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Point of View: The Making of a Cover

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Office of the Lost - J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding

Universal Buy Link Every time I do a new book, there’s a whole behind-the-scenes process that goes into designing the cover, whether it’s one I do myself or one done by a graphics professional. In this case, we decided to go with an outside designer, and there were two clients to please – Kim and I. We started with a cover search in the gay romantasy genre, and found a few we really liked: For some reason, we were both really drawn to the “comic book-cartoon” images. We asked Kelley York at Sleepy Fox Studio to take a run at … Read more

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Point of View: Writing With Someone Else (and a Cover Reveal!)

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Office of the Lost - J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding

I have a new release coming out, something I wrote with one of my dearest writing friends, Kim Fielding. Office of the Lost releases on June 21st. Universal Buy Link From the foreword: I first met Kim almost a decade ago, when I launched the Queer Sacramento Authors Collective with two local author friends. Kim soon joined—and even though it was a little bit of a stretch to include her then-hometown of Turlock, about 90 miles south of Sacramento, in a Sac area writer’s group, we were thrilled to have her. We’ve since become fast friends, with her attending many … Read more

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Review: Space Opera – Catherynne M. Valente

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Space Opera - Catherynne M. Valente

Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Parody LGBTQ+ Category: Pansexual Get It On Amazon About The Book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy meets the joy and glamour of Eurovision in bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente’s science fiction spectacle, where sentient races compete for glory in a galactic musical contest…and the stakes are as high as the fate of planet Earth. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented—something to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds together in … Read more

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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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NEW RELEASE: Black Swan Empire – James Peters

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Black Swan Empire - James Peters

James Peters has a new sci-fi adventure out, Black Swan series book 3: Black Swan Empire. Raka Varoule, Maven Blackheart, and Marco return for one final adventure in Black Swan Empire! When Maven nearly starts WWIII as a result of an international nuclear incident, she and Raka are forced to flee from Earth and return to the Galactic Empire, but they aren’t exactly welcomed with open arms. They are quickly drawn into a plot that just happens to involve the assassination of Emperor Caligula himself. With the help of some old friends and a few frenemies, they face their biggest … Read more

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REVIEW: Judgement Dave – SI Clarke

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Judgment Dave - SI Clarke

Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Non-Binary Get It On Amazon About The Book This time, the universe puts the cat in catastrophe… Lem is adapting to her new home aboard a strange spaceship in an even stranger universe, where the misfit crew of the Teapot have more than enough trouble on their hands running their interplanetary charter service. But when they accept an urgent assignment, they have just one week to save a race of cat-people from certain destruction Stuck with a disaster-platypus of a project manager and a population seemingly determined to thwart their own rescue, the Teapotters face the impossible … Read more

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REVIEW: The Left Hand of Dog – S.I. Clarke

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The Left Hand of Dog - SI Clarke

Genre: Sci Fi, Comedy LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Aro, Agender Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Escaping intergalactic kidnappers has never been quite so ridiculous. When Lem and her faithful dog, Spock, retreat from the city for a few days of hiking in Algonquin Park, the last thing they expect is to be kidnapped by aliens. No, scratch that. The last thing they expect is to be kidnapped by a bunch of strangely adorable intergalactic bounty hunters aboard a ship called the Teapot. After Lem falls in with an unlikely group of allies – including a talking horse, a … Read more