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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Queen of Rhodia, by Effie Calvin

QSFer Effie Calvin has a new FF fantasy book out in her Tales of Inthya series: The Queen Of Rhodia. It has been sixteen months since Princess Esofi arrived in Ieflaria, and eight since her marriage to Crown Princess Adale. The princesses have a peaceful life together, preparing to become co-regents and raising their baby dragon, Carinth. Their peace is shattered when Esofi’s mother, Queen Gaelle of Rhodia, arrives in Birsgen. She has heard about Carinth and believes that she deserves custody of him due to her greater devotion to Talcia, Goddess of Magic. Adale and Esofi have no intention … Read more

Autostraddle Celebrates the Women of Discovery

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When Star Trek: Discovery launched on CBS All Access in 2017, response was decidedly mixed: it led to a record subscription day for the brand-new streaming network, but many die-hard Trekkies were anti-Discovery from the jump, one taking the time to produce a 47-video series on the inconsistencies presented within Discovery, which takes place earlier on the Prime Timeline than Enterprise, The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager. The Klingons look different! Spock never said he had a sister! The technology is WAY beyond what makes sense for the time! Spores? What? But while there was … Read more

#OWNVOICES: Lesbian Authors

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We’re starting a new thing on Saturdays on the QSF Facebook group – #ownvoices. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t 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 … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Soulstealers, by Jacqueline Rohrbach

Jacqueline Rohrbach has a new FF fantasy out: The Soulstealers. Arnaka Skytree grew up believing she was chosen to bring new magic to the world. As the heir to the cult of druids responsible for keeping their floating palace habitable for the wealthy aristocracy, she’s expected to wield her power as those before her did: by culling the souls of peasant women. But when Arnaka learns more about the source of her magic, and that her best friend’s soul will be harvested, she embarks on a journey to end the barbarous practice and to restore a long-forgotten harmonious system of … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Beneath the Surface (audio), by Rebecca Langham

QSFer Rebecca Langham has a new FF sci fi audio book out: Beneath the Surface. When a change in collective conscious sends the Outsiders, a group of aliens, to the shadows below the city, humans reason that the demonization of their peers is simply more “humane.” There’s no question, nor doubt. Just acceptance. Lydia had embraced that sense of “truth” for as long as she can remember. The daughter of a powerful governor, she has been able to live her life with more comforts than most. Comforts can be suffocating, though, and when the opportunity to teach Outsider children in … Read more

FILM: Trailer Has Frozen Fans Convinced Elsa is a Lesbian

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Frozen 2 protagonist Elsa is a lesbian, according to many fans who have watched the new trailer. Disney fueled the long-held opinion of queer Frozen enthusiasts, that the ice queen should be written as a lesbian, with the release of a new teaser. In the two-minute video, Elsa is seen attempting to use her powers to create an icy pathway across the sea, and also blasts a pink-and-purple cloud in a scene which seems to use bisexual lighting.  In the two-minute video, Elsa is seen attempting to use her powers to create an icy pathway across the sea, and also blasts a pink-and-purple cloud in … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: “Ithani,” by J. Scott Coatsworth

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QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has the final MM sci fi book in his “Oberon Cycle” trilogy out – “Ithani”! Time is running out. After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The ithani–the aliens who broke the world–have reawakened from their hundred millennia-long slumber. When Xander and Jameson disappear in a flash, an already fractured world is thrown into chaos. The ithani plans, laid a hundred thousand years before, are finally coming to pass, and they threaten all life on Erro. Venin and Alix go on a desperate search for their missing and … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Blood Lust, by L. E. Royal

QSFer L.E. Royal has a new FF paranormal book out: Blood Lust. And there’s a giveaway! The sequel to Blood Echo. For Rayne Kennedy, the only Hybrid in Vires, a walled Vampire city in Vermont, life is almost over. Despite the new family and temporary happiness she’s found, her vampire girlfriend, Scarlett Pearce, has been given ninety days by the mysterious city government to turn her into a vampire. She’s sure her days as a human are numbered. Scarlett fights to find a way to avoid Rayne’s death when her father and society have decreed it must happen. Between new … Read more

TV: The Walking Dead Gets New Lesbian Couple

The Walking Dead has introduced two new characters who will soon be unveiled as a lesbian couple. Magna and Yumiko made their debut on the AMC’s post-apocalyptic zombie drama in November, during Episode 5 of the show’s ninth season—but have not explicitly been shown as a couple. But Eleanor Matsuura, who plays Yumiko, has now revealed to Digital Spy that the women’s relationship will be made obvious to viewers when the show returns on Sunday (February 10). “We will see a lot more of Magna and Yumiko functioning as a couple, and it’s something that I fought really hard for … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Imminent Dawn, by R.R. Campbell

QSFer R.R Campbell has a new FF sci fi book out: Imminent Dawn. Art-school dropout Chandra would do anything to apologize for her role in her wife’s coma—including enroll in the first round of human trials for an internet-access brain implant. At first, the secretive research compound is paradise, the perfect place to distract Chandra from her grief. But as she soon learns, the facility is more prison than resort, with its doctors, support staff, and her fellow patients all bent on hatching plots of their own, no matter how invested they might seem in helping her communicate with her … Read more