N.E. Lilly

Nathan E. Lilly is the editor-in-chief of SpaceWesterns.com and a man who wears many hats.

Bang, zoom, straight to the moon!

Sep 12th, 2008

Is anyone else slightly saddened that we haven’t been back lately? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon… we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve […]

Interview with Beth Nelson, 2008 Browncoat Ball Chair

Sep 21st, 2008 (8 minute read)

Beth Nelson is 2008 Chair of the Browncoat Ball, an annual roaming gathering of fans of the science fiction space western series Firefly and major motion picture Serenity created by Joss Whedon. This year the Browncoat Ball is being held in Austin, Texas on the weekend of October 10th-12th — ed, N.E. Lilly

The 22nd Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction will be hosted on the SpaceWesterns.com Sideshow. Our specific topic suggestion: Women in Space Westerns. Send submissions (blogged between May 3rd, 2008 and October 28th, 2008) to Nathan E. Lilly. Additional submission information is available on the submissions page.

100 Space Western Features

Oct 14th, 2008

SpaceWesterns.com has published 100 articles, and we are proud to make “Kin” by Bruce McAllister that 100th article. We’ve also doubled our rates for fiction, articles, illustrations, and comics, and are still actively seeking audio and video content.

This time last year… They Were the Wind

Oct 22nd, 2008

They Were the Wind, is another Byanntia tale by C.J. Henderson that was written as a response to environmentalism. In it we learn about previous inhabitants of the planet Byanntia, and get a new outlook on the old adage: “Leave nothing behind but your footprints.”

This time last year… No Right

Oct 28th, 2008

When I first read No Right, by Jens Rushing, I was confounded. I wasn’t expecting such a jump in the quality and style of his writing, compared to his earlier submission, How Beautiful the Herd on the Dark Matter Range.