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This has been a long time coming!
For those unaware, the Planetary Anthology series has been one in the works for years. Starting at Superversive Press before they closed up shop, it was then picked up by Tuscany Bay Press who have spent 2019 and 2020 breaking their backs to get them out and completed.
The idea was to create an anthology series of short stories based around each of the classic planets in our system. Each volume has a different editor with different authors aboard, so you can imagine how much effort it would take to coordinate that. At last count I believe there were over 150 stories from 90+ authors total, which is nothing to sneeze at. Taking this on from Superversive Press was a lot of work for Tuscany Bay Press, but they've done great work.
The beginning of the project was focused on releasing the three volumes that were near completed (Pluto, Luna, and Uranus, which I am in) before the series met an early end. Next was repackaging and re-releasing the five volumes Superversive Press managed to put out. Lastly, they have now finally reached the last 3 volumes which were the furthest from completion. These were Sol, Neptune, and Saturn.
In other words, after several years of hard work from everyone at Superversive, Tuscany Bay, and the authors and editors involved, the series is finally nearing completion! It's been a long time coming.
Here is the description for Sol, the anthology about the Sun:
Sol, the center of our solar system, the very reason why we exist at all. These are the stories of our Sun, stories of nobility and righteousness.The stories:
Sundown and Out, by David Hallquist
The Pleiades Dilemma, by James Pyle
Judgement Sun, by J.D. Cowan
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, by Caroline Furlong
Sale at Sol, by Bokerah Brumley
God Save the King, by Josh Griffin
Under the Midnight Sun, by David Breitenback
Ziggurat of the Ghost King, by Ben Wheeler
The Coward's Son, by Frank B. Luke
What Hides from the Sun, by Denton Salle
At Homeworld's End, by Richard Paolinelli
Miracle Sun, by A.M. Freeman
Gravity's at the Bottom of It, by S. Dorman
In case you missed it, I am in this one! My story Judgement Sun is one of the stories I am most proud of writing, and one I was all too happy to have included in Sol. It was new ground for me at the time I wrote it. I'll talk about my story more on Thursday, but for now I just wanted to highlight the people who helped make this a reality.
The editor on Sol is Benjamin Wheeler, host of the Superversive podcast (every Sunday!) and an accomplished writer in his own right. He was quick to get the stories edited and ready for publication far in advance of release. He also has quite a cool story of his own in the anthology!
Also, Richard Paolinelli of Tuscany Bay Books has been working overtime to see this project to completion, and has even put out Audio Book versions of the series! Even during a year like this one, they have been working hard to finish a project they believe in. It's a feat that they've gotten as far as they have with this ambitious series.
The entire aim of the project has been to present stories of all adventure genres and walks of life to celebrate the legends, myths, and history, behind the planets themselves. The only aspect linking these stories together is that they are all superversive tales of showing a wider universe than the one the reader first walked into. Just imagine a bigger world than the one before you: that's what the fantastical s for! You are guaranteed to be taken for a ride with any of the stories in any of these collections, and I'm humbled to be among them.
So check out Planetary Anthology Sol and the rest of the series! You're not going to find anything else like it out there. And they aren't even finished yet!
Once again, you can find Sol here.
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