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  • 残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “这是最好的时代,也是最坏的时代。”——狄更斯《双城记》“我带着深藏骨血的仇恨与酝酿多年的阴谋,把自己变成一个死而复生的幽灵,沉入沼泽,沉入深渊,我想埋下腐烂的根系,长出见血封喉的荆棘,刺穿这个虚伪的文明。我到了淤泥深处……捡到了一颗星星。”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.—— C. Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》I took my hatred and plot for revenge with me down the mire, to the depths of the abyss, and returned as a ghost of the past...
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    queer  science fiction  m-m  dystopian  length-epic
  • 残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “这是最好的时代,也是最坏的时代。”——狄更斯《双城记》“我带着深藏骨血的仇恨与酝酿多年的阴谋,把自己变成一个死而复生的幽灵,沉入沼泽,沉入深渊,我想埋下腐烂的根系,长出见血封喉的荆棘,刺穿这个虚伪的文明。我到了淤泥深处……捡到了一颗星星。”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.—— C. Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》I took my hatred and plot for revenge with me down the mire, to the depths of the abyss, and returned as a ghost of the past...
    Categorized as:
    queer  science fiction  m-m  dystopian  length-epic
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  • Starship Mine by Peter Cawdron

    Starship Mine by Peter Cawdron

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    James Patterson is a gay accountant living in Keyes, Oklahoma—deep in the Bible Belt—the religious heartland of America...
    Categorized as:
    queer  science fiction  aliens  m-m  length-novella
  • Clyde and Hay by C.W. Gray

    Clyde and Hay by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Charybdis Station!Clyde Dailyn is a Grell that knows his own mind, thank you very much! He wants absolutely nothing to do with a life mate, despite the restless loneliness that's keeping him awake. A mate means trusting another person and that is one thing he refuses to do...
  • Regi's Goddess by Lyn Gala

    Regi's Goddess by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Regi and Dante landed on one of the Empire's border planets while the exalteds try to understand the involvement of the gods. Regi's people are xenophobic, so he's determined that his crew will make a good impression. The alternative is unthinkable, especially with so many Kowri suggesting that the gods would rather see the outsiders dead rather than show them respect...
  • Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Charybdis Station!Fire may be a deadly Crellic Element, but he much prefers napping and snacking to murdering armies. After centuries of being used as a weapon, he's finally able to live peacefully on Charybdis Station. While he's content to spend his days visiting his friends and raiding their homes for food, he longs for one more thing. A mate to call his own...
    Categorized as:
    queer  science fiction  m-m  aliens  length-novella
  • Constant by Lexi Ander

    Constant by Lexi Ander

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can a Warlord and a Prince find love when the galaxy is on the brink of war?Chief Warlord Sohm'lan has a job he loves protecting the family who claims him as one of their own. He has known the loss of a mate and believed he would walk alone for the rest of his life… that is until Prince Mestor demanded more from him than duty...
  • Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Charybdis Station!Dr. Verion Morrick is complicated. No, really. Not too long ago, Verion was simply a divorced research scientist on Frost Veil who wanted to reconnect with his estranged son. Now, a few years, one death and resurrection later, Verion is a new person -- both Death, the Crellic Element, and Verion Morrick. One being that helped protect the galaxy from an insidious evil...
    Categorized as:
    queer  science fiction  m-m  aliens  length-novella
  • Cross by S.E. Harmon

    Cross by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    I thought getting shot, losing my memory, and being hunted by people I didn’t know for reasons I couldn’t remember was rock bottom. Turns out I was wrong. I found a shovel, dug a little deeper, and found a whole new sublevel of suck. Apparently, I took something from the Formicary that doesn't belong to me. The boss, Petar Dobroslav, is willing to do just about anything to get it back...
  • Lonely Shore: M/M Space Opera Second Chance Romance by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Lonely Shore: M/M Space Opera Second Chance Romance by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All they can do is live day to day…Felix Ingesson has returned to his duties as the Chaos’s engineer with Zander Anatolius, his ex-boyfriend-turned-broken-super-soldier, at his side. Hope means something again. But there’s nothing Felix can do to battle the alien poison flowing through Zander’s veins, or his imminent mental decline...
  • Without The Game by Manna Francis

