One underworld entanglement.One haunted music venue.One chance to make it out alive. When Barry Matthews left his band to become the booker for Melbourne’s hottest music venue, he never expected to find a link to the past buried deep within the rubble from the renovations. And now the new spate of threatening phone calls are becoming as troubling as the disappearing visitors and the malevolent activity in the basement.  Trapped within the hotel with the alluring Simon, or Felicia, depending on his … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Spec Fic Valentine’s

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Readers, on this most holiest of love days, share your fave Valentine’s Day spec fic reads. Writers, what have you written (sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, or horror)? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

ANNOUNCEMENT: America’s Next Top Stripper – Matt Converse

America's Next Top Stripper

QSFer Matt Converse has a new gay horror book out: America’s Next Top Stripper. Who will claim the crown of America’s Next Top Stripper? After retiring from the stage, ex-male stripper Matt lands an amazing opportunity to host the new show America’s Next Top Stripper. Judging alongside a supermodel, an internationally famed stripper, and a drag queen, the panel more than has its work cut out for them when ten gorgeous, diverse, and sexy men show up at the show’s mansion. Matt must resist a crush on the resident bad boy Ace to remain impartial as the head judge. Through … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Beginning – M. Rose Flores

The Beginning - M. Rose Flores

QSFer M. Rose Flores has a new queer paranormal horror YA book out: The Beginning – sequel to The End. And there’s a giveaway! One of their own is stranded in San Francisco, a city long since claimed by the undead. When the rescue mission goes sideways and someone else is taken hostage by Abnormal zombies, Cate and the Alcatraz survivors find themselves pulled in two directions: Do they enlist the help of a doctor who claims to know the origin of the hyper-intelligent infected, or do they trust a mysterious group called the Organization, who have ties to one … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Love in Danger – E.D. Parr

Love in Danger - E.D. Parr

QSFer E.D. Parr has a new MM sci fi romance out: “Love in Danger.” Centuries ago, the planet they cherished was conquered, but now three warriors from an ancient race of gifted beings intend to remedy that. Lovers, handsome Corin JaKobi and gorgeous Marcus D’Ath are members of an elite planetary squad that rid the city sectors of the mysterious and dangerous Fallen.  When an old friend uncovers the true horrific nature of the elders in the organization they work for, anger at their duplicity drives Corin, Marcus, and rogue squadron hunter, Zeb to plan for the ruling group’s demise. … Read more

REVIEW: Where Evil Begins – Matt Converse

Where Evil Begins - Matt Converse

Genre: Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Gordon Get It On Amazon About The Book Tyler is a sexy young newbie to the New York City leather scene. When he eyes a muscled, masked stranger, his hunky best friend Andrés warns him to be careful due to the string of recent murders in the leather community. The masked stranger hides more than his face, and that is revealed when you go back far enough. True evil is made, not born. The Review This novella, “Where Evil Begins” by Matt Converse, is fast-paced and well-constructed, featuring jumps from the present moment, where … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Nocturne Chronicles – River Hamilton

QSFer River Hamilton has a new fantasy horror romance out: “The Nocturne Chronicles Book One.” They are no longer human. But now they have to fight to save their humanity. Two hundred years ago the Great Vampire War between the Nation and the Lair brought the realm of the undead to the brink of extinction – a struggle between order and chaos, from which the Nation emerged victorious and all-powerful, to reform the vampire world forever. But now the Lair has returned, sworn to bring back the old ways of killing and hunting. Adeimantos – a 2,000-year-old vampire – finds … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Man from Milwaukee audio – Rick R. Reed

Man From Milwaukee

QSFer Rick R. Reed has a new gay horror book out on audio: “The Man From Milwaukee.” It’s the summer of 1991 and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been arrested. His monstrous crimes inspire dread around the globe. But not so much for Emory Hughes, a closeted young man in Chicago who sees in the cannibal killer a kindred spirit, someone who fights against the dark side of his own nature, as Emory does. He reaches out to Dahmer in prison via letters. The letters become an escape — from Emory’s mother dying from AIDS, from his uncaring sister, from … Read more

FOR READERS: Favorite Queer Spec Fic Winter Holiday Tales

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Readers, bring me your favorite queer speculative fiction winter holiday tales – Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Christmas, Solstice, New Year’s… and why you love them. Links please! 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf