Well, we’ve done it. We’ve actually acquired as much work as we can manage (plus a little I think!). We have great new e- and print books coming out over the course of the next 6 months, plus two or three anthologies, and we’re working on offering our books on audio. It’s all crazy good, but, as a result, we’re closing submissions from August 1, 2008 to January 1, 2009 for all lines. We’re letting you know now so that, if you were polishing that last little bit before sending it in, you’ll have time to make it before the deadline. If you don’t, however, we’ll be open to submissions again on January 1.

I want to also remind you all that Membra Disjecta is still happily taking short works and will continue to do so. The upcoming theme is “Trickster Tales or Activism” and we’ll have our first chapbook reviews inside. We also want to be sure to note that we are actively seeking diversity in all of our publications, so please send us your work. Watch for the Trickster issue on August 1. The next issue, due November 1 is themed “Our Glorious Future or Steampunk”. I’m sure you’ll come up with some great stuff for it.

Watch for the Little Red Riding Hood anthology, Straying from the Path, to come out in e-book around the end of August, the Farrago’s Wainscot anthology in the fall (in hardcover!), and at least one more for 2008 if we can squeeze it in: Things That Go Bump in the Night.

Now, back to work!

Jennybrat of Brat Sweet Nothings posted her review of Joely’s Beautiful Death.

“It’s easy to say that Beautiful Death excels in both but the total is much more than the sum of its individual merits. This novel is so good that I’m not sure I can do justice to it in my review.Emotionally rich and action-packed, Beautiful Death holds intriguing surprises at every turn, right up to its explosive climax. If this is representative of her writing, I certainly can’t wait to savor her other works.” Grade: A+

Read the rest of the review here. Read an excerpt of Beautiful Death here.

Camellia of The Long and Short of It posted a review of Gary Inbinder’s Confessions of the Creature.

“This novel is full of well-written, graphic description that will linger with this reader for a long time. Gary Inbinder grabs the attention of the reader immediately with a horrifying event set in an icebound ship in the Arctic. The reader feels as if she is right there with the Creature from the fetid alleys of overcrowded cities of the early nineteenth century cities of Europe to the opulent mansions of Tsarist Russian.”

Read the rest of the review here. Read an excerpt of Confessions of the Creature here.