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urban fantasy

ANNOUNCEMENT: Echoes of Deviance, by Lynsey Gala

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Echoes of Deviance

QSFer Lynsey Gala has a new GENRE book out: The FBI’s Talent team is back on the job with Kavon and Darren trying to navigate being lovers and partners in the office and at home. Without the imminent danger from magical attack hanging over their heads, Darren hopes their life together will turn out to be the happily ever after he expects. However, relationships require negotiation and compromise, and that’s difficult when the cases keep coming. This time the team is called in when a parole officer dies at the hands of a shaman with a violent past. Local law … Read more

Out of the Past – LGBTQ Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Before 1970

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Welcome! Out of the Past will be a regular column discussing the history of LGBTQ+ science fiction, fantasy and horror literature from the earliest years of the genre to the more recent present (many thanks to Queer Sci-Fi for hosting me and to Scott for suggesting it). While portrayals of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) characters didn’t become relatively common in science fiction, fantasy or horror until after the early successes of the Gay Liberation Movement in the 1970s, that didn’t mean that there was “no there there, ” to borrow a phrase from Gertrude Stein. Of course, most … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Gone By the Board, by August Li

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Gone by the Board

QSFer August Li has a new MM urban fantasy book out: The sea is full of jealously guarded secrets, but everything washes up eventually…. Betrayed by a trusted partner, Nathan figures he might as well be lost and heartbroken in the sunshine, and he heads to the coast of South Carolina, to stay with a friend and find a new direction for his life. But despite his efforts, he is lost in the fog, unable to find a guiding light and sometimes unable to find a reason to go on. His only respite from depression and anxiety is the soothing … Read more

Announcement: Skim Blood & Savage Verse, by Angel Martinez

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Skim Blood and Savage Verse

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new MM paranormal/urban fantasy romance out: Words damage more than just feelings as Carrington hunts feral books menacing the city. When a ferocious book attacks Carrington at his own birthday party, he believes it’s an isolated incident. But similar books soon pop up all over town, menacing innocent people with harsh bits of poetry and blank verse that deliver damaging physical blows. It’s a frustrating case with too many variables and not enough answers, and the stakes go up with each attack. With the help of his misfit squad mates at the 77th and the … Read more

Announcement: Beauty in the Beast, by Erik Schubach

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Beauty In The Beast

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new FF urban fairy tale out: Even the most beastly… may hold beauty inside. While Daria McQueen mourns. The legends of fairytales fight to contain the incursions of the new demon hybrid contagion that Styche the Trickster has unleashed upon the world. An enraged and seemingly unstoppable demon appears, and it seems just as powerful as Styche. It directs its boundless rage at anything that moves, friend or foe. They learn that the beast can only be controlled by a young woman who has a uncanny ability to soothe the savage beast. Amazon Excerpt I … Read more

Announcement: Lord of Ravens, by Amelia Faulkner

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Lord of Ravens

QSFer Amelia Faulkner has a new MM urban fantasy book out: Lover. Predator. Killer. Laurence Riley’s inheritance comes with a price – one he’s not at all sure he can pay. When his urge to hunt grows out of control, he sends a desperate prayer to his ancestor for guidance. But he never expected that Herne the Hunter would answer. Scion. Target. Victim. There are horrors lurking in Quentin d’Arcy’s past, but they won’t hide there forever. Something ancient is coming to take him home: a creature of nightmare who feasts on the flesh of children. When the choice is … Read more

Review: “The Goat: Building a Perfect Victim” by Bill Kieffer

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The Goat

Title: The Goat: Building a Perfect Victim Author: Bill Kieffer Genre: Dark Paranormal Publisher: Red Ferret Press (buy link: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-goat-building-a-perfect-victim) Pages: 162 Blurb Frank was a high school bully but he always paid special attention to Glenn. Now, with his wife gone on yet another separation, Frank is trying to deal with a mid-life crisis that has been brewing for quite awhile. Glenn becomes Frank’s new hobby… and eventually Frank is going to have to ask himself… which one of them is actually the victim in his new violent lifestyle. Review Let me just say this first: Frank, our protagonist, … Read more

Announcement: The Goat, by Bill Kieffer

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The Goat

QSFer Bill Kieffer has a new dark urban fantasy book out: This is the story of Frank, a self-loathing gay/bisexual 40-something man, having a mid-life crisis ‘affair’ with his high school bullying victim. Glenn is a Furry, human in real life but online, he plays a sexually active Goat in several Furry communities. Glenn not only allows Frank’s abuse, but he seems to encourage it in order to get what he wants. Still, Frank is what our HS teachers would call an “Unreliable Narrator.” So, it’s up to the reader to decide who the real victim is in the story. … Read more

Announcement: Dragon Marines Vol. 1, by Jenn Dease

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Dragon Marines V1

QSFer Jenn Dease has a new urban fantasy compilation out: Jenn Dease brings us slightly into the future and introduces us to a very different world where shifters are accepted and valued members of the military. In Captain’s Mate, we meet Lt. Commander Franklin Delano Michaels when he is sent to rectify the problems between the Marines and the human sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan.He meets Marine Captain Danegeld Drake, the Dragon shape-shifter in charge of the Marine squadron, there’s an attraction that takes them by surprise. They must work together to solve the problems on the ship and … Read more

Review: “Angel Undone” by Leta Blake

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Angel Undone

Title: Angel Undone Author: Leta Blake Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Amazon Pages/Word Count: 90 pages Blurb The Archangel Michael is tired. He fought wars and shoved his brother Lucifer out of heaven all before the Dark Ages rolled around. His role as protector of Israel now encompasses all of humanity, and while he performs his job perfectly, there’s little personal joy in it. Until one night in a bar when he meets Asher. Michael isn’t sure what it is about the vulnerable, self-deprecating Asher that calls to him, but something about his restrained depths, gentle smiles, and encyclopedic knowledge of … Read more