Suddenly Press publishes Best of the Rest, a series of best of the year anthologies showcasing the best short speculative fiction from the small press, online, and non-American publishers. Best of the Rest 4 is now available.
If you are wondering whether your story or your publication was seen by the editor of BOTR, check out this list of publications seen. This list may also be useful to those interested in finding speculative fiction online or elsewhere. You can get a better idea about what is in BOTR 4 by looking at the guidelines.
There have been three previous Best of the Rest anthologies. The first, Best of the Rest 1990, was published in 1991 by Edgewood Press and edited by Stephen Pasechnick and Brian Youmans. Best of the Rest 2, edited by Brian Youmans, was published in 1999 by Suddenly Press. Best of the Rest 3, edited by Brian Youmans, was published in 2002 by Suddenly Press. Copies of these are still available by mail.
News: Suddenly Press is now accepting Paypal payments to suddenlypress@yahoo.com.
More News: Please make checks out to "Brian Youmans" (until I get Suddenly Press' business paperwork updated for the recent moves.)
And Yet More News: There is a page missing from Best of the Rest 4; page 2, with the intro and author bio for the Jay Lake story "Green". You can read the missing text here or download it as a pdf.
Suddenly Press can be contacted by email at suddenlypress@yahoo.com or by mail at Suddenly Press, c/o Brian Youmans, 49 Magnolia Street, Arlington, MA 02474, USA.