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New Release: New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1

Editor Oliver Brackenbury has a new speculative fiction magazine out that includes LGBTQ+ stories (bi, lesbian, non-binary, poly): New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1. Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling! Seven stories and four non-fiction pieces – 80 pages, ePub & PDF formats. Featuring new, original work by: Digital Format | Hardcover | Paperback Author Bio Oliver Brackenbury grew up around the corner from a five story deep cold war bunker, as one does, and can now be found living not far from a popular 1,815.4 ft tower in Toronto. He mostly writes … Read more

FOR READERS: Fave TV/Streaming Series

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: What’s your favorite new queer spec fic TV /streaming series from the last 12 months? Why? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

NEW RELEASE: Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

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Xenocultivars: Stories Of Queer Growth

Speculatively Queer has a new queer spec fic anthology out (bi, gay, intersex, lesbian, non-binary, poly, trans): Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth. This collection of speculative short fiction is about all kinds of queer growth, from emerging and developing to flourishing and cultivating. Whether they’re tender sprouts just beginning to discover themselves or deeply rooted leaders fiercely defending those they love, the people in these stories have this in common: you can’t tell them what to do. They grow as they please. Content Notes: ableism, abuse, animal harm, anxiety, (offscreen) attempted assassination/murder, blood, body horror, bullying, child abandonment, (offscreen non-graphic) … Read more

FOR READERS: reader Fuel

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: What kind of spec fic fuels you at the moment – either makes you feel better, or takes you away from all the crap in the world for a couple hours? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR READERS: It’s All About the Gear

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: What spec fic franchise do you have to get the merchandise for? What’s your favorite score? Photos please! Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

ANNOUNCEMENT: Making Friends (And Other Fictions) – Die Booth

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Making Friends (and other fictions)

QSFer Die Booth has a new “unsettling” queer spec fic collection book out: Making Friends (and other fictions). Anna answers an advertisement to find her ideal man. Harry gets more than he expected when he buys a rare bottle of wine. Donny comes up with a plan to get the perfect engagement ring for her girlfriend.  Coming out, coming home or letting go: from the Cheshire Literature Prize-winning author of Spirit Houses, My Glass is Runn and 365 Lies come 25 queer little tales of where we come from, what we hide from and what we love. Sometimes horrifying, sometimes … Read more