Migraineers. Hello. It has been a while since our last post. Indeed, said post was the announcement of the open submissions call for A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession, lessee, oh … six months ago. Ah. That long? Yes. Terribly sorry, but we’ve been actually busy with … A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession! Ta da!

It’s true, the last few months have been hectic. We received here at MMP HQ well over 500 submissions for review and without going too deep into the process, the experience has been a tad harrowing. We’re ready now, though. Ready to reveal the 20 stories and authors which will appear in our fifth anthology (21 if you count Howard Lovecraft’s seed story The Colour Out of Space … and we do! We do) BUT before we do that, a brief word of thanks to the many writers worldwide who a) got excited about the theme and b) acted upon that excitement enough to write something they thought we’d like before c) actually sending it in! We know how hard that final step can be, and we’re humbled and grateful that you took it, all. Thank you. Good, great, and amazing stories were read, but in the end only a few passed the bar we’d set for this book. And here they are (in random order; the final order of the ToC has yet to be determined)…

Intraocular

by Erica Ruppert

Falseface

by Garrett Cook

Shadowmate

by Sam Grieve

Diablitos

by Cody Goodfellow

But Thou, Proserpina, Sleep

by Megan Arkenberg

Open Fight Night at the Dirtbag Casino

by Gordon White

Mandible

by Anton Rose

The Evaluator

by Premee Mohamed

Sonata

by Jonathan Raab

The Monsters Are Due in Mayberry

by Edward Morris

The Colour Out of Space

by H. P. Lovecraft

Skin Suits

by Autumn Christian

Master of the House

by Matthew M. Bartlett

The Stuff

by Andrew Kozma

Promontory

by Morgan Crooks

Viscera

by Sam Schreiber

Echo Hiding

by Rodney Turner

A Thousand Mothers

by Aaron Vlek

Bog Dog

by Seras Nikita

Everything Wants to Live

by Luke R. J. Maynard

We Don’t Talk About the Invasion Anymore

by L Chan

A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession will be edited and introduced by Scott R Jones. Cover art by George Cotronis (you can see a portion of the art above, full cover reveal coming soon!). The anthology will be available in both trade paperback and electronic formats. Exact release date TBD but we are looking at late June, early July.

If you are a reviewer and are interested in an electronic Advance Review Copy of A Breath from the Sky, please email MMP at info@martianmigrainepress.com with the subject line “BREATH eARC” and we will put you on the list to receive one when they’re ready. Make sure to indicate your preferred ebook format (mobi, epub, or PDF). Physical ARCs will become available closer to the release date.