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For Readers: What’s Most Important to You?

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Sci fi, fantasy and paranormal stories have many hooks to draw you in. Maybe it’s the phasers or the mind-melding dragons or the sparkly vampires. Maybe it’s the heroine who gives her life to save her people from a deadly virus. Or the science that allows a man to predict the future. Or the strange ship that passes through the solar system without even seeming to notice us. So my questions to you today: What’s more important to you in an LGBTIQ speculative fiction story? The cool tech / magic / supernauralness? The flavor of the culture / society? The … Read more

Announcement: Earthshatter, by Albert Nothlit

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Earthshatter

QSFer Albert Nothlit has a new sci fi book out: The world is gone. All that’s left are the monsters. The creatures attacked Haven VII with no warning. An AI named Kyrios, a nearly omnipotent being, should have protected the city during the Night of the Swarm. Except It didn’t. No one knows why It failed, or why It saved eight specific people: the Captain, the Seer, the Sentry, the Messenger, the Engineer, the Alchemist, the Medic, and the Stewardess. They have no idea of the meaning behind the titles they’ve been given, why they were selected and brought together, … Read more

Announcement: The Inn, by Voss Foster

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The Inn

QSFer Voss Foster has a new dystopian sci fi book out: 12 Contestants 20,000,000 Dollars 1 Survivor Two years and two victors later, Evenstad Media’s murderous reality show carries on strong. The fans are more rabid than ever, and the detractors more determined to shut it down. How many more deaths will the public take, and how many more murderers lauded for their victory? Only time will tell. Niels Evenstad, the show’s creator, is dying. Some say it’s a ploy for attention, others say it’s a tragedy. Whatever the reality is, it’s brought a new problem out of the woodwork: … Read more

Announcement: Kríe Captivity, by Kora Knight

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QSFer Kora Knight has a new sci fi book out: Astrum Industries’ newest charted planet. Freshly discovered. Wholly unexplored. But that won’t be the case for long. Led by Captain Alec Hamlin, a team of explorers make an emergency landing and are soon confronted by their first Niran native. A huge male Kríe packed with muscle, baring small, black horns and fangs. Fortunately, he’s friendly. Or so he lets them believe. With the help of his pack, the Kríe takes Alec’s team captive, intending to sell them for profit. But these Nirans aren’t just shrewd, they’re arrogant and domineering. And … Read more

For Readers: Favorite Sci Fi Writers

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Angel Martinez

Growing up, I loved Anne McCaffrey’s Pern, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation, Arthur C. Clarke’s Rama ships, and later Sheri S. Tepper’s many strange worlds. But lately, I am loving me some Angel Martinez, a little Jamie Fessenden, and many more I plan to read soon. There are so many great folks working in QUILTBAG sci fi these days. So my question today: Who is your favorite current LGBTIQA Sci Fi Writer, and why?

Announcement: The Cellar, by TM Smith

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Cellar

QSFer TM Smith has a new sci fi book out: Appearances can be deceiving. It’s time to learn the truth about what happened that day in The Cellar. Taryn and Thanos are the formidable Ambassadors of House Orion. Taryn was born into power, bred from birth to lead the people of Greece along with his sister Theresa, Thanos was never a part of his mothers’ plan. The son of a fisherman was not a suitable match for the son of Greece as far as their mothers’ were concerned, but Taryn usually gets his way. The Cellar is the story of … Read more

For Writers: It’s All On the Cover

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They say you can’t tell a book by its cover, but you actually can, at least if the publisher’s marketing department has done its job. Sci fi covers, in particular, often have a “look” that helps define them as part of the genre. So my questions today: As an author, what do you want in your own sci fi covers to pull readers in? Do they need to have a bare-skinned man (or woman) to indicate the LGBT nature of the title? What do you think will grab your readers? Join the chat

Announcement: Jakob & Ivo, by Mario Kai Lipinski

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Jakob & Ivo

QSFer Mario Kai Lipinski has a new sci fi book out: Dr. Jakob Feldmann is a renowned German geneticist at Research Hospital Essen… and a recluse par excellence. Ivo Andersson is a male nurse working at the same hospital as Jakob. His outgoing personality and good looks have earned him the nickname Sir Grin-a-lot. They both have a crush on each other that everyone except the two of them seems to know about. But when the German Federal Police shows up with two patients suffering from a suspected alien infection, their voluntary exile in the high security research complex shifts … Read more

For Writers: Restaurant of the Future

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Milliways

Eating out. It’s something we all do from time to time. Many of us have a favorite restaurant, a favorite waiter, a favorite meal we order again and again. But will the restaurant experience be the same in 100 years? Imagine the views from a restaurant on the space station. Or the cuisine that might be possible in a low or zero gè environment. So my questions today: What will the restaurant of the future look like? I’m betting on Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. :) Join the chat