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QSFer H. L. Moore has a new queer fantasyromance out (MM, MMF, FF), Death’s Embrace book four: Valley of Secrets.

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 ...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-valley-of-secrets-h-l-moore/

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BCS #424 ebook is out early at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of places and puzzling by Samuel Jensen and Anaea Lay, behind cover art by Erin Costello.

(Buying BCS ebooks, single-issue or subscription at Weightless Books, helps us pay our authors a pro rate and pay our First Readers an honorarium.)

https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-424/
https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-424-ebook/dp/B0DST9KMJ3/

🆕 blog! “Book Review: Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck”
★★★★★

After reading Karin Tidbeck's Amatka I knew I needed to read more by her. Jagannath is an exceptional collection of short stories. In turns beautifully silly and oddly romantic.

What does it mean for a man to fall in love with an airship? If God walks the streets, how can He be summoned? Does the Devil rely on…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01/book-review-jagannath-by-karin-tidbeck/

Book Review: Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01/book-review-jagannath-by-karin-tidbeck/

After reading Karin Tidbeck's Amatka I knew I needed to read more by her. Jagannath is an exceptional collection of short stories. In turns beautifully silly and oddly romantic.

What does it mean for a man to fall in love with an airship? If God walks the streets, how can He be summoned? Does the Devil rely on mechanised bureaucracy to connect to people via phone? Each story feels like a half-remembered piece of folklore. There are twists in the tales, but they're rarely cruel.

Rather charmingly, it has been translated from the original Swedish by the author herself!

The decision to translate my own work was born out of an old dream. […] As a result, I’m more careful with the prose, perhaps less adventurous, because without that gut reaction it’s hard to know exactly how something will resonate with …