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Double Review: The Death Bringer – J. Scott Coatsworth

The Death Bringer - J. Scott Coatsworth

Just got two great early reviews for The Death Bringer: Reviewers: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild; Maryann Universal Buy Link About The Book AIK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME… AND NEITHER WILL HIS WORLD War is coming. Aik has become the Progenitor, and the Seed Mother has released him to transform the world for her alien brood. Silya and Raven, Aik’s former friends, are the only ones who can save him and the world. But what if the cure is worse than the invasion? As Silya rushes to prepare Gullton for the battle to come, she’s determined to save as many … Read more

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Point of View: Filtering Reality

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Reality informs everything we write. We grow up in the real world. We learn the real names of things, we navigate our way through real life and real school and real relationships. Our lives are lived solidly in the real world, and we can’t help that, as writers, our fiction is shaped by it. And yet… Books (and TV and film) are by their very nature escapist mediums. They let us turn off our brains to escape reality for an hour (or three) and immerse ourselves in someone else’s version of the world. During the great Depression, movies were one … Read more

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Author Spotlight: David Lee Summers

David Lee Summers

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: David Lee Summers lives in Southern New Mexico at the cusp of the western and final frontiers. He’s written novels about space pirates, vampire mercenaries, mad scientists in the old west, and astronomer ghosts. He’s edited thrilling anthologies of space adventure that imagine what worlds discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission might be like. When he’s not writing or editing, David explores the universe for real at Kitt Peak National Observatory. To learn … Read more

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Review: Whiskey and Warfare – EM Hamill

Whiskey and Warfare - EM Hamill

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Ace/Aro, Pan Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Running on caffeine and spite with nothing left to prove. GOLDEN GIRLS meets FIREFLY in this rollicking space opera adventure. Maryn Alessi retired from mercenary service after her last assignment went horribly sideways and settled down on a quiet planet with the love of her life. Unexpectedly widowed, Maryn must fulfill a promise to return her mate’s ashes to zer home planet for funeral rites, but a brutal civil war has destabilized space travel. Former Artemis Corps sisters-in-arms and their sassy ship, … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Broken Mirror – Cody Sisco

Broken Mirror - Cody Sisco

Cody Sisco has a new queer sci-fi mystery thriller out, Resonant Earth book one: Broken Mirror. And there’s a giveaway! A fractured mind or a global conspiracy? Uncovering the truth can be hell when nobody believes you… and you can’t even trust yourself. Broken Mirror is the first volume in a queer psychological science fiction saga that looks at the stigma of mental illness and the hellish distrust and alienation that goes with it. Victor Eastmore knows someone killed his grandfather, the pioneering scientist Jefferson Eastmore. But Victor, diagnosed with mirror resonance syndrome, has been shunned by Semiautonomous California society. … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Nineteen

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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 gets an unexpected phone call as she’s packing for her Italy trip… < Read Chapter 18 | Read Chapter 20 > Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter NineteenTravel Plans Daniele pecked Carmelina on the cheek. … Read more

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Cover Reveal: The Aurora’s Pale Light – E.W. Doc Parris

The Aurora's Pale Light - E.W. Doc Parris

E.W. Doc Parris has a new sci-fi-horror book coming out, The WalrusTech Universe book two, and we have the cover reveal: The Aurora’s Pale Light. Time is a motherf@#er. The rules that govern time machines are strict and the penalties for violations are severe…and unpredictable. For example: History will record that the end of human civilization will occur in a little over six years. History will record that a demonic virus will spread across the globe and wipe out over six billion lives. And history will record that John Arthur Banks, decorated war hero, died just over two weeks ago … Read more

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Point of View: Living In the In-Between

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Everything feels… suspended. For nine years, Mark and I have lived in a rental that we planned to inhabit for one, planning to buy a house – something we’ve never been able to manage. For two years, we’ve been in a state of political suspension, broken only when President Biden stepped down and Kamala Harris jumped into the race. For more than a year, we’ve watched as friend after friend battled cancer, some of them succumbing to this horrid disease. For eleven months, I’ve been searching for a job, poring over thousands and thousands of job listings – often hundreds … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Entwined – Sean Ian O’Meidhir & Connal Braginsky

Entwined - Sean Ian O'Meidhir & Connal Braginsky

Sean Ian O’Meidhir & Connal Braginsky have a new MM paranormal book out, Darklight book three: Entwined. And there’s a giveaway. After learning his mother is alive, Cameron, a telepath, travels across the country to find her, accompanied by Nathen, his neurodiverse vampire lover, and Syn, his best friend and sister of the heart. Once there, they find she is involved in a much larger war of her own and has been trying to keep him out of harm’s way for years. In their quest to help her, they make enemies, of course, but they also find several new allies. And … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Glitches of Gods – Jurgen “Jojo” Appelo

Glitches of Gods - Jurgen "Jojo" Appelo

Jurgen “Jojo” Appelo has a new queer sci-fi book out (pan, non-binary, gender fluid, trans FTM), Playspheres book one: Glitches of Gods. And there’s a giveaway! Julien, the AI genius, craves freedom, but the gods wield total control. In this ominous world, will his android bring hope and salvation or yet more death and destruction? Julien feels utterly miserable. Creator of the AI that killed his father, the brilliant engineer deftly evades work on the world’s first human-level android, dodging the off-chance of snuffing out more lives. Instead, Julien much prefers bickering with his virtual assistant, crafting memes with his … Read more