Tina Beier’s Rising Action Publishing Co. publishes Perils of Sea and Sky!

SF Canada member Tina Beier has been busy. Her publishing house, Rising Action Publishing Collective, a dedicated independent publisher committed to supporting diverse authors and stories, is soon releasing Norwegian writer Lilian Horn’s Perils of Sea and Sky!

In the early 1700s, the discovery of anti-gravity technology led to the development of the aeroship trade. But there is one area into which no sky captain dares to venture, and that is the Grey Veil: an inhospitable fog threatening the lives and sanity of all who enter. With the Veil under a strict travel-ban, most level-headed pilots circumvent this treacherous place. Captain Rosanne Drackenheart, on the other hand, makes a pretty penny conducting her smuggling operation through the very edge of the mysterious fog.

When she is blackmailed into searching for a lost warship, she is forced to venture into the untraversed bowels of the Veil. Rosanne must protect her crew from mystical creatures, defend against pirates gunning for her ship, and save herself from the creature known as the Forest Devil.

Featuring Scandinavian myths and steampunk elements, Perils of Sea and Sky is a thrilling high fantasy adventure.

“A rollicking adventure with innovative technology and characters you’d trust with your life—or your imagination!” —Shelley Adina, bestselling author of the Magnificent Devices steampunk series

“[Perils of Sea and Sky] is a riveting story that will keep readers glued to their seats until its satisfying conclusion.”  —BookList advanced review  
Releasing on Sept 20, 2022, you can order Perils of Sea and Sky at Rising Action!

Nothing Without Us Too now available!

SF member Cait Gordon is excited about her latest editing project. The Nothing Without Us Too anthology is officially released in ebook and paperback! This multi-genre collection contains stories by SFC members Bernadette Gabay Dyer and Holly Schofield along with 25 other tales. It follows the theme of Nothing Without Us (a 2020 Prix Aurora Award finalist), featuring more stories by authors who are disabled, d/Deaf or hard-of-hearing, Blind or visually impaired, neurodivergent, Spoonie, and/or who manage mental illness. The lived experiences of their protagonists are found across many demographics—such as race, culture, financial status, religion, gender, age, and/or sexual orientation. Cait and co-editor Talia Johnson want to present these stories because diversity is reality, and it belongs in literary and genre fiction.

So, whether you’re being welcomed to Sensory Hell by hotel staff, witnessing a stare-down between a convenience store worker and an arrogant vampire, or unsure if your social media account is magic, these tales can teleport you elsewhere yet resonate deep within.

Nothing Without Us Too is available from Renaissance Press and through https://49thshelf.com/Books/N/Nothing-Without-Us-Too

News from Jean-Louis Trudel!

SF Canada member Jean-Louis Trudel has been busy lately!

Along with some story acceptances (watch for their release in the coming months!), his poem, “Summer Encroaching, Winter Yielding”, published in Little Blue Marble, was nominated for a Rhysling Award and will be reprinted in this year’s anthology:

And his academic paper on SF dramaturgy in Québec was the runner-up for this year’s Jamie Bishop Award for non-English-language SF scholarship!

Find out more about Jean-Louis at culturedesfuturs.blogspot.com

Congratulations, Jean-Louis!

New publications by Alexander Zelenyj!

SF member Alexander Zelenyj is pleased to announce that an expanded German language edition of his 2019 mini-collection Animals of the Exodus (originally published by Eibonvale Press) has been released by Germany’s WhiteTrain Press under the title Tiere des Exodus.

As well, a compendium of Alexander’s short fiction, These Long Teeth of the Night: The Best Short Stories 1999 – 2019, is about to be published by Fourth Horseman Press.

Find more of Alexander’s fiction at his website: alexanderzelenyj.com

Short Fiction from Dale Sproule!


“Nunavut Thunderfuck” by SFC member Dale L. Sproule is being reprinted in That is SO Wrong, the first book in a new anthology series edited by Scottish-Australian writer, Jan-Andrew Henderson. Coming May 15th from Black Hart Publishing.

In addition, Dale’s story, “Behind the Blue Door,” is scheduled for a subsequent book in the That is…Wrong series.

Be sure to preorder That is SO Wrong today! 

Tracy Cooper-Posey’s new releases!

SF Canada member Tracy Cooper-Posey has several exciting announcements!:

  1. Space Opera Digest 2022: Have Ship Will Travel is available for pre-order at most bookstores.  Edited by Tracy, and including a story by Cameron Cooper, and a handful of SF Canada members.  It releases on January 27th.  https://storiesrulepress.com/product/space-opera-digest-2022-have-ship-will-travel-an-srp-anthology/
  2.  The Captain Who Broke the Rules, story 2 of the pulp-ish space opera adventure series, Ptolemy Lane, by Cameron Cooper, was released on January 13th. https://storiesrulepress.com/product/the-captain-who-broke-the-rules-ptolemy-lane-tales-2-0/.
  3.  Mongrels United, Book 7 of the science fiction romance series, The Endurance, by Tracy, will be released on January 27th.  https://storiesrulepress.com/product/mongrels-united-the-endurance-7-0/
  4. Submissions are open for Urban Fantasy Digest 2022:  The Wizard Must Be Stopped!,  edited by Tracy.  Deadline May 15th.  https://storiesrulepress.com/urban-fantasy-digest-2022-call-for-submissions/