Underwords has taken a short break to finish reading the submissions for Futuredaze: An Anthology of YA Science Fiction, which we have just finished. The responses have all be sent out and we’re now in the process of finalizing the contracts. Soon we’ll be releasing the Table of Contents and previewing the cover.

One exciting note about Futuredaze is that it will feature authors from all over the world, including the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, and Taiwan. Plus, our authors range from award-winning to New York Times bestsellers to up-and-coming professionals as well as a few new writers. All in all, it’s an exciting combination. We’re anticipating a February 2013 release date for Futuredaze.

In other Underwords updates, I just completed an interview with former NASA astronaut Robert Satcher, which will be featured in our series Why SF? later this month. I’m also working on putting together another Free Fiction Sampler for the fall, so stay tuned for that!