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  • Preorders and Cover Art Now Available for Upcoming Multi-Genre Short Story Collection

    Preorders and Cover Art Now Available for Upcoming Multi-Genre Short Story Collection

    MILTON, ONTARIO, January 21, 2022 – Brain Lag, publisher of speculative fiction books, has revealed the cover art for its second short story collection releasing in 2022, Imaginary Friends by Arlene F. Marks. The cover art features an illustration by Shanghai-based artist CDD20, showing a man walking through falling snow against a blue backdrop. He…

  • Graphic Novel Adaptation of H. G. Wells Story Coming This Summer

    Graphic Novel Adaptation of H. G. Wells Story Coming This Summer

    MILTON, ON, January 7, 2022 – The latest addition to the catalogue of Ontario-based publisher Brain Lag is a tale over a century old, adapted into a graphic novel for the first time. In 1899, H. G. Wells followed up The War of the Worlds with the publication of his seventh novel, When the Sleeper…

  • Original Cover Art Painting Revealed for Upcoming Fantasy Novel

    Original Cover Art Painting Revealed for Upcoming Fantasy Novel

    MILTON, ONTARIO, December 17, 2021 – Today, author D. Holden Kennon and publisher Brain Lag reveal the cover art for upcoming young adult fantasy novel Blight of the Arachna. The painting, by artist Brooklyn Smith, features the main character of the book, Castor, shying away from a stone golem-like figure in the middle of a…

  • 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…

  • New Diverse Young Adult Fantasy Novel Showcases the Power of Hope and Perseverance

    New Diverse Young Adult Fantasy Novel Showcases the Power of Hope and Perseverance

    MILTON, ONTARIO, November 5, 2021 – The village of Toriath is out of food, magic, and time. Its only hope may be with the one citizen who can’t do anything else to help. At 17, Castor is the town’s youngest citizen. Yet the small stature that makes him unable to do anything but run errands…

  • Cover reveal: SHADOWS OF SLAVERY

    Cover reveal: SHADOWS OF SLAVERY

    Presenting the cover art for Shadows of Slavery! Preorders are now open for this epic tale of gods, gladiators, space pirates, and mystical peacekeepers, coming in February.

  • 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…

  • Cover reveal: REBEL EARTH

    Cover reveal: REBEL EARTH

    We are proud to present the cover art for Rebel Earth, the third and final book in Dale E. McClenning‘s Awakening Earth trilogy! Preorders for this exciting conclusion are now open through Brain Lag and will soon be available at your favourite retailer. We are also hosting many writing panels and other events at Gen…

  • Announcing SHADOWS OF SLAVERY!

    Announcing SHADOWS OF SLAVERY!

    Simon A. G. Spencer, author of the “alternately gritty and gossamer” Soul, Light, and Wings, returns in February 2022 with the first book of his Birthright series, Shadows of Slavery! The Deus are not supposed to interfere with mortals. But when a prophecy foretells the fall of the entire galaxy, the gods must look beyond…