It has been a long, long haul. A twelve month reading period where we’ve received and read over 300 submissions from all over the world, but the dust is finally settling and we’re almost finalised our decisions. For statisticians among you the selection rate for stories submitted was a smidge under 9%, which is pretty normal [...]

It’s just over a month to the close of submissions for our new science fiction anthology Anywhere But Earth, so to celebrate we’re revealing the first cover mockup to an anxious public, and we think it looks pretty cool. No doubt there will be tweaks and changes before final print, but the main elements are in [...]

We’re in the long straight in terms of reading for Anywhere But Earth and the submissions are coming in thick and fast but quality is patchy. Since our last update, I’ve added only four new stories to the ABE line-up:
‘Sibo’ by Penny Love
‘Alien Tears’ by Wendy Waring
‘Hatchway’ by Simon Petrie, and
‘Eating Gnashdal’ by Jason Fischer.

But each [...]

Reading for Anywhere But Earth – coeur de lion’s science fiction anthology of stories set, you guessed it, anywhere but Earth – is reaching a frenzied pace. Submissions are open until the end of next February, but already the shape of the book is coming together, and we think it’s going to be mammoth. To date, [...]

A fairly steady stream of subs have been coming in over the past couple of months and we’re beginning to get immersed in the project. It’s often a surprise to see how writers take on your anthology’s thematic boundaries. It’s a little like chinese whispers. Some responses will be way off the mark but there are [...]

Well, since announcing our science fiction anthologyAnywhere But Earth open for subs in early February, there was an initial flurry of submissions (around thirty all up), mainly from overseas at this stage, from established authors and writing newbies.

As you might expect, quality has been variable but we’ve been impressed by a number of them. The good [...]

Shine

Anywhere But Earth is focused on a time when we’ve moved past the doom and gloom of our own current  global problems, even if we’re facing doom and gloom on another planet or orbital habitat. In part it’s a reaction to all the near-future apocalyptic books and stories that have been cropping up over the [...]

Anywhere But Earth (A.B.E.) will feature science fiction stories set anywhere but Earth. But what have we got against the planet or our birth? Nothing really. As the Tick says, ‘it’s where I keep my stuff.’ But by choosing to go off-planet we really hope to achieve a couple of things.

Firstly there’s been a heavy focus, [...]

A.B.E. is an exclusively Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) anthology. But what do we mean by that? [...]