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Brain Lag’s most prolific author, Arlene F. Marks, continues to release new books. In January 2025, she returns to the universe of her popular space opera series Sic Transit Terra with The Stragori Deception, the first book in the Sic Transit Stragon trilogy. This standalone follow-up to the six-book series brings readers new and old…

The exciting story of secret plots, escape from slavery, and alien interference in Stephen B. Pearl’s Freedom Saga continues this December with the release of Arming Freedom. In this richly detailed science fiction series, cloned actors in engineered settings provide VR entertainment across the galaxy, unbeknownst to the actors themselves. The previous books saw an…

The weather is warming up here in southern Ontario and we’re getting ready for a busy summer of markets and conventions. First, on Sunday, June 2nd, we will be at the London Book Fair & Market at Forest City National Golf Club, 16540 Robins Hill Rd., London, ON. Come out for a bookish extravaganza and…

Aurora Award-winning author Sally McBride follows up two book releases in 2023 with a second volume of short fiction, The Price of Memory and More Stories. Featuring androids, vampires, engineered beings, aliens, and more, these fifteen stories whisk readers away on thought-provoking adventures. The collection includes three all-new stories, along with “Dance on a Forgotten…

Other London, a comedy middle grade series about a magical girl in an alternate version of London, Ontario, continues today with the release of the second volume, Legends of Blades and Stories of Each Other. Following up 2020’s Welcome to the Other London, this volume continues the adventures of wizard apprentice Ella Masterson as she…

Brain Lag’s most prolific author Arlene F. Marks delivers again with her latest novel The Bloodstone, now available through bookstores everywhere. This standalone second book in the Nash’terel series, about a race of alien, shape-shifting, life essence vampires, has been praised by critics, with advance readers calling it “terrifying, witty and delightful,” “a joy to…

The adventure continues this spring for Ella Masterson, the magical Fixer-in-training from London (Ontario). Following up the first book in the Other London series, Legends of Blades and Stories of Each Other takes a more theatrical twist—not to the movies, but to the stage, as live productions are interrupted by unexpected curses and the action…

I would like to welcome all attendees to the Toronto launch event of Derwin Mak’s newly written anthology Mecha-Jesus and Other Stories published by Brain Lag. It is stories like that of Mak’s that highlight the vibrant artistic expression of Canada’s diverse population. I’m certain that readers will be captivated by Mak’s eclectic tales of…

Following up a successful pre-release party on leap day, February 29, 2024, award-winning author Derwin Mak’s first story collection Mecha-Jesus and Other Stories is now out. Amazing Stories magazine praised the collection, saying, “Mak is a master of spare, precise yet vivid prose that takes you straight away into the story and never lets go.…

Two years after Simon A. G. Spencer’s epic Birthright series began with Shadows of Slavery, the story continues with today’s release of Blood of Gods. Booklist has praised the space opera/science fantasy series, calling the first book an “inventive story” that “keeps readers on edge while building a whole galaxy around the characters” and says…