Broken Eye Books is publishing The Song of Spores by Bogi Takács as an ongoing serial. Three experienced counterintelligence operatives of Alliance Treaty Enforcement are on a mission to find the source of shapeshifting infiltrators into Alliance space. Will the gruff Ereni commander, the Chasidic Jewish shapeshifter, and the cynical insectoid grandma be able to work together, or will their differences drive them apart before they can reach their goal? And how can they cooperate with the sentient spaceship and symbiotic pilot, who only signed on to provide transportation and not to be eaten by giant space fungus? This is weird space opera at it's finest.

"The Song of Spores," says Bogi, "is set in my space opera continuity, the Eren Universe. I have had quite a few short stories in this continuity that have appeared in places like Clarkesworld and the anthology Ride the Star Wind, also published by Broken Eye Books. I have another ongoing serial in the Eren universe, too: Iwunen Interstellar Investigations, which is set in a very different corner of the world. While Iwunen examines what shapes crime and investigation can take in the far future, The Song of Spores takes on more of a weird and biological emphasis—it takes a long, hard look at what alien invasions can mean. I very much enjoy writing serialized fiction because it enables me to explore themes and characters in detail but offers more flexibility than many other traditional formats."

The Song of Spores will be available on the Broken Eye Books Patreon with new chapters released regularly to patrons every few months or so, interspersed with other serial releases as part of Eyedolon magazine.

Wonderful news! Ride the Star Wind got a starred review from Publishers Weekly: "Each author provides unflinching glimpses into the void beyond the stars where misery, hungry gods, and madness most surely await."

Thanks to all the authors for their creative talents: Lucy A. Snyder, Remy Nakamura, Wendy Wagner, Tim Curran, Brian Evenson, Joe Pulver, Premee Mohamed, Nadia Bulkin, J.E. Bates, Gord Sellar, Heather Hatch, Desirina Boskovich, DaVaun Sanders, D.W. Baldwin, J. Edward Tremlett, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Tom Dullemond, Kara Dennison, Brandon O'Brien, Heather Terry, Wendy Nikel, Robert White, Ingrid Garcia, Richard Lee Byers, Angus McIntyre, Ada Hoffmann, Bogi Takács, Wendi Dunlap, and Cody Goodfellow.

Every year, Ellen Datlow scours the newly published horror short fiction and compiles her big list of those notable. For her list of Honorable Mentions 2016, Best Horror of the Year Volume Nine, we had 7 stories from Tomorrow's Cthulhu get the nod. We're thrilled! Congratulations to the authors:

• Clinton Boomer, “The Sky Isn’t Blue”
• Desirina Boskovich, “The Great Dying of the Holocene”
• Samantha Henderson, “The Lark Ascending”
• Lynda E. Rucker, “Testimony XVI”
• Damien Angelica Walters, “A Pathway for the Broken”
• Kaaron Warren, “68 Days”
• AC Wise, “Tekeli-Li, They Cry”
  

And congratulations to all of the authors on the list.

Check it out for yourself and see what the near-future has in store for us!

The first review of Gwendolyn Kiste's novella Pretty Marys All in a Row is in (with some minor spoilers): "Kiste's craft and artistic ambitions are all very much in top form here." Read the full review by Morgan Crooks.

To be released Nov 28. Pre-order from Broken Eye Books.