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  • Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi, 一十四洲

    Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi, 一十四洲

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "Until the day humanity falls."In the year 2020, Earth's magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases...
  • Little Mushroom: Revelations by Shisi, 一十四洲

    Little Mushroom: Revelations by Shisi, 一十四洲

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With the retrieval of his spore, An Zhe is closer than ever to being discovered as a xenogenic in the Northern Base. As dissident thorns borne from the Garden of Eden pierce through civilization’s peaceful façade, An Zhe takes this opportunity to escape the human base once and for all.Just one last obstacle stands in his way: Lu Feng...
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  • Judgment Day by Shisi

    Judgment Day by Shisi

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Until the day humanity falls."In the year 2020, Earth's magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases...
  • The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune

    The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: his parents are dead, his older brother wants nothing to do with him, and he's been fired from his job as a journalist in Washington DC. With nothing left to lose, he returns to his family's summer cabin outside the small mountain town of Roseland, Oregon to try and find some sense of direction. The cabin should be empty. It's not...
  • 残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 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
  • 残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 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
  • Kensho by Lyn Gala

    Kensho by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Kensho and Other Short Tales and Tails from the Claimings UniverseLiam and Ondry have a stable relationship. However, the universe continues to move on even when their unconventional romance has settled into a comfortable partnership. Humans and Rownt struggle to find a place of mutual respect and understanding. Assumptions on each side make that difficult...
  • Clyde and Hay by C.W. Gray

    Clyde and Hay by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 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: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 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...
  • Starship Mine (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron

    Starship Mine (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 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
  • Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
  • Cross by S.E. Harmon

    Cross by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 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 by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Lonely Shore by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book two of Chaos StationAll 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...
  • Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Rahim by Kiki Burrelli, Crista Crown

    Rahim by Kiki Burrelli, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A frozen prince calls for a hero. The Fires send him a warrior. For Rahim, life with his warrior brothers couldn’t be better, now that they’re not fighting for their survival on a pirate ship. Free to soar through space, Rahim and his kif are on a mission to explore their way home. When they get a cryptic invitation from a mysterious source, they eagerly answer the call...
  • Samun by Kiki Burrelli

    Samun by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Long ago, Samun accepted that the Fires intended for him to be single. He’s too direct, too literal, too focused. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t felt a pang of longing as each member of his kif met their mates and started building families of their own. He’s thankful for his kif. Otherwise, he’d always feel on the outside how he feels on the inside—alone...
  • The Rebel's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The Rebel's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 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
  • Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 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
  • 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: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Ends, Means, Laws and an Angry Ship (Claimings) by Lyn Gala

    Ends, Means, Laws and an Angry Ship (Claimings) by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    The new Rownt contracts have helped Command retake the rebel planets. And now refugees are fleeing toward the edges of space.  Ex-Command officer Tyce Robinson has a price on his head. He and the crew of the Dragon have all broken laws, and they refuse to be condemned to an Earth prison...
  • The Alien's Healer by Ella Maven

    The Alien's Healer by Ella Maven

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Contains male/male content... of the alien kind.Two warriors need a little healing, and they find it in each other. The Alien's Healer is a free novella for fans of the Drixonian Warrior series, and is best read as a companion novel to the other books...
  • Mercs by Jay Allan

    Mercs by Jay Allan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
  • Turbulence by Lyn Gala

    Turbulence by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Corporal Jacqs Glebov is a simple soldier who wants a bunk, decent food and the company of other battle-hardened men and women who understand the realities of fighting. Instead he's stuck patrolling a remote corner of the border with cadets straight out of boot camp. They don't understand him, and he sure doesn't have an ounce of respect for them...
  • Matthew's Chance by Odessa Lynne

    Matthew's Chance by Odessa Lynne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Once every three years, humans become sexual prey to a species that has no control over the urge to mate because of an unexpected and devastating attraction to human scent. Three years have passed since Matthew switched loyalties in the conflict between humans and the alien species they call "wolves...
  • Skip Trace by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Skip Trace by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 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: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 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: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 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
  • Stitch by Eli Easton, Jamie Fessenden

    Stitch by Eli Easton, Jamie Fessenden

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
  • Adverse Effects by Cia_, Alicia Nordwell

    Adverse Effects by Cia_, Alicia Nordwell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Dade, human-Caeorleian hybrid and ex-military grunt, doesn’t fit in—not with humans, not with aliens, not anywhere. He’s always on the outskirts, angry, and people aren’t sure they can trust him. When he encounters a compatible tziu named Yaseke, secrets, misunderstandings, and attacks nearly prevent the two from making a connection Dade sorely needs...
  • The Degan Paradox by Rob Colton

    The Degan Paradox by Rob Colton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • The Battle For Black by Tricia Owens

    The Battle For Black by Tricia Owens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to In the Blink of an Eye. While Black and Calyx work to deepen their relationship in the wake of the Consortium disaster, enemies and lovers from Black's past rise up to drag him and JC2 into a gang war against Genesis that will test everyone's loyalties and force Black to decide who he is and who he fights for...
  • Gyrfalcon by Anna Butler

    Gyrfalcon by Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Earth's last known colony, Albion, is fighting an alien enemy. In the first of the Taking Shield series, Shield Captain Bennet is dropped behind the lines to steal priceless intelligence. A dangerous job, and Bennet doesn't need the distractions of changing relationships with his long-term partner, Joss, or with his father-and with Flynn, the new lover who will turn his world upside-down...
  • Demons Don't Dream by Hannah Walker

