1.31.24

sheree renée thomas has a story in the just published MARVEL'S VOICES: LEGENDS (2024) #1. get yours here.


1.19.24

josh rountree's collection DEATH AESTHETIC sells to mark teppo at Underland Press. it is slated for a fall 2024 release.


11.14.23

sheree renée thomas, oghenechovwe donald ekpeki, and zelda knight's AFRICA RISEN: A NEW ERA OF SPECULATIVE FICTION, is now available in trade paperback. get yours here.


10.29.23

sheree renée thomas, oghenechovwe donald ekpeki, and zelda knight's AFRICA RISEN: A NEW ERA OF SPECULATIVE FICTION has won the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.


10.10.23

darin bradley's BLOODMETAL is now available. get yours here.


8.15.23

andrea hairston's WILL DO MAGIC FOR SMALL CHANGE is now available in trade paperback. get yours here.


7.25.23

josh rountree's THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE FISH is now available. get yours here.


6.26.23

sheree renée thomas, oghenechovwe donald ekpeki, and zelda knight's AFRICA RISEN: A NEW ERA OF SPECULATIVE FICTION has won the 2023 LOCUS Award for Best Anthology.


4.24.23

bonnie jo stufflebeam's debut novel, GRIM ROOT, has sold to rob carroll at dark matter INK. it is slated for a 2024 release.


3.13.23

bonnie jo stufflebeam has joined the posse. check her here.


1.8.23

darin bradley's BLOODMETAL: THE UNHEARD sells to mark teppo at Underland Press. it is slated for a 2025 release.


11.15.22

sheree renée thomas, oghenechovwe donald ekpeki, and zelda knight's AFRICA RISEN: A NEW ERA OF SPECULATIVE FICTION, is now available in hardcover. get yours here.


10.11.22

sheree renée thomas' BLACK PANTHER: PANTHER'S RAGE, is now available in hardcover. get yours here.


10.11.22

andrea hairston's WILL DO MAGIC FOR SMALL CHANGE, is now available in a new hardcover edition. get yours here.


8.16.22

andrea hairston's REDWOOD & WILDFIRE, is now available in a new trade paperback edition. get yours here.


2.22.22

juliette wade's INHERITORS OF POWER, Book Three of The Broken Trust, is now available. get yours here.


2.18.22

josh rountree's THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE FISH has sold to rick klaw at tachyon publications.


2.8.22

juliette wade's TRANSGRESSIONS OF POWER, Book Two of The Broken Trust, is now available in trade paperback. get yours here.


2.1.22

andrea hairston's REDWOOD & WILDFIRE, is now available in a new hardcover edition. get yours here.


1.18.22

sheree renée thomas' (with pan morigan and troy l. wiggins) anthology TROUBLE THE WATERS: TALES FROM THE DEEP BLUE is now available. get yours here.


8.31.21

andrea hairston's MASTER OF POISONS, is now available in trade paperback. get yours here or here.


8.10.21

josh rountree's collection FANTASTIC AMERICANA, is now available. get yours here.


8.2.21

BLACK PANTHER: PANTHER'S RAGE by sheree renée thomas has sold to titan books. get your copy here.


5.18.21

andrea hairston's REDWOOD & WILDFIRE has a new cover. check it.


2.23.21

juliette wade's TRANSGRESSIONS OF POWER, Book Two of The Broken Trust, is now available. get yours here.


2.19.21

AFRICA RISEN: A NEW ERA OF SPECULATIVE FICTION edited by sheree renée thomas, oghenechovwe donald ekpeki, and zelda knight has sold to emily goldman at tordotcom publishing. it is slated for a 2022 release.


11.3.20

sheree renée thomas has been named the next editor of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION.


10.16.20

andrea hairston's ARCHANGELS OF FUNK, an UNTITLED novel, plus reprints of REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE, WILL DO MAGIC FOR SMALL CHANGE, and MINDSCAPE, have sold to lee harris at tordotcom publishing.


