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Review: The Hencha Queen

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Jus got a great review for The Hencha Queen from Estora at Queer Sci Fi! Genre: Sci-Fantasy, Romance Sub-Plot LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual, Intersex Reviewer: Estora Universal Buy Link About The Book SILYA COMES INTO HER OWN, BUT WILL SHE BE ENOUGH? Silya finally has everything she always wanted. She’s the Hencha Queen, head of the Temple, and is working to master her newfound talents. So why does the world pick now to fall apart? Her once-nemesis Raven is off riding dragons, and their mutual friend (and her ex) Aik is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, a new threat menaces … Read more

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Point of View: Finding the Cracks

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It’s a time of mass destruction. The forces of chaos have been unleashed in our world, fighting wars, causing chaos on our social networks, and chewing away at the very foundations of the U.S. Government. It’s easy to fall into apathy in the face of all this, to conclude that all these things are way too big for any of us to comprehend, let alone do something about. This is part of the playbook – we are meant to feel overwhelmed, defeated, demoralized. But we are far from helpless. In the political sphere, the system (and the many people who … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Brenda W. Clough

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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: Brenda W. Clough is the first female Asian-American SF writer, first appearing in print in 1984. Her latest work is a novel, A Deal in Her Pocket. A novelette, ‘Clio’s Scroll’, which appeared in Clarkesworld in July 2023. A historical novel A Door In His Head won the 2023 Diverse Voices Award. Her novella ‘May Be Some Time’ was a finalist for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and became the … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Lady Grace and Her Knights – M.D. Grimm

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M.D. Grimm has a new MMF fantasy romance out: Lady Grace and Her Knights. And there’s a giveaway. Two knights are better than one… Lady Grace never expected to be kidnapped. Why would she? She’s a duke’s daughter and about to marry her beloved white knight, Prince Isaac. Although Grace manages to escape the bandits… she doesn’t do it alone. A masked man sweeps her off her feet, and from their first encounter, she knows he’s something special. Thankfully, her betrothed is of a similar mind to her own. Prince Isaac is equal parts delighted to be reunited with his bride … Read more

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Review: The Gauntlet Runner

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Genre: Sci-Fantasy, Romance Sub-Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual, Intersex Reviewer: Estora Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link This review contains spoilers for the first book of the Tharassas Cycle, The Dragon Eater, so if you haven’t read that book first – what are you waiting for?! The Dragon Eater left us on a cliffhanger, with our three main protagonists – Raven the thief who is now part-dragon, the guard Aik who is in love with Raven, and Silya the new Hencha Queen – scattered across the land. Raven was kidnapped by beasts that brought him to a small community of others like … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Thirty-Five

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Carmelina arrives in Rome with Daniele and Gio, and literally spills her secret… < Read Chapter 34 Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Thirty-FiveA Roma Carmelina stared out of the train window at the passing buildings, … Read more

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Point of View: It’s Okay to Be Scared, But Let’s Flood the Zone Our Own Way

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I made it exactly one week with my pledge to take a break from my Point of View columns. But given all the recent events, I couldn’t stay silent. I needed to reach out and gather you all in my arms and tell you: It’s all right to be scared right now. I am scared shitless. The non-stop torrent of bad news, as Musk sticks his fingers into agency after agency, stuffing AI into their core coding and demolishing some of them singlehandedly with seemingly no recourse, is truly frightening to behold. And Trump’s non-stop attacks on his enemies, which … Read more

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Author Spotlight: K.L. Noone

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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: K.L. Noone teaches college students about superheroes and Shakespeare by day, and writes queer romance – frequently paranormal or with fantasy elements – when not grading papers or researching medieval outlaw life. They have been a Rainbow Award winner, a Queer Indie Book Award winner, and a Good Sex Awards runner-up. They also like cats, craft beer, and the sound of ocean waves. Thanks so much, K.L., for joining me! J. Scott … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Thirty-Four

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Ainsley makes a report, and then runs into an unexpected someone at her dorm… < Read Chapter 33 | Read Chapter 35 > Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Thirty-FourThe Aftermath “Are you sure about this?” … Read more

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Author Spotlight: C.J. Dragon

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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: CJ has always been an avid reader of anything in print, enjoying all genres but drawn to science fiction and romance. She was happily introduced to the wonderful world of M/M romance, immediately loving it. CJ began writing M/M romances incorporating them in her science fiction stories, and has never looked back. She lives in North Carolina and is happily married to her wife and soulmate who is a writer as well. … Read more