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REVIEW: Waking the Dreamer, by K. Aten

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Waking the Dreamer

Title: Walking the DreamerAuthor: K. AtenGenre: Action Adventure, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Romance, DystopianLGBTQ+ Category: LesbianPublisher: Regal CrestPages: 311Reviewer: M.A. Get It On Amazon About The Book By the end of the 21st century, the world had become a harsh place. After decades of natural and man-made catastrophes, nations fell, populations shifted, and seventy percent of the continents became uninhabitable without protective suits. Technological advancement strode forward faster than ever and it was the only thing that kept human society steady through it all. No one could have predicted the discovery of the Dream Walkers. They were people born with the … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Queer as a Canary

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: It seems like the ‘queer character as canary’ trope is rife in sci-fi. From the Handmaid’s Tale to V for Vendetta, killing queer characters is used as a indicator that Something Is Very Wrong In This World. How do you feel about this? What stories buck the trend and show queer characters as warriors, strategists or generally getting some agency in SF/dystopian settings? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Purple Haze, by Kelly Jensen

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Purple Haze

QSFer Kelly Jensen has a new MM sci fi book out in the Aliens in new York series: Purple Haze. Six months have passed since Dillon and Lang crashed into each other on a crowded street in New York City, changing the course of their lives. Now they’re living together as a couple, happy, in love, but not quite ready to say the words out loud.Dillon is about to embark on a new adventure-opening a private art school housed in the brownstone left to him by his father. Lang… Lang is becoming ever more aware of the futility of his … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Judged, by Leona Windwalker

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Judged

QSFer Leona Windwalker has a new MM sci fi book out: Judged. Matty’s best friend Duane is missing- trafficked by the very aliens behind Matty’s own sentencing. When J’nah gets a lead on where he is, he sends J’nel. For J’nel, this is about more than duty. The smaller human male had fired up his protective instincts, Duane’s emotional fragility making him vulnerable to the very sort they sought to protect the rest of humanity from. Duane only meant to make atonement for his unwitting part in Matty’s arrest and sentencing. Being sold on the black market to an alien … Read more

TV: Black Mirror Season Five Trailer

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Black Mirror

The trailer for Season 5 of Black Mirror has dropped and features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie, Topher Grace, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,  Damson Idris, Nicole Beharie, Pom Klementieff, Angourie Rice, Madison Davenport and Ludi Lin.  The season, which arrives on June 5, consists of just three episodes. Enjoy a look at the dystopian goodness below. Full Story: Towleroad

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Ashore, by Isabelle Adler

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QSFer Isabelle Adler has a new MM sci fi book out: Ashore. You can only put the past away for so long. This had never been truer for the crew of Matt’s ship, the Lady Lisa. Even as their engine suffers a critical malfunction and Matt scrambles to fund the costly repairs, Val, the ship’s reticent engineer, unexpectedly comes face-to-face with a deadly ghost from his past. Now it’s up to Matt, Ryce, and Tony to rescue him, even if it means breaking the law and striking an uneasy bargain with a local black-market kingpin—but what if this time their … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Don’t Fight the Spark, by Kasia Bacon

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QSFer Kasia Bacon has a new MM fantasy book out: Don’t Fight the Spark. As the Light Festival draws near, the Něssyrians craft paper lanterns, awaiting the most important holiday of the year. The Lyliňg Fighting House, too, prepares for celebration—by laying fresh sand onto the arena and setting up a match against their top pit fighter, the unrivalled Yüuzuki Ōren. His last match. One he can’t win. With the odds more than stacked against him, the gorgeous Barbarian is as good as dead. Unless his lover, healer Ĥaiatto Ẽkana, proves himself every bit as determined as he is clever … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Mourning Dove, by R.R. Campbell

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QSFer R.R. Campbell has a new queer sci fi book out in his Empathy series: Mourning Dove. In the aftermath of the calamitous Human/Etech research study, Chandra and Kyra struggle to reclaim the life they shared in a pre-EMPATHY world, while Ty, armed with knowledge of EMPATHY’s programming language, seeks revenge on the Halmans for the harm that’s befallen his friends. As a North American Union investigation into the happenings on the compound looms, a grief-stricken Peter works to resurrect the memory of his mother from a harvested nanochip, and Heather scrambles to keep her family—and their company—together. Alistair, having … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWEAY: SIO, by C.A. Blocke

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SIO - C.A. Blocke

C.A. Blocke has a new MM sci fi book out: SIO. Set in a near-future environment, mega-corporations have taken over the most habitable of planets, creating domed utopias for their devoted employees. Everyone else has been shunted off to a multitude of mostly habitable planets and moons where they scrape by as farmers and tradesfolk, miners and merchants, bounty hunters and scavengers. James Marks and his crew of scav trash operate their ship, SIO, on a mission to obtain a mysterious piece of new tech. It changes everything and leaves him stranded somewhere he doesn’t recognize with a cute, if … Read more