9.8.20

andrea hairston's MASTER OF POISONS, is now available. get yours here or here.


7.22.20

juliette wade's INHERITORS OF POWER, SPIRITS OF POWER, and EVOLUTION OF POWER (the next three books in her BROKEN TRUST series), have sold to sheila gilbert at DAW Books.


5.26.20

sheree renée thomas' collection, NINE BAR BLUES, is now available. get yours here or here.


5.18.20

darin bradley's BLOODMETAL sells to mark teppo at Underland Press. it is slated for a 2023 release.


2.4.20

juliette wade's MAZES OF POWER, Book One of The Broken Trust is now available. get yours.


9.27.19

lashawn m. wanak has joined the posse. check her here.


4.24.19

sheree renée thomas has joined the posse. check her here.


1.9.19

andrea hairston's MASTER OF POISONS sells to ruoxi chen at tordotcom publishing. it is slated for a fall 2020 HC release.


8.30.18

juliette wade's debut novel, MAZES OF POWER, and sequel TRANSGRESSIONS OF POWER, sell to sheila gilbert at DAW Books. MAZES is slated for a February, 2020 release.


10.17.17

darin bradley's LIGHT BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC is now available. get yours.


1.20.17

darin bradley's debut story collection, LIGHT BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, sells to mark teppo at resurrection house. it is slated for a fall 2017 release.


10.11.16

darin bradley's TOTEM is now available. get yours.


5.1.16

andrea hairston's WILL DO MAGIC FOR SMALL CHANGE is now available. get yours.


3.25.16

marguerite reed's ARCHANGEL has won the 2016 Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation.


2.1.16

marguerite reed's ARCHANGEL is on the 2015 LOCUS Recommended Reading List.


1.12.16

marguerite reed's ARCHANGEL has been nominated for the 2016 Philip K. Dick Award.


11.13.15

jennifer marie brissett's ELYSIUM is now available as an audiobook. get yours.


10.20.15

srdjan smajić's WE DREAM OF WATER is now available. get yours.


9.30.15

italian translation rights to jennifer marie brissett's ELYSIUM sell to marco scarabelli at zona 42. it is slated for a 2016 release.


8.16.15

andrea hairston's WILL DO MAGIC FOR SMALL CHANGE sells to l. timmel duchamp at aqueduct press. it is slated for a spring 2016 release.


8.11.15

forrest aguirre's HERACLIX & POMP and darin bradley's CHIMPANZEE are now available in tpb. get yours.


5.12.15

marguerite reed's ARCHANGEL is now available. get yours.


4.3.15

jennifer marie brissett's ELYSIUM has won the 2015 Philip K. Dick Special Citation.


3.20.15

mark teppo's anthology XIII: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION is now available. get yours.


2.1.15

jennifer marie brisett's ELYSIUM, darin bradley's CHIMPANZEE, and mark teppo's THE COURT OF LIES are on the 2014 LOCUS Recommended Reading List.


1.8.15

jennifer marie brisett's ELYSIUM has been nominated for the 2015 Philip K. Dick Award.


12.1.14

jennifer marie brisett's ELYSIUM is now available. get yours.


10.21.14

mark teppo's RUDOLPH! is now available. get yours.


10.7.14

forrest aguirre's HERACLIX & POMP is now available. get yours.


9.9.14

darin bradley's CHIMPANZEE is in stores now. get yours.


9.5.14

srdjan smajić's WE DREAM OF WATER sells to darin bradley at resurrection house. it is slated for a fall 2015 release.


8.31.14

pre-ordering is now available for the following scribe titles: darin bradley's CHIMPANZEE, forrest aguirre's HERACLIX & POMP, and mark teppo's RUDOLPH!. get yours.


7.15.14

mark teppo's collection, THE COURT OF LIES, is now available. get yours.


6.3.14

juliette wade and kimberley long-ewing join the posse. check juliette here and kimberley here.


