“The lived experiences of those who are disabled, d/Deaf, Blind, Spoonie, neurodivergent, and/or of those who manage mental health are found across all demographics—such as race, culture, financial status, religion, gender, age, and/or sexual orientation. We want to read these stories because diversity is reality, and should be so, even in fantastical or other speculative fiction settings.
Regarding publishing experience, we welcome established, emerging, and brand-new authors! Don’t self-reject. If this is your first time submitting anywhere, that’s fantastic! Whoot!”
Author: arinndembo
Memoriam: Doug Barbour, 1940-2021
Pirating Pups Cover Reveal!
The cover of Pirating Pups, the latest pet-adventure themed anthology from Tyche Books, was released today! A companion volume to last year’s “Swashbuckling Cats” anthology, “Pirating Pups” will be open to submissions from October 1 – November 30, 2021.
See the anthology’s Submission Guidelines page for more details: http://tychebooks.com/pirating-pups
Brenda Carre in Pulp Literature
Congratulations to SF Canada member Brenda Carre. She has the cover story in this month’s issue of Pulp Literature, Issue 31, Summer 2021.
Buy a copy of the magazine to read her tale of aquatic mystery, “Birdie”: https://pulpliterature.com/product/issue-31-summer-2021/
Silvia Moreno-Garcia wins August Derleth Award
Heartiest Congratulations to SF Canada member Silvia Moreno-Garcia! She just won the British Fantasy Society’s August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. This year’s award-winner is Mexican Gothic, which spent an impressive 31 weeks on the Los Angeles Times best-sellers list in 2020.
The book is currently being developed into a limited television series for Hulu by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.
Featured Member: T.S. Beier
SF Canada would like to welcome our newest member, T.S. Beier!
T.S. Beier is a science fiction aficionado. Her first published novel, What Branches Grow, is her love letter to the post-apocalyptic genre. It was the focus of her Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing at Humber College, and went on to become a Top Five Category Finalist in the 2020 Kindle Book Awards. Currently it is a contestant in Hugh Howey’s Self Published Science Fiction Competition.
She has a B.A. in English and Certificates in Publishing and Interior Decorating. Her latest novel, the space opera Escaping First Contact (part one of The Burnt Ship trilogy) was released on Kindle Unlimited/Amazon on September 21, 2021, and quickly shot up to the top ten listings for First Contact, Space Marine, and Alien Invasion sub-categories on Amazon CA.
Beier is also co-owner of Canadian indie publishing house Rising Action Publishing Co., which plans to release its first title in April 2022. Rising Action publishes thrillers and sci-fi/fantasy, and focuses on promoting women’s voices.
She is also a part-time writer for PostApocalypticMedia.com.
To follow her work and social media, see the following links:
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