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Point of View: Kempt

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I’ve always liked collecting words, and one of those collections is words that don’t have an opposite equivalent, or have one that’s rarely used or with a different meaning: So today I’m offering you a little something different. Enjoy my little mm flash-fiction romance featuring the opposites of these words: Cameron had always dressed peccably – a shabby t-shirt, rumpled cargo shorts, and flip flops. But that day, when he strode into the room chalantly, every eve followed him. He looked so kempt, so put together, and he crossed the room in a reckfull manner, carefully navigating the crowd to … Read more

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Author Spotlight: K.G. Anderson

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K.G. Anderson

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: K.G. Anderson is a technology writer, a frustrated guitarist, and a collector of easy recipes and difficult cats. She lives in Seattle in a house haunted by the bad remodeling decisions of the previous owners. She has reported on politics for metropolitan dailies, reviewed crime fiction for January Magazine, and written about Americana and roots music for the iTunes Music Store. Her short fiction appears in magazines and anthologies including Welcome to … Read more

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Writer Fuel: You Can’t Go Back

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We got a good lesson this week in “you can’t go back.“ Twenty years ago, we first visited Portland and its shiny new district, the Pearl. It was built in an area that used to be an industrial wasteland, one of the blighted areas near downtown Portland. It started out with a conversion of a couple old single story brick warehouses into condos, with the cement loading docks serving as their front patios. Portland had some very smart urban zoning policies, including forcing developers to include storefronts / windows on the ground floors of all buildings, encouraging public art, and … Read more

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Review: Down the River

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Down the River - J. Scott Coatsworth

Just got an amazing review for Down the River from Ulysses at Queer Sci Fi: Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Vivlio | Universal Buy Link The Review Anyone who ever read Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City will appreciate this book. An episodic story of a motley group of friends in Sacramento (River City—a nickname I never knew), Down the River doesn’t have a plot so much as a gentle, insightful narrative of these people’s lives, both individual and shared, over the course of a fairly short timespan. The people are old and young, of various ethnicities, orientations and genders. They mostly know each other, and their lives … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Edale Lane

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Edale Lane

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: History. Mystery. Heroines worth falling for.From windswept battlefields to candlelit conspiracies, Edale Lane crafts sapphic historical fiction, mysteries, and fantasy brimming with action, romance, and intrigue. An award-winning author with an MA in history, she brings every era to life with rich detail, unforgettable women, and stories where love and danger walk hand in hand. Edale Lane lives in beautiful British Columbia with her long-time partner and adorable dog, Piper. When she … Read more

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Review: The Postman – David Brin

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The Postman - David Brin

Genre: Science Fiction Get It On Amazon About The Book He was a survivor—a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter’s day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery. This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. … Read more

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Review: The New Worlds – Jaye C. Watts

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The New Worlds - Jaye C. Watts

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Transgender, Poly, Non-Binary, Pansexual, Lesbian Reviewer: KA Universal Buy Link About The Book The year is 2293 and the Truth no longer exists. In the future there are many truths, giving rise to many worlds, but each must be kept separate. Born to protect these truths, Axton Bryce patrols the New Worlds Star System—to observe, participate, and gather information. But as she learns the ways of each world, she must also hunt for those who defy their world’s truth: the Outliers. While stationed on a nearby planet, Axton meets the charming Ambassador Bray Wilde. As the … Read more

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New Release: The New Worlds- Jaye C. Watts

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The New Worlds - Jaye C. Watts

Jaye C. Watts has a new queer sci-fi book out (transgender, poly, non-binary, pansexual, lesbian): The New Worlds. The year is 2293 and the Truth no longer exists. In the future there are many truths, giving rise to many worlds, but each must be kept separate. Born to protect these truths, Axton Bryce patrols the New Worlds Star System—to observe, participate, and gather information. But as she learns the ways of each world, she must also hunt for those who defy their world’s truth: the Outliers. While stationed on a nearby planet, Axton meets the charming Ambassador Bray Wilde. As … Read more

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Review: Valley of Secrets – H.L. Moore

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Valley of Secrets - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi, Non-Binary, Poly  Universal Buy Link About The Book This city of fools will be brought to order! Deposed, her father presumed dead, her friends slaughtered and the cavern in chaos, Grace Harrington is on the run and entirely alone. The only ally she has left is the man she hates most in the world: Nathaniel Morgenstern, the assassin who murdered her mother and seduced her father. Grace’s only hope of reclaiming the throne and saving her people is to seek the aid of Éamon Tadhg, the High Druid of Arajon. But she … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Alma Alexander

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Alma Alexander

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: Alma Alexander’s life so far has prepared her very well for her chosen career. She was born in a country which no longer exists on the maps, has lived and worked in seven countries on four continents (and in cyberspace!), has climbed mountains, dived in coral reefs, flown small planes, swum with dolphins, touched two-thousand-year-old tiles in a gate out of Babylon. She is a novelist, anthologist and short story writer who … Read more