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ANNOUNCEMENT: Hell and Back, by Melanie Monroe

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Hell and Back

QSFer Melanie Monroe has a new FF paranormal book out: Just when Teagan O’Malley thought she had settled in with being a hell hound, events in Hell had to hit the fan. Instead of Teagan retrieving a soul every once in a while, she found herself having to capture several souls a day. With the help of a new friend, Teagan helps discover that there’s a glitch in Hell’s computer system, leaving all of Hell shorthanded. In the confusion, soul requests are being routed to the Angels to be retrieved, instead of to their Demon counter parts. Yes, even Hell … Read more

ENTERTAINMENT: How Willow and Tara Changed the World

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer changed the world – a lot. We could talk about how the show pioneered genre television, how it empowered women and transformed silver screen entertainment into art. But as it began 20 years ago today, we have to talk about Willow Rosenberg. Spoilers for the show to follow. Before Willow, a kiss between two women on TV were seen as a way to boost ratings on an ‘adult’ show. Look at Ally McBeal and the kiss between Calista Flockhart and Lucy Liu. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News

ANNOUNCEMENT: Shaper, by Christine Danse

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The Shaper

QSFer Christine Danse has a new FF paranormal book out: Nameless and without an identity, she wakes on the streets of Shapertown, an abandoned city that defies the laws of physics. She’s fleeing a threat she can’t remember. One woman holds the key to unlocking her memories and the dangerous truth: She is the threat. The Mi’hani Wards, Book 1 NineStar Press | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords | Goodreads Giveaway a Rafflecopter giveaway Direct Link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/555033ec142/ Excerpt I didn’t dream. I existed in a black space where for a time I almost had a family … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Hollow audio edition, by Erik Schubach

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The Hollow audio

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new FF Horror book out: This novella occurs 15 years after Ichabod Crane rid Sleepy Hollow of the wraith of a fallen Hessian soldier, the Headless Horseman, which terrorized the village. Now word has spread of the Horseman’s return. Ichabod’s daughter, Imelda, answers the call to investigate and stop the Horseman at all costs. Armed with her father’s sword, fighting prowess, and sharp mind, Imelda uncovers the secrets the Hollow has hidden for so long. New suspicions and old loves complicate her mission, as she finds that all is not as it seems in the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fixit audio, by Erik Schubach

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Fixit audio

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new queer sci fi audio book out: The story follows Fixit, she’s out of this world! Literally as it turns out, as she mans a repair station on another planet, making sure all of the automated harvesters supply food to all the other people who live in the great floating cities of Tau Ceti Prime. When pirates attack and shipments are lost, can Fixit, fix it? And where does the alluring but cocky Sky Guard ranger, Vashon, fit into the mix? Buy Links Amazon Excerpt Fixit, she’s out of this world! The story follows Fixit, … Read more

POP CULTURE: Sally Ride Becomes a Lego Figurine

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Move aside Batman, for the first gay woman and American woman in space Sally Ride is to be immortalized with a Lego figure. A set of five new figurines, based on real female scientists, engineers and astronauts, will be out in late 2017. Honoring five pioneers of the American space program, the design was created by science writer Maia Weinstock who won the Lego Ideas competition. Full Story at Gay Star News

Announcement/Deleted Scene: Ardulum: First Don, by J.S. Fields

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Ardulum: First Don

J.S. Fields has a new FF sci fi romance out: Ardulum. The planet that vanishes. The planet that sleeps. Neek makes a living piloting the dilapidated tramp transport, Mercy’s Pledge, and smuggling questionable goods across systems blessed with peace and prosperity. She gets by—but only just. In her dreams, she is still haunted by thoughts of Ardulum, the traveling planet that, long ago, visited her homeworld. The Ardulans brought with them agriculture, art, interstellar technology…and then disappeared without a trace, leaving Neek’s people to worship them as gods. Neek does not believe—and has paid dearly for it with an exile … Read more

Announcement: Beauty in the Beast, by Erik Schubach

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Beauty In The Beast

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new FF urban fairy tale out: Even the most beastly… may hold beauty inside. While Daria McQueen mourns. The legends of fairytales fight to contain the incursions of the new demon hybrid contagion that Styche the Trickster has unleashed upon the world. An enraged and seemingly unstoppable demon appears, and it seems just as powerful as Styche. It directs its boundless rage at anything that moves, friend or foe. They learn that the beast can only be controlled by a young woman who has a uncanny ability to soothe the savage beast. Amazon Excerpt I … Read more

VIDEO: The Ice Queen and Her Wife

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Ice Queen and Her Wife

The Ice Queen and Her Wife is the beautifully heartbreaking love story you need to see today. Created by children’s animation company Pop’n’Olly, the story follows on from the success of the Disney movie Frozen. #GiveElsaAGirlfriend went viral last year, with fans calling for Disney to give the Disney princess a female love interest. The Ice Queen and Her Wife portrays an openly gay fairytale Queen who lives happily with her female partner, Summer. By James Besanvalle – Full Story at Gay Star News

Queer Female Characters We Lost in 2016

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Lesbians and bisexual women live dangerous lives – especially if they’re on TV. Producers and writers are famously keen to kill off lesbian characters, meaning their romances rarely meet a happy end. So much so it’s turned into an actual, recurring TV trope. This year has been no exception and, in true 2016 style, has brought us some of the most dramatic, but also often useless, deaths of our favorite lesbian characters. Sadly, there are too many to count, but here are 28 (fictional) women we lost this year: 1 Poussey Washington – Orange is the New Black Cause of … Read more