Hydra House Books is proud to reveal the cover art for our next release: Ex Marginalia!

This beautiful cover was created by award winning author and illustrator Ashe Samuels.

While speculative fiction is justly lauded for its progressive ideas and ideals, it has too often and for too long failed to include the voices of those who aren’t white or cis male. With the dawn of the 21st century, however, marginalized groups have challenged the genre’s status quo with renewed vigor—forging, reimagining, and expanding new paths—to take their rightful place in the field.

But the work is not done.

Edited by Chinelo Onwualu, Hydra House Books introduces Ex Marginalia, a collection of essays by writers from identities routinely excluded or ignored by the speculative fiction community. These voices are vital to the present and the future of the genre. And they cannot—will not—remain any longer in the margins.

Ex Marginalia will be published in Fall 2022 through all major book outlets.

Preorder a copy now, and we’ll send it to you when it’s published.

Or you can help support this project with a tax-deductible donation via the Carl Brandon Society.

• Donate $25 or more: Receive an eBook edition (ePub, Mobi, PDF).

• Donate $50 or more: Receive a softcover edition and the eBook (ePub, Mobi, PDF).

• Donate $100 or more: Receive a softcover edition and the eBook (ePub, Mobi, PDF), plus a softcover edition of Pocket Workshop.

• Donate $200 or more: Receive a limited edition hardcover, the eBook (ePub, Mobi, PDF), a softcover edition of Pocket Workshop, and a giclee print of the cover art.

• Donate $500 or more: Receive a limited edition hardcover, the softcover edition, and the eBook (ePub, Mobi, PDF) as well as a hardcover copy of Pocket Workshop, a giclee print of the Ex Marginalia cover art, plus your choice of one of the following signed, limited-edition hardcover books:
  • The upcoming untitled collection by Cat Rambo (scheduled release Fall 2022)
  • Near + Far, by Cat Rambo
  • Neither Here Nor There, by Cat Rambo
  • Godfall and Other Stories, by Sandra Odell
  • Welcome to the Bitch Bubble, by Lauren Dixon
  • Telling Tales, edited (and signed) by Ellen Datlow
  • The first five books of the Fairie Tales from the White Forest series, plus the sixth when it’s released (all signed by Danika Dinsmore)

Proceeds from the sale of Ex Marginalia will benefit the Carl Brandon Society.