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|| ''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3AAnnorlunda+Books&unfiltered=1&qid=1502562530&sort=date-desc-rank Annorlunda Books]'' | || ''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3AAnnorlunda+Books&unfiltered=1&qid=1502562530&sort=date-desc-rank Annorlunda Books]'' | ||
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!| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?3726 Harry N. Abrams] | !| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?3726 Harry N. Abrams] | ||
|| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?53329 Abrams Books for Young Readers]<br />[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?5925 Amulet Books] | || [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?53329 Abrams Books for Young Readers]<br />[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?5925 Amulet Books] | ||
− | || [www.abramsbooks.com abramsbooks.com] | + | || [http://www.abramsbooks.com abramsbooks.com] |
|| ''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Aabrams+books+for+young+readers&unfiltered=1&qid=1502896816&sort=date-desc-rank Abrams Books for Young Readers]''<br />''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Aamulet+books&unfiltered=1&qid=1502896871&sort=date-desc-rank Amulet Books]'' | || ''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Aabrams+books+for+young+readers&unfiltered=1&qid=1502896816&sort=date-desc-rank Abrams Books for Young Readers]''<br />''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Aamulet+books&unfiltered=1&qid=1502896871&sort=date-desc-rank Amulet Books]'' | ||
| style="text-align: left;" | Publisher of mostly books about art and illustrated book. Children's books imprints are Appleseed (babies and tots), Abrams (picture books), and Amulet (middle grades and teens). | | style="text-align: left;" | Publisher of mostly books about art and illustrated book. Children's books imprints are Appleseed (babies and tots), Abrams (picture books), and Amulet (middle grades and teens). | ||
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|| [http://www.scholastic.com/ scholastic.com] | || [http://www.scholastic.com/ scholastic.com] | ||
|| ''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic+press&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767105&sort=date-desc-rank Scholastic Press]''<br />''Scholastic [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic&unfiltered=1&qid=1502829235&sort=date-desc-rank (UK)]''<br />''Scholastic Paperbacks [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic+paperbacks&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767160&sort=date-desc-rank (US)] [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic+paperbacks&unfiltered=1&qid=1502829386&sort=date-desc-rank (UK)]''<br />''Chicken House [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3AChicken+House&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767195&sort=date-desc-rank (US)] [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_30%3Achicken+house&unfiltered=1&qid=1502829478&sort=date-desc-rank (UK)]''<br />''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Abranches&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767470&sort=date-desc-rank Branches]''<br />''Orchard Books [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3AOrchard+Books&unfiltered=1&qid=1502828724&sort=date-desc-rank (US)]'' | || ''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic+press&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767105&sort=date-desc-rank Scholastic Press]''<br />''Scholastic [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic&unfiltered=1&qid=1502829235&sort=date-desc-rank (UK)]''<br />''Scholastic Paperbacks [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic+paperbacks&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767160&sort=date-desc-rank (US)] [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_30%3Ascholastic+paperbacks&unfiltered=1&qid=1502829386&sort=date-desc-rank (UK)]''<br />''Chicken House [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3AChicken+House&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767195&sort=date-desc-rank (US)] [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_30%3Achicken+house&unfiltered=1&qid=1502829478&sort=date-desc-rank (UK)]''<br />''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Abranches&unfiltered=1&qid=1502767470&sort=date-desc-rank Branches]''<br />''Orchard Books [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3AOrchard+Books&unfiltered=1&qid=1502828724&sort=date-desc-rank (US)]'' | ||
− | | style="text-align: left;" | | + | | style="text-align: left;" | One of the largest children's publishers. The Orchard Books imprint is not to be confused with the same-named imprint of Hachette. |
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+ | !| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?31662 Skyhorse Publishing] | ||
+ | || [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?41140 Sky Pony Press]<br />[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?2241 Arcade Publishing] | ||
+ | || [http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/ skyhorsepublishing.com] | ||
+ | || ''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_17?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Askyhorse+publishing%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cn%3A17&bbn=1000&sort=date-desc-rank&unfiltered=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1502894235&rnid=1000 Skyhorse Publishing]''<br />''[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Asky+pony+press&unfiltered=1&qid=1502859179&sort=date-desc-rank Sky Pony Press]''<br />''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_n_16?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Aarcade+publishing%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cn%3A17&bbn=1000&sort=date-desc-rank&unfiltered=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1502894118&rnid=1000 Arcade Publishing]'' | ||
+ | | style="text-align: left;" | US publishing company; SFF imprints Talos Press and Night Shade Books are listed separately. | ||
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!| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?68 St. Martin's Press] | !| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?68 St. Martin's Press] |
Revision as of 11:30, 16 August 2017
Genre Publishers as of 2017
Publisher and imprint names are linked to their ISFDB page. The Amazon search displays the publisher's books from newest to oldest.
