Charles Payseur

Charles Payseur is an avid reader, writer, and reviewer of speculative fiction. His works have appeared in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Lightspeed Magazine, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, among others, and many are included in his debut collection, The Burning Day and Other Strange Stories (Lethe Press 2021). He is the series editor of We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction (Neon Hemlock Press) and a multiple-time Hugo and Ignyte Award finalist for his work at Quick Sip Reviews. He now reviews short fiction at Locus Magazine.&nbsp;When not drunkenly discussing Goosebumps, X-Men comic books, and his cats on his Patreon (/quicksipreviews) and Bluesky (@cypayseur.bsky.social), he can probably found raising a beer with his husband, Matt, in their home in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. What this Patreon allows me to do is write and reviews more freely and widely.WHAT YOU GET AT ANY LEVEL<ul><li>updates and personal thoughts/comments/news/etc</li><li>Some Queer Short SFF - curated lists of short SFF featuring queer characters (often but not always by queer authors)</li><li>reviews of what I've been reading, watching, playing, etc.</li><li>discussion posts where we can dig deeper into some speculative short fiction</li><li>and more!</li></ul>Things I Do/Have Done Elsewhere (not covered directly by this Patreon but things I do around the internets &amp; beyond)<ul><li>Locus Magazine - short fiction reviews [2022-2025]</li><li>Quick Sip Reviews - so many reviews [2015-2022]</li><li>The Monthly Round - monthly recommendations by way of booze pairings at Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together [2014-2018]</li><li>X Marks the Story - a monthly recommendation list at The Book Smugglers [2019-2021]</li></ul>

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