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ANNOUNCEMENT: Unfinished Business, by Catherine Lundoff

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Unfinished Business, By Catherine Lundoff

QSFer Catherine Lundoff has a new horror anthology out: “Unfinished Business.” Unfinished Business: Tales of the Dark Fantastic features a mix of twelve short stories about ghosts, monsters, revenge, new spins on old tales, wronged women and really bad jobs by award-winning author Catherine Lundoff.  (Mixed LGBTQ/other content). Unfinished Business marks the launch of Queen of Swords Press “Mini” series. These titles will be shorter books that feature single author short story collections or novella length works, each grouped around a single theme or shared set of characters.  Get It At Amazon | Queen of Swords Press | Universal Buy Link Excerpt From … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Thrall, by Ravon Silvius

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Thrall

QSFer Ravon Silvius has a new queer paranormal book out: “Thrall.” The old Empire has fallen, and humanity is losing the war against powerful vampires. Kaiden, once the pathetic town drunk, is now a thrall, a mindless servant driven only by bloodlust and his master’s orders. But when his master orders Kaiden to kill a vampire hunter, Kaiden disobeys. Hunter Johann has spent years studying old lore and killing thralls, but he’s never seen one like Kaiden, intelligent and capable of free will. If he can convince Kaiden to help him, he might reclaim something thought lost forever: a chance … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Athena, by R. Cane

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Athena

QSFer R. Cane has a new queer fantasy book out: Athena. Speculative location-driven chick lit (should maybe be peoplelit)? In this novella a bright, beautiful woman visiting Provincetown, MA feels attracted to a local artist, despite being at odds with one another. Paths continually crossing, they are compelled to puzzle through their confusing sense of familiarity with a few unusual supporters. Their truth could lead them a bit outside the norm, wandering toward speculative story telling not at all out of place for intriguing Provincetown, MA. Flirting with romance, a little fantasy, even a bit of gender wonderment, the story … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Shattered Shards (Audio), by Stephen J. Wolf

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Shattered Swords

QSFer Stephen J. Wolf has a new queer fantasy book out in audio format: Shattered Shards. The shattered shards in a shattered land…. With the fall of the prisoner’s tower, Dariak and his companions head west toward his home kingdom of Hathreneir. The group struggles against feral creatures while striving to avoid the king’s soldiers. With each piece of the Red Jade, Dariak’s powers grow, but – as in Pindington – he can’t always control them. As the group journeys through the opposing kingdoms, each member must confront his or her past. Though they gather allies along the way, the … Read more

INTERVIEW: Briandaniel Oglesby

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Brian Oglesby interview

I met Briandaniel a few weeks ago at the annual Playwrights Revolution – a staged reading of four plays that Sacamento’s Capital Stage puts on every summer. Brian’s play “Basement Demons and Trailer Saints” stood out, not just because of the stellar cast of actors who put it on in less than a day, but for the fascinating writing and super-LGBTQ+ group of characters he’d created. So afterwards I screwed up my courage and went to talk to him, hopeful that I could get him to do an interview for QSF (which I will also share on my own blog). … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: We Shall Not Sleep, by M.R. Graham

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We Shall Not Sleep

QSFer M.R. Graham has a new queer (ace/demi/pan) paranormal romance out, the first in their new “Van Helsing Legacy” series: “We Shall Not Sleep.” The Great War is over, its fires quenched. The guns are silent. The Dead are waking. Meg van Helsing grew up with a book in one hand and a wooden stake in the other, a crucifix always around her neck. But the world has changed, and the monsters she hunts with her friends are less frightening than gas burns and shell shock. The ghost of the War looms darker than Dracula’s shadow. Until the night one of her … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Raise the Stakes, by O. E. Tearmann

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Raise The Stakes

QSFer O. E. Tearmann has a new queer cyberpunk book out in the “Aces High Jokers Wild series: Raise the Stakes. It starts when you’re always afraid. Seven Corporations run the former United States on the codes of conduct their founders set down. You’re signed into a Corporate contract the day you’re born. And the fear of dropping in the Citizen Standing Scores keeps people in line. What choice is there? The Democratic State Force has fought for the return of democracy for decades, but they need the restless population of America to fight beside them if they’re going to … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Gift of Shadows, by Amir Lane

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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