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Abaddon Books | abaddonbooks.com | Abaddon Books | Speculative imprint of Rebellion Publishing, along with Solaris and 2000 AD (comics). | |
Ace Books | penguin.com | Ace |
An imprint of Berkley Books (Penguin). | |
Alban Lake Publishing | albanlake.com | Alban Lake Publishing | Publisher of numerous magazines across the spectrum of the genre, plus occasional anthologies and collections. | |
The Alchemy Press | alchemypress.wordpress.com | Alchemy Press | Fantasy and weird fiction. | |
Angry Robot | angryrobotbooks.com | Angry Robot | SFF; many younger authors; paperbacks, ebooks, mass market originals. | |
April Moon Books | aprilmoonbooks.com |
April Moon Books | Horror. Short Sharp Shocks anthology series. | |
Aqueduct Press | aqueductpress.com | Aqueduct Press | Feminist speculative fiction. | |
Armchair Fiction | armchairfiction.com | Armchair Fiction | "Dedicated to the restoration of classic genre fiction" (SFF and crime/mystery). Ebooks and paperbacks. | |
Azoth Khem Publishing | azothkhempublishing.com | Azoth Khem Publishing | Horror, with ambitions to expand to other genres. Editor: Kasey Hill. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Baen | baen.com | Baen | Leading publisher of mil-SF. Also space opera etc. | |
Bards and Sages Publishing | bardsandsages.com | Bards and Sages Publishing | Spec fic (especially fantasy) and role-playing games. Great Tomes anthology series, Bards and Sages Quarterly. | |
Belladonna Publishing | belladonnapublishing.com | Belladonna Publishing | Norway-based publisher of dark speculative novels, anthologies and graphic novels. | |
Black Shuck Books | blackshuck.greatbritishhorror.com | Black Shuck Books | UK-based publisher of regional and literary horror. | |
Blind Eye Books | blindeyebooks.com | Blind Eye Books | SFF and mystery with LGBT characters. | |
Bloodshot Books | bloodshotbooks.wordpress.com | Bloodshot Books | US-based small horror press. | |
Borderlands Press | borderlandspress.com | Borderlands Press | Thomas F. Monteleone's work and limited editions of other horror writers. Borderlands anthology series. | |
Book View Café | bookviewcafe.com | Book View Cafe | A cooperative publisher. All sorts of fiction and nonfiction, but mostly SFF. | |
Bride of Chaos | brideofchaos.com | Bride of Chaos | 9Tales series; novels & short fiction by associated authors & Daniel J. Kirk. | |
Broken Eye Books | brokeneyebooks.com |
Broken Eye Books | Dark fiction. | |
Burning Willow Press | burningwillowpressllc.com | Burning Willow Press | Small press, SFFH. Crossroads in the Dark anthology series. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Candlemark & Gleam | The Reckless | candlemarkandgleam.com | Candlemark & Gleam | Fantasy, science fiction, YA; mostly by women. Athena Andreadis and others. The Reckless is the short fiction imprint. |
Cemetery Dance Publications | cemeterydance.com | Cemetery Dance Publications | Cemetery Dance magazine; limited-edition horror. | |
Centipede Press | centipedepress.com | Centipede Press | Reprints of weird and supernatural fiction and weird mysteries; author collections; Weird Fiction Review. | |
Chaosium | chaosium.com | Chaosium | Mythos fiction from the publisher of Call of Cthulhu and other RPGs. | |
ChiZine Publications | chizinepub.com | ChiZine Publications | "weird, subtle, surreal, disturbing horror, science fiction, and fantasy" | |
Chômu Press | chomupress.com | Chomu Press | UK-based small press: oddball, genre-breaking literature in affordable editions. | |
Colors in Darkness | colorsindarkness.com | Colors in Darkness | Collective of self-publishing Black authors of horror, dark fiction, and paranormal fiction. Anthologies. | |
Crystal Lake Publishing | crystallakepub.com | Crystal Lake Publishing | South Africa-based horror press. | |
