“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
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Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters Smugglerific Cover
A Smugglerific Cover: The Waters and Wild of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson
In which we reveal the cover for the second short story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: The Waters and Wilds of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the…
Book Smugglers Publishing Inspirations and Influences Quarterly Almanac
El Periodista y La Guerrera: Yosia Sing on Inspirations and Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Book Smugglers Publishing Smugglerific Cover The Novella Initiative
A Smugglerific Cover: Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw
Hello everybody and happy Friday to all. GUESS WHAT! The cover for our next novella to be published in the Novella Initiative has been revealed over at tor.com! Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw is a Rom-com featuring a…
Book Smugglers Publishing Inspirations and Influences Quarterly Almanac
“Nice”: A.E. Ash on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Beauty, Glory, Thrift by Alison Tam Published 6/13/2017 I am Thrift and I want to leave this place, and see the far ends of the universe, and never spend another moment in stasis ever again. Take my hand and…
The Book Smugglers’ Quarterly Almanac Volume IV is officially here. A (ad)venture from your friendly neighborhood Book Smugglers, we are delighted to present you the fourth – and final – volume of our quarterly collection of awesome! Without further…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters Inspirations and Influences
Beauty, Glory, Thrift: Alison Tam on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters Smugglerific Cover
A Smugglerific Cover: Beauty, Glory, Thrift by Alison Tam
In which we reveal the cover for the first book in our short story season of Gods and Monster: Beauty, Glory, Thrift by Alison Tam! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story I am Thrift and…
Hello everybody! We recently released our second novella, Reenu-You by Michele Tracy Berger and today the author is over at Scalzi’s Whatever blog talking about the novella for The Big Idea! A snippet: I’ve been interested in hair and…
Book Smugglers Publishing Inspirations and Influences The Novella Initiative
Reenu-You: Michele Tracy Berger on Inspirations & Influences (& Giveaway)
We are delighted to announce that the second title in our Novella Initiative is out today! Reenu-You by Michele Tracy Berger is a Science Fiction novella, about the social and political meanings of hair, female friendships and viruses. The…
Fantasy author Zetta Elliott (A Wish After Midnight, Ship of Souls, The Door at the Crossroads) takes on the issue of minstrelsy in kidlit. “Minstrelsy is the New Black” originally appeared in the third volume of our Quarterly Almanac–a…
Book Smugglers Publishing The Novella Initiative
Excerpt & Giveaway: KEEPER OF THE DAWN by Dianna Gunn
Today we are thrilled to launch the debut novella in our brand new Novella Initiative Project: Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn. We’ve got plenty of shenanigans happening today including an excerpt and giveaway here and a Facebook…
Inspirations and Influences The Novella Initiative
KEEPER OF THE DAWN: Dianna Gunn on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Hello, it’s Friday and we are over at… Tor.com! Well, the cover of our first Novella Initiative title is! Go over to Tor.com for the full cover! ABOUT THE NOVELLA Sometimes failure is just the beginning All Lai has…
Quarterly Almanac SFF in Conversation
SFF in Conversation with Becky Chambers: The Case for Optimism
The Case for Optimism is an essay by Becky Chambers that originally appeared in the third volume of our Quarterly Almanac. The Case for Optimism When I was in College, I did a semester-long course on the history of…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters
BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PRESENTS SUMMER 2017: Gods & Monsters Short Stories
Introducing Book Smugglers Publishing’s summer 2017 season of Gods & Monsters short stories! BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Six Short Stories for the enlightened reader Once upon a time (three years ago, to be precise), there was the season…
Originally appearing in the third volume of our Quarterly Almanac, Where to Start with the Pern Series is the part of an ongoing series of essays detailing where one can start with any number of SFF/popgeekery topics. For this…
The print edition of The Book Smugglers’ Quarterly Almanac Volume III is officially out and we have a giveaway to celebrate it. THE BOOK SMUGGLERS’ QUARTERLY ALMANAC Gorgeous cover art by Sparrows; Cover Layout by Kenda Montgomery A quarterly…
Book Smugglers Publishing Quarterly Almanac
Presenting The Book Smugglers’ Quarterly Almanac: January 2017
The Book Smugglers’ Quarterly Almanac Volume III is officially here. A brand new (ad)venture from your friendly neighborhood Book Smugglers, we are delighted to present you the second volume of our quarterly collection of awesome! Without further ado, we…
One Girl In The Justice League is an essay by Tansy Rayner Roberts that first appeared in The Book Smugglers’ Quarterly Quarterly Almanac in September 2016. One Girl In The Justice League I have a problem with the “one…
It’s that time of year again – awards season is here! Today we will be talking about the Hugo Awards! The Hugo Awards are a fan award and one of longest-running and most prestigious under the SFF umbrella. Each…
Fruitcakes and Gimchi in SPAAACE is an essay by Yoon Ha Lee that originally appeared in the second volume of The Book Smugglers’ Quarterly Quarterly Almanac in September 2016. Fruitcakes and Gimchi in SPAAACE Once upon a time, I…
Arriving in the office today: the limited print edition of THE LITTLE HOMO SAPIENS SCIENTIST BY S.L. HUANG We still have a few copies available (out of 50 only) for order now for $19.95, plus shipping and handling. ORDER…
HAPPY SMUGGLIVUS, EVERYONE! As part of our Smugglivus Celebrations, we took a retrospective look at 2016 yesterday. Today, as we turn 9 (NINE!), we look forward to 2017–and make a few exciting announcements! ALL THE PLANS FOR 2017 Gods…