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New Release / Giveaway: Clarity Anthology

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Queer Sci Fi’s newest LGBTQ+ speculative fiction anthology is here: Clarity. And there’s a giveaway. Clarity (noun) Four definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell: 1) Coherent and intelligible2) Transparent or pure3) Attaining certainty about something4) Easy to see or hear Clarity features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi. About the Series: Every year, Queer Sci Fi runs a one-word theme contest for 300 word flash fiction stories, and then we choose 120 of the best for … Read more

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Point of View: Making Connections

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connections - writer brain

As I was posting the author spotlight this week for Morgan David, an author friend of mine who lives in Denmark, I was struck by the hand-knitted scarf he was wearing. I have one that’s very similar, made for me by Mark’s mom Helen before she passed away. It’s a similar color and uses the same knitting technique. I asked Morgan about it, and he said his own mother had knitted it for him. And suddenly my writer brain started making connections. Between his mother and Mark’s, two different women completing the same act for those they loved. Between Copenhagen … Read more

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Review: Volaria – M.D. Neu

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Volaria - MD. Neu

Genre: Sci-Fi, Paranormal, Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Volaria, your home away from Earth. Humans are no longer alone; they have been joined by Arcanes, Lycans, and Vampires. It’s been over a hundred years since the Earth went through The Shift. Where once almost eight billion humans lived, the population now holds at four billion. But that wasn’t the only change. No one anticipated the branching of human DNA to produce new species of humans. Arcanes, Lycans, and Vampires are hidden throughout the genome, awaiting puberty before they manifest distinctly unhuman abilities. … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Morgan David

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Morgan David

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: Morgan David is a multicultural European male writer. Born in France in 1964, he has lived abroad most of his life, from California to Denmark. He has spent years of his business life studying ‘people from the inside’, analyzing the drivers of human emotions throughout the prism of different cultural backgrounds and drawing parallels between ethnicities. Morgan has a keen interest in liberal arts and especially in piano music and European graphical … Read more

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Point of View: Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay

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Gay gay gay

I’m an out gay man. I lived for two decades in the closet, ashamed of who I was. I knew I was different when I was five or six, and by the time I was fourteen, I knew what to call it. Gay. And I knew what others called it. Queer. Homosexual. Peverted. And the “F” word I still have a hard time bringing myself to say. It wasn’t until I was twenty-three that I finally came out and claimed it – and stood before the world proud of who I was. I’ve never looked back. And yet, sometimes I … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Georgina Jeffery

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Georgina Jeffery

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. Giveaway Grab The Jack Hansard Series: Season One for FREE from Smashwords today! This offer is only available to readers of this blog for the next 48 hours via this exclusive coupon code: FF59G Go to the book on Smashwords below and enter the code at checkout to reduce the price to FREE!  The Jack Hansard Series: Season One on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1049448 Today: Georgina Jeffery is a British author of speculative fiction. Her stories often blend elements of fantasy, humour, … Read more

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Point of View: Reading in Nostalgia Mode

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A Brightness Long Ago

I’m reading a book. Which is not news, in and of itself, although regular readers will know that I somewhat famously went for years without reading any, due to my insane work demands and habits. But this is different. I’m reading an actual physical book – a hardcover, in fact – something I can hold in my hands that doesn’t disappear when I set it down (though it often does flip back to the first page). It was my birthday gift to myself – the work of an author I love that I can actually touch and smell. OMG, I … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Sundowners – R.L. Merrill

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Sundowners - R.L. Merrill

R.L. Merrill has a new MM paranormal romance out: Sundowners. And there’s a giveaway. Vampire Creed Lowell drifts from town to town working with the elderly as a night nurse and looking to avenge his harrowing past. His youth and vitality make him a favorite of his patients and his gifts bring them peace. At long last he’s arrived in the place where he hopes to find the truth about those who betrayed him…but first he finds an unexpected love with a man who might understand him—or end him. Grad student Roman San Angelo is struggling to handle his courses, … Read more

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Review: Shafter – Margaret McGaffey Fisk

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Shafter - Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Genre: Sci-Fi, Colonization Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Born in the abandoned subway shafts beneath First City, Trina measures life in the coin she steals from her wealthy father’s people living above. She gives little weight to her dying mother’s fairy tales about how her father will rescue Trina and her twin sister, taking them away from this planet. Yet the stars catch her attention every time she goes to the surface. Trina is the protector, a role she created more from heroic tales in books her father gave them than anything in a shafter’s life. … Read more

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Point of View: Filling in the Gaps

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filling in the gaps

Doctors read journals and take continuing education courses to learn the latest techniques for their specialty. Teachers attend seminars and learn new teaching methods to help their students learn better. Even artists often pick up new mediums and styles throughout their careers… how many periods did Picasso go through? Writing is no different – we thrive when we spend time in the medium that we write. I grew up addicted to reading. I would often read a new book in days, sometimes staying up until three in the morning to finish a particularly addicting tale. I read thousands of different … Read more