Curiosity Quills Press | curiosityquills.com | Curiosity Quills Press | Paranormal, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Dark Lane Books | darklane.webs.com | Dark Lane Books | Publisher of the Dark Lane horror anthology series (1-2x/year) | |
Dark Minds Press | darkmindspress.com |
Dark Minds Press | Horror; anthologies and novellas | |
Dark Regions Press | darkregions.com | Dark Regions Press | One of the largest publishers of horror and dark fiction; limited & trade editions. | |
DAW Books | penguin.com | DAW | A member of the Penguin publishing group. Science fiction and fantasy; significant backlist. Almost exclusively novels. | |
DefCon One Publishing | defconone.com | DefCon One Publishing | Jeremy Zimmerman and Dawn Vogel; fiction and anthologies. Mad Scientist Journal. | |
Del Rey | randomhousebooks.com | Del Rey (US) (UK) | Large publisher of paperback, hardcover, and ebooks. An imprint of Ballantine (Random House). | |
Dim Shores Press | Limited-edition horror | |||
DMR Books | dmrbooks.storenvy.com | Swords of Steel anthology series (heroic fantasy written by heavy metal musicians). Editor D. M. Ritzlin. | ||
Dragonwell Publishing | publishing.dragonwell.org | Dragonwell Publishing | US-based independent fantasy publisher. | |
Dreaming Robot Press | dreamingrobotpress.com |
Dreaming Robot Press | SFF for YA and middle grades. Young Adventurers' Guide anthology series. | |
DSP Publications | dsppublications.com | DSP Publications | LGBTQ genre fiction, imprint of Dreamspinner. | |
Dunhams Manor Press | dunhamsmanor.com | Limited-edition weird fiction, mostly chapbooks. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing | EDGE-Lite | edgewebsite.com | EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing EDGE-Lite |
Canada. Novels, anthologies, collections. Tesseracts anthology series. EDGE-Lite is the ebook imprint. |
Egaeus Press | egaeuspress.com | Fine limited editions of "morbid and fantastical works" | ||
Eibonvale Press | eibonvalepress.co.uk | Eibonvale Press | UK. "Publishers of horror, magic realism, slipstream and the surreal" | |
Elsewhen Press | elsewhen.alnpetepress.co.uk | Elsewhen Press | Small English publisher of speculative fiction (largely novel series). | |
Elder Signs Press | eldersignspress.com | Elder Signs Press | Dark fiction and horror; sf and fantasy with a dark bent. | |
EMP Publishing | EMP Publishing | Creepy Campfire Quartlerly; "horror, science fiction, speculative & Christian fiction". Editor: Jennifer Word. | ||
Engen Books | engenbooks.com | Engen Books | Speculative fiction from Newfoundland authors. Editor: Erin Vance. | |
Evil Jester Press | eviljesterpress.com | Horror. Novels, anthologies, and comics. | ||
Ex Occidente | Mount Abraxas | i-m.mx | Fine printings of weird fiction. Located in Bucharest. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Falstaff Books | falstaffbooks.com | Falstaff Books | Paranormal, horror, fantasy, etc. North Carolina. Editors: John G. Hartness, Jaym Gates, Jay Requard. | |
Fedogan & Bremer | fedoganandbremer.com | Fedogan & Bremer | Mythos & weird fiction in upscale editions. | |
Figuration Press | Figuration Press | "Focused on alternate visions of the future and alternate ways of understanding the world, particularly in ecological contexts." Into the Ruins magazine. | ||
FurPlanet Productions | furplanet.com | FurPlanet Productions | Anthropomorphic/furry fiction. | |
Futurefire.net Publishing | futurefire.net | Futurefire.net Publishing | "Social-political and Progressive Speculative Fiction; Feminist SF; Queer SF; Eco SF; Multicultural SF; Cyberpunk". Publishes a magazine and occasional themed anthologies. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Galaxy Press | galaxypress.com | Galaxy Press | Publisher of L. Ron Hubbard and Writers of the Future | |
Gateway | sfgateway.com | Gateway | UK publisher of classic science fiction and fantasy; an imprint of Orion. | |
Gollancz | gollancz.co.uk orionbooks.co.uk |
