New Speculative Fiction imprint announces first title

Nov. 14, 2011 - PRLog -- Elsewhen Press, a small independent UK publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, today announced details of their first title.  [Re]Awakenings, an anthology of new Speculative Fiction, will be published on 21st November 2011 in digital format and on 1st March 2012 in paperback.  Adopting such a digital-first policy allows shorter production timescales enabling titles to be published and enjoyed by readers much sooner than would traditionally be possible.  It also provides better opportunities for debut authors like those included in [Re]Awakenings.

[Re]Awakenings is an anthology of short stories covering a range of Speculative Fiction genres from Science Fiction to Fantasy to Paranormal.  Compiled by PR Pope, who also contributed, all of the included stories are new and most were written specifically for this anthology.  Of the seven authors invited to participate in [Re]Awakenings, one, Alison Buck, has seen her most recent book staying around the top of Amazon’s Ghost bestseller charts for the past few months.  Four of the others, Neil Faarid, Robin Moran, Alexander Skye and Peter Wolfe are new authors at the start of their writing careers.  The other contributor, known only by her online soubriquet of Gingerlily, has never been published before although her witty contributions to many an online reading forum are legendary.

[Re]Awakenings digital edition will be available in Kindle format through Amazon Kindle stores in the UK, US, France and Germany; it will be available worldwide in EPUB format through the Kobo online store and in the UK from WH Smith; it will also be available in 32 countries, including the UK, US, Canada, Australia and most of mainland Europe, in EPUB format through Apple iBookstores.

About [Re]Awakenings, an anthology of new Speculative Fiction

[Re]Awakenings are the starting points for life-changing experiences; a new plane of existence, an alternate reality or cyber-reality.  This genre-spanning anthology of new speculative fiction explores that theme with a spectrum of tales, from science fiction to fantasy to paranormal; in styles from clinically serious to joyfully silly.  As you read through them all, and you must read all of them, you will discover along the way that stereo-typical distinctions between the genres within speculative fiction are often arbitrary and unhelpful.  You will be taken on an emotional journey through a galaxy of sparkling fiction; you will laugh, you will cry; you will consider timeless truths and contemplate eternal questions.
All of life is within these pages, from birth to death (and in some cases beyond).  In all of these stories, most of them specifically written for this anthology, the short story format has been used to great effect.  If you haven’t already heard of some of these authors, you soon will as they are undoubtedly destined to become future stars in the speculative fiction firmament.  Remember, you read them here first!
[Re]Awakenings is a collection of short stories from exciting new voices in UK speculative fiction, compiled by guest editor PR Pope.  It contains the following stories: Alison Buck: Dreamers; Intervention; Mirror mirror; Podcast.  Neil Faarid: The Adventures of Kit Brennan: Kidnapped!.  Gingerlily: The Dragon and the Rose.  Robin Moran: The Merry Maiden Wails.  PR Pope: Afterlife; Courtesy Bodies; On the Game.  Alexander Skye: BlueWinter; Dreaming Mars; Exploring the Heavens; Worth it.  Peter Wolfe: If you go into the woods today…

Contact details:

Elsewhen Press contact:    Al Murray

Information about Elsewhen Press, authors and titles can be obtained online from http://elsewhen.co.uk

Interviews with authors can be arranged through Elsewhen Press, contact Al Murray.

Elsewhen Press titles will be available from good retailers, for more details visit http://elsewhen.co.uk

This and other press releases from Elsewhen Press can be obtained as pdf files from http://elsewhen.co.uk/index.php/retrieve/press/

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About Elsewhen Press
Elsewhen Press is a newly established independent publisher of Speculative Fiction. Based in the UK, in the South East of England, Elsewhen Press will publish titles in English in digital and print editions, adopting a digital-first policy for most titles and a digital-only policy for some. Elsewhen Press is an imprint of Alnpete Limited, joining general fiction publisher Alnpete Press.