Chris Roberson kicks off the Fall 2008 issue of Subterranean Online with part one of a long novelette set in the world of his Celestial Empire, in which the future space race doesn’t go quite as anyone intended. “Mirror of Fiery Brightness” is action filled, the result of strange conjectures, and imbued with humanity, as are most of Chris’ entries in this future history. Please check out part one today, and the other installments over the coming weeks.

Also slated for this issue are short stories by Poppy Z. Brite, recent Campbell Award-winner Mary Robinette Kowal, a long novella length audio by Alastair Reynolds, as well as another entry in the ongoing adventures of our favorite scalawag, Lucifer Jones, courtesy of Mike Resnick. Headlining this issue is Cherie Priest’s first foray into The Clockwork Century. “Tanglefoot” will share the same setting as her upcoming novel, Boneshaker and novella, Clementine, a world of poisonous gas, dirigibles, zombies, plucky heroes, and steampunk technology.

In the future, watch the skies for original fiction by Lewis Shiner, hot new writer Ken Scholes, mystery writer Kris Nelscott, as well as an entire issue edited by Gardner Dozois.

Posted on Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 2:58 am.