Gollancz | Long backlist in print, and many new SFF publications. Imprint of Orion. | |
The Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers | glahw.com | Erie Tales and Recurring Nightmares anthology series. Ghostlight magazine. | ||
Grey Matter Press | greymatterpress.com |
Grey Matter Press | "Publishers of Dark Fiction - horror, spec-fic, SciFi, thriller, fantasy, suspense." USA | |
Grim Oak Press | grimoakpress.com |
Grim Oak Press | Published by Shawn Speakman. Fantasy, mostly by a group of friends of the publisher; limited editions; Unbound/Unfettered anthology series. | |
Grimbold Books | grimboldbooks.com | Grimbold Books | "Science fiction, fantasy and dark fiction" England | |
Grinning Skull Press | grinningskullpress.com | Grinning Skull Press | Horror. Grave Markers chapbook series. | |
Guardbridge Books | guardbridgebooks.co.uk | Guardbridge Books | Small publisher; fantasy and science fiction, nonfiction about the genre. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Harper Voyager | Harper Voyager Impulse | harpervoyagerbooks.com | Harper Voyager (US) (UK) Harper Voyager Impulse (US) (UK) |
One of the biggest genre publishers; an imprint of HarperCollins. Harper Voyager Impulse is digital-first. |
HellBound Books | hellboundbookspublishing.com | HellBound Books | Publisher of "horror, bizarro, erotic horror, dark erotica [and] poetry." | |
Hex Publishers | hexpublishers.com | Hex Publishers | "Horror, science fiction, crime, dark fantasy, comics". WORDS zine. | |
Hippocampus Press | hippocampuspress.com | Hippocampus Press | Mythos and other horror. | |
Hydra Publications | hydrapublications.com | Hydra Publications | SFF, mysteries, thrillers. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Immanion Press | immanion-press.com | Immanion Press | Storm Constantine's publishing house. Her own work and kindred spirits; paganism. | |
Independent Legions Publishing | independentlegions.com | Independent Legions Publishing | Italian horror publisher. | |
Indigo | bhcpress.com | BHC Press/Indigo | An imprint of BHC press. UF, PR, fantasy, space opera. | |
infinity plus | infinityplus.co.uk | infinity plus | UK-based publisher of science fiction and other spec fic. | |
Infinivox | audiotexttapes.net | Audio "year's best" science fiction anthologies, selected by Allan Kaster |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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JABberwocky Literary Agency | awfulagent.com | JABberwocky Literary Agency | SFF-specialist literary agency that also puts out e-book editions of clients' reissued or exclusive works. | |
JournalStone | Bizarro Pulp Press Trepidatio Publishing |
journalstone.com | JournalStone Bizarro Pulp Press - JournalStone |
Horror press. Also publisher of Dark Discoveries magazine. |
King Shot Press | kingshotpress.com | King Shot Press | "Micropublisher of radical fiction." Cody Goodfellow, Chris Lambert, etc. Horror, crime, literary weirdness. | |
Kipple Officina Libraria | kipple.it | Kipple Officina Libraria | Italian science fiction and horror publisher. Some publications in English. | |
Laksa Media | laksamedia.com | Laksa Media Groups Inc. | SFF anthologies for social causes. | |
Lethe Press | lethepressbooks.com | Lethe Press | Speculative fiction of gay interest. Headed by Steve Berman. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Martian Migraine Press | martianmigrainepress.com | Martian Migraine Press | Weird fiction (usually erotic), weird erotica, transgressive fiction, Cthulhu Mythos. | |
Meerkat Press | meerkatpress.com | Meerkat Press | Genre fiction, poetry, other fiction. USA. Anthologies ed. Tricia Reeks. | |
Midnight Street Press | midnightstreetpress.com | Midnight Street Press | Horror anthologies and collections. Hellfire Crossroads series. | |
Mischief Corner Books | mischiefcornerbooks.com | Mischief Corner Books | LBTQ urban fantasy and romance. | |