    Without The Game by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Another short story in The Administration series...
  • Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zander and Felix's relationship has been to the brink and back: the Human-Stin War, imprisonment and an actual death/resurrection. Zander's death, to be specific, and the experience has left him…changed. The mysterious race known as the Guardians chose to revive him and appointed him as their emissary...
  • The Rebel's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The Rebel's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Charybdis Station and the crew of the Blue Solace: (Seventh Book in the series) Finn Sterling is still adjusting to becoming the lieutenant of the blue fleet of Charybdis Station. As an orphan on Cardinal Hold, he never imagined he would have a position of authority as an adult and the trust his friends put in him makes failure impossible...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  science fiction  aliens  length-short
  • Rebellion by Hannah Walker

    Rebellion by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ferido Einadi has worked at the heart of the Barin Alliance. As a Founding Senator, he’s supposed to be in a position to create the change the Alliance needs to improve life for all its citizens. Instead, he finds himself at odds with those in command, those who are desperate to control the Alliance and shape it to their own desires...
    Categorized as:
    queer  military  m-m  science fiction  length-long
  • Beyond Reason by Lee McCormick

    Beyond Reason by Lee McCormick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes the hardest thing is being the only one left alive. Axel Fetterman: The Cleaner Twenty-two years ago, my world ended. I was called to a scene to find the man I loved, cold and lifeless, on the ground. Every moment between now and then has been nothing more than existing between one breath and the next while dealing with the grief of losing the one person I couldn’t live without...
    Categorized as:
    queer  science fiction  m-m  length-medium
  • The Harvest Young: Bound by Love by M.A. Church

    The Harvest Young: Bound by Love by M.A. Church

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will history repeat itself?Years of peace are shattered with a devastating strike against the very heart of Tah’Nar, and war threatens once more.Prince Hamza Shou: Young to King Duran and King Consort Jolak. Grief stricken. Angry. Vengeful. Screams of the dying stalk his waking moments. Death surrounds him even as he plots...
  • Tis the Season for Tentacles by Chloe Archer

    Tis the Season for Tentacles by Chloe Archer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    BLURB FORTHCOMINGTis the Season for Tentacles is part of the multi-author winter holiday M/M tentacle romance collaboration, Tinsel and Tentacles 2.0. All books are standalones but may be connected to some authors’ pre-existing worlds...
    Categorized as:
    queer  aliens  science fiction  m-m
  • Mercs by Jay Allan

    Mercs by Jay Allan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Earth has been a scarred ruin for three decades, its scattered people struggling to survive amid the poisoned and radioactive wreckage of the final war between its despotic Superpowers. While the people of Earth struggle to survive, out on the frontier, on a thousand worlds, mankind thrives and grows, building new civilizations and looking boldly to the future...
  • Stitch by Eli Easton, Jamie Fessenden

    Stitch by Eli Easton, Jamie Fessenden

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stitch is an anthology of 4 novellas by m/m romance authors, each with a Frankenstein/Creature theme. It is the first in a series of gothic m/m romance anthologies called gothika. The stories in this volume are: Made For Aaron by Sue Brown As a teenager, Aaron Fox was sent to an asylum by his parents because he was gay, leaving him emotionally fragile after the treatment...
  • Shopping, No Fucking by Manna Francis

    Shopping, No Fucking by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Another short story in The Administration series.Warrick and Toreth finally go shopping for curtains...
  • Unaccustomed As I Am... by Manna Francis

    Unaccustomed As I Am... by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Another short story in The Administration series.Sara has been Toreth's admin for 10 years now. They are all are her big decade party...
  • Pool School by Manna Francis

    Pool School by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Another short story in The Administration series.The whole cast of characters go out for an evening of strip clubs. Warrick and Toreth decide to play a game of Strip Pool...
  • Mirror Mirror by Manna Francis

    Mirror Mirror by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Another short story in The Administration series...
  • Hanger, Vol. 2 by Hirotaka Kisaragi

    Hanger, Vol. 2 by Hirotaka Kisaragi

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In a futuristic Neo-Tokyo, crime is rising rapidly in the wake of a new generation of super-drugs capable of enhancing the user's physical and mental abilities. Hajime Tsukomo is a new recruit on a federal task force trained to go after these powered-up criminals...
  • Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zander and Felix’s relationship has always pushed boundaries—personal and professional alike—but their love and commitment is stronger than ever. So strong that Zander’s ready to ask commitment-shy Felix the question of a lifetime when he’s interrupted...
  • Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    衣冠禽兽疯批攻,爹味冷漠离异受。孤例精神病少年和冷漠医生的故事。The story of an isolated psychopathic teenager and an indifferent doctor...
  • Regi's Huuman by Lyn Gala

