Reminiscent of Oliver Twist meets The Godfather with subtle but powerful magic, the heroine has a lot to learn about the dangers of moving up the ranks in her local hierarchy.įree short stories will be a regular staple of Strange Fuse. THE GOPHERS OF HIGH CHARITY by Kimberly Unger is a debut novella with exceptional world-building. Part mystery, diary, horror story and cookbook, Creature's Cookbook tells the tale of this 'humanitarian' and its quest for contact. This is an 'author's cut' remixing of this story.ĬREATURE'S COOKBOOK by Simon Alkenmayer is a sojourn into the dark meat of the soul, according to its author, who is an immortal monster that eats humans. When it originally debuted, Triptych was nominated for two Lambda Literary Awards, won the San Francisco Book Festival award for SF/F, was nominated for a CBC Bookie award, was named one of The Advocate's Best Overlooked Books of 2011 and garnered both a starred review and a place among the Best Books of 2011 from Publishers Weekly. Frey is a science fiction tale of first contact that is an allegory for how we treat refugees and 'others' today. Strange Fuse will publish monthly, beginning with these unique titles: A digital subscription service, monthly newsletter, serialization, alternate and additional content, fan fiction, new types of subsidiary rights, and more are just a few of the ideas they will be exploring. Strange Fuse also plans to explore new ideas in marketing and sales, working in conjunction with its authors.

'We started Strange Fuse as a way to publish great science fiction, fantasy and horror by unusual voices, specializing in genre blending/bending, experimental, head-bursting, thought-provoking speculative fiction,' Warnock said.

Frey called TRIPTYCH, a culinary shock-u-mentary from Simon Alkenmayer called CREATURE'S COOKBOOK, and a new novella and free short story from debut author Kimberly Unger: THE GOPHERS OF HIGH CHARITY and WISHES FOLDED INTO FANCY PAPER.įuse Literary co-founder Gordon Warnock heads up Short Fuse Publishing's seven imprints, including Strange Fuse and the recently announced Kid Fuse for children's books. Launch titles for the imprint will feature a reissued Lambda Award finalist first-contact novel from J.M. Strange Fuse Launch Titles SAN FRANCISCO - PRLog - Fuse Literary's Short Fuse Publishing today debuted a new imprint for science fiction, fantasy and horror (SFFH) stories: STRANGE FUSE.

Triptych by J.M. Frey