Mocha Memoirs Press | mochamemoirspress.com | Mocha Memoirs Press | "Women authors in science fiction, fantasy, and horror." Also romance. | |
Moondream Press | copperdogpublishing.com | Moondream Press | Speculative imprint of Copper Dog Publishing. Anthologies, poetry, novels. Sha'Daa shared world anthology series. | |
Month9Books | month9books.com | Month9Books | YA and middle grade. | |
A Murder of Storytellers | amurderofstorytellers.com | A Murder of Storytellers | Horror. Group of Oklahoma writers. | |
Mythic Delirium Books | mythicdelirium.com | Mythic Delirium Books | Mythic Delirium magazine; Clockwork Phoenix anthology series; collections. Publisher: Mike Allen. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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NEHW Press | nehw.blogspot.com | NEHW Press | New England Horror Writers. Yearly anthology series. | |
NESFA Press | nesfa.org | NESFA Press | New England Science Fiction Association; anthologies, nonfiction, historical collections, con publications, etc. | |
NewCon Press | newconpress.co.uk | NewCon Press | SFFH; novels; anthologies and collections (mostly retrospective). Publisher: Ian Whates. | |
Night Shade Books | nightshadebooks.com | Night Shade Books | SFF; year's best (Clarke, Datlow). Owned by Skyhorse Publishing since 2013. | |
Oldstyle Tales Press. | oldstyletales.com | Reprints of pre-WWII supernatural fiction; also the Yellow Booke anthology series (new ghost stories). | ||
Orbit | Hachette Advanced Search (Orbit) | Orbit | One of the biggest genre publishers; an imprint of Little, Brown (Hachette). | |
Orford Parish Books | orfordparishbooks.com | Orford Parish Books | "New England Folk Horror." Editor: Tom Breen. Small group of authors: Matthew M. Bartlett, Jonathan Raab, Joseph Pastula et al. | |
Omnium Gatherum | omniumgatherumbooks.com | Omnium Gatherum | "Dark fantasy, weird fiction [and] literary thrillers" |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Permuted Press | permutedpress.com | Permuted Press | Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. | |
Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing | perpetualpublishing.com | Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing | Dark fiction, including horror, science fiction, and crime. Dark Moon Digest magazine. | |
Phoenix Pick | phoenixpick.com | Phoenix Pick | Science fiction, especially space opera and Mil-SF. Reprints of Heinlein et al. Galaxy's Edge magazine. | |
Pink Narcissus Press | pinknarc.com | Pink Narcissus Press | LGBTQ-friendly fantasy press. | |
Poise and Pen Publishing | poiseandpen.com | Poise and Pen Publishing | Works of Rhonda Parrish and her anthology series | |
Post Mortem Press | postmortem-press.com | Post Mortem Press | Dark fiction, with some sf and fantasy. | |
Prime Books | prime-books.com | Prime Books | Science fiction & fantasy. Specializing (not exclusively) in reprint anthologies & collections, incl. those edited by Paula Guran. | |
Procyon Press | tayenlane.com | Procyon Press | SFF imprint of Tayen Lane Publishing. Annual anthology series. | |
PS Publishing | pspublishing.co.uk | PS Publishing | UK-based publisher of limited editions and hardcovers (science fiction, fantasy and horror). Publisher of the Postscripts anthology series. |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Ragnarok Publications | ragnarokpub.com | Ragnarok Publications | Fantasy and SF, tending toward the action-filled. | |
Rampant Loon Press | stupefyingstories.blogspot.com | Rampant Loon Press | Adventure-oriented fiction; Stupefying Stories magazine. | |
Raw Dog Screaming Press | rawdogscreaming.com | Raw Dog Screaming Press | "Cross-genre", "dark, deviant, off-kilter". | |
ReAnimus Press | reanimus.com | ReAnimus Press | Ebook editions of out-of-print work. | |
Resurrection House | Underland Press Arche Press ROTA Books |
resurrectionhouse.com | Underland Press Arche Press ROTA Books |
