Volume three of Robert Silverberg’s Collected Stories is in stock and shipping. Something Wild is Loose contains such undisputed classics as “Good News from the Vatican,” “Thomas the Proclaimer,” and “Many Mansions” among its more than 400 pages.

Limited HC:

$65

Trade HC:

$35

Turns out that we still have five copies of the Lettered Edition of Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon available for preorder. Feel free to get your reservation in on one of these remaining copies — due to ship in a number of months when the traycases are finished — and you’ll be eligible to order a lettered copy of Throne of Jade, and subsequent volumes in the series.

UPDATE: The Lettered Edition of His Majesty’s Dragon is now sold out!

We’ve just approved the bluelines for Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves’ Interworld, which is progressing nicely toward publication in just a few short weeks. Many thanks to everyone who has ordered a copy direct from us, as we’ve just been able to send Mr. Reaves the first check — for several thousand dollars — to help him with his ongoing medical expenses. (You may remember that all of SubPress’ profits are going to Mr. Reaves.) Please consider preordering a copy. Not only will you receive a nifty limited edition, you’ll be helping out a fine writer in a time of great need.

Bob Eggleton found himself inspired by Robert A. Heinlein’s Project Moonbase and Others, and agreed to provide a couple of full color plates that will be reprinted in the book. We’d like to thank Bob for his generosity, and point you to the book’s page, where you can have a good look at both images.

Just yesterday, Dave McKean turned in the completely designed and illustrated version of Skeletons by Ray Bradbury, which contains the legendary version of his story “Skeleton” along with an ultra-rare version not reprinted in over 60 years. Dave initially agreed to provide 4 to 5 illustrations for the chapbook, which was to be printed in two colors. To our delight, Dave not only helmed the design, he provided 27 illustrations, bringing both tales to creepy life. This will truly be a classic presentation of some of Bradbury’s finest work, and a chapbook, now to be printed in black ink exclusively, we don’t expect to last long.

Just a part of the kind, perceptive review of Brian Lumley’s Haggopian and Other Stories, posted over at Green Man Review: “Still, the contents include over twenty stories, a meaty volume indeed, and one that will keep any fan of Lumley’s Cthulhu mythos work well satisfied for a good long while. Each story has an introduction by the author, mainly detailing the story’s genesis and publication. Along the way, other little tidbits get tucked in—I, for one, had no idea that Lumley used to be an avid hang glider—which gives the collection as a whole the sense of an old friend walking the reader through his bookshelf. Clearly, the book was put together with love, and with affection for the stories it contains. Many of them were written in the ’60s and ’70s, and as such they deserve some veneration as important landmarks in the evolution of Lovecraftian writing.”

For those of you with a taste for your noir Bladerunner-style, we’re down to the last 20 copies of Richard K. Morgan’s landmark novel, Altered Carbon, so if you’re game for “sleeves”, automated hotel lobby machine gun fire, and a solid nod in the direction of Raymond Chandler, this thrill ride is for you.

We had no plans to run another batch of Ebay auctions so soon, but the last round proved so popular we decided to go ahead. We’ve posted books by Ray Bradbury, Poppy Z. Brite, Connie Willis, the ever elusive Simon, and a whole host of other fine writers. Head over to Ebay and have a look at our current auctions. And keep an eye on them. We’re likely to add even more over the course of the next week or two.

We’ve just received limited quantities of some long out of print titles back from one of our wholesalers.

– Lye Street (Alan Campbell). The prequel to his acclaimed dark fantasy debut, Scar Night.

– M is for Magic (Neil Gaiman). A collection in the tradition of Ray Bradbury’s YA classics, R is for Rocket and S is for Space.

– The Kragen (Jack Vance). The rare novella — not reprinted in nearly twenty years.

We only have a double handful of these books, so order early if you’re interested in snagging a copy.

The Spring 2008 issue of Subterranean Online has kicked off in high style, with new stories by James P. Blaylock (a collaboration with Adriana Campoy), as well as tales by newer writers Ekaterina Sedia and Beth Bernobich. In an email, Beth described her story as an “SF, steampunkish, feminist, kind of yarn, with a high-atmosphere balloon escape and some explosions.” We’ll testify that it’s all that and more. If the fiction posted so far isn’t enough to tempt you, we also have a new interview with Sherrilyn Kenyon. Happy reading, and best of all, it’s FREE.