FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: What are your favorite spec fic tales (queer or otherwise) featuring humankind’s best friend? Writers, write any? 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 Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Louise Auty: What jobs or professions do wish you’d see more often in speculative fiction? 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
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Romance, Historical fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Aethena, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book All the Right Places is a collection of short stories, most written for submission to anthologies or collections. Starting in the near future and proceeding to the near past, men interact with other men in the pursuit of love and companionship. The Review This book is a collection of short stories that take place around the world in a variety of different time periods. From virtual reality in the future to 18th century Japan, each story conveys the challenges a gay … Read more
Wayne Goodman has a new gay spec fic/romance/historical fiction short story collection out: “All the Right Places.” “All the Right Places” is a collection of short stories, most written for submission to anthologies or collections. Starting in the near future and proceeding to the near past, men interact with other men in the pursuit of love and companionship. Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CAN | iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords | Goodreads Giveaway Wayne is giving away a $25 iTunes gift card with this tour – enter via Rafflecopter: a Rafflecopter giveaway Direct Link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/b60e8d47144/? Excerpt Gary had never seen the likes of the boy who just walked into … Read more
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: Some things that used to be in the realm of sci fi have moved into reality over the last 70 years, and are no longer truly “speculative” – how can you speculate about what the first Moon landing might be like? What are some other things that were once sci fi but are no longer in the sci fi realm? Charlie Stoss has a great article about this here. Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it … Read more
FOR READERS/WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: In this new age we live in, what are the best virtual cons you’ve attended? What did they do right, and what was lacking? What do you wanna see change? 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
QSFer Ashley R. Singleton has a new lesbian spec fic romance out: “Evermore: The Following.” How long until a lover meets their destiny as a human? How long until a meeting of fates? How long will their love last without falling prey to a deadly virus? A destiny of many lovers rolls on until a darkness strikes them unawares. Will they survive to tell the tale? Get It At Amazon Excerpt Erin closed her eyes and took a deep breath to steady herself as she sat on the bench. One bronze hand was clasped tightly around a picture of Rose … Read more
There’s a new “low fi” spec fic anthology out that includes some queer stories and others by queer authors – “stories of wonder and the celebration of small successes”: “A Quiet Afternoon.” A Quiet Afternoon brings readers thirteen Low-Fi tales of gentle speculative fiction, stories of wonder and the celebration of small successes. Ease into worlds of quiet triumph and gracious victories; of found families and unlikely friendships; magical constructs, pensive mermaids, fairies and dragons and a barbecue sauce that will literally change your life. The stakes are low. The expectations are reasonable. The resolutions are satisfactory. Wrap yourself up in … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Do you like “overplots” in your speculative fiction? ie: do you like your novels/series purely self contained, or do you want each book to advance a larger plot? 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
QSFer A.J. Fitzwater has a new queer (bi, gay, gender fluid, lesbian) fantasy book out: “No Man’s Land.” No Man’s Land is a historical fantasy and a love story set in the golden plains of North Otago, in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Dorothea ‘Tea’ Gray joins the Land Service and is sent to work on a remote farm, one of many young women left to fill the empty shoes left by fathers and brothers serving in the Second World War. But Tea finds more than hard work and hot sun in the dusty North Otago nowhere—she finds … Read more