As we prepare to open our 'Into the Forest' submission call next week, let's take a look at 10 crazy facts about some of the plants and animals that live on Earth.
A Return to Nature
In the last three years, we’ve published four books, each one blending various genres with an obvious space theme. So we’ve explored the Space Race, rocketeers, Aliens & Otherness, comets and the origins of the solar system, and so on. This year, at first glance, our theme looks Earthlier in nature. We will be inviting writing that moves Into the Forest. But we hope you will be imaginative about where that takes you, including possible off-world adventures. And we look forward to the usual mix of stories of all kinds, poetry, creative non-fiction and flash fiction too.
New Year, New Adventures
Happy New Year, Space Cats! The crew’s quarters may still be swagged with tinsel and baubles but that sound you hear is the engine room powering up. This week we’ve been poring over star charts as we plot our course for 2023. And here’s a few juicy kibbles of news to share.
Wrapping up 2022
So the nut roast and mince pies are stowed away in our ship’s hold. And so far, the ship’s cat has turned a blind eye to the swags of tinsel. We look forward to seeing you all when we’re back in orbit with news and plans for 2023. Meanwhile, from all of us at Space Cat, have a peaceful and restorative holiday, you lovely people!
Launch Photos
Some photos from yesterday's #ChartedSouls launch.
Double Print Launch
We will finally be unveiling the print editions of our first two anthologies TOMORROW! There will be lashings of cake, special launch offers and about an hour of readings so be sure to join us if you can.
Guest Blog: Abida Akram
Like many immigrants, I thought I was extremely privileged to be growing up in two cultures. I thought I could take the best of each, unfortunately, I often experienced the worst of both.
Introducing Severed Souls
Science fiction has long framed narratives of aliens around questions of identity and societal acceptance. To be an alien is to be an outsider, and vice versa. In Severed Souls, humans and exterrestrials alike struggle to survive in worlds that view them as Other. They must fight to defend the fragile barriers of their skin, community, and world while bearing the existential ache of not belonging in any of the above. Defeat is not an option when their very selfhood is on the line.
Anthology Launches
You are all hereby invited to the launch of the Severed Souls ebook on Sat 29th Oct and the print launch of both our anthologies on Sat 26th Nov.
A Voyage Into a Comet’s Underworld
Thank you all for joining us at the launch of Siobhan Logan's latest collection of prose and poetry Rosetta's Midnight Barge: Crossing the Comet's Underworld last week. Here are some highlights from the night.
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