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New Release: Be the Sea – Clara Ward

Be the Sea - Clara Ward

QSFer Clara Ward has a new queer sci-fantasy book out (ace, bi, demi, gay, lesbian, non-binary, poly, trans): Be the Sea. In November 2039, marine scientist Wend Taylor heaves themself aboard a zero-emissions boat skippered by elusive nature photographer Viola Yang. Guided by instinct, ocean dreams, and a shared birthday in 1972, they barter stories for passage across the Pacific. Aljon, Viola’s younger cousin, keeps a watchful eye and an innovative galley. Story by story, the trio rethink secrets, flying dreams, and how they experience their own minds. When they reach Hawaiʻi and prepare to part ways, opportunity and mystery … Read more

New Release: The Reluctant Undertaker – Angel Leigh McCoy

The Reluctant Undertaker - Angel Leigh McCoy

Angel Leigh McCoy has a new queer dark fantasy/horror book out (trans MTF): The Reluctant Undertaker. Life is conspiring against Isabella. It’s hard to be the responsible one, especially when it’s the last thing you want. After her mother’s death, Isabella put her dreams on hold to run the family business—the Fandelli Funeral Home. She’s back in Wyrdwood, single, fighting with her sister, and trying hard not to act out in frustration. When the beat drops, people die. After a moonlit rave, a young woman ends up on Isabella’s slab. The evidence suggests it was no ordinary overdose, and more … Read more

Review: Feral Night – Kell Shaw

Feral Night - Kell Shaw

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Suspense LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Trans FTM Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Return to Kell Shaw’s Vestiges of Magic world in a knife-edge sequel. Lukie’s father is trapped in the Underworld and it’s all her fault. Twenty years after her murder, Lukie has returned to life and is ready to go home, but her father isn’t willing to believe his beloved daughter is back from the dead. Before she can reconcile with him, a supernatural predator steals her father’s soul. One that she’s … Read more

Review: Rise – QSF’s 10th Annual Flash Fiction Contest

Rise

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Intersex, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Pansexual, Poly, Transgender Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Amazon | B&N | Bookshop.org | Google Play | iBooks | Kobo | Scribd | Smashwords | Thalia | Vivlio | Publisher/UBL About The Book RISE (noun / verb) Eight definitions to inspire writers around the world, and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell: 1) An upward slope or movement2) A beginning or origin3) An increase in amount or number4) An angry reaction5) To take up arms6) To return from death7) To become heartened or … Read more

New Release: Shard de Voor – AJ White

Cover - Shard de Voor by AJ White - A drop-shaped red crystal topped by a golden spider and surrounded by hold runes, over a green straited background

QSFer AJ White has a new queer YA fantasy book out (intersex, trans, pan), Tome of Báirseach Book 3: Shard de Voor. Their queen missing, the allied kingdoms of Sanquous have forged an uneasy alliance with the Ilfannde as war rages across the land. Far away, in another realm, a young woman awakens to find her memory gone, along with her freedom. Who is her mysterious saviour, why is he helping her and what will he want in return? Get It At Amazon Excerpt Trapped. Drowning. Black waters turn to choking fumes as I stretch, desperately kicking and straining for … Read more

New Release: Feral Night – Kell Shaw

Feral Night - Kell Shaw

QSFer Kell Shaw has a new queer urban fantasy out (ace, bi, gay, lesbian, trans FTM), Revenant Records book one: Feral Night. Return to Kell Shaw’s Vestiges of Magic world in a knife-edge sequel. Lukie’s father is trapped in the Underworld and it’s all her fault. Twenty years after her murder, Lukie has returned to life and is ready to go home, but her father isn’t willing to believe his beloved daughter is back from the dead. Before she can reconcile with him, a supernatural predator steals her father’s soul. One that she’s led straight to his door, after foolishly … Read more

New Release (Free): One Simple Date – Zander Barnes

One Simple Date - Zander Barnes

QSFer Uncle Vlad has a new queer erotic fantasy short out (transmasculine): One Simple Date. And it’s free! A new story starring Razvan Martinescu and Kenneth Banerji. The hero Enchanter finds himself in his own back yard, dealing with a demon and deepening feelings for his casual lover Tyrant. Kenneth finally finds the courage to ask Razvan on a proper date, which ends with a steamy finish! Light dominance and submission, dildo play, anal play, vaginal sex, admission of romantic feelings, gender nonconforming dress (non sexual). It follows two transmasculine casual lovers who find their feelings deepening for one another. … Read more

New Release: Devil to Pay – R.M. Olson

Devil to Pay - R.M. Olson

QSFer R.M. Olson has a new queer sci-fi book out (Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans MTF), The Devil and the Dark book 1: Devil to Pay. In a world of pirates and murderous ghosts, one naval cadet must choose between loyalty and survival.In the Level’s Naval Academy, officer candidate Silas Hunt stumbles across a secret that could get him hanged for treason. The only hope he has to save his own life and to find justice is to join up with a ruthless pirate captain, a woman known as Mad Dog—even if it means sacrificing everything he’s spent his life working for. … Read more

New Release: Low Dawn – Sax Brightwell

Low Dawn - Sax Brightwell

QSFer Sax Brightwell has a new queer sci-fi romance (bi, trans FTM) out, Secrets of Sleipnir book 1: Low Dawn. A steamy queer romance on an alien world. A story of hidden histories, shattered destinies, and Really Big Animals. Fiyeli has a pretty good life on the ringed moon Sleipnir. He has friends all over, and even a few casual lovers, if not the belonging and devotion his heart has never stopped seeking. He’s made a career of sorts out of crossing the treacherous Sea of Glass, carrying messages and guiding travelers through the massive impact crater separating the northern … Read more

Review: Night Ivy – E.D.E. Bell

Night Ivy – E.D.E. Bell

Genre: Quiet Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Demi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Intersex, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon | Publisher | About The Book Xelle is sure in her passion for magic, but struggles to find her place within the constructs that enable its study. Night Ivy offers the first verse of a wandering bard’s tale of fancy and fantasy, amidst the spires and shadows of the seven towers of Alyssia. The Review I have never read a better description of anxiety or the thought processes of someone who is neuro-divergent than what … Read more