Call For Submissions: Short Stories For The Sci-Fi Romance Quarterly

Dearest authors, you know how much I enjoy science fiction romance. If this is your first time visiting The Galaxy Express, then I'm here to tell you how much I love reading sci-fi romance!

 

For the sake of my voracious reading appetite as well as that of all SFR fans, please consider submitting a sci-fi romance short story to the Sci-Fi Romance Quarterly. 

I, along with K.S. Augustin and Diane Dooley, have teamed together to deliver science fiction romance news and entertainment in a brand new format. This free digital magazine will include a short story in each issue. The first installment launches November 15, 2013.

Here are some of the advantages of publishing a short with us:

Will We Ever Get To Play The Sime~Gen RPG AMBROV X?

Back in September, I shared the news about AMBROV X, a role-playing video game based on author Jacqueline Lichtenberg’s Sime~Gen Universe:

Set in the award winning Sime~Gen Universe by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah, Ambrov X casts players in a far distant future as leaders of an unlikely but elite crew tasked with planting space beacons which allow for faster than light space travel. The Ambrov X saga unfolds into an action-packed story of first contact. Complete with epic battles and emotional decision making, Ambrov X brings to life the single-player, story-driven RPG through a thrilling space opera adventure. Ambrov X is scheduled for a 2015 release on Windows, OS X and Linux. With alternate releases for XBOX, PS4, iOS and Android to be released at a later date.

Here’s the basic premise:

SFR News & Links For November 2013

Banish the boredom and reading slumps away with this month's science fiction romance news and new releases!

New releases

GOSSAMER WING (Steam and Seduction #1) - Delphine Dryden

A spy. An airship. And a broken heart.

After losing her husband to a rogue French agent, Charlotte Moncrieffe wants to make her mark in international espionage. And what could be better for recovering secret long-lost documents from the Palais Garnier than her stealth dirigible, Gossamer Wing? Her spymaster father has one condition: He won’t send her to Paris without an ironclad cover.

Dexter Hardison prefers inventing to politics, but his title as Makesmith Baron and his formidable skills make him an ideal husband-imposter for Charlotte. And the unorthodox undercover arrangement would help him in his own field of discovery.

But from Charlotte and Dexter’s marriage of convenience comes a distraction—a passion that complicates an increasingly dangerous mission. For Charlotte, however, the thought of losing Dexter also opens her heart to a thrilling new future of love and adventure.

Happy Halloween!

This Halloween prank video by Tom Mabe has nothing to do with science fiction romance, but it's so funny and fantastic I just had to share. Safe for work as well as kids 6 and up. My favorite part is the scene with the two male joggers. Enjoy!

Renae Jones' TASTE OF PASSION And the "Rarity" Connection

I'm tellin' ya, there are days when being a science fiction romance fan with a wide range of interests--and I do mean wide--comes in mighty handy! Case in point: Renae Jones' erotic sci-fi romance novella TASTE OF PASSION (Carina Press) and MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC. 

OMG this post is going to be epic! Wait until you see the connection. I can't believe how lucky I am!

First, read the blurb for TASTE OF PASSION:

Fedni, an empath who can taste emotion, was once a highly desirable courtesan. But the conquering New Earth Federation has abolished her temple, forcing her into early retirement and making her struggle to find her place in a transformed world.

Lonely and bored, she visits her ruggedly handsome new neighbor, an off-worlder doctor named Rasmus whose strange ways and delicious body arouse more than her curiosity. Hot, hard lust flares between them, and a series of steamy encounters reveals to Fedni a generous lover.

But incredible sex can't keep their cultural differences at bay. Rasmus is disgusted by the temple system, and Fedni leaps to defend her way of life and to show him the beauty of her traditions. As their heated arguments make them each question their long-held beliefs, Fedni must reconcile her newfound knowledge and her pride in her past, or risk losing the man who stokes her passion to new heights.

Now I'm going to set up the MLP context.

I've been watching the television series MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC with my seven year-old daughter. Because of the merchandising machine related to the show, I was initially wary about the show's quality. But my daughter loved the new discovery, so I soldiered on.