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My friend Jeanne G’Fellers has a new queer historical dark fantasy/magical realism book out: “Striking Balance.” An Appalachian Elementals Historical Dark Fantasy Side Tale. Benjamin Schnell is the possessor of secrets he wishes he could bury beneath the rich Nolichucky river flat dirt he farms alongside his dear friend, Conall. But secrets lead to lies, lead to more secrets, and all eventually come home to roost in a bed of distrust, even on the 1779 Appalachian frontier. After Ben is injured, he realizes there are odd things happening around him that others cannot see. Corner shadows take human shapes, lightning … Read more

Our friend Chris over at Wicked Faeries Reviews has posted an exclusive ficlet to go with Angel Martinez’s final book in the Brimstone series: “A Fine Mess”. Read it here

J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out book one in the Ariadne Cycle: “The Stark Divide.” This is a re-release. Some stories are epic. The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resources and an environment pushed to the edge by human greed. Three living generation ships have been built with a combination of genetic mastery, artificial intelligence, technology, and raw materials harvested from the asteroid belt. This is the story of one of them—43 Ariadne, or Forever, as her inhabitants call her—a living world that carries the remaining hopes of … Read more

As of today, Mark and I have been on lockdown for a full month, but I’ve been on writing lockdown for almost half a year. Regular readers of this column will recall that I submitted “Dropnauts” to Pitchwars in late September. My failure to get a single request for the full manuscript sent me into a bit of a tailspin, and as an extended round of soul searching. Over the last few months I’ve started to move on, completing two new short stories and sending them out into the sci fi magazine submissions world, and sending “Dropnauts” itself to a … Read more

Rory ni Coileain has a new MM gay/demi/ace urban fantasy romance out, the last book in her Soul Shares series: “Back Door Into Purgatory.” And there’s a giveaway! Sometimes Fae love stories aren’t what you expect. The Marfach—devourer of magick, long-imprisoned mortal enemy of the Fae race—is free of its Antarctic prison. The Demesne of Purgatory—Fae, humans, a Fade-hound puppy, a Gille Dubh, and a darag—is all that stands between the monster and the power it needs to destroy both the Fae Realm and the human world. The only clue they have as to how to kill the unkillable is … Read more

TheMore reviews streamed in this last week. Chris at Wicked Faeries absolutely loved it: “The characters in this book are extremely well developed, and have complex POVs, that carry into the story as they weave their parts into the full story…. pick up this book if you’ve read the rest of the series, or the whole series if you’ve never read it. It’s so worth it!!” Veronica at Joyfully Jay got into the meat of the story: “The books are all well-written and the pace is brisk as we jump from mind to mind in this menagerie of POV story. … Read more