During the war that left Earth uninhabitable, refugees from the doomed planet fled to the outer colonies. Many of them found their way to New Ceres, a planet that embraced the Age of Enlightenment almost two hundred years ago, and has not yet let go.

The water may be green and spaceships may be landing on a regular basis, but New Ceres is a planet firmly entrenched in Eighteenth Century culture. Offworld technology is strictly forbidden to anyone outside the government, and powdered wigs are in fashion.

New Ceres originally incarnated as a twice-yearly webzine that launched on September 1, 2006. It featured fiction, articles and artwork inspired by the mysterious and elegant planet of New Ceres. Issue 1 contains fiction by Maxine McArthur, Dirk Flinthart and Tansy Rayner Roberts as well as non fiction by Ruth Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Gillian Polack and Cary Lenehan and artwork by Dion Hamill. Issue 2 contains stories by Cat Sparks, Jay Lake, Lucy Sussex and Stephen Dedman.

New Ceres moved into print in October 2008 with the first of the Twelfth Planet Press novella series (set on New Ceres), “Angel Rising” by Dirk Flinthart.

In 2009, New Ceres will see print again with a new anthology of original stories set in the world.

New Ceres will open for submissions for Issue 3 of the webzine in mid-2009.