Elizabeth Bear has announced a new Karen Memory novella titled Stone Mad, bought by Tor.com Publishing and scheduled to be released in 2018. Also watch for the first book in her new Lotus Kingdoms trilogy The Stone in the Skull coming in October 2017.

Gregor Hartmann shared some great news: “My story “Everyone Is Rising,” which was critiqued here about two years ago, has been published in the current (February) issue of Perihelion. The editor said he liked it — except for the last page. So I wrote an alternative ending. He didn’t like that, and proposed a second […]

Graham Brand wrote to say: “The first story I workshopped here at OWW, “The First Hundred”, has just appeared in issue 27 of Neo-Opsis magazine. Thanks again for the crits.”

The cover for the first book in Elizabeth Bear’s new Lotus Kingdom series was revealed today. The Stone In The Skull comes out from Tor on October 10th. You can see the cover here.

Jodi Meadows has a new fantasy trilogy in the works, and the first book will be released September of 2017. Watch for Before She Ignites (Fallen Isles Trilogy #1). JJ Roth wrote to say: “My dark fiction flash piece, “Rumpelstiltskins,” appeared in the inaugural issue of Unnerving Magazine in December. I also sold an original […]

Jeremiah Tolbert has a new story in the January issue of Lightspeed. You can read “The West Topeka Triangle” online January 17th.

Jeffrey Steven Abrams writes to tell us: “My short story, “Unpredictable” was just published in the December 12th issue of A Lonely Riot magazine.” You can read the story here. C.L. Polk had really big news this week. Her debut novel, Witchmark, sold to Tor.com, with an unnamed second book to follow. Fran Wilde shared […]

Gary Butler wrote to tell us: “I’m pleased to say that I’ve had another acceptance. It’s the sequel to my story “The Way Out” imaginatively titled “The Way In.” You can read the story here.”

Lyndsey E. Gilbert’s story “The Grave Game” will appear in Potter’s Field 6 by Alban Lake Publishing, out in 2017 Meg Mac Donald will have a story in the shared world anthology Masques of Darkover. Watch for it in 2017.  

Elizabeth Bear made a great announcement this week. Saga Press has bought her new space opera novel, Ancestral Nights, and will be publishing it here in the US in 2018. This is the first of a duology originally sold to Gollancz in the UK. Saga and Gollancz plan to publish the novel simultaneously on both […]