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science fiction

New Release: Life-Line: Origins – Grant Edward Miller

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Life Line: Origins - Grant Edward Miller

QSFer Grant Edward Miller has a new MM sci-fi romance out: Life-Line: Origins. Over a million years in the future, a desperate stowaway lies concealed in a space freighter’s cargo hold. Tam Amergan is bound for the prison world Corustloth, where his partner Brogan has been abducted. Ever since the Senate took over the planetary system decades earlier, gay men like Tam and Brogan—degens, as they are labeled under Senate rule—have been forced to live in secrecy. But Brogan is Tam’s life-line, bound to his soul in a ritual performed by a secret sisterhood of women with ancient, unknown designs. … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: Transform the World Anthology

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Transform the World

There’s a new hopepunk book out in the Writers Save the World anthology series from Other Worlds Ink: Transform the World. And there’s a giveaway. FOURTEEN WAYS TO CHANGE THE PLANET Income inequality is worse than it was in the Roaring Twenties. Corporations are moving fast and breaking things, and the social contract seems to be falling apart, aided by social media disruption and division on steroids. There has to be a better way. We asked fourteen sci-fi writers to come up with innovative ways the world could work better. Universal basic income, smaller communities, AI voting, and learning to … Read more

Review: Now. Then. To Come – Fenn Thornbot

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Now. Then. To Come - Fenn Thornbot

Genre: Sci-Fi, Transfuturism LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book Several hundred years after the Great Dying, a whole new way of organizing society has come about. There are no cages. What long ago were considered gender relations no longer are done in the same way. A gender binary doesn’t exist. People are free. Then, comes a hunger for power. And freedom is lost. Again. Four major struggles set the scene as we meet Makk, a sixteen-year-old about to transition into adulthood. Now that Alvás is coming to an end, Makk … Read more

Review: The Vitruvian Mask – BJ Sikes

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The Vitruvian Mask

Genre: Sci-Fi, Steampunk, Alt History LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Non-Binary Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book 1881: The electric lights of Paris have been extinguished. The Naturalist revolution is over. Adelaide was on the losing side. Once the Royal Scientist Doctor for the now-dead cyborg monarchs of France, she’s now a fugitive, hiding from the new king’s Police Sécrète. Pregnant and alone, she seeks refuge in a Parisian hospital but things have changed there too. What was once a cathedral of Science is now a bastion of ignorance and superstition. The battlefield veterans whose Augmented prosthetics she … Read more

New Release: The Proposal for Unity – C.J. Dragon

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The Proposal for Unity - C.J. Dragon

QSFer C.J. Dragon has a new MM sci-fi romance out, Daranii Alliance book 1: The Proposal for Unity. There was peace at last between Earth and Daran, despite the mixed feelings on both planets. At least Jon and Talin could visit now as allies, instead of former enemies, not to mention the trade opportunities waiting to grow. Jon should have known his joy would be short-lived. A call from his father informed him of a plague overtaking Earth, killing whomever it touches. Warned away by his parents, Jon is determined to do whatever he needs to aid them. Daran answers … Read more

Review: The Tendire Gate – Ashavan Doyon

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The Tendire Gate - Ashavan Doyon

Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After Doomsday, there wasn’t much left—a world that had fallen apart. It hadn’t been enough to boil the oceans and raze the surface with fire. With that scorched earth had come a final solution, the contagion. In a world where every breath was ash and disease, few survived. The Imperium hunted them, extracting healthy flesh to extend the life of the powerful. All the while, soaring unseen, the tools of an old order search. Hidden far from the sight of the ruthless Imperium, deep beneath … Read more

New Release: Eden II – K. Wroten

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Eden II - K. Wroten

QSFer K. Wroten has a new queer sci-fi graphic novel out (gay, non-binary, trans FTM): Eden II. A blistering critique of digital media and a kaleidoscopic depiction of consumer culture, Eden II is both fanciful and satirical, a combination of deft cartooning and virtuosic storytelling. In the grungy, punk-inflected world K. Wroten creates, a cast of disaffected young characters struggle to find their purpose in life. Faced with a dying Earth and numbingly useless jobs, protagonists Ellis and Dr. Otis Heck invent an immersive virtual reality game, Eden II. But when Heck betrays Ellis and sells the game to a … Read more

New Release: Sympathy for the Gods – Tallie Rose

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Sympathy for the Gods - Tallie Rose

Tallie Rose has a new FF Sci-Fantasy book out: Sympathy for the Gods. With the death of Eliana, Briar had hoped the danger for her and her friends had passed, but killing a Goddess comes with consequences. As Briar struggles to deal with her new life and responsibilities as conduit, Bastianna rallies others to try to destroy everything she is working for. A group of fanatics, known as Believers, want Briar to pay for her sins. Meanwhile, Eliana’s father Ivian wanders the earth as a fallen God. When he joins the Believers, lured by their promise of revenge, everyone Briar … Read more

Review: Ailuros – Matt Doyle

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Ailuros - Matt Doyle

Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Experimental LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian Reviewer: Damien Get It On Amazon About The Book #Begin *Ailuros* In the *present // future*, Alex and Josh must face *their own // a* monster if they are to salvage *their relationship // Ailuros Unit 23* ; These *are not* separate stories. The following report represents a summary of the incident involving the abandoned microgravity holiday destination, Ailuros Unit Twenty-Three, and the crew of the Salvagers Guild Three ship, The Orca. The report is comprised primarily of the official transcripts of both the aforementioned events on board the … Read more

Review: Magic, Monsters and Me – Timoteo Tong

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Magic, Monsters, and Me - Timoteo Tong

Genre: YA, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Publisher | Amazon About The Book Sixteen-year-old Elijah Delomary loves the City of Angels. The sunshine, the palm trees, the ocean. He especially enjoys battling the monsters infesting the dark corners of the vast metropolis. As he starts his junior year at Burbank High School he meets a new friend, Austin who also fights monsters to keep Angelenos safe. As their friendship develops and love blooms, Elijah’s arch nemesis Devlina reappears, threatening to use magic to destroy the world. Elijah must now juggle pursuing his feelings for Austin, meeting the lofty … Read more