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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Thirty-One

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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, Dave confesses his secret to his friends, and Ben plays the hero… < Read Chapter 30 Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Thirty-OneThe Party’s Over “I’ll probably be blind by the end of the year.” Dave … Read more

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Point of View: Hopes and Fears for a New Year

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As we rapidly approach the new year, I find myself very much of two minds about it. I am deeply afraid of what might be coming. As a member of an often-prosecuted community, I see things a bit differently than many of my straight friends, including frightening echoes of history from almost a hundred years ago. And yet, I also see reasons to hope. Yes, my worst fear has been realized. But now that it’s here. I’m finding ways to stand in my truth and rally others around me, and dare I say it, to still hope. So I thought … 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 Ó 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: A Season of Change

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We’re in an extended season of change, some of it good, much of it bad. And some of it even tragic. The world itself is shifting. Climate change is no longer a distant threat, It’s here, and it’s taking a toll on our forests and coastlines, slipping through our atmosphere with invisible hands, and turning everything inside out. It’s the end of December, and I am still picking tomatoes and peppers from my garden. Political change is sweeping the world too, as populist right-wing governments march into power, riding waves of voter anger into office. They promise the wrong solutions … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Thirty

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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, we find out more about the mysterious stranger and what he’s looking for… < Read Chapter 29 | Read Chapter 31 > Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter ThirtyThe Stranger Warning: deadnaming. The man in gray … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Once Upon A Goth Dog Solstice – R.L. Merrill

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R.L. Merrill has a new MM romance out (gay, bisexual/genderqueer), part of the multi-author Once Upon A Holiday series: Once Upon A Goth Dog Solstice. And there’s a giveaway! From the author of the award-winning novel You Can Do Magic: Carnival of Mysteries and Publishers Weekly’s BookLife quarterfinalist Earthquake Ethan comes a heartwarming holiday tale of found family and sacrifice. Two wildly opposite veterans connect over a shared love of art, rescue dogs, and a very special foster child. Doug Cross spent the first half of his life attempting to appease his career-military father. After a stint in the Air Force … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Joyce Reynolds-Ward

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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: Joyce Reynolds Ward. The work of Joyce Reynolds-Ward includes themes of high-stakes family and political conflict, digital sentience, personal agency and control, realistic strong women, and (whenever possible) horses. She is the author of The Netwalk Sequence series, the Goddess’s Honor series, and the recently released The Martiniere Legacy series as well as standalones Klone’s Stronghold, Alien Savvy, Beating the Apocalypse, and Federation Cowboy. Joyce is a Self-Published Fantasy BlogOff Semifinalist, a … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: A Unique Request – Mickie B. Ashling

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Mickie B. Ashling has a new MMM contemporary romance out, The Basque Trilogy book one: A Unique Request. And there’s a giveaway! Mickie has reduced the price of A Unique Request to $1.99 while the book is on tour. Seven years have passed since Paul Alcott and Mick Henley separated, but hearing the familiar voice reinforces what Paul has known all along―he still loves Mick and wants him back. Hope flares upon receiving a dinner invitation, but his dream evaporates when he learns that Mick is in a relationship with Basque jai alai player, Tono Garat. To make matters worse, Paul’s … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Twenty-Nine

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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 and Marissa have a grandmother-granddaughter heart-to-heart (and an Italian recipe!)… < Read Chapter 28 Pt Two | Read Chapter 30 > Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Twenty-NineAt the Kitchen Sink Carmelina pulled out her … Read more

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Review: A Snowmonster for Midwinter – Blaine D. Arden

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Genre: Holiday, Romance, Monster Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Payhip About The Book Snow turns to sleet where monsters tread. As the resident sorcerers, Toren and his family protect their village from monsters—like the one they trapped in the mountains decades ago. But on the eve of the annual midwinter festival, it’s not a monster but a sudden eruption at the springs that threatens their lives. With rescue spells failing and the danger of a second, more deadly eruption looming, Toren discovers that a monster responsible for his brother’s death holds the key to saving the … Read more