Publisher: Mark Teppo. Imprints: Underland Press, "on the fringes of genre, both literary and weird;" Arche Press, speculative fiction of the less weird sort; ROTA Books, semi-genre, such as crime crossovers. |
Rosarium Publishing | rosariumpublishing.com | Rosarium Publishing | Speculative fiction & comics "with a multicultural flair". |
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Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Saga Press | sagapress.com | Saga Press | Imprint of Simon & Schuster. | |
Sarob Press | sarobpress.blogspot.co.uk | Limited editions of weird fiction. | ||
Scarlet Galleon Publications | scarletgalleonpublications.com | Scarlet Galleon Publications | "Horror, suspense, and mystery fiction". | |
Shadow Publishing | shadowpublishing.co.uk | Shadow Publishing | Horror and weird fiction anthologies and collections. | |
Shadow Work Publishing | shadowworkpublishing.com | Shadow Work Publishing | Horror. | |
Shadowridge Press | shadowridgepress.wordpress.com | Shadowridge Press | Dark fiction from Tracy L. Carbone and others. Also reissues. | |
Shoreline of Infinity Publications | shorelineofinfinity.com | Scotland-based magazine and occasional science fiction books. | ||
Short, Scary Tales Publications | sstpublications.co.uk | Short, Scary Tales Publications | Horror novels, comics, novellas, and collections. | |
Side Real Press | siderealpress.co.uk | Limited edition hardcovers of "supernatural and weird literature past and present". | ||
Sinister Grin Press | sinistergrinpress.com | Sinister Grin Press | Horror and (usually dark) science fiction. Publisher: Travis Tarpley. | |
Small Beer Press | smallbeerpress.com | Small Beer Press | Slipstream, crossed genres, literary fantasy. Magazine: LCRW. | |
Snuggly Books | snugglybooks.co.uk | Snuggly Books | Strange and offbeat literature; also translations of French and Italian Decadent works. | |
Solaris | solarisbooks.com | Solaris | Speculative imprint of Rebellion Publishing, along with Abaddon and 2000 AD (comics). | |
Spatterlight Press | spatterlight.nl and jacvance.com | Spatterlight Press | Jack Vance's books. | |
Spectral Press | spectralpress.com | Spectral Press | "Stories of the ghostly and supernatural." Novellas and anthologies; limited edition chapbooks; annual Christmas ghost story anthology. | |
Sportula | sportula.es | Sportula | Spanish spec fic publisher, founded by Rodolfo Martínez and publishing him and others; a few English books. | |
Springer (Science and Fiction) | springer.com | Springer "Science and Fiction" | Nonfiction, anthologies, and novels examining the intersection of science, fiction, and the public's thinking, at a popular or semi-academic level. | |
Stitched Smile Publications | stitchedsmilepublications.com | Stitched Smile Publications | Horror and dark erotic fiction. | |
Stone Skin Press | stoneskinpress.com | Stone Skin Press | Literary speculative fiction, weird fiction. Ties with gaming. Editor: Robin D. Laws. | |
Story Spring Publishing | storyspringpublishing.com |
Story Spring Publishing | Small press in Illinois. Patricia Burroughs and others. Editor: Diane (Annie) Tarbuck. | |
Subterranean Press | subterraneanpress.com | Subterranean Press | SFFH, specializing in high-quality hardcovers and special editions. | |
Supposed Crimes | supposedcrimes.com | Supposed Crimes | "GLTBQ publisher focusing on genre fiction" | |
The Swan River Press | swanriverpress.wordpress.com | Supernatural, gothic, and fantastic fiction; small editions; run by Brian J. Showers in Ireland. |
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Tachyon Publications | tachyonpublications.com | Tachyon Publications | Fantasy and SF with a literary bent; mostly short fiction collections. | |
Tacitus Publishing | tacituspublishing.com | Tacitus Publishing | Yearly anthology. | |
