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REVIEW: Surfacing Again – A.L. Lester

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Surfacing Again - A.L. Lester

Genre: Holiday, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Melinda is staying on Lindisfarne for a Christmas break with her old friend when an unexpected argument leaves her alone for the holiday. It’s the first Christmas since her mother died and the island’s peace and wild tranquillity bring balm to her wounded heart. Two chance meetings, first with a pair of wary otters and then with cafe-owner Rowan, bring her genuine joy. Will her tentative relationship with Rowan survive the end of her holiday and the turning of the year? A short sapphic Christmas story. With otters. A 10,000 words short story, part of … Read more

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REVIEW: Genie In A Vodka Bottle – Rob Rosen

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Genie In A Vodka Bottle - Rob Rosen

Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Mysterious forces are at play when Paul’s vacation to Spain unexpectedly detours to Gibraltar and then Morocco, to a vodka bottle in a hole in the wall bar, to a handsome genie with a slew of secrets, plus almost limitless powers, virtually no memory, and a keen desire to be freed from his curse. Along the way, Paul is reunited with his ex-lover and the genie’s previous master as fate draws them ever deeper into a murky, dangerous past. On our heroes travel, from the frigid north of Russia to a magic carpet ride across China, … Read more

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REVIEW: Avarice – Rebecca Cohen

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Avarice - Rebecca Cohen - Reagalos

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Lornyc hates politics. The small talk, backstabbing, and the attempts to undermine his marriage make his blood boil and his head ache. But what he really hates is someone kidnapping his husband. The suspicion that the Valen are somehow involved is confirmed when the truth about Methian’s real parentage is revealed. But there are other fights ahead, this time with the mage when Lornyc discovers that they were not only behind his mother’s family being stripped of their magic, but have been trying … Read more

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REVIEW: After the Dragons – Cynthia Zhang

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After The Dragons - Cynthia Zhang

Genre: Science Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild About The Book Dragons were fire and terror to the Western world, but in the East they brought life-giving rain. Now, no longer hailed as gods and struggling in the overheated pollution of Beijing, only the Eastern dragons survive. As drought plagues the aquatic creatures, a mysterious disease-shaolong, or “burnt lung”-afflicts the city’s human inhabitants. Jaded college student Xiang Kaifei scours Beijing streets for abandoned dragons, distracting himself from his diagnosis. Elijah Ahmed, a biracial American medical researcher, is drawn to Beijing by the memory of his grandmother and her death by shaolong. Interest in Beijing’s dragons leads … Read more

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REVIEW: A Very Genre Christmas – Kim Fielding

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A Very Genre Christmas - Kim Fielding

Genre: Holiday, Romance, Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Very little is merry in a private dick’s world. Private detective Nick Bozic works the mean streets of 1950s Portland, Oregon, shadowing unfaithful spouses and nabbing thieving employees. He may be lonely, but at least he’s not crooked. Despite the festive season, Christmas simply means less dough in his pocket. With the holiday only a few days away, a regular client drops a new case on him: yet another being has come through the Rift and needs help finding his way home. Maybe Evindal the elf will help Nick find something … Read more

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NEW RELEASE: Tangents & Tachyons – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Tangents & Tachyons - J. Scott Coatsworth

J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi collection out: Tangents & Tachyons. And there’s a giveaway! Tangents & Tachyons is Scott’s second anthology – six sci fi and sci-fantasy shorts that run the gamut from time travel to hopepunk and retro spec fic: Eventide: Tanner Black awakes to find himself in his own study, staring out the window at the end of the Universe. But who brought him there, and why? Chinatown: Deryn lives in an old San Francisco department store with his girlfriend Gracie, and scrapes by with his talent as a dreamcaster for the Chinese overlords. But what if a dream could change the world? Across the … Read more

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REVIEW: Restitution – Rebecca Cohen

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Restitution - Rebecca Cohen - Reagalos

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Will someone rid him of this troublesome Mage? Seemingly not, and Lornyc’s going to have do it himself. There’s a good reason no one had invoked the Reckoning to become the Supreme Mage of Beher for over a quarter of a century, but Lornyc couldn’t keep his big mouth shut. Five tasks, five chances to fail, and that’s just the warm up for the magical head-to-head. Pity his Reagalos powers don’t work like Mage magic, so he’ll need to think fast, and … Read more

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COVER REVEAL: Tangents & Tachyons – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Tangents & Tachyons - J. Scott Coatsworth

J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi collection out: Tangents & Tachyons. And there’s a giveaway! Tangents & Tachyons is Scott’s second anthology – six sci fi and sci-fantasy shorts that run the gamut from time travel to hopepunk and retro spec fic: Eventide: Tanner Black awakes to find himself in his own study, staring out the window at the end of the Universe. But who brought him there, and why? Chinatown: Deryn lives in an old San Francisco department store with his girlfriend Gracie, and scrapes by with his talent as a dreamcaster for the Chinese overlords. But what if a dream could change the world? Across the … Read more

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REVIEW: The Knights of Huacovia – Chad Strongwood

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The Knights of Huacovia - Chad Strongwood

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Chitto is a humble farmer living in a small island village on a distant planet, but the fruit of his trees has a terrible secret… He meets Tenoch, the man of his dreams when the circus comes to town, but his romance is cut short when the town is raided by conquistadors from another world. Chitto sets out on a rescue mission where he enlists the help of his neighbor and a secret order of knights who worship a dragon god. His lover and his friends are sold as slaves to the … Read more

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REVIEW: Idolatry – Rebecca Cohen

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Idolatry - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Lornyc thought it was bad enough that the Cerulean Cult had made him a living god, but now they’ve set loose an entity that is tearing through the dimensions with the potential to cause chaos. He wouldn’t have thought it his problem but the guardians of the multiverse, the Valen, have decided otherwise. Along with Methian and his own Valen Caveer Guards, Lornyc faces a race through multiple alternative realities if he doesn’t want to be extinguished. Previously published, this second edition … Read more