5.30.14

scribe readings at wiscon 38 are now live on our youtube channel. check out: jennifer marie brissett, andrea hairston, kimberley long-ewing, and marguerite reed.


5.23-26.14

wiscon 38. scribe authors attending: world fantasy award-winner forrest aguirre, jennifer marie brissett, tiptree and carl brandon award-winner andrea hairston, and marguerite reed. catch them at panels, readings, and at the scribe agency beach party. see you there.


5.13.14

jason erik lundberg joins the posse. check him here.


4.2.14

marguerite reed's SF trilogy sells to darin bradley at resurrection house. the first book, ARCHANGEL, is slated for a spring 2015 release.


12.10.13

andrea hairston's REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE has won the 2011 Carl Brandon Society Kindred Award.


10.28.13

darin bradley's second and third novels, CHIMPANZEE and TOTEM, sell to mark teppo at resurrection house. CHIMPANZEE is slated for a fall 2014 release.


10.25.13

forrest aguirre's novel, HERACLIX AND POMP, sells to mark teppo at resurrection house. it is slated for a fall 2014 release.


8.27.13

doug lain's BILLY MOON is now available. get yours.


7.11.13

jenniffer marie brissett's first novel, ELYSIUM, sells to l. timmel duchamp at aqueduct press.


7.10.13

mark teppo's short story collection, THE COURT OF LIES, sells to patrick swenson at fairwood press. it will be published in three ebooks as THE QUEEN OF FAITH, THE HOLLOW PRINCE, and THE KING IN SCARLET in 2013, and in trade paperback in 2014.


5.22.13

the scribe youtube channel is now fully armed and operational. check out the wiscon 37 readings by andrea hairston and marguerite reed.


5.24-27.13

wiscon 37. scribe authors attending: world fantasy award-winner forrest aguirre, jennifer marie brissett, tiptree award-winner andrea hairston, and marguerite reed. catch them at panels, readings, and at the scribe agency halloween costume party. see you there.


5.1.13

andrea hairston's LONELY STARDUST, a collection of SF essays and plays, sells to aqueduct press.


4.30.13

join us for the scribe agency halloween costume party at Wiscon 37. saturday may 25 at 9:30 pm., room 634. homebrew shall flow: pilsner, hard pumpkin-apple cider (dry and still), hard apple cider (sweet and bubbly), chocolate milk stout, and ginger beer (non-alcoholic). this is a costume party, so dress up!


2.26.13

mark teppo's THE MONGOLIAD: Book Three (co-authored with neal stephenson, greg bear, et. al.) is released. get yours.


2.14.13

berrien c. henderson joins the posse. check him here.


1.8.13

mark teppo's EARTH THIRST is now available. get yours.


9.25.12

THE MONGOLIAD: Book Two by mark teppo (with with neal stephenson, greg bear, et. al.) and DREAMER: A PREQUEL TO THE MONGOLIAD by mark teppo, are both available. get yours.


8.28.12

mark teppo's SINNER: A PREQUEL TO THE MONGOLIAD is now available. get yours.


8.22.12

an audio version of darin bradley's NOISE is now available. get yours.


6.1.12

mark teppo's eco-thriller EARTH THIRST: THE ARCADIAN CONFLICT sells to Night Shade Books .


5.26.12

party: 9:00 saturday night, room 623. join us in the scribe mead hall as we celebrate guest of honor andrea hairston and her james tiptree jr. award-winning novel REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE, and all things scribe. the scribe kegerator is chugging away on the following taste sensations, fresh for the imbibing: metheglin (a spiced mead), cyser (mead made with apple cider), cascadian dark ale, american lager, scotch ale, and ginger ale. be there.


5.26.12

reading: 2:30-3:45pm at michelangelo's. hard chargers: women writing hard science fiction, featuring marguerite reed, sarah frost, sandra grayson, kimberly long-ewing. "we don't shrink-and-pink our science fiction. more particle physics, less boyfriend. for all the people who say that women can't write hard science fiction or they're not interested in it, we dare you to come hear us." see you there.


