The book is on its way! That is, our alternate “what if” Beatles anthology Across the Universe, which I’m co-editing with Michael Ventrella, has been sent to our fantastic publisher, Fantastic Books.

The ETA for publishing is December, and here is our Table of Contents:

• Introduction by Nancy Holder
• “Rubber Soul” by Spider Robinson
• “A New Beginning” by Jody Lynn Nye
• “The Perfect Bridge” by Charles Barouch
• “The Hey! Team” by Gordon Linzner
• “Paul is Dead” by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• “Come Together” by Allen Steele
• “The Truth Within” by Sally Wiener Grotta
• “Foursomes” by Ken Schneyer
• “The Fabtastic Four” by David Gerrold
• “All You Need” by Cat Rambo
• “Used to Be” by Keith R.A. DeCandido
• “Game Seven” by Bev Vincent
• “When I’m #64” by Patrick Barb
• “Deal with the Devil” by Carol Gyzander
• “Meet the Beatles” by Pat Cadigan
• “The Walrus Returns” by Gail Z. Martin
• “My Sweet Lord of Light” by Barbara Clough
• “Liverpool Band Battle 1982” by Eric Avedissian
• “Undead in the Material World” by Alan Goldsher
• “The Heretic” by R. Jean Mathieu
• “Cayenne” by Beth Patterson
• “Through a Glass Onion” by Christian Smith
• “A Hard Day’s Night at the Opera” by Gregory Frost
• “Apocalypse Rock” by Matthew Amati
• “Doing Lennon” by Gregory Benford

There are two reprints, Spider’s “Rubber Soul” and Gregory Benford’s “Doing Lennon,” both of which approach a similar topic … in very different ways.

Meanwhile, here is a slightly color-adjusted cover which we plan to use:

We plan to publish the book in December, so keep an eye out and be prepared to make all your holiday purchases then!

Thanks to all our awesome authors!