Tag: anthology

  • Aurora Award-Winning Short Story Headlines New Collection From Longtime Canadian Science Fiction Author

    Aurora Award-Winning Short Story Headlines New Collection From Longtime Canadian Science Fiction Author

    MILTON, ONTARIO, February 3, 2023 – Hot on the heels of author Sally McBride’s first Brain Lag release comes The Fragrance of Orchids and Other Stories, coming this July. This first collection of McBride’s short fiction features the title story, originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, reprinted twice, nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards,…

  • Crowdfunding Campaign Starting For Anthology Of Young Transgender Authors

    Crowdfunding Campaign Starting For Anthology Of Young Transgender Authors

    MILTON, ONTARIO, September 30, 2022 – On Monday, October 3, Milton, Ontario-based science fiction and fantasy publisher Brain Lag will be launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to fund the production of True Reflections, an anthology of short stories and poetry by young transgender authors. The pre-launch page is already active and interested parties can…

  • New Science Fiction Short Story Collection Takes Readers on “Fantastic Voyages”

    New Science Fiction Short Story Collection Takes Readers on “Fantastic Voyages”

    MILTON, ONTARIO, May 13, 2022 – The first collection of short stories by longtime science fiction author Arlene F. Marks has released today. Imaginary Friends contains eleven stories of wonder, humour, and horror ranging from urban fantasy to superhero to space opera. Some stories build off the novels Marks has written while others were written…

  • Open Submission Call for Short Stories by Transgender Youths

    Open Submission Call for Short Stories by Transgender Youths

    MILTON, ONTARIO, April 25, 2022 – A new anthology featuring stories by transgender youths was announced today. True Reflections from science fiction and fantasy publisher Brain Lag is now accepting submissions of short stories and poetry from transgender people age 25 and younger or from recently transitioned/transitioning people of any age. “It is rather inadequate…

  • Short Story Collection Featuring Both Aliens and Alienated Humans Now Available

    Short Story Collection Featuring Both Aliens and Alienated Humans Now Available

    MILTON, ONTARIO, March 11, 2022 – Today marks the release of Live Nude Aliens and Other Stories, a new collection of mixed-genre short stories by London, Ontario-based author JD DeLuzio. From a technological dystopia to small town Canada, this collection of short fiction explores themes of change, memory, and things hiding in the shadows. These…

  • Science Fiction Stories of Love, Loss, Regrets and Understanding Collected For First Time in New Book

    Science Fiction Stories of Love, Loss, Regrets and Understanding Collected For First Time in New Book

    MILTON, ONTARIO, December 3, 2021 – A rabbi walks onto a spaceship and meets a suburban witch in training and Satan buying Hell’s computer system. It’s not a joke—it’s a sample of the stories in the upcoming short story collection Imaginary Friends by science fiction author Arlene F. Marks. The new collection features stories published…

  • Cover Art Revealed for Upcoming Canadian Science Fiction Short Story Collection

    Cover Art Revealed for Upcoming Canadian Science Fiction Short Story Collection

    MILTON, ONTARIO, November 19, 2021 – Aliens sit alongside young women in a bar while a monstrous child peeks through the window in the cover art for Live Nude Aliens and Other Stories by JD DeLuzio, revealed today from publisher Brain Lag. London, Ontario-based artist and cartoonist D. S. Barrick provided the artwork for the…

  • Announcing LIVE NUDE ALIENS!

    Announcing LIVE NUDE ALIENS!

    From JD DeLuzio, the author of 2020’s The Con, comes our 32nd title and fourth short story collection, Live Nude Aliens and Other Stories! From a technological dystopia to small town Canada, this collection of short fiction explores themes of change, memory, and things hiding in the shadows. These tales, previously-published and new, take classic…

  • THE LIGHT BETWEEN STARS now available and events at Gen Con Online!

    Happy release day to The Light Between Stars! Buy your copy of our first anthology now at your favourite retailer or on our store. Now offering local, contact-free delivery! And don’t miss our online launch party as part of Gen Con Online, Saturday, August 1st at 6:00 p.m. Editor Catherine Fitzsimmons and several of the…

  • THE LIGHT BETWEEN STARS cover reveal!

    Presenting the cover art for our first anthology, The Light Between Stars! This collection, in honour of Brain Lag’s tenth anniversary, contains ten all-new stories from Brain Lag authors. More information can be found on the book detail page. Also, just added, our first event of the year is coming up in two weeks: Breakout…