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Review: Tech Prince Troubles – Blaine D. Arden

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Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Trans Reviewer: Scott Get It At Amazon About The Book He came to this human hotel to disappear. Instead, he found a barista who makes espresso taste like home—and glitches no one else can solve. Adri Linari, overlooked tech mage and younger sibling of Niralen’s charismatic Crown Prince, is more comfortable with schematics than small talk. Overwhelmed by royal obligations, a sensory-frying engagement party, and the ache of always being the odd one out, he runs—straight to the RenversĂ© Hotel in Princedelphia, Oregon. All he wants is quiet, a place to draw, and maybe … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Dan Kopcow

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Dan Kopcow

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: Dan Kopcow’s rom-com novel, “Madcap Serenade,” published by Black Rose Writing, is the winner of the 2025 Independent Press Award for Best Romantic Comedy, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Humor Category, FIRST PLACE WINNER of the Mark Twain Humor and Satire Award by Chanticleer International Book Awards, among several other awards.   Dan’s sci-fi noir detective novel, â€śPrior Futures,” published by Black Rose Writing, won a 2022 Independent Press Award for Science Fiction Distinguished … 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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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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Author Spotlight: Michael Stephens

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Michael Stephens

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: Michael Stephens spent a career as an innovator, building new products for startups, small businesses and large corporations. He’s now turned his creative energies to writing sci-fi comedies, “because the world needs more funny!” Thanks so much, Michael, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How would you describe your writing style/genre? Michael Stephens: I write sci-fi comedies, so speculative fiction that is tech-centric and includes healthy doses of humor and satire. I think … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Allan Dyen-Shapiro

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro

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: Allan Dyen-Shapiro is a Ph.D. biochemist whose non-linear career has taken him through the worlds of science and education and left him with many stories to tell. He finished his first novel and is looking for an agent/publisher. Short stories in addition to those in anthologies/journal issues available on Amazon can be read or are linked from his website: allandyenshapiro.com. You can also access his blog from the website, which focuses on … Read more

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Review: Castways of New Mojave – David Brin & Jeff Carlson

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Castways of New Mojave - David Brin

Genre: Sci-Fi, Colonization, YA Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Interstellar kidnapping… or opportunity? A thousand teens and their teachers were stunned when the alien Garubis yanked Twenty-Nine Palms High School right out of California’s Mojave desert, plopping it into a jungle many light years away. It was supposed to be a “gift”—a new settlement for humanity. But tell that to Mark, Alexandra, Barry and Sophie when strange parasites attack… and they don’t know what to eat… and the island of Earth-buildings runs out of water! Some claim to have spotted strange tool-users in the forest. Are … Read more

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Review: Colony High – David Brin

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Colony High - David Brin

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book High school is hard enough. It gets a lot harder after the aliens show up.In the captivating YA science fiction novel “Colony High” by acclaimed author David Brin, the skeptical high school junior, Mark Bamford, finds himself caught up in a web of mystery and extraterrestrial intrigue. Living in the seemingly ordinary town of Twenty-Nine Palms, California, Mark dismisses the absurd rumor circulating among his classmates—an alien stranded in their midst. Such a clichĂ©d movie rip-off, right? Can’t the math geeks come up with a more convincing hoax? … Read more