5.25-28.12

wiscon 36. scribe shall be in attendance along with the following scribe authors: andrea hairston, forrest aguirre, and marguerite reed. see you there.


5.10.12

hungarian rights to darin bradley's NOISE go to Fonix Könyvmuhely .


4.24.12

mark teppo's (co-authored with neal stephenson, greg bear, et. al.) THE MONGOLIAD: Book One is released. get yours.


3.9.12

andrea hairston's REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE wins the 2011 James Tiptree Jr. Award!


2.3.12

doug lain begins blogging for tor.


2.1.12

andrea hairston's novel, REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE, and darin bradley's story, "∞" make the 2011 LOCUS recommended reading list.


1.29.12

forrest aguirre's ARCHANGEL MORPHEUS is now available. get yours.


11.1.11

it's movember. growing a mo to raise awareness and money for male health issues. donate here if you so desire. some facts on men's health to ponder:

  • 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and 1 in 3 women will be.
  • Evidence suggests that about a third of the 571,950 cancer deaths expected to occur will be related to obesity, physical inactivity, poor nutrition and thus could be prevented.
  • 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
  • 240,890 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed and 33,720 men will die.
  • Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in American males between the ages of 15 and 34.
  • 8,290 men will be diagnosed with the disease and 350 will die.
  • Smoking accounts for at least 30% of all cancer deaths and 87% of lung cancer deaths.
  • An estimated 115,060 men will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 85,600 men will die from the disease.
  • While not as common, men can get breast cancer. About 2,140 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among men and about 450 men will die from the disease.
  • The most common cancer in the US, skin cancer strikes 1 in 5 Americans.
  • An estimated 43,890 men will be diagnosed with skin cancer and 8,080 men will die from the disease.
  • An estimated 13 million adult men over the age of 20 in the US have diabetes- and a third do not know it.
  • Approximately 50 million men and women in the US have high blood pressure- almost 30 per cent of them do not know it.
  • About 1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure, and blood pressure tends to rise with age.
  • 1 in 8 men who suffer from mental illness actually seek help (inspire.org)
  • Four times as many men commit suicide compared with women.
ogle the scribestache...

10.17.11

doug lain's novella WAVE OF MUTILATION is now available. get yours.


9.2.11

marguerite reed joins the posse.


8.24.11

jennifer marie brissett joins the posse. check her here.


5.29.11

andrea hairston has been selected as a wiscon 36 guest of honor.


5.28.11

party. 9:00 saturday night, room 634, join scribe as we celebrate the release of andrea hairston's REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE, doug lain's PICK YOUR BATTLE, and all things scribe. the brewmeisters have concocted the following taste sensations, fresh for the imbibing: black pale ale, dry(ish) stout, teutonic dark ale, cali golden ale, honey ale, and root beer. we're sharing the room with galacticon, and shall batttle them at midnight. be there as the revolution continues...


5.26-30.11

wiscon 35. scribe in the house. kegerator chugging. be there.


4.24.11

doug lain's collection FALL INTO TIME hits the shelves. get yours.


2.28.11

andrea hairston's REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE hits the shelves. get yours.


2.1.11

darin bradley's NOISE makes the 2010 LOCUS recommended reading list.


8.31.10

darin bradley's NOISE hits the shelves. get yours.


8.13.10

darin bradley's debut NOISE drops aug. 31. come down and party.


7.26.10

check out douglas lain's new podcast, one thousand words.


7.21.10

douglas lain's PICK YOUR BATTLE, a radical self-help book that combines memoir and cultural theory in order to examine and tell the tale of his urban foraging efforts and other acts against the logic of capitalism, was recently successfully funded through kickstarter . one hundred and sixty-five people opted to give money in opposition to capitalism and in support of alternative economics based around the idea of abundant cities and mutual aid. doug is blogging his progress as he writes. sign up for the DIET SOAP newsletter here for more updates. eberhardt press will print the book when it's finished in october.