Talos Press | talospress.com | Talos | Imprint of Skyhorse Publishing. Founded 2013. New & reissued spec fic. | |
TANSTAAFL Press | tanstaaflpress.com | TANSTAAFL Press | Thomas Gondolfi, publishing his own work and a few others; libertarian-oriented. | |
Tartarus Press | homepages.pavilion.co.uk/tartarus | Tartarus Press | "Literary supernatural/strange/horror fiction," specializing in collectable limited hardcovers but also publishing paperback & ebook editions. | |
Telos Publishing | telos.co.uk | Telos Publishing | Principally horror; also science fiction, erotica and romance, cult TV, etc. England. | |
Thinking Ink Press | thinkinginkpress.com | Thinking Ink Press | Short collections, chapbooks, and miniatures. | |
Third Flatiron Publishing | thirdflatiron.com | Third Flatiron Publishing | Quarterly anthology series. According to their self-description, they prefer big ideas in short form and have a taste for irony and satire. | |
Ticonderoga Publications | ticonderogapublications.com | Ticonderoga Publications | Australian SF, fantasy and horror publisher. Anthologies edited by Liz Grzyb and others. | |
Titan Books | titanbooks.com | Titan Books | Broad-ranging genre publisher; UK. | |
Tor | Tor.com | publishing.tor.com us.macmillan.com |
Tor Books (US) (UK) Tor.com (US) (UK) |
The largest genre publisher, putting out books in nearly every subgenre. Tor.com publishes short fiction and novella chapbooks. |
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UFO Publishing | ufopub.com | UFO Publishing | Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series; other humorous SFF; publications by Alex Shvartsman. | |
Undertow Publications | undertowbooks.com | Undertow Publications | "Weird fiction and strange tales" | |
Unsung Stories | unsungstories.co.uk | Unsung Stories | Literary spec fic; weird fiction. Imprint of Red Squirrel Publishing. | |
Valancourt Books | valancourtbooks.com | Valancourt Books | New editions of old literature, especially but not entirely supernatural. |
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Weasel Press | weaselpress.com | Weasel Press | Beat literature, furry literature. Haunted Traveler anthology series. | |
Wicked Ink Books | wickedinkbooks.com | Wicked Ink Books | Themed anthologies (SFF) by a group of authors. | |
Wildside Press | wildsidepress.com | Wildside Press | Besides the works of John Gregory Betancourt, mostly publishes classic reprints, including "megapack" ebook omnibuses and anthologies. Also the magazine Weirdbook. | |
WMG Publishing | Fiction River | wmgpublishinginc.com | WMG Publishing | Genre books (SFF, crime/mystery, etc.) Dean Wesley Smith, Kristen Kathryn Rusch, Fiction River anthology series. |
WolfSinger Publications | wolfsingerpubs.com | WolfSinger Publications | The Lorelei Signal magazine; anthologies; short SFF novels. Publisher: Carol Hightshoe. | |
Word Horde | wordhorde.com | Word Horde | Horror and dark fantasy. Editor-in-chief: Ross E. Lockhart. | |
WordFire Press | wordfirepress.com | WordFire Press | SF and fantasy of a fast-paced sort; humorous SFF. Publishers: Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta | |
Written Backwards | blog.nettirw.com | Written Backwards | Horror, especially of a psychological sort. Chiral Mad anthology series. |
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Zagava | zagava.de and Facebook | Fine printings of weird fiction. Germany, but publishes in English. | ||
Zombies Need Brains | zombiesneedbrains.com and Facebook | Kickstarter-funded themed anthologies. Publisher: Joshua Palmatier. |
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47North | 47North | SFF imprint of Amazon Publishing. Created in 2011. Centered on ebooks (Kindle) - novels, short fiction, serials. |
Other Publishers of Interest
Publishers who produce a significant number of genre books though not specializing in them. Where possible, publisher and Amazon search links have been limited to SFFH publications.
