Announcing Rude Mechanicals, a brand new short Company novel illustrated by J. K. Potter!!

The year is 1934, the scene is a Wood Near Athens — temporarily relocated to the environs of the Hollywood Bowl, as German theater impresario Max Reinhardt attempts to stage his famous production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Fortunately for Reinhardt, he has immortal assistance in the person of Literature Specialist Lewis, a cyborg working undercover for Dr. Zeus Incorporated, masters of time travel. Lewis is tasked with preserving Reinhardt’s promptbooks for future Company profits at auction.

Unfortunately for Reinhardt, there are complications…

For Joseph, Lewis’s fellow cyborg, is on the case as well, attempting to salvage a botched mission of his own. It involves the lost treasure of the Cahuenga Pass, a missing diamond, a third-century pope, burglary, disguises, car chases, and a legendary Hollywood party spot. All of which interact, more or less disastrously, with Lewis’s mission and Reinhardt’s Shakespearean extravaganza. Will the show go on?

The captain, a gambler, a former slave, and an Irish nun with a revolver under her skirt. All of these are passengers on the steamboat The Mary Byrd, along with a creature they’ll fear before this endless night sees the dawn. Join Cherie Priest as her novella from Dreadful Skin builds to a shattering conclusion, one installment per day.

Update: The Limited and Lettered Editions Sold Out within 24 hours of announcement.

“In the best tradition of enlivened history…”
– Douglas D. Alder

“…a well-written popular epic on the level of Gone with the Wind…”
– Reno Gazette Journal

“It’s hard not to admire such a novel…. It’s old-fashioned in tone and substance, but gracefully written and imaginative in execution.”
– Newsday

The Kirkham family has fallen on hard times in Manchester, England, during wrenching changes of the industrial revolution. The older children are forced to work to support the family, until a ray of hope appears — strangers from America, preaching about building the city of God in the promised land.

Dinah and Charlie Kirkham choose to go, but the price they pay is far higher than they bargained for. When they make the sacrifice, they have no way of knowing just how much they will gain — and how much they will lose.

When Orson Scott Card’s (700+ page) historical epic Saints was first published in 1984, it had to overcome many obstacles: The original publisher changed the title, gave it an unfortunate cover, and published it as a paperback original, almost guaranteeing that it would disappear without a trace.

In spite of these obstacles, many readers discovered it and passed it from hand to hand. The novel has endured, building a community of loyal readers for more than twenty years. This edition marks its first appearance in hardcover, and includes a new afterword by the author, recounting the saga of the book’s development and publication.

Saints will be published in December in three unique editions:

Lettered: 15 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase: Sold Out
Limited: 111 signed numbered copies, bound in leather and cloth: Sold Out
Trade: fully cloth bound hardcover: $35

Fans of John Scalzi’s “Old Man” universe, prepare yourselves: there’s a long new story in that universe, told from the point of view of one of the series’ most intriguing characters. And for the first time, fans can become part of the universe themselves.

Subterranean Press is proud to announce The Sagan Diary, a long novelette that for the first time looks at the worlds of the Hugo-nominated Old Man’s War and its sequel The Ghost Brigades from the point of view of Lieutenant Jane Sagan, who in a series of diary entries gives her views on some of the events included in the series… and sheds new light into some previously unexplored corners. If you thought you knew Jane Sagan before, prepare to be surprised.

The Sagan Diary will be published exclusively by Subterranean Press in two editions:

Limited: Signed leatherbound hardcover, with “In Memoriam” inclusion: $45
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover: $20

Those who pre-order the limited leatherbound copy will automatically have their names placed on a special “In Memoriam” page as members of the valiant 3rd Platoon, Company D — a band of CDF soldiers who play an important role in Sagan’s life experiences. (To opt out of the memorial page, merely mention you don’t want to participate when checking out.)

The Sagan Diary was written in part to support the John M Ford Book Endowment of the Minneapolis Public Library, and to reflect that support, those who donate any amount to the Ford Book Endowment will receive $5 off the limited leatherbound copy. To take advantage, please mention your contribution when checking out.

Important note: If paying via PayPal, and you qualify for the discount, please email subpress@earthlink.net rather than going through the online store.

We’ve just started accepting preorders on two new titles due out early next year:

Tales from the Woeful Platypus is Caitlin R. Kiernan’s followup to her all original erotica collection, Frog Toes and Tentacles, which was out of print almost immediately. Once again, Vince Locke is taking care of the illustrations, and once again we’ll warn you that the material contained therein is of an adult nature. Tales will be available as an unsigned hardcover ($20) and a signed limited hardcover ($45) that will not only contain an extra vignette, it’ll come with a cool exclusive chapbook, too.

New Amsterdam is hot new writer Elizabeth Bear’s Subterranean debut, a collection of short stories and novellas, that fit nicely together into an episodic novel. If the nineteenth century, dirigibles, magic, and vampires are your thing, you can’t go wrong. Like the Kiernan, there’s an unsigned hardcover ($25) and a signed limited edition ($40) that comes with an original short story chapbook available nowhere else.

David Marusek might be the hottest new sf writer around. His debut novel, Counting Heads, drew a NY Times rave. We’re sure similar praise is in line for his debut collection, Getting to Know You, which contains six stories — “building blocks” — toward Counting Heads. Once again, there’s a signed limited edition ($40) with bonus chapbook, and an unsigned trade hardcover ($25). Trust us, you can’t go wrong with either.