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When Carmilla Ruled the Night – Boogieman in Lavender

Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender             But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.                                                   ———from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu She prowls the night, looking for blood—and women. She sleeps in late, usually rising at one in the afternoon, but it is at night that she seeks what she truly desires. She is Carmilla, seemingly a victim of a carriage accident recovering in a neighboring castle. The residents of the castle see nothing too unusual, even as … Read more

REVIEW: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum, By Cynthia Ward

The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum

Title: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum Series: Conversation Pieces Author: Cynthia Ward Genre: Action Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Paranormal (supernatural, etc.), Science Fiction (space opera, science fantasy, steampunk, etc), Romance, steampunk dieselpunk vampires wolfmen mashup LGBTQ+ Category: Asexual Spectrum (demi, gray, aromantic, etc), Bisexual+, Lesbian, Pansexual, Poly, Sapiosexual Publisher: Aqueduct Press Pages: 109 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Intelligence agent Lucy Harker receives the most dangerous job in the world — keeping Winston Churchill safe in the Great War. Despite her unique abilities as Dracula’s daughter, she loses Churchill to Kaiser … Read more

#OWNVOICES: Lesbian Authors

Ownvoices - lesbian

On Saturdays on the QSF Facebook group we’re now featuring #ownvoices. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t always get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring authors who are lesbian and who write lesbian characters in speculative fiction. #ownvoices If you’re a lesbian author, tell us about yourself, your experiences author, and the spec fic books you write (especially those with lesbian characters – with links, please). If you’re not, you can still participate – share your favorite lesbian authors and their spec fic works that include lesbian characters. Note: This is NOT a chat … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Migration – Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Anthology #5

Migration

Queer Sci Fi has just released the annual QSF Flash Fiction anthology. This year, the theme is “Migration.” MI-GRA-TION (noun) 1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. 2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. 3) Movement from one part of something to another. Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites. Migration feaures 300 word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Gift of Shadows, by Amir Lane

Gift of Shadows

QSFer Amir Lane has a new FF/queer urban fantasy suspense tale out, book one in the Barrier Witch series: Gift of Shadows. And get two books free! Why would anyone try to murder a phoenix?  A corpse with no eyes bursts into flames before Toronto’s Special Crimes Detective Fairuz Arshad can investigate. Her superiors are ordering her to close the case before it’s even been opened, and it isn’t the only one. She tracks down a siren and a faerie, both missing organs and brushed off by the police. Fairuz and her dryad partner, Rowan, suspect there’s more to this mystery than it appears. The … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: When Witches Wake, by Hilary Foxhill

When Witches wake

QSFer Hilary Foxhill has a new FF Parnaormal tale out, book one in the Bancroft Coven series: When Witches Wake. She fell in love with a witch. And then she met her. Emily Quinn led a lonely and mundane life. Until the dreams started. Naked bodies lit only by candlelight, dancing and chanting in a smoke-filled room. Then there was the woman in her bed. Whose kiss felt like nothing she had ever felt in her waking life. In her dreams, she loved this woman, and those dreams led Emily right to her. Claire was an artist and the High … Read more

TV: “Stranger Things” Gets Lesbian Character

Stranger Things

For two whole seasons, it appeared as if only straight characters existed in the 1980s-set world of Stranger Things. But now, the Netflix show’s third series – which premiered on Thursday 4 July – has finally introduced an LGBTQ+ character to Hawkins and fans can hardly contain their enthusiasm online. While it still boasts plenty of monsters and mystery, romance plays a big part in the new episodes, what with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Mike (Finn Wolfhard) navigating their new relationship, Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) and Nancy (Natalia Dyer) embarking on an internship together and the tensions between Joyce (Winona Ryder) and … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Where the Night Reigns, by Emilie Lucadamo

Where The Night Reigns, By Emilie Lucadamo

QSFer Emilie Lucadamo has a new gay/NB paranormal book out: Where the Night Reigns. The barrier between worlds has shattered. Demons wreak havoc across Earth; the dead are rising from their graves; psychics and witches are vanishing without a trace. The fate of the world rests in the hands of the enigmatic Tresser Corporation, a company of demon soldiers… and a kindergarten teacher. In other words, humanity’s odds aren’t looking great. When hunter, David Tresser, pairs up with a High Demon, he knows he’s in over his head. Of course, there are worse positions to be in, like Henry, whose … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Prophecy & Curiosity, by Layla Heart

Prophecy

Layla Heart has the first two books out in her new queer “Lughnasadh Elite Academy” fantasy series – “Prophecy” and “Curiosity.” One clueless queen-to-be, four princes to change her world forever. Before her vital first cup of coffee in the morning, Litha finds out she’s a witch and is suddenly transported to a magical world she didn’t know existed. As if that wasn’t strange enough, it turns out that she’s prophesied to be queen and her parents only took her to the human world to protect her from those who want her dead. But now she’s at Lughnasadh Elite Academy … Read more

#OWNVOICES: Lesbian Authors

Ownvoices - lesbian

On Saturdays on the QSF Facebook group we’re now featuring #ownvoices. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t always get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring authors who are lesbian and who write lesbian characters in speculative fiction. #ownvoices If you’re a lesbian author, tell us about yourself, your experiences author, and the spec fic books you write (especially those with lesbian characters – with links, please). If you’re not, you can still participate – share your favorite lesbian authors and their spec fic works that include lesbian characters. Note: This is NOT a chat … Read more