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New Release: The New Worlds- Jaye C. Watts

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The New Worlds - Jaye C. Watts

Jaye C. Watts has a new queer sci-fi book out (transgender, poly, non-binary, pansexual, lesbian): The New Worlds. The year is 2293 and the Truth no longer exists. In the future there are many truths, giving rise to many worlds, but each must be kept separate. Born to protect these truths, Axton Bryce patrols the New Worlds Star System—to observe, participate, and gather information. But as she learns the ways of each world, she must also hunt for those who defy their world’s truth: the Outliers. While stationed on a nearby planet, Axton meets the charming Ambassador Bray Wilde. As … Read more

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Review: Valley of Secrets – H.L. Moore

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Valley of Secrets - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi, Non-Binary, Poly  Universal Buy Link About The Book This city of fools will be brought to order! Deposed, her father presumed dead, her friends slaughtered and the cavern in chaos, Grace Harrington is on the run and entirely alone. The only ally she has left is the man she hates most in the world: Nathaniel Morgenstern, the assassin who murdered her mother and seduced her father. Grace’s only hope of reclaiming the throne and saving her people is to seek the aid of Éamon Tadhg, the High Druid of Arajon. But she … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Alma Alexander

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Alma Alexander

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Alma Alexander’s life so far has prepared her very well for her chosen career. She was born in a country which no longer exists on the maps, has lived and worked in seven countries on four continents (and in cyberspace!), has climbed mountains, dived in coral reefs, flown small planes, swum with dolphins, touched two-thousand-year-old tiles in a gate out of Babylon. She is a novelist, anthologist and short story writer who … Read more

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Review: Throne of Lies – H.L. Moore

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Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual, Non-Binary Get It At Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book There are vipers in Arajon, from the Valley to the Bronze. Grace Harrington, the Dowager Archon of Arajon, is approaching her first anniversary on the throne she claimed following the death of her husband, slain at her own hands. But her position is so precarious that even the unwelcome presence of the former assassin Nathaniel Morgenstern, watching over her at her father’s behest, cannot protect her from her enemies. The city’s press has turned against her, the Bronze is rallying behind Odessa … Read more

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New Release: The Talking Cure – Kathy L. Brown

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The Talking Cure - Kathy L. Brown

Kathy L. Brown has a new queer urban fantasy out (ace, pan/bi, gay): The Talking Cure. Sean Joye Investigations, Book 2 Haunted woman claws her way back to reality by reconnecting with her magical powers in The Talking Cure, a supernatural Yuletide follow-up to The Big Cinch. Committed to an insane asylum, Violet Humphrey is isolated on the Illinois prairie with only her own thoughts and a persistent new voice in her head for company. When she is accused of murder, Violet suspects her road to both freedom and recovery lies through confronting her painful past and solving the crime. … Read more

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Point of View: Why Is Everything So Hard?

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It’s been a long year. Starting with the new political regime, everything has felt coarser. Harder. Less stable. Just this fall, we had four different household issues at the same time, each of which should have taken a single visit to resolve. Instead, the vendors had to come back three or four times to get these things taken care of. Sometimes because it was hard to diagnose the problem, and sometimes out of sheer incompetence. And it’s a pattern that repeats in our lives, over and over again. We spend precious time and mental energy tracking all of these things, … Read more

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Review: Soul of Ash – H.L. Moore

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Heart of Ash - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Half a year after the events of Heart of Dust, Doran Ă“ Seanáin now finds himself trapped between two worlds while belonging to neither: held in contempt by the Bronze for the turmoil he caused during Archon Bryson’s reign, and resented by the miners for selling out. Leonora Darkwater’s pursuit to own the mines may be the answer to all of his problems, but the offer is far more complicated than it appears, and the only person Doran trusts is the same man who threw … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Michael Stephens

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Michael Stephens

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Michael Stephens spent a career as an innovator, building new products for startups, small businesses and large corporations. He’s now turned his creative energies to writing sci-fi comedies, “because the world needs more funny!” Thanks so much, Michael, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How would you describe your writing style/genre? Michael Stephens: I write sci-fi comedies, so speculative fiction that is tech-centric and includes healthy doses of humor and satire. I think … Read more

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Review: Heart of Dust – H.L. Moore

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Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Get It On Amazon | Free at QSF (Ends 12/31) About The Book Iole City is in turmoil. Doran Ă“ Seanáin, leader of the Black Lung Gang, is determined to challenge the Archon, Arajon’s tyrannical ruler, for his brutal treatment of the miners. But Doran has more to deal with than getting stabbed and a city-wide lockdown that’s seeing his gang of ex-miners slowly starved out of their base. His daughter Grace has turned against him, and the death of his wife haunts them both. Although he finds reprieve in Nathaniel Morgenstern, the apotheker with … Read more

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Point of View: Why We Do This

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Every now and then, I sit back and reflect on what it means to be a writer in this crazy world we live in. There are so many of us now, especially with the advent of self-publishing technology. And with the arrival of AI, many of us expect to eventually be snowed under entirely. Every day as an author is an exercise in shouting into the cold, uncaring void, and hoping, every once-and-a-while, to hear a friendly “Hello?” back from the other side. We writers wrap ourselves up in blankets in our chilly, lonely writer caves and painstakingly extract stories … Read more