    Demons Don't Dream by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Being the Terran ambassador assigned to Kenistal, the Demon home world, is not a particularly easy posting. Caris Dealyn wants nothing more than to get this assignment done so he can continue searching for his missing Avanti friends...
  • Hell for the Company by Angel Martinez

    Hell for the Company by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Shax, the Demon Prince of Thieves, has reconciled himself to exile. He has a grand time careening around the galaxy as a high-end, intergalactic purloiner of pretties. Everything's going just fine, thank you very much...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  humor  science fiction  futuristic  aliens  demons  angels
  • The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke

    The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Space station cop Varuna Das is different. He’s half-human, half-dimeti, and the mix of DNA has had some interesting consequences…like a tail he does his best to keep hidden. Well into middle age, he’s used to being treated badly because of his looks, and as much as he hates it, he understands it. Humans and dimeti just finished a twenty-year war, after all...
  • I Want to Be Naughty by Mei Sakuraga

    I Want to Be Naughty by Mei Sakuraga

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Student Council has their eye on Towa Aikawa, the school delinquent. He hides out on the rooftop, it's his special illegal place. He finds Mikado Shirahane on the roof one day. He's the hottest, smartest guy in school, and now he's in Towa's Xanadu...why would Towa find himself falling for him? Perhaps it's the passionate kisses and longing looks from the school stud..
  • Astounding! by Kim Fielding

    Astounding! by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carter Evans is founder and editor-in-chief of Astounding!—a formerly popular spec fiction magazine currently in its death throes. Not only can he do nothing to save it, but stuck in a rathole apartment with few interpersonal connections, he can’t seem to do much to rescue his future either. And certainly all the booze isn’t helping...
  • Cold Fusion by Harper Fox

    Cold Fusion by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Their love is the catalyst that could save the planet…or cost their lives. As an environmental activist for Peace Warrior, Kier Mallory never hesitated to throw himself into dangerous situations. Until his hotheadedness costs the lives of two fellow crewmembers on an anti-whaling mission...
  • Diplomatic Relations by J.L. Langley

    Diplomatic Relations by J.L. Langley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Sci-Regency Novel: sequel to My Regelence Rake Dalton Fairfax, Lord Ashbourne, has always flaunted the rules of Regelence high society. Despite being the heir to the Marquess of Ravensburg and cousin to the Townsend princes, Dalton found his calling in the military, first in the Intergalactic Navy and now the Regelence Special Regiment...
  • Sub Zero (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez

    Sub Zero (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Returning to the frozen planet Aren died on was bound to have complications... A Science Fiction Mystery from Angel MartinezMajor Aren Dalsgaard's newest assignment is to investigate a series of murders on the frigid planet, Drass, where relations between the Treaty settlers and the indigenous inhabitants have taken a nasty turn...
  • Potential Energy by Kim Fielding

    Potential Energy by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When interstellar smuggler Haz Taylor loses his ship, his money, and his tattered reputation, drinking himself to death on a backwater planet seems like his only option. Then the Coalition offers him a contract to return a stolen religious artifact. Sounds simple enough, but politics can be deadly—and the artifact’s not enthusiastic about being returned...
  • Heart Scarab by Anna Butler

    Heart Scarab by Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shield Captain Bennet is on Telnos, a unpleasant little planet inhabited by religious fanatics and unregistered miners running illegal solactinium mines. It’s about to be about to be overrun by the Maess. Bennet’s job is to get out as many civilians as he can, but the enemy arrives before the evacuation is complete. Caught in a vicious fire fight, Bennet is left behind, presumed dead...
  • Healing Touch by Missy Welsh

    Healing Touch by Missy Welsh

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    A routine mission from the Moon Colony to Earth ends in the five-man crew of the Swallowtail being transported to the other side of the galaxy. Met with hostility, captured, and tortured simply for being Human, the three survivors hold little hope for their futures. Captain Noah O'Keefe has lost his ship and his crew to alien forces he didn't even know existed until a few hours ago...
  • Line and Orbit by Sunny Moraine, Lisa Soem

    Line and Orbit by Sunny Moraine, Lisa Soem

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What he’s been taught to fear could be his destiny…and his only hope. Adam Yuga, a rising young star in the imperialist Terran Protectorate, is on the verge of a massive promotion…until a routine physical exam reveals something less than perfection. Genetic flaws are taboo, and Adam soon discovers there’s a thin line between rising star and starving outcast...
  • Incursion (Doctrine Wars) by Aleksandr Voinov

    Incursion (Doctrine Wars) by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fighting with your back to the wall is all well and good—as long as you’ve chosen the right wall. When the local authorities ask Kyle Juenger to hunt a shape-shifting Glyrinny spy, he can’t refuse. After all, he can use the reward to replace his paralyzed legs with cyberware, and maybe even to return to his home planet...
  • Zero Hour by Jordan Castillo Price

    Zero Hour by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a world where life is disposable, two men fight to escape oppression and find the truth…together. Ernest just turned thirty. It’s time for retirement, freedom from the tedious drudgery of his job as a data clerk. Time to emerge from his pod and explore parts of the city he’s never seen before—to meet some actual people. And at the end of the month? Time to die...
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