September 1st, 2023 The Librarian Card Catalogue is now live on Kickstarter. January 17th, 2022 Our list of 2022 Hugo Awards eligible short stories and editor can be found on the eligibility page. January 3rd, 2022 We now have open call submissions for a story anthology for 2022 - The Librarian. Information on our submissions page. October 13th, 2021 We now have open call submissions for a story anthology for 2022 - Orpheus + Eurydice Unbound. Information on our submissions page. August 31st, 2021 We will be running a Kickstarter Campaign beginning 8/31 for Upon a Thrice Time to help us with book printing costs. Click here for more info. July 9th, 2021 Preorders for Future Perfect in Past Tense are now open. March 2nd, 2021 We will be running a Kickstarter Campaign beginning 3/2 for Upon a Twice Time to help us afford more stories and authors. Click here for more info. January 2nd, 2021 Preorders for The Wild Hunt are now open. December 26th, 2020 Upon a Once Time has been nominated for the Critters Writers Workshop Readers Poll for Best 2020 Anthology. Voting is going on now and we'd love to have your support! December 3rd, 2020 We now have open call submissions for a story anthology for 2021 - Upon a Twice Time. Information on our submissions page. October 29th, 2020 Upon a Once Time is now for sale in its limited edition, illustrated format. We are also taking preorders for the standard edition, second printing of the book. August 13th, 2020 We will be running a Kickstarter Campaign beginning 8/18 for Upon a Once Time to help us afford more stories and authors. Click here for more info. July 21st, 2020 Tangent Online review of The Forest God. July 2nd, 2020 We now have open call submissions for two story anthologies for 2021 - Upon a Once Time and The Wild Hunt. Information on our submissions page. June 8th, 2020 Preorders for NeverwasEarth are now open. June 4th, 2020 A review of The Forest God at Book, Blog & Candle. May 22nd, 2020 Preorders for NeverisEarth are now open. May 3rd, 2020 Preorders for The Forest God are now open. February 3rd, 2020 Polis is at the printer. January 25th, 2020 Polis will be sent to the printer shortly. Pre-orders now open. The finished book will ship on, or around, February 28th. October 30th, 2019 The Bus To Adventure City has been sent to the printer. If you have pre-ordered or are thinking about pre-ordering a copy, finished book will ship on or around December 9th. October 21st, 2019 Submission and FAQ information for next year's book Polis now has a link here. June 1st, 2019 Preorders for NevermorEarth are now open. May 1st, 2019 Now available - Qila Kolis a book of poetic stories in an imaginary city. September 17th, 2018 We are announcing a new anthology of Science Fantasy/Planetary Romance stories by Samantha Barrett, Sarah Daly, Jamie Lackey and Cat Rambo, with a cover by illustrator Chelsea Lang (www.chelsealang.com). Projected release date is January 31, 2019. Stay tuned for preorder information. September 17th, 2018 A review of Kyth the Taker at Celestial Attic. May 9th, 2018 A review of The Blood of Four Gods at Tangent Online. February 13th, 2018 A Metal Box Floating Between Stars by Jamie Lackey will be accepting preorders beginning March 15th. Release date for the book is March 26th. Turning Point by Steph Swainston will be accepting preorders beginning March 31st. Release date for the book is May 19th. December 29th, 2017 Extremely pleased to be able to announce we will be publishing new books by Steph Swainston in 2018! First up - Turning Point a collection of short stories (several of which have never been published before in English) documenting the histories of Comet, Simoon and Lightning at critical turning points in their lives - will be coming out mid-summer. We will have more information about preorders in a few months. For now stay tuned to us on Twitter or on Facebook. December 1st, 2017 A review of Kyth the Taker at The Archaeolibrarian. October 1st, 2017 A review of The Blood of Four Gods at Tangent Online. September 29th, 2017 A review of The Blood of Four Gods at The Archaeolibrarian. August 25, 2017 The Blood of Four Gods is now available. August 2, 2017 Preorders for The Blood of Four Gods are now being accepted. Revised release date is September 1, 2017. July 20, 2017 A review of Kyth the Taker - https://conniesboekkies.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/9802/ A somewhat rough translation: "Previously on my blog I discussed two books written by Steph Swainston, the covers designed by Todd Sanders. I admire his work and therefore follow him on Twitter. Via Twitter, I received from him the request as to whether I read short stories as well as books. I certainly do not read them as often as I would like. I received from him a collection containing three short stories with the request of a review on my blog. After reading, I certainly thought it worthwhile to discuss my blog, just in Dutch ... I'm sure the readers who love fantasy and excitement and reading English can appreciate these stories! Jonathan L. Howard is game designer, scriptwriter and a true veteran in the computer games world. He writes fantasy and young adult stories. His first novel dates back to 2009. Kyth the Taker is a collection of three short stories about Kyth, a thief and mercenary. Two of the stories previously appeared in a fantasy magazine 'The Black Gate' and were received with great praise. Kyth is the hero of the story, though she is a hard-boiled thief and mercenary who is hired to tidy up all kinds of little matters. She is smart, challenging and an especially strong woman who can hold her own in a world of crazy men. In all three stories, she does not walk away from a challenge. What especially interested me is that there a psychological undertone to the stories. Kyth's mindset is well described and far from violence and pure action. Of course there is the necessary tension, but this in the tales has been interwoven in a different manner. The stories are written well, characters are well defined, and although the stories are about the same person, each is its own narrative. There is a clear beginning and end, so you can step into the story because the writer provides enough information to properly follow the story. And I always think that is clever in short stories. Sometimes I think writing in a short story that is often more difficult because you have less time to convey what is needed to keep the reader's attention. And that is successful in this collection. Furthermore, the main character is a powerful figure that really deserves more than a short story, I think she can carry a whole novel! Thanks to Todd Sanders for making available the reading copy and the image of the cover." June 14, 2017 We will be publishing a short story collection by Jamie Lackey entitled The Blood of Four Gods and Other Stories this fall. Projected release date is September 15th. The book collects 14 of her short stories. June 10, 2017 The Mouth of Celestia is a new handmade book for sale. This copy is signed and numbered 2 of 2. Contains one poem and sixteen photographs. April 20, 2017 Kyth the Taker has been sent to the printer. Pre-orders now being taken. Expected shipping date is May 5th, 2017. March 23, 2017 The text layout and cover for Kyth the Taker are finished. Back to the author for review and comment and then it is on to creating the files for the printer. February 22, 2017 Signed and numbered copies of Aftermath by Steph Swainston are now sold out. We have unsigned copies still in stock. February 19, 2017 We are extremely pleased to announce that we will be publishing a book of stories by Jonathan L. Howard (www.jonathanlhoward.com), author of the Johannes Cabal, Russalka, The Goon Squad and Carter & Lovecraft series. Titled Kyth the Taker, the book will reprint two older, hard to find, stories - The Beautiful Corridor and The Shuttered Temple and a new story The Silent Castle. 25 copies of the limited edition will be signed and numbered by the author. Our projected release date is June 15, 2017. February 10, 2017 In Pittsburgh our books are now available at Nine Stories Booksellers and the City of Asylum Bookstore.