    Regi's Huuman by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    Regi has settled into a comfortable life away from his home and family and gods. By choosing to leave the Empire, he chose to leave all those behind and live alone and godless. He still claimed to follow Poque, goddess of wanderers, but he doesn't expect her to notice him as he serves on Coalition ships...
  • Delphini: Damage Control by Hannah Walker, Kellie Dennis Book Cover By Design

    Delphini: Damage Control by Hannah Walker, Kellie Dennis Book Cover By Design

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Dax and Bell crash land on an unknown planet they only have one objective— find their friends and fellow Avanti. Of course Bell needs to heal up from his injuries first, then they have to work out where to go. Their biggest problem is— they hadn’t counted on the world they landed on being quite as large as it was...
  • Once Upon an Ocania by Hannah Walker

    Once Upon an Ocania by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After their trip to Berinias is delayed, thoughts turn to both love and the future. Ocania, a day of love for mated pairs, gives the men a treasured day off. But with love in the air, all the Avanti seem to feel the pull, pushing some to go after those they want and try to fulfil their hearts desire...
  • Cam's Fortune by Odessa Lynne

    Cam's Fortune by Odessa Lynne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once every three years, humans become sexual prey to a species that has no control over the urge to mate because of a devastating attraction to human scent...
    Categorized as:
    queer  science fiction  m-m  aliens  length-medium
  • The Chains of Their Sins by Anna Butler

    The Chains of Their Sins by Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **First Place Winner 2017 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Sci-fi//Futuristic. ****Third Place Winner 2017 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Book.**Shield Captain Bennet arrives on the Gyrfalcon to take up his final year's posting before returning to the Shield Regiment after his rotation out.On the Gyrfalcon he faces up to the fallout from Makepeace—ethical, political and above all, personal...
  • Leopold by M.D. Grimm

    Leopold by M.D. Grimm

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    How does a human survive in an alien dominated InterGalactic Community? By becoming an assassin, of course. At least, that’s what Leopold thought when he became an assassin for the elite. Pretending to be an alien known as Voidstriker, Leopold feeds his appetite for vengeance, killing aliens as well as taking their money. It's a win-win to his mind...
  • Cargo by Kiki Burrelli

    Cargo by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lust at first sight Phoenix spots the tall, dark and dangerously sexy man in line behind him at the club immediately. He thinks he's found a dance partner for the night, but the stranger has other plans. Jax has worked his entire life to become the best sourcer on Akar, maybe even in all of Zila Galaxy...
  • Eating Stars by Angel Martinez

    Eating Stars by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Flee. Scatter. Take your mates and your offspring and run.The escape pods fall to Earth one by one over the course of weeks, a mysterious and diverse alien diaspora, each pod containing a different alien race and leaving the world's governments scrambling to deal with this unexpected immigration...
  • The Barony Bet by Kai Butler

    The Barony Bet by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A wager he can’t lose... Lord Deva lives a charmed life. As the son and heir of one of the Empire’s wealthiest lords, Deva’s biggest problem is protecting his younger siblings from their father’s wrath. But when Deva’s actions place him on the verge of disinheritance, his only hope is an insurmountable task...
  • The Degan Paradox by Rob Colton

    The Degan Paradox by Rob Colton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The adventure continues in this action-packed follow up to The Degan Incident and The Cassini Mission! Peri McSmith is aboard the U.S.C. Cassini, en route to the Degan Homeworld. A routine medical examination reveals a startling yet impossible link between Peri and the Cassini’s last mission...
  • Skip Trace by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Skip Trace by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book three of Chaos Station Zander Anatolius has been revived from the fatal effects of the super-soldier program, but now he has to face his estranged family and tell a story few would believe. With his lover and the crew of the Chaos at his side, Zander returns home to a media frenzy, threats from the military and pressure to join the family business...
  • Tate's Torment by Hannah Walker

    Tate's Torment by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a rare day out goes disastrously wrong, the men have to fight for the survival of one of their own. Their actions spark an appearance by the Conclave, leaving the Avanti's future in the hands of those who choose to destroy them. Tate will give up everything to save his friends, even if it means losing Dariux and a love he never imagined he would find...
  • 绝处逢生 Thrive in Catastrophe by Jiao Tang Dong Gua, 焦糖冬瓜

