Um, okay, we're not talking about drugs. The headline means that you can now preorder the ebook of Miriam Seidel's The Speed of Clouds at the Kindle store. The publication date is April 10.

The paperback version should be up shortly for preorder, not only at Amazon but at other retailers, including your favorite indie bookseller.

As we approach the launch of our Spring 2018 titles, we've been posting short bits of the praise garnered from advance reviewers. Check these out on the catalog pages for The Speed of Clouds and Everything Is Borrowed. We'll also incorporate information on author appearances and book signings as it becomes available. Soon both books will be available for preorder.

In the meantime you can follow the authors through their websites. Miriam Seidel is at http://miriamseidel.com/, and Nathaniel Popkin at http://nathanielpopkin.net/.

Today we especially recommend Miriam's latest blog post, "Coming out as a Fan," in which she confesses that she has attended sci-fi Cons and "worn Vulcan ears." The shame! The horror! It's all right there, folks, along with her paean to Cons as "modern-day rituals of connectivity." As she writes,