Wednesday“I have the best ways to kill people at our theater” - Point of Dreams co-author Melissa Scott after enjoying a perfectly timely writing research infodump
Catherine Lundoff#Bookstodon #lgbtqbooks Want to know more about the Astreiant Series by #MelissaScott and Lisa A. Barnett? We’re releasing a new edition this classic gay fantasy series, PLUS a new novella! Here’s a write up of some of the earlier books to whet the appetite: https://reactormag.com/sleeps-with-monsters-the-atmospheric-fantasy-of-melissa-scotts-astreiant-novels/
Sleeps With Monsters: The Atmospheric Fantasy of Melissa Scott's Astreiant Novels - Reactor
Are you guys familiar with the work of Melissa Scott? Because if you’re not, you’re missing out: Five-Twelfths of Heaven and its sequels is amazing science fantasy space opera, Trouble and Her Friends is great cyberpunk, and then there’re the Astreiant novels. I haven’t read Scott’s entire backlist, because some of those books are shamefully […]
#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Can’t make it to Cleveland Concoction this weekend to see the amazing #MelissaScott? Pick up DEATH BY SILVER (gay gaslamp murder mystery! Co-authored with Amy Griswold!) this week on #sale at Smashwords and bask in some great writing! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1357484
Death by Silver
When his nemesis from schoolboy days hires London metaphysician Ned Mathey to investigate his father’s murder, Ned turns to his friend and sometime lover, detective Julian Lynes, for help. Together, they must navigate a magical maze of deceit, danger, their painful past and, perhaps, a future together. Can they solve the mystery and forge a new kind of partnership or will the past prove too much?
#Bookstodon And also 3/8-3/10, #MelissaScott will be a Guest of Honor at an Ohio con that hasn’t announced its guests yet (stay tuned)! In the meantime, she has the Lynes & Mathey books (co-written with Amy Griswold) out with us this year and 2 new novels out with Candlemark & Gleam! donsakers.com/scott/node/3
Charles CastleberryOne of the amusing quirks of being “mostly ace”. I like sincere affection, and I’m delighted to be informed that teh sex is happening, but even more delighted to not have to wade through who is sucking on what and what might be throbbing.
This excerpt is my optimal level of description. 😁
3 weeks until A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by #MelissaScott and #AmyGriswold! Have you #preordered your copy from us (please!), or via #Bookshopdotorg or beyond yet? You can also request it at your local #library! #InkspiralDesign did gorgeous work on the print edition!
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#Announcement time! #fedibookfair #Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon We are giddy with fannish as well as #publisher glee about this one! We’re going to be releasing new editions of #MelissaScott @blueterraplane and Lisa Barnett’s gloriously atmospheric queer Astreiant Series, along with a new #novella by Melissa, in 2024! Stay tuned!
#bookstodon #Lgbtqstodon It’s still #LGBTQHistoryMonth and we have #historicalfantasy! Check out books by #DeeHolloway, #MelissaScott, #AmyGriswold, #AlexAcks, #MichaelMerriam, #HeatherRoseJones and more! Our books are available everywhere, including #Smashwords and beyond! https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/QoSPress
Queen of Swords Press
About Queen of Swords Press: Queen of Swords is an independent small press specializing in swashbuckling tales of derring-do, bold new adventures in time and space, mysterious stories of the occult and arcane and fantastical tales of people and lands far and near. What does that actually mean? It means we like all of the following: swashbuckling tales with female protagonists, people from wide-ranging cultural and racial backgrounds having adventures in outer space, LGBT and/or Q characters engaged in magic and swordplay and historically-flavored stories that reflect diverse casts of characters doing interesting things. Please see www.queenofswordspress.com for more information.
#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Check out a new post by #MelissaScott about her inspiration for writing her #queercyberpunk novel, NIGHT SKY MINE, then pick up your copy with the #PrideStoryBundle! Only 4 more days left! http://www.melissascottwrites.com
Only 7 days left to get the #PrideStoryBundle! Get terrific #queerbooks by #lgbtqauthors like #MelissaScott, #NaseemJamnia, #JScottCoatsworth, #NisiShawl, #SamJMiller, #RBlemberg, #SeanEads and more! And celebrate #PrideMonth by getting all 17 books at the $25 so that part of your purchase price goes to @rainbowrailroad! https://storybundle.com/pride #Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon #bookbundles
