F&SF’s May/June 2012 Issue

The May/June 2012 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will feature fiction by Michael Alexander, Dale Bailey, Fred Chappell, Matthew Corradi, Albert E. Cowdrey, Naomi Kritzer, Pat MacEwen, Andy Stewart, and Chris Willrich... Read more [...]

Michael R. Underwood sells first two books to Pocket, via Book Country

Michael R. Underwood's Geekomancy, pitched as Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Clerks, sold to Pocket after a preview at online writing community Book Country... Read more [...]

S&S Signs Debut Teen Author For Funny Fiction And Chilling Dystopia

Debut British author Candida Harper sells four books in two different series—one dystopia, one humorous teen fiction—to Simon & Schuster Children's (UK)... Read more [...]

Pottermore now scheduled to launch in April

The forces behind the long-anticipated Pottermore web site have announced an expected launch date in early April... Read more [...]

Seven Seas Announces Werewolf Manga Guardians of Luna

Seven Seas will be publishing the graphic novel version (with an alternate story line) of the Nozomu Tamaki's upcoming manga werewolf series Guardians of Luna... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine’s March 2012 issue

Apex Magazine's March 2012 issue includes fiction by Richard Bowes, Mari Ness, and Jay Lake... Read more [...]

Chicon 7 Announces London as Sole 2014 Site Selection Bidder

London, England, is the only bidder for the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention... Read more [...]

Welcome Back, Carter: NYRSF Readings Journey to Barsoom

More than 50 people return to a century-old Mars on the wings of stories read by Jonathan Maberry and Catherynne M. Valente, with direction by editor John Joseph Adams... Read more [...]

March is Science-Fantasy Month at Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Beneath Ceaseless Skies's special March science-fantasy issues will feature a contest to win two signed copies of Songs of the Dying Earth, and stories by Yoon Ha Lee, Chris Willrich, Megan Arkenberg... Read more [...]

The Sabertooth Vampire sinks his teeth into Dark Horse Presents

Mike Russell's webcomic The Sabertooth Vampire is getting new life and a broader audience in Dark Horse Presents, starting this spring... Read more [...]

Rocket Science lifts off in April

Irish publisher Mutation Press's second original anthology, Rocket Science edited by Ian Sales, is debuting at the UK Eastercon next month... Read more [...]

Douglas Adams The Party

On what would have been author Douglas Adams' sixtieth birthday, his family and friends are throwing a massive party featuring scientists, comedians, writers, actors, and musicians... Read more [...]

‘Putting the Science in Fiction’ Interfaculty Symposium on Science and Entertainment

The University of Manchester is hosting a free, day-long symposium on Putting the Science in Fiction this April 25th... Read more [...]

Special NYRSF reading with Rudy Rucker

The once-monthly NYRSF Readings Series presents a special second March event featuring Rudy Rucker and Brendan Carney Byrne, on 13 March... Read more [...]

MTV Books/Gallery Books to publish On Fire, based on Teen Wolf series

Nancy Holder is writing the first novelization of the MTV tv series Teen Wolf, which is itself a spin-off of the 1980s' movie by the same name. Gallery Books will publish it this June... Read more [...]

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