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Inside an Anthology: Amplitudes ed. by Lee Mandelo
Today on the site I’m delighted to help offer a peek inside the upcoming trans SFF anthology Amplitudes: An Anthology of Trans and Queer Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo and releasing May 27th from Erewhon Books! Here’s a little more about the collection: Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, ed. by Lee Mandelo (May 27th) From self-styled knights fighting in dystopian city streets to…
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We awaken with Riverson, 32nd ruler of the Stag Empire, as he attempts to govern without the memories of his previous lives. To survive th
We awaken with Riverson, 32nd ruler of the Stag Empire, as he attempts to govern without the memories of his previous lives. To survive the ever-sharpening gears of war, he will need to mend the political schisms threatening to tear his empire apart while maintaining the erotic rituals holding off the eldritch horror known only as the Rapacious.
“We will eat the stars and drench the darkness in ecstasy.”
Bendi Berrett's Empire of the Feast is a sci-fi novella with a touch of magic, compact and luxurious. In less than a hundred pages, the author paints the delicate balance of an intergalactic empire held together against an eldritch foe only thanks to the power surges created by a never-ending orgy. Despite the particular subject, the book isn't too explicit, and follows the efforts of the newly resurrected Emperor attempting to regain his footing and stop a coup, having been brought back memoryless and with a different gender. This delightfully queer page-turner of a novella packs a complex journey that resolves in less than a day; it only stumbles in the Epilogue, where it tries to tie too neat a bow to the detriment of a perfect roller-coaster.
✨ 4 stars
[You can find more of my reviews about queer speculative fiction on my blog MISTY WORLD]
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