Ep. 61 - Where Are All the Old Queers? Fantasy, History & Survival with Rena Rockford

★WHERE YOU CAN FIND RENA★ Website - RenaTheWriter.com BlueSky - @RenaTheWriter Books - Search Rena Rockford on Amazon ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Queerolina TV - tv.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ In this conversation, Rena Rockford — bisexual queer fantasy author, space geologist,and government worker — sits down with the Queer Vision to talk about writing the stories nobody seems to want to publish but everybody needs. Her debut with Space Wizard Science Fantasy, Mothball Magic, follows old queer witches who fought in World  War II and are back to save the world again — blood pressure medication and all. Rena digs into why queer elders are erased from literature, why older queer people go back into the closet when they become dependent on conservative caretakers, and why publishing has no vehicle for stories at these intersections. The conversation also covers rewritten history, the Roman Empire as a model for civilizational collapse, space geology, and why the rocks on every planet in every galaxy are exactly the same. ★Keywords★ queer fantasy, elder queers, queer representation, urban fantasy, indie publishing,Space Wizard Science Fantasy, Mothball Magic, geology, history, World War II,bisexual, queer erasure, California, survival, civilization, kindness