FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: I know we have talked a lot about mpreg. Is there anything else you have found that is amazing in the way of procreation in spec fic, especially sci fi? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
QSFer Valerie J. Mikles has a new Bi/Gay MM sci fi book out in “The New Dawn” series: “The Confluence.” Saskia’s home is in danger. Deivon Parker is ready to harness the power of a human-spirit half-breed and take over Terrana. He’s eliminated every threat. He’s isolated the humans. The timing is perfect. Until Oriana arrives. If Saskia had her way, her ship would never land, but Oriana has been commandeered by a crime boss who is determined to bring down the Terranan government and take Parker’s power for himself. As Saskia fights to keep her crew safe in the … Read more
QSFer Patricia Loofbourrow has a new bisexual multiracial polyamorous steampunk book out in her Red Dog Conspiracy series: “The Ten of Spades.” Be careful what you wish for … After eleven years trapped in the Spadros crime syndicate, 23-year-old private eye Jacqueline Spadros is an independent woman, free to run her investigation business. But her problems are only beginning. Deeply in debt, Jacqui is in danger from both the rogue Spadros men calling themselves “The Ten of Spades” and the ruthless Red Dog Gang — who may be one and the same. Jacqui is determined to find Black Maria, the key … Read more
QSFer Bogi Takács has a new queer sci fi collection out: “The Trans Space Octopus Congregation.” This new collection from the Lambda Literary Award-winning author and editor of Transcendent 2 2 offers plenty of thrills – and bonus tentacles – for readers of LGBTQ-focused speculative literature. The stories range from magical space opera to cheerful body horror and historical fantasy, always with a sense of hope amid adversity. The mystical and magical merge with the scientific and technological: sacred texts gain new interpretations in the light of nuclear physics, and people save a forest with computer science. Cephalopods build alliances and research … Read more
Title: Ozzy Series: Such a Colorful Feeling Book One Author: Rowan Massey Genre: sci fi, post apocalyptic LGBTQ+ Category: Gay MM Publisher: Self Pages: 275 Reviewer: Ilse, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Ozzy could ruin Jace’s life to buy his own freedom…or let himself fall in love and save Jace’s life instead. Two dozen new types of recreational drugs were invented in the eighties. Now there’s no one left who isn’t a user. As a result, civilization is falling to its knees. The skies are polluted, having a job puts you in the minority, and public … Read more
QSFer Storm Caywood has a new bi/gay erotic sci fi romance out: “Alien Hands.” An interstellar romance awaits you in this scorching hot novella… Adil Raif is a relief-effort doctor on a space station orbiting a war-torn planet. Disconnected from life on Earth, he’s looking for sex, adventure, relief from boredom–anything but love. Esihle Queran is an alien refugee on the station who never tells the whole truth. He’s given up on ever returning to his planet, and knows that love is for other, better men. But then, the two meet… Adil and Esihle’s relationship is one of intensity and … Read more
Title: The Demon of Hagermarsh Series: Virasana Empire: Sir Yaden Book One Author: Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 276 Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book “The Emperor cares for each and every one of his subjects.” Many consider the catchphrase of the imperial Lotus Knights to be nothing more but well-polished propaganda, but for Yaden, it is a way of life. A young Lotus Knight himself, his first mission in service of the Emperor sends him to the remote village of Hagermarsh, a suspiciously friendly place on … Read more
Title: The Last Run Author: J. Scott Coatsworth Genre: Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Publisher: Other Worlds Ink Pages: 98 Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Sera is the last runner from Earth, bringing badly needed supplies to the Tharassas Colony across a twenty-five year gulf between the planets. Jas works on a hencha farm to make ends meet, harvesting berries from the semi-sentient plants. Neither one that knows their lives—and worlds—are about to change forever. The Review I love sci-fi movies and tv shows and when it comes to sci-fi books not so much … Read more
QSFer Terry Gene has a new queer sci fi book out: Causality Rebound. From Terry Gene, who’s first novel Kirkus Books reported “This Sci-Fi tale remains emotionally true.” If you are the cause; can you be the cure? Sarah Beth has hated life since that day ten years ago when her male and female sides remerged to form her. She suffers from survivor’s guilt over the quantum energy experiment that forced her two parts to cease to exist. While her male side resolved her PTSD and abusive childhood training, her female side never addressed trauma from childhood experiments. Sarah Beth … Read more
QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out, the final book in his Liminal Sky trilogy: “The Shoreless Sea.” And books one and two are on sale! As the epic trilogy hurtles toward its conclusion, the fight for the future isn’t over yet. It could lead to a new beginning, or it might spell the end for the last vestiges of humankind. The generation ship Forever has left Earth behind, but a piece of the old civilization lives on in the Inthworld—a virtual realm that retains memories of Earth’s technological wonders and vices. A being named … Read more