FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Marina Justyaoi: Queer historical fiction that plays fast and loose with reality – does it irritate you or make you wish it had been that way? (Particularly with LGBTQ+ relationships). What are your faves? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
FOR READERS/WRITERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Many of us grew up with an appreciation for the Golden Age sci fi greats – Asimov, Clarke, Silverberg, Bradbury, Clement, and many more. But they were a product of their time, and in retrospect much of their work would be very different if it were written today. So pick one of your favorite Golden Age sci fi stories and tell us how you would like to see it queered up for today’s readers. For fun, here are some great homoerotic Golden Age pulp covers. Join the chat
E.T. Malinowski has a new queer paranormal book out: Night Kiss. What could be frightening enough to freeze the blood of a centuries-old Vampire turned K-pop idol? Being bound to someone. University student Cheong Jin-woo dreams of working in the arts, especially for BL Entertainment and his favorite band, Bam Kiseu. After seeing the band perform, Jin-woo separates from his friends to explore. What he discovers backstage will change his life. Does he embrace it or run? Jung Ki-tae has kept his secret for centuries—until a young fan interrupts his feeding. Even more disturbing is the instant bond Ki-tae feels … Read more
QSFer Richard Amos has a new queer urban fantasy book out in his Coldharbour Chronicles: Winter Fire. Out of the frying pan, into the damn inferno! Who is the white eye guy? How can Jake Winter save the city of Coldharbour from its curse? So many questions, yet still no answers. And then there is the whole complication with Dean… Evil is rising… Lilisian, the beast Supreme, is free. Worst luck! Jake Winter and his friends are desperate to stop her, but she hasn’t been seen since her last brief appearance. All over the city ritual sacrifices are taking place, … Read more
FOR READERS/WRITERS As a reader, what trends are you seeing/liking in queer spec fic? As a writer, what cutting edge things are you working on? Where is queer spec fic going in 2019? Writers: This is a reader and writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Paula Wyant: How much does a character’s sexuality have to feature explicitly in a story for it to fall into the LGBTQUIA category? Do they have to be a relationship? Does the relationship have to be the central focus to the story? What’s enough to make a story queer? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
QSFer Catherine Lundoff’s Queen of Swords Press has a new pirate anthology book out: Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) Anthology. Outlaws. Lovers. Heroes. Villains. With their peg legs, their parrots and the skull and crossbones flying from the mastheads of their ships, classic pirates are some of the world’s best-known and easily recognizable outlaws. Or are they? These fifteen stories spin new tales of pirates crossing dimensional barriers for revenge, fighting terrible foes in outer space and building new lives after the Trojan War. Travel to the South China Sea, then on to New York City after … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Who are your favorite LGBTQIA action heroes? Not necessarily spec-fic. What do you like about them? How do they satisfy action hero tropes? Are they “gay” enough, or does it not matter, because they’re blowing things up? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
QSFer Sydney Blackburn has a new MM romance book out: A Deceptive Alliance. Kel and his twin sister Isabel have traded places before—to escape lessons, to prank their royal cousins, and for Kel to flirt with handsome men at royal balls. But when Isabel runs away in tears shortly before her proxy wedding to Prince Darin of Pervayne, Kel takes her place, knowing he could cause serious problems between Pervayne and their home kingdom of Karleed if discovered. Isabel will show up—eventually—and take her rightful place and no one will ever know. The question is, will Isabel arrive before Kel … Read more
