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Video Games: A Love Letter to The Last Of Us’s Ellie Williams

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Ellie Williams - The Last of Us

The Last of Us has everything: horror, gore, romance and humour. But it would be nothing without Ellie. Before HBO adapted The Last of Us into a critically acclaimed television show that has taken the world by storm faster than its fungal disease cordyceps, game developer Naughty Dog released the story as a fully playable action adventure/survival-horror game on the PlayStation in 2013. The game swept its award season, as did its 2020 sequel, The Last of Us: Part Two, with each garnering multiple game of the year awards and mentions for the cast performances, sound design and storytelling. Both … Read more

New Release: The Wasp Child – Rhiannon Rasmussen

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The Wasp Child - Rhiannon Rasmussen

QSFer Rhiannon Rasmussen has a new gender fluid sci-fi book out: The Wasp Child. Caught between two worlds. Wanted in neither. Kesh is afraid—of his classmates, his allergies, his odd sense of smell, and his prospects for the future. Born into Meridian Colony, where corporate values dictate human worth, Kesh longs for escape. He gets what he asks for in the worst possible way when his classmates kidnap and dump him in the middle of an alien rainforest. Alone. Faced with certain death, Kesh encounters the sansik, giant insects native to the planet. Though the sansik seem to care for … Read more

Comic Books: New Series Seems to Confirm that Buffy Chartacter is Canonically Queer

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Buffy and Faith

A series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics have possibly confirmed a significant character’s sexuality. Sarah Gailey and Hannah Templer’s The Vampire Slayer – a tie-in for the renowned tv series – confirmed that vampire slayer Faith Lehane is queer in its 11th issue. The character first debuted in season three of the show, becoming one of its most significant characters. While her sexuality was subtly hinted at in the television series – which caused some criticism by those accusing the show of queerbaiting – it was fully confirmed during the tie-in comic series. Full Story from Pink News

Review: The Eidolon – K.D. Edwards

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The Eidolon - K.D. Edwards

Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Asexual, Trans woman, Pansexual, Queer, Demisexual, Genderfluid, BIPOC Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book In the epic conclusion to K.D. Edwards’ first blockbuster trilogy in The Tarot Sequence series, readers followed Rune on a race against time as an age-old threat rose to threaten the city of New Atlantis. Now, for the first time, The Eidolon tells what really happened to Max, Quinn, and Anna as prisoners in the Hourglass Throne’s base of operation. The Eidolon is the first in a brand new collection of novels and novellas in the Magnus Academy … Read more

Romosexuality: Queer Love in Ancient Times

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Greek homosexuality has been set upon a pedestal, deemed a worthy and respectable model for romance by philosophers, writers and lovers alike. The reality is, though, that love and sex for the queer community owe more to the ancient Romans. Their approach was grittier, dirtier and sometimes just as romantic. However, it’s an outlook on sex and love we are only now coming to embrace. Ancient Greece’s appeal to gay men is much better known. Pioneering activists such as John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) and George Cecil Ives (1867-1950) turned to Greece as a respectable model. It offered them a legitimising … Read more

Review: The Sky is Blue – Simon Hosking

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The Sky is Blue - Simon Hosking

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book Science has freed people from the need to sleep, giving Steven plenty of time to indulge in Pachinko – a VR world of endless games and limitless possibilities. When his Pachinko suddenly glitches Steven’s world comes crashing down. He finds himself on the run from authorities and fighting against an AI that controls much of the world, even his own mind. Teaming up with an unlikely ally teaches him to fight in VR, to sleep again and – much to his surprise – to be a … Read more

New Release: Gemini Kings – Laura Navarre

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Gemini Kings - Laura Navarre

QSFer Laura Navarre has a new bi/poly paranormal romance out in the Dark Witch Academy series: Gemini Kings. I summon the dragon. I claim my throne. The warlocks of Icarus Academy claim me. I start my night with a heist in a Catwoman costume at a Vegas casino…and end up shifting into my dragon form for the first time ever in mid-plummet from the roof. Except I can’t actually fly. Oops. Turns out being the first dragon shifter queen to rule the witching world (while I’m simultaneously a student at the Icarus Academy) isn’t, like, a party. Especially when I … Read more

New Release: A Transcendental Habit – James Callan

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A Transcendental Habit - James Callan

QSFer James Callan has a new gay biopunk book out: A Transcendental Habit. Palindrome is a sprawling, sordid, mega-metropolis populated by roborgs, shapeshifers, holographic kids, and rats the size of Labradors. Among its myriad of destitute city-dwellers is Jarred, a down-and-out nobody whose tedious existence amplifies into an ultra-bizarre escapade after meeting Bee, an alluring enigma loaded with bionic upgrades and brimming with Squidge, a coveted drug new to the black market that enhances anything it touches. With Bee by his side and Squidge in his system, Jarred savors a newfound zest for life. But when the founder of Squidge, an unhinged zealot … Read more

New Queer Science Fiction Musical – The Unseen World

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The Unseen World

Last week, Ira Marlow pitched me on something intriguing: I’d love to submit “The Unseen World” for review. It has a sweet queer love story central to its plot and thus far people are knocked out by the variety and quality of the songs. It’s been described as “The Matrix meets The Wizard of Oz” with references to Philip K. Dick, Mel Brooks and Sylvia Plath. He had me at “Philip K. Dick, Mel Brooks and Sylvia Plath”. :P So while we don’t generally review podcasts, musicals, or “podcast musicals” (I mean, seriously, who knew?) I thought it was worth … Read more

Review: Split/Scream Volume One

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Split/Scream Volume One

Genre: Horror LGBTQ+ Category: One story has gay characters Reviewer: Eliza Get It On Amazon About The Book Dread Stone Press presents SPLIT SCREAM, a new Horror Novelette Double Feature. This is Volume One. Grab some popcorn, turn the lights low, and don’t be afraid to scream. FEATURING: “The Guts of Myth” – Carson Winter It’s 1973. British-American thug Byron is tasked with finding the occultist Allosaurus D’Ambrosere, given only handwritten instructions and two hateful associates. Where they’re going, they’ll find blood red skies, obsidian towers, and a deep thirst for violence. But will they find the man who calls … Read more