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It’s become a bit of a tradition for me to give an annual update on Brain Lag at the start of a new calendar year. While I normally do this via a short video, I wanted to expand on some things for this year’s edition. First, let me express my deepest thanks for sticking with…

Being a teenager is awkward enough, but it’s extra hard for Travis Fiore when he learns he’s the son of an alien. The adults in his life do their best to keep him safe, but super powers may not be enough to protect him from the genocide that followed his people to Earth. The Bloodstone…

Ethnic traditions meld with fantastic visions in the short fiction of Toronto author Derwin Mak, collected for the first time in the upcoming book Mecha-Jesus and Other Stories. The twelve stories were all previously published in a range of outlets, from a magazine of Asian Canadian arts and culture to anthologies by major publishers to…

After several upcoming Brain Lag books had to be delayed, the first of these, The Fabulist Play Cycle by Hugh A. D. Spencer, has received a new release date. The Fabulist Play Cycle is a collection of radio scripts telling the story of disillusioned writers in the early- to mid-20th century, who defined the course…

An epic tale of gods in space, uncommonly strong gladiators, mystical peacekeepers, and a looming galactic war continues in February 2024 with the upcoming release of Blood of Gods by Simon A. G. Spencer. This second book of Spencer’s Birthright series picks up where the first book, Shadows of Slavery, left off, with conflict between…

The newest novel by Indianapolis author Dale E. McClenning, author of the Awakening Earth science fiction trilogy, is now out. Altaterra is an adventurous tale that straddles various genres. Set on a fictional world with pioneer-level technology against a backdrop of the highly advanced alien tech that brought humans there, there are elements of science…

Two years after it debuted as Brain Lag’s first hardcover release, The Hard Side of the Moon by Hugh A. D. Spencer is now available in trade paperback format. Taking readers from southern Alberta in the 1970s to the dark side of Earth’s primary satellite, The Hard Side of the Moon is a fun and…

Today, a nearly forty-year repertoire of short stories comes to print for the first time with the release of The Fragrance of Orchids and Other Stories by Sally McBride. This first volume of McBride’s short stories includes the Aurora Award-winning title story, the author’s first story sale from 1985 (“Totem”), and an all-new novella (“The…

Hello, readers. This is a personal message from the owner and one-person show behind Brain Lag, Catherine Fitzsimmons. I’ve just received news that is going to impact the release schedule for Brain Lag. In short, I have cancer. While it is not an aggressive form of cancer, I will be undergoing radiation therapy this summer.…