IFP June

June Geekery from Interstellar Flight Press

July 01, 2019

…Coming out is itself its own kind of body modification as it changes the way others see you. Often with horns on your head instead of your shoulders.

Jumpstarting a small press and magazine is a labor of love. We're so pleased to release our first publication: The Manticore's Vow, now available in all bookish places! If you love novellas, adventure tales, and badass femme protags, you'll want to add this book to your TBR pile. We're ready to add more writers to our new release list. Please send us your novellas! We are particularly interested in receiving more stories by and about marginalized voices. One of the reasons I chose to start with novellas is that they represent what we love: stories that don't quite fit into longer forms. Holly Lyn Walrath Managing Editor

Popular Stories This Month

Do you love cats? Of course you do, because they are amazing little balls of fluff. This month, John Tuttle brings us a short hiss-tory of our feline companions in science fiction film. With their graceful maneuverability and attractiveness, cats have found their way into science fiction plots throughout film history, whether as the random “guinea pig” for a mad scientist’s latest experiment or a reluctant stowaway who fights Kree soldiers in space. Kaylee Craig brought us another review, this time of Black Mirror Season 5. Once again, this revolutionary SF series asks once again how technology’s ability to break down boundaries once previously held as sacred will change our psychological makeup in more ways than one. From cell phone addiction to celebrity fangirling to virtual reality, the latest season of Black Mirror is a mind-altering experience.We're stoked to be able to promote the work of SFF authors like Caitlin Starling, who brought us an essay on her new book, The Luminous Dead. Sarah Gailey called it “A harrowing, merciless descent into the human psyche.” The Luminous Dead is available now from Harper Voyager.In personal essays, this month we feature a complex piece by Presley Thomas, who explores the intersection between Project Runway, queerness, and body modification. "There isn’t a uniform for being gay. There isn’t a brand or line of clothing. I didn’t have the ability to modify my body to show my inward self."

Call for Novellas

Interstellar Flight Press is seeking submissions of speculative novellas from May 15-September 15.We are looking for:

  • Fiction Novellas 17,500–40,000 words.

  • Speculative genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Weird, Mystery/Thrillers or any combination of the above. Hybrids or difficult to categorize novellas are welcome.

  • Young Adult novellas are okay as long as they are speculative in some way.

  • We will consider both standalone novellas and series (Please submit only the first book in a series).

Read the full guidelines for more info and send us your stories!

Call for Essays

We’re always open to submissions for essays on pop culture, film, TV, books, and games. We’re big fans of io9, Wired, Tor.com, Electric Literature, Book Riot, and Locus Mag. We want essays on popular culture, movies, books, video games, SFF culture, conventions, and anything else geeky. We’d love to see a focus on resistance, feminism, and edgy topics. We’re always interested in hearing from underrepresented and marginalized voices. How you define that is up to you.Read the full guidelines and submit your ideas!

NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

We’re thrilled to announce that our first book is out!

Interstellar Flight Press is delighted to feature a tie-in project by Cassandra Rose Clarke — The Manticore’s Vow and Other Stories. We are thrilled to get a chance to work with Clarke, a member of our local Houston literary scene, Rhysling Award winner, and author of Halo: Battle Born, Star’s End, Our Lady of the Ice, and more.

This collection is a tie-in with Clarke’s book Magic of Blood and Sea. It collects three novellas:

The Manticore’s VowThe Automaton’s TreasureThe Witch’s Betrayal​

A vain assassin takes an assignment with dire consequences. An aristocratic lady fleeing her past is besieged by pirates. And a manticore princess sets out on a life-changing adventure.

The Manticore’s Vow explores the origins of some of Clarke’s most memorable characters: Naji, the scarred assassin, Marjani, the pirate queen, and Ongraygeeomryn, the man-eating manticore. Explore a world of dangerous magic and thrilling adventures with this trio of gorgeous, swashbuckling tales.

You can order The Manticore’s Vow on Amazon. Or, become a Patreon at the $5 or $10 level to get your copy. Stay tuned to our website and our Patreon for more exciting new releases!

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