    绝处逢生 Thrive in Catastrophe by Jiao Tang Dong Gua, 焦糖冬瓜

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This story is about a rookie researcher, who was forcefully dragged away from his restful life, compelled into facing various killers and zombies, always having to risk his life at the brink of death, and finally becoming an advanced researcher that is acclaimed by all...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  science fiction  dystopian  length-epic
  • Nightmare by Steven Harper

    Nightmare by Steven Harper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the future, dreams keep the universe running. Dreamers, known as "Silent," are able to look into other people's dreams, communicate with other Silent across the galaxy, and speak to aliens. Silent construct dreams for themselves more vivid than reality.But some dreams have become nightmares...Kendi Weaver doesn't know he's Silent...
  • Going Roswell by Jess Whitecroft

    Going Roswell by Jess Whitecroft

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Just when personal trainer Sean Michael ‘Finn’ Finnegan thought he’d got used to dating a movie star, he finds himself getting used to dating a Hollywood producer. Superhero star Chase Morrow has moved on. Following his dramatic disappearance – when he fell in love, out of the closet and into a Bigfoot costume – he’s producing a TV pilot about the Roswell Incident...
  • Gravitational Forces by Christine Wright

    Gravitational Forces by Christine Wright

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just when he thought he was safe… Trouble seemed to find Del no matter what he did. He got caged as a pet to a fly, caught in a trap as food, chased by a crazy, saw-wielding doctor and found himself mated to an alien Captain. Three months after the consummation of their relationship Del thought that trouble was far behind him...
  • Pit Babe #พิษเบ๊บ by alittlebixth

    Pit Babe #พิษเบ๊บ by alittlebixth

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Makepeace by Anna Butler

    Makepeace by Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Second Place Winner 2016 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Sci-fi//Futuristic. ** Returning to duty following his long recovery from the injuries he sustained during the events recounted in Heart Scarab, Shield Captain Bennet accepts a tour of duty in Fleet as flight captain on a dreadnought...
  • The Course of Honour by Avoliot

    The Course of Honour by Avoliot

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Jainan arrived on Iskat to represent his home planet in a diplomatic marriage to Imperial Prince Taam, he was naïve enough to hope the match would work. Taam knew better. Five years later, his confidence shattered, Jainan is released when Taam dies in an accident, only to be faced with another marriage to help salvage his treaty...
    Categorized as:
    queer  science fiction  m-m  length-medium
  • Imperfect Match by Jordan Castillo Price

    Imperfect Match by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A man whose future is assigned - A heart that yearns to be free. Lee Kennedy’s destiny is controlled by the Algorithm. It’s the reason he’s still in college, regardless of his good academic performance. He’s switched his major repeatedly and stalled on his Master’s thesis, but there’s only so much longer he can hold out. Because once he graduates, the Algorithm must be triggered...
  • The Harvest Young: Bound by Destiny by M.A. Church

    The Harvest Young: Bound by Destiny by M.A. Church

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Destiny brought them together even before they were born. Raiden Shou, a fierce and loving Tah’Narian warrior, has everything he ever wanted. A loving mate, a highly sought-after position as Chief Helmsman of the Unity, and now the possibility of a young in the near future. But destiny never promised life would be easy...
  • The Inconvenient Count by Kai Butler

    The Inconvenient Count by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A widowed Count…Everyone in society knows newly titled Count Yun Rit killed his husband. After being trapped into a marriage by parents who wanted a peerage in their family, what was to stop him from murdering his elderly spouse and stealing the title? Only Yun didn’t kill his husband and proving his innocence would expose some devastating truths about his heart and his past...
  • Love Slaves of the Alphas: Volume 2 by Shannon West

    Love Slaves of the Alphas: Volume 2 by Shannon West

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    FIRST TIME IN ONE VOLUME!  Books Four through Six of Shannon's acclaimed sci-fi series.Reluctant Alpha (Book Four)Handsome, young Kai is living a lie. On Scythia, male children are “rejected” so his mother, the queen, hid his true sex all his life...
  • Regi's Crew by Lyn Gala

    Regi's Crew by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 5 ratings
    Dante and Regi have finally proven to the Kowri that the gods have blessed Dante, which means executing the outsiders is not an option. They are still stranded on a Kowri world surrounded by people who hate them, but they aren't in immediate danger of execution. Hopefully. With the xenophobia temporarily under control, the crew can focus on fixing their ship so they can return to Coalition space...
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