Next month DMR Books will release a very special collection: The Earth is Flat: Tales of the Flat Earth and Elsewhere by Tanith Lee. During the ‘70s and ‘80s, Lee published four novels and one collection of the Arabian Nights-inspired Flat Earth, one of her most highly regarded fantasy settings. In an interview over a decade ago, Lee announced new Flat Earth books were in the works: “On the Flat Earth, one of the proposed new books is a linked collection of (often long) short stories. This volume will be called, perhaps over-helpfully, The Earth is Flat.”

Sadly, Lee was unable to complete The Earth is Flat as she envisioned it before her untimely death in 2015. However, five new Flat Earth tales were published between 1998 and 2009:

“The Origin of Snow”
“The Man Who Stole the Moon”
“The Snake”
“The Pain of Glass”
“I Bring You Forever”

DMR Books’ The Earth is Flat: Tales from the Flat Earth and Elsewhere will collect all five of these stories in one volume for the first time. Additionally, nine more stories that showcase Lee’s talent for crafting spellbinding tales of heroic warriors, enigmatic magicians, and strange deities will be included.

The Earth is Flat will be available in early March in trade paperback and digital formats. The cover art was created by Lauren Gornik, whose art adorns DMR’s 2021 Tanith Lee collection, The Empress of Dreams.