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Anybody else feel simultaneously like new year’s was just last week and that today is January 151st? For the first time in a few years, Brain Lag failed to share a new year update for 2025. Briefly, let’s congratulate our authors again for the new books released in 2024: The Fabulist Play Cycle, Blood of…

This summer, another collection of short science fiction by Derwin Mak hits the shelves with the release of XY-Girls and More Stories. Longtime fans and new readers of Mak’s work alike will enjoy the interconnected “XY-Girls” and “Siren Stone” stories, along with other tales featuring Mak’s signature wit and incisiveness. Two brand-new stories complete this…

The hauntings heat up this summer with the upcoming release of Arlene F. Marks’ paranormal murder mystery Remains to be Seen. This standalone follow-up to Marks’ 2022 novel Weekends Can Be Murder returns to co-star Larry Holmes’ home town of Groverton, Ontario, where Selena Watt has decided to settle down, in a house that speaks…

It’s awards consideration season, so here are all the eligible works that Brain Lag released which were first published in 2024. Everything released was written by Canadian authors. Novels Collections Middle grade books Short stories/Novellas Art Nominating or voting on works for awards helps books gain exposure and prestige, so if you enjoyed any of…

Arlene F. Marks, writing instructor and author of over a dozen books, has released her latest novel, The Stragori Deception. This space opera espionage thriller is the first follow-up to Marks’ six-book Sic Transit Terra series, which completed in 2020. Marks’ writing has been praised as “vast and amazing” (Booklist) and “a treat” (Toronto Star).…

Arming Freedom, the fourth book in Stephen B. Pearl’s Freedom Saga, is now out. The continuing story of the fight for freedom for an escaped entertainment clone and her rescuer, and the political battle for the rights of studio clones, can be ordered now through any bookstore. A launch party will be held December 15…

This has been a long time coming, but the fact is that AI is a complicated issue. Even defining what ‘artificial intelligence’ is is not a simple matter. However, two things are clear: Therefore, until and unless those points change, Brain Lag is firmly opposed to the use of AI in our books. We will…

The Price of Memory and More Stories, the second collection of short fiction by award-winning author Sally McBride, is now out. Ranging from space opera to horror to literary, this rich collection contains stories previously published in The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Amazing Stories, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Northern Frights, and more, along with…

Isolation and revolution are the themes in Arlene F. Marks’ upcoming book The Stragori Deception. On the distant planet Stragon, extremist violence is threatening to escalate to full-blown civil war, and only a few former Earth Intelligence Service agents know that the unrest is being spearheaded by an imposter on the ruling Directorate. The cover…

Today, the cover art was revealed for Arming Freedom by Stephen B. Pearl. This fourth book in the space opera Freedom Saga continues where the previous books left off, with Space Forces veteran Captain Ryan Chandler delivering relief supplies to Murack Five, the world where his original body died and the source of lingering trauma.…