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REVIEW: Solomon’s Paradox – Kelly McClymer

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Solomon's Paradox

About The Book A mother must deal with the shattering reality when science and the courts give her dead son a chance to tie up loose ends in the body of the friend who accidentally killed him. Get It On Amazon The Review Solomon’s Paradox is short – just thirty-three pages – but damn does it pack an emotional punch. McClymer calls it “Mom Sci-Fi,” but I think that sells the story short. Sure, the protagonist is a mother, but this is social sci-fi at its best, taking a fascinating idea and extrapolating it in the most personal terms. The … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Writ in Blood – Julie Bozza

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Writ in Blood - Julie Bozza

Julie Bozza has a new queer weird western book out: Writ in Blood. And there’s a giveaway! Courage. Honor. Loyalty. All fine things, but they’ve led John Ringo to kill a man. He was raised right and he knows he’s not a murderer, but otherwise he’s a mystery even to himself. Doc Holliday claims to have some insights, but Doc is too devoted to Wyatt Earp to spare much attention for the man who’s already lost his soul. Which leaves Johnny Ringo prey to the distractions of a demon. Imaginary or not, if this creature abandons him, too, then surely … Read more

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REVIEW: Seed – Michael Edelson

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Seed

Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Fifty people go to sleep in their own beds and wake up in a compound in the middle of the jungle. Men and women from all walks of life with only one thing in common—none of them know where they are or how they got there. Alex is a paratrooper. Yael is a mathematician. Max is a law professor. They can’t leave— a lethal barrier surrounds the facility, but no one knows if it’s there to keep them in, or to keep something out.  The compound is comfortable and … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: To Bring Him Home and Other Tales – Warren Rochelle

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To Bring Him Home and Other Tales - Warren Rochelle

Warren Rochelle has a new queer SFF anthology out: To Bring Him Home and Other Tales. And there’s a giveaway! We all need a place to call home, a place where we belong, and are safe, and loved. For the lovers in these stories, finding home is easier said than done. Quests must be taken; dragons must be slain. Rocket launchers need to be dodged. Sometimes one might have to outrun the Wild Hunt, and sometimes they have to reimagine and recreate home. But these lovers do find homes, homes in each other’s hearts. Publisher | Amazon | Barnes & … Read more

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REVIEW: 2176: The Birth of the Belt Republic – Ted Butler

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2176: The Birth of the Belt Republic - Ted Butler

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book His Principal tricked into a swimming pool of dessert? Corporate blacklisting? Riots? Jail breaks? Rocks against machine guns? Rescues? Gas attacks? Space battles? After corporate blacklisting, Gil’s perfect life went into the trash, but it sure got interesting. The greedy corporation has all the big guns and all the little ones too. The Belters have rocks. Hopeless? Honor student Gil helped set up the swimming pool prank with 300 kilos of dessert. That prank went badly wrong. Gil has to grow up fast. He joins a secret society, … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Rebecca Cohen

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Rebecca Cohen

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, Rebecca Cohen spends her days dreaming of a living in a Tudor manor house, or a Georgian mansion. Alas, the closest she comes to this is through her characters in her historical romance novels. She also dreams of intergalactic adventures and fantasy realms, but because she’s not yet got her space or dimensional travel plans finalised, she lives happily in leafy Hertfordshire, England, with her husband and young son. She can often … Read more

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REVIEW: Astounding – Kim Fielding

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Astounding! - Kim Fielding

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Carter Evans is founder and editor-in-chief of Astounding!—a formerly popular spec fiction magazine currently in its death throes. Not only can he do nothing to save it, but stuck in a rathole apartment with few interpersonal connections, he can’t seem to do much to rescue his future either. And certainly all the booze isn’t helping. He snaps when he receives yet another terrible story submission from the mysterious writer J. Harper—and in a drunken haze, Carter sends Harper a rejection letter he soon regrets. J. … Read more

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REVIEW: The Bantam – RJ Theodore

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The Bantam - RJ Theodore

Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Ehli is an iscillian, designed in a lab to serve as a bantam, a ship custodian for a merchant crew. She imagines no future beyond the care of her starship and the quiet hours between ships spent painting in her quarters. But when she discovers a vague clue that undermines the clear purpose of her existence, the satisfaction she once found in her simple routine dissolves into an unsettling, deadly obsession to learn the truth. Her job is to put the needs of her ship and its crew before … Read more

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REVIEW: Invasion – Scott James Magner

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Invasion - Scott James Magner

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Lt. Marya Andreison just wanted to get her career back on track. After years of crap assignments and missed promotions, she finally got the deep-space posting she always wanted, only to find bigotry and intolerance are universal. But when an alien transmission only she can decode comes through an unauthorized wormhole, her situation goes from bad to worse to awful. Now she’s on the run, with only her wits, her wedding rings, and a downloaded message that could start an intergalactic war. All Marya wants to … Read more

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REVIEW: The Courier – HL Moore

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The Courier - HL Moore

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book The job seemed simple enough: collect the package and deliver it to Europa within two days’ time, no questions asked. If only the client hadn’t lied about there being no catch… A tale from the Jovian Empire. The Review I just finished a new short by H.L. Moore. “The Courier” a quick read at just 32 pages. But boy does Moore rip through the scenery in that brief amount of time. Chen is a high-paid courier (don’t call them a smuggler) who transports valuable objects around … Read more