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ANNOUNCEMENT: Fairy Tales and Folklore Re-Imagined Anthology

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Fairy Tales and Folklore Re-Imagined

QSFer Aidee Ladnier has a story in a new flash fiction fairy tale anthology: You’ve heard about the prince who rescues a princess locked in a tower and guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. The little girl with the red hooded cloak or black dogs who prowl the forest and moors. Just beyond the hedge is another world full of magic, mystery, and wonder. The talented authors found within these pages challenge the traditional norms and accepted stereotypes through poetry and prose that will stay with you beyond the last page. Step through the door and leave this world behind. Note: … Read more

TV: 90’s Cartoon Characters You Never Knew Were Queer

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Spongebob

When you look back on your childhood, you might be surprised how many queer TV characters there were. Especially if your formative years were during the 90s, as LGBTI people were slowly gaining acceptance. Many writers of TV shows back then used codes and stereotypes to convey queerness in the most mainstream of settings: kids TV. Some dropped small hints through dress or character, and some went full rainbow, and some even did or eventually made those characters’ sexuality explicit. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cathedral of the Sky audio, by Arshad Ahsanuddin

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Cathedral of the Sky

QSFer Arshad Ahsanuddin has a new queer sci fi audio book out, and it’s free! Child of Twilight Venice, Italy, 2039. When Michael Danvers witnesses a vampire attack, his latent ability to shapeshift awakens. Revealed as a Sentinel, the natural enemy of Nightwalkers, 13-year-old Michael must turn his back on his family and his safe, predictable life. But a supernatural battlefield is no place for a child, not even a genius like Michael. Betrayed by his own kind, he leaves Earth behind, hoping to find a new path with the Spacer Guild – and the stars. Tempered by Moonlight Relocating … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Insatiable, by Jeff Mann

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Insatiable

QSFer Jeff Mann has a new queer paranormal book out: Scotsman Derek Maclaine has fallen in love with his adopted West Virginia home and its burly native son, Matt Taylor. But a local mining company’s recent efforts to destroy the land spell an end to all that Matt holds dear. Derek happens to be an immortal, a creature of the night, a vampire who does not know satiety. After many years without equal, Derek believes stopping a corporation of weak men will be easy. But Alpha Coal employs more than thugs: they are literally demonic. Derek must work together with … Read more

TRAILER: Marvel Runaways

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Runaways

On 21 November, a brand new Marvel series debuts on Hulu and it’s different from all the rest. It’s not one of Netflix’s gritty takes, nor is it the broadcast adaptations of Agents of SHIELD or the ill-received Inhumans. And it’s entirely to do with the source material: Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Runaways. The premise is relatively simple: a group of teenagers discover they have powers and their parents belong to a supervillain organization known as the Pride. It’s full of fun tropes and also plenty of diversity, which is clear from the new trailer. There are six … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Seed of Harmony, by C. Arthur Shuey

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Seed of Harmony

QSFer C. Arthur Shuey has a new MM sci fi book out: A powerful Galactic Empire—devastated by a mysterious plague—lost in antiquity. Terran Colonists—fleeing an Earth void of life and pursued by a hostile alien aggressor. Two young Terran Explorers and their psychically bonded, genetically enhanced Panther teammates, are marooned on an unexplored planet when their ship is attacked. Injured and cut off from any hope of rescue, Jar’ek must save his friend and shipmate, Kallehn from imminent death. The Ranger team will need to use every bit of knowledge and skill they possess if they want to survive. Unknown … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Infected Volume 2, by Andrea Speed

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Infected Volume 2

QSFer Andrea Speed has a new Queer Paranormal/Mystery Suspense book out: In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds. In Infected: Lesser Evils, Roan is struggling to control his inner lion while hunting down a serial killer targeting shifted infecteds. Then, in Infected: Undertow, Roan is stuck in a coma as human and lion war for control; meanwhile, Holden and Fiona have their own cases to solve. And in Infected: Epitaph, a rash of tiger strain infecteds brings back … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Into the Mystic Volume 2 Anthology

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Into the Mystic Volume 2

QSFer CC Bridges has a story in a new queer women Fantasy anthology book: Green Love Elise, a serious-minded environmentalist, hikes into the forbidding forest of Blackwood to find the clonal colony of aspen said to exist at its centre. Her journey is as much a struggle to break free of the overprotectiveness of her older sister and make peace with the loss of their parents as it is a mission to save the woods from the threat of deforestation. Once arrived at the aspen grove, she seems to have stumbled across more than she bargained for. Is someone, or … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Stark Divide, by J. Scott Coatsworth

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The Stark Divide

J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out: Some stories are epic. The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resources and an environment pushed to the edge by human greed. Three living generation ships have been built with a combination of genetic mastery, artificial intelligence, technology, and raw materials harvested from the asteroid belt. This is the story of one of them—43 Ariadne, or Forever, as her inhabitants call her—a living world that carries the remaining hopes of humanity, and the three generations of scientists, engineers, and explorers working to colonize her. … Read more