Several of our MSJ alumni have stories in an upcoming anthology, currently funding on Kickstarter. It’s called Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: A Fantasy Western Anthology, and it features Eric S. Fomley, Paul Alex Gray, Joachim Heijndermans, Liam Hogan, and G. Scott Huggins, all of whom have been published in MSJ or our anthologies! They’re joined by 20...
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The 2018 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot has been announced, and three MSJ alum are on it! Gwendolyn Kiste has been nominated for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for her The Rust Maidens (Journalstone, 2018). L. Chan and Steve Toase are part of two anthologies that have been nominated for Superior Achievement in an...
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MSJ alum Fiona Moore has published her novel, Driving Ambition, and is currently participating in events in Canada and the U.K. to promote her book. Two MSJ alumni had stories nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Both stories were published in Abyss & Apex, and include “Skullboogie” by Ville Meriläinen and “Mustering Out” by future...
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MSJ alum Joachim Heijndermans has a new book out from Alban Lake Publishing called Palindrome Dome. It’s touted as a book with “a disturbing twist on sanctioned punishment. This story will suck you in and leave you gasping.” If you’re more interested in reading shorter pieces, MSJ alum Rick Tobin has had more than 40...
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One of our MSJ alum, Jennifer Lee Rossman, is one of the editors for Space Opera Libretti, an anthology that is currently funding on Kickstarter. The anthology will contain stories that reimagine the traditional tropes of the space opera genre, infusing it with more fun and more music! Their goal is also to present...
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Nick Nafpliotis, one of our Mad Scientist Journal alumni, is currently taking pre-orders via Inkshares for his novel, Snipe Hunt. (Inkshares is a publishing company that allows authors to crowdfund their books, with both similarities and differences to sites like Kickstarter.) The blurb for Snipe Hunt sounds like an interesting premise: The plan? Convince some gullible...
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The Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide is a series of anthologies that publish sci-fi and related stories for middle grade readers. They’re currently Kickstarting the fifth volume in the series, which includes a handful of MSJ alumni or future alumni: Wendy Nikel, Holly Schofield, Deborah Walker, Jeannie Warner, and MSJ co-editor Dawn Vogel. If you’ve...
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When we’re not editing Mad Scientist Journal, we are often writing our own works, many of which are set in the shared Cobalt City Universe. This fall has been a busy period for Cobalt City authors, with several books seeing print for the first time through DefCon One Publishing and other venues. And their authors...
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We’ve been busy here at Mad Scientist Journal, and so have some of our alumni! From short stories to YouTube to awards, check out what folks have been up to! Jamie Lackey has recently published two short story collections with Air and Nothingness Press. Both A Metal Box Floating Between Stars and Other Stories and The Blood...
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A number of our Mad Scientist Journal alumni have new short stories out in the world! Joachim Heijndermans has a story entitled “Last Sub to K-Tel” in A World Unimagined from Left Hand Publishers. Steve Toase has recent stories in Tincture Journal and Galileo’s Theme Park. And several MSJ alum, including Sean Patrick Hazlett, Tim McDaniel,...
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