7.9.10

new website. dig it.


5.28.10

andrea hairston's MINDSCAPE wins the 2006 carl brandon parallax award.


5.13.10

srdjan smagić joins the posse.


5.6.10

andrea hairston's REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE sells to l. timmel duchamp at aqueduct press.


2.5.10

robert freeman wexler's THE PAINTING AND THE CITY and PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS TO SELL SHOULD BE DESTROYED sell to zanzibar editions in france.


1.19.10

mark teppo's HEARTLAND hits the shelves. get yours.


10.9.09

john klima's ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE wins the hugo award for best fanzine.


5.19.09

mark teppo's LIGHTBREAKER hits the shelves. get yours.


3.19.09

john klima's ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE has been nominated for a hugo award.


12.1.08

josh rountree joins the posse. check him here. buy his story collection here.


6.17.08

andrea hairston joins the posse. check her here. buy her first novel here.


6.01.08

mark teppo's HEARTLAND, book two of the CODEX OF SOULS, sells to jeremy lassen at night shade books.


5.24.08

k.g. brome joins the posse.


5.8.08

darin bradley's novel, NOISE, sells to juliet ulman at bantam/spectra.


4.29.08

darin bradley's FARRAGO'S WAINSCOT wins the 2007 million writers award for best new online magazine or journal.


2.27.08

john klima joins the posse. check him here. buy his anthology, LOGORRHEA, here (it made the 2007 LOCUS recommended reading list, btw). subscribe to his mag, ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE, here.


1.1.08

as of today scribe will no longer accept paper submissions. too many trees filling our recycle bin, too many hours spent moving paper from one stack to another, too many paper cuts, too much of that awful envelope paste in our mouths. check the submissions page for instructions.


12.20.07

doug lain's novel, BILLY MOON: 1968, sells to jim frenkel at tor.


12.1.07

mark teppo's serial hypertext novel, THE ONEIROMANTIC MOSAIC OF HARRY POTEMKIN, is now complete. read it.


11.1.07

mark teppo's novel, LIGHTBREAKER, sells to jason williams at night shade books.


10.6.07

forrest aguirre will co-edit POLYPHONY 7 with deborah layne.


6.1.07

forrest aguirre's SWANS OVER THE MOON is now available. get yours.


2.14.07

forrest aguirre's anthology, TEXT: UR - THE NEW BOOK OF MASKS, is now available. get yours.


2.01.07

LOCUS magazine unveils their 2006 recommended reading list. included are barth anderson's A PATRON SAINT OF PLAGUES and doug lain's LAST WEEK'S APOCALYPSE..


1.1.07

FARRAGO'S WAINSCOT goes live. experience his debauchery.


10.2.06

darin bradley announces FARRAGO'S WAINSCOT, an online exhibition of weirds, experimentation, decay, and the problems with form. exhibiting stories, poems, articles, and such monthly beginning january 2007. check it.


7.06.06

forrest aguirre's novella, SWANS OVER THE MOON, sells to deborah layne at wheatland press.


6.24.06

douglas lain joins the posse. check him here. buy his collection, LAST WEEK'S APOCALYPSE, here.


2.13.06

timothy s. miller joins the posse. check him here.


2.1.06

barth anderson's A SKEPTIC'S GUIDE TO NATURAL FOODS sells to deborah layne at wheatland press.


12.13.05

world fantasy award-winner forrest aguirre joins the posse. check him here. buy his collection, FUGUE XX1X, here. buy his anthology, LEVIATHAN 4: CITIES, here.


7.22.05

mark teppo joins the posse. check him here.


6.23.05

darin bradley joins the posse. check him here.


12.1.04

barth anderson's THE PATRON SAINT OF PLAGUES and THE MAGICIAN AND THE FOOL sell to juliet ulman at bantam.