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New Release: Innovation; QSF Flash Fiction Anthology

Queer Sci Fi's sixth annual flash fiction anthology is here - "Innovation" - and there's a giveaway too!

IN-NO-VA-TION (Noun)
1) A new idea, method, or device.

2) The introduction of something new.

3) The application of better solutions to meet unarticulated needs.

Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites.

Migration features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from t...

New Release Blog Tour: Healing Lance by M. D. Grimm (Excerpt + Giveaway)

M.D. Grimm has a new MM fantasy book out, A Warrior's Redemption book one: "Healing Lance."

A baby’s laughter.

A mind uncaged.

Lance is known as Scourge, the warrior in the black armor, the dog of the warlord Ulfr Blackwolf. He was just a boy when Ulfr found him and molded him into the perfect weapon. He slaughters and pillages on command, merciless and numb, devoid of emotions. Then a baby girl laughs at him during a raid.

And everything changes.

When Gust, a talented healer, is out deer hunting and...

New Release Blitz: The Harp and the Sea by Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell (Excerpt + Giveaway)

Title: The Harp and the SeaAuthor: Lou Sylvre and Anne BarwellPublisher: NineStar PressRelease Date: July 27, 2020Heat Level: 3 - Some SexPairing: Male/MaleLength: 84200Genre: Historical Fantasy, LGBTQIA+, historical fiction, fantasy, fated love, Scottish Isles, Jacobite revolt, Highlanders, action-adventure, magic, magical items, witch, curse, music, war/battlesAdd to GoodreadsSynopsis
In 1605, Robbie Elliot—a Reiver and musician from the Scottish borders—nearly went to the gallows. The Witch...

New Release: Cleave (Cutting Cords Series Book 3)

Book 3 in the Cutting Cords Series is now available on AMAZON and a free read on KU. Don't miss the continuing story that began with Sloan and Cole in CUTTING CORDS, and its sequel, VESSEL.

BLURB:

On New Year’s Eve, Cole Fujiwara stands vigil at his father’s deathbed while his wife, gives birth to twin boys. Cole has honored his family duty and provided the requisite heirs, but now he’s trapped in an increasingly demanding role as husband and father, and missing what he wants most -- the man he's ...

New Release Blitz: The Man From Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed (Excerpt + Giveaway)

Title: The Man from MilwaukeeAuthor: Rick R. ReedPublisher: NineStar PressRelease Date: July 20, 2020Heat Level: 3 - Some SexPairing: Male/MaleLength: 64500Genre: Horror/Thriller, LGBTQIA+, horror, mental illness, grief, virgin/first time, Jeffrey Dahmer, HIV, AIDSAdd to GoodreadsSynopsis
It’s the summer of 1991 and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been arrested. His monstrous crimes inspire dread around the globe. But not so much for Emory Hughes, a closeted young man in Chicago who sees in t...

New release tour: What's in a Name? by Pat Henshaw (Excerpt + giveaway)

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On his 30th birthday, barista Jimmy Patterson decides to get rip-roaring drunk after his roommate-boyfriend abandons him at a bar in the tiny California foothills town of Stone Acres where they have relocated from San Francisco. Jimmy is immediately rescued by the burly owner of Stonewall Saloon, who has had his eye on Jimmy since the first time he came in months before.

Jimmy’s fine with...

New release blog tour: A Fine Mess by Angel Martinez (Excerpt + Giveaway)

Angel Martinez has a new queer space opera comedy out, book seven in her Brimstone series: "A Fine Mess." And there's a giveaway!

Beware the demon prince who's sick and tired of running.

Federico Duomo is dead, to begin with. But this is only the first bit of Shax's problems resolved. Powerful crime lords and an obscenely wealthy oligarch are still determined to destroy him and his crew, and Fluffy's original owner may be coming after the Brimstone now, too. It would be splendid to be able to take...

New Release Blitz: The Painted Phoenix by Sarah Kay Moll (Except + Giveaway)

Title: The Painted PhoenixAuthor: Sarah Kay MollPublisher: NineStar PressRelease Date: July 20, 2020Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black SexPairing: Male/MaleLength: 75200Genre: Contemporary thriller, LGBTQIA+, contemporary, literary/genre fiction, criminals, crime syndicate, children, family drama, pansexual, polyamorous, open relationship, mental illness, artist, lawyer, tattoos, dark, depression, PTSD, HEAAdd to GoodreadsSynopsis
With paintbrush in hand, Nate Redfield takes a city full of ugliness...

New Release Blitz: Dragon Dilemma by Mell Eight (Excerpt + Giveaway)

Title: Dragon DilemmaSeries: Supernatural Consultant, Book ThreeAuthor: Mell EightPublisher: NineStar PressRelease Date: July 20, 2020Heat Level: 1 - No SexPairing: Male/MaleLength: 32200Genre: Paranormal YA, LGBTQIA+, YA, dragon shifter, mage, mates, men with children, magical detective agency, dragon rescue, magic-usersAdd to GoodreadsSynopsis
Dane hasn’t spoken with his mother in years and he’s never met his father. But somehow his mother finds out about Mercury and the kits anyway, and it’...

Saturday Snippet

Vessel
Mickie B. Ashling © 2020
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I MUST have dozed off, because the next thing I was aware of was someone knocking on the door. There was barely any light filtering in through the slatted windows, and the illuminated hands of the clock on the nightstand confirmed it was early evening. I’d been asleep for probably an hour―my only way of escaping an impossible situation. Switching on the lamp, I went to see who was so persistent. I was fully prepared to tell Max to leave me alone, ...