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REVIEW: Talk Like a Man, by Nisi Shawl

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Talk Like A Man, By Nisi Shawl

Title: Talk Like a Man Series: Outspoken Authors Author: Nisi Shawl Genre: Sci Fi, Alternate History LGBTQ+ Category: Various Publisher: PM Press Pages: 128 Reviewer: Jim Get It On Amazon About The Book In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores the unexpected horizons (and corners) opened up by science fiction and fantasy’s new diversity. In her worlds, sex can be both business and religion, complete with ancient rites, altars, and ointments (“Women of the Doll”); a virtual reality high school is a proving ground for girlpacks and their unfortunate adversaries (“Walk like a Man”); and a British rock singer finds … Read more

REVIEW: The Oldest Solution by Priya Sridhar

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“The Oldest Solution” by Priya Sridhar

Title: The Oldest Solution Author: Priya Sridhar Genre: Lovecraftian Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Publisher: Strange Horizons (short story) Reviewer: Jim Read It at Strange Horizons The Review One hundred and one years have passed since the reclusive and eccentric Howard Phillips Lovecraft published the short stories “Dagon” and “Beyond the Wall of Sleep”, and arguably introduced the Cthulhu Mythos to the reading public.  While Lovecraft’s racist leanings have been condemned in recent years, his vision of a cosmos filled with tentacled monsters continues to inspire, with Elizabeth Bear’s “Shoggoths in Bloom” and Mat Johnson’s Pym being two recent works which have brought new … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Tundras, Travelers And Other Travesties, By Amara Lynn

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REVIEW: Tundras, Travelers And Other Travesties, By Amara Lynn

QSFer Amara Lynn has a new non-binary sci fi post apocalytic book out: “Tundras, Travelers, and Other Travesties.” Eis has lived on a solar powered outpost in a tundra covered land all zir life. After zir parents passing, Eis is left to maintain the outpost alone, struggling to do so between chronic pain flare ups, waiting for the day a traveler might come in need of a warm bed and a meal. A day Eis thinks might never come, until a mysterious craft crashes into one of the solar panels. Eis never expected a traveler to come out of the … Read more

REVIEW: Tundras, Travelers And Other Travesties, By Amara Lynn

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REVIEW: Tundras, Travelers And Other Travesties, By Amara Lynn

Title: Tundras, Travelers And Other Travesties Author: Amara Lynn Genre: Sci Fi, Post-Apocalyptic LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Publisher: Self Pages: 26 Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book Eis has lived on a solar powered outpost in a tundra covered land all zir life. After zir parents passing, Eis is left to maintain the outpost alone, struggling to do so between chronic pain flare ups, waiting for the day a traveler might come in need of a warm bed and a meal. A day Eis thinks might never come, until a mysterious craft crashes into one of the solar … Read more

REVIEW: Demon in the Whitelands, by Nikki Z. Richard

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Demon in the Whitelands - Nikki Z. Richard

Title: Demon in the Whitelands Author: Nikki Z. Richard Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Gender Fluid, Intersex, Non-Binary, Pansexual Publisher: Self Pages: 300 Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Sometimes no matter how hard you try, some things cannot be explained. Sixteen-year-old Samuel, son of devout cleric, has endured shame and prejudice his entire life. Although he is destined to become clergy too, he longs for an ordinary life in the whitelands away from demons and holy roots.  When the mayor claims to have captured a mute demon girl, Samuel is forced to become … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Brimstone Journals: Collection Three, by Angel Martinez

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The Brimstone Journals Collection 3 - Angel Martinez

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new queer sci fi book out: “The Brimstone Journals: Collection Three.” The Brimstone. Cargo hauler, brigand ship, privateer. Crewed by the exiled, the misplaced, the uniquely strange and even a certain government assassin. Together, they’ve faced interstellar criminals, the wrath of archangels, the threat of frogs, their own terrors, nearly deadly buttercopters, and government paperwork. Through it all, as Brimstone’s inhabitants expanded from two demons on the run to a complement of eleven various and sundry beings, they’ve become more than crew. They’ve evolved into family. Join us now for some snippets from the characters’ … Read more

REVIEW: Renegades From the Time War, by Gordon Phillips

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Renegades from the Time War

Title: Renegades From the Time War Author: Gordon Phillips Genre: Romance/Sci Gi LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 104 Reviewer: Becky Get It On Amazon About The Book Carl Obermeier, a cadet at the Time Corps Academy, discovers he has been admitted to his second year on Conditional status. This is due to his high “emotional liability.” He is advised to mediate and study the precepts and disciplines of the Corps. But on his first day back, his class is shown an example of Temporal Crime committed by the Time Pirates, enemy of the Ordered Society, and he is … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Space Fox, L.M. Brown

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Space Fox - L.M. Brown

QSFer L.M. Brown has a new MM Sci Fi/shifter/mpreg book out: “Space Fox.” Protecting his shifter from threats is easy, but can he protect him from his own ambition? As part of the G-Force Federation, gargoyle Jude is a newly promoted pilot eager to prove himself on his first solo assignment. Unfortunately, his plans go awry when his craft is shot down, leaving him stranded in the desert. Kirby is a fennec fox shifter on the desert world of Cairo. When Jude’s ship comes under attack he races to help him, and after the crash he offers to guide him … Read more

Review: Wally, by Rowan Massey

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Wally

Title: Wally Series: Such a Colorful Feeling Author: Rowan Massey Genre: LGBTQ Dystopian Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 573 Reviewer: Gloria, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Most people thought our drug made us into freaks, but I say it made us happier than any other bunch of freaks in the world. Part of the town of Emporium’s homeless since he was twelve and a drug addict just as long, fifteen-year-old Wally spends his days barely surviving, and his nights dancing while high and blood-soaked. When a new dealer shows up in place of … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Behind the Sun, Above the Moon Anthology

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Behind The Sun, Above The Moon Anthology

NineStar Press has a new Non-Binary sci fi/fantasy antho out with a number of QSF authors: “Behind the Sun, Above the Moon.” A Queer anthology inspired by magic and the cosmos, a vast and beautiful place where planets, stars, comets—entire galaxies, even—live without borders, specifications or binaries. Stories span science fiction, science fantasy, contemporary, fabulism and magical realism, and celebrate Non-binary and Transgender characters. Stories in the anthology: twice-spent comet by Ziggy Schutz From Dusk to Dying Sun by Paige S. Allen Lost/Found by Brooklyn Ray Awry with Dandelions by J.S. Fields The Far Touch by S.R. Jones Ink and … Read more