Publisher | Imprints | Website | Amazon Search | Notes |
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Airship 27 | airship27.blogspot.com | Airship 27 | "New Pulp" press. | |
Aladdin | simonandschusterpublishing.com | Aladdin | Books for young children and middle grades; subsidiary of Simon and Schuster. | |
Annorlunda Books | annorlundaenterprises.com | Annorlunda Books | General publisher. Novellas, novels, anthologies of classics. | |
Avon | Avon Romance | Avon Books (SFF - US) (SFF - UK) (Paranormal - US) (Paranormal - UK) |
A subsidiary of HarperCollins, publishing mostly romance. | |
BEAT to a PULP | beattoapulp.com | BEAT to a PULP | Ebook/paperback publisher of pulp fiction, with a monthly webzine. | |
Bedside Press | hopenicholson.com | Bedside Press | Comics--women and diverse creators. Publisher: Hope Nicholson. | |
Bella Books | bellabooks.com | Bella Books | Lesbian lit, incl. fantasy & paranormal. Listings for lesbian books by other publishers. | |
Bibliotheca Alexandrina | neosalexandria.org | Bibliotheca Alexandrina | Publishing arm of an organization devoted to reviving ancient religions. Anthologies of fiction in a polytheistic framework. | |
Blackstone Publishing | blackstonepublishing.com | Blackstone Publishing | Popular fiction, nonfiction, and reprints. | |
Bloomsbury | Bloomsbury Children's Books (UK) Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Circus |
bloomsbury.com (Fiction) bloomsbury.com (Children) bloomsbury.com/ (USA) |
Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Childrens Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury USA Childrens Bloomsbury Circus |
UK-based publisher with a US branch. Large number of publications for children/teens. |
Bold Strokes Books | boldstrokesbooks.com | Bold Strokes Books | Lesbian (and GBT) lit, incl. fantasy & paranormal. | |
Coffee House Press | coffeehousepress.org | Coffee House Press | Literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. | |
Comma Press | commapress.co.uk | Comma Press | "publishes short story anthologies and single-author collections" Science fiction and other genres. Collaborations with scientists. Global writers and translations. Based in Manchester. | |
Darkhouse Books | darkhousebooks.com | Darkhouse Books | Mysteries. Two (so far) SF anthologies edited by Andrew MacRae. | |
Dreamspinner Press | dreamspinnerpress.com | Dreamspinner Press | Gay romance. | |
ECW Press | ecwpress.com | ECW Press (SFF) | Canada. General popular fiction and nonfiction. | |
Egmont Books | egmont.co.uk | Egmont Egmont Books |
UK company with a large children's division. | |
Entangled Publishing | Select Otherworld Covet Scorched |
entangledpublishing.com | Entangled: Select Otherworld Entangled: Covet Entangled: Scorched |
Romance: the paranormal imprints are Select Otherworld and Covet, plus, in part, Scorched (erotic romances). |
Exile Editions | exileeditions.com | Exile Editions | "An independent literary publisher based in Toronto." Exile Book of... series. | |
Flame Tree Publishing | flametreepublishing.com | Flame Tree Publishing (SFF) (Literature) | Gift books & calendars. Gothic Fantasy anthology series. Classic fantasy, gothic, mystery novels. | |
Games Workshop | Black Library | games-workshop.com | Games Workshop Black Library |
Warhammer 40,000 tie-in books. |
Hachette Book Group | Back Bay Books Disney/Hyperion Books Forever Forever Yours Hodder & Stoughton Hodder Children's Books Hodder Paperbacks Little, Brown Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Mulholland Books Orchard Books (UK) Redhook Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Hachette Advanced Search | Back Bay Books (SFF) Disney-Hyperion (US) (UK) Forever (Paranormal - US) (Paranormal - UK) Forever Yours (Paