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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

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Pets in Spec Fic

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Pets in speculative fiction – readers, what are your faves? Writers, how have you incorporated them in your work? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: Super Dads

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: In honor of Father’s Day, let’s talk about spec fic stories with fathers. Good ones, bad ones (I’m looking at you, Vader) and everything in-between. Share your favorite reads. 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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS & WRITERS: (Strange) Days

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Writers, in your speculative fiction, have you ever come up with alternate names for days, months and years? How and why? Readers, your fave examples? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: Books With a Surprise Creamy Queer Center

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Jennifer Lavoie: Have you ever picked up a random spec fic book to read and found surprise queer characters? What books were a delightful surprise? 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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: The Asteroid Cheese is Excellent

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: What spec fic foods would you like to try? Have you ever tried to reproduce a meal you read about in a sci fi, fantasy, paranormal or horror book? 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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Spec Fic Valentine’s

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Readers, on this most holiest of love days, share your fave Valentine’s Day spec fic reads. Writers, what have you written (sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, or horror)? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS & WRITERS: What is Spec Fic?

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Spec Fic

FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Mary Lanham: How do you define “speculative fiction”? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: Space Survivalists

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Popular stories like Lost in Space and The Martian deal with survival in outer space. What are some of your fave queer sci-fi books that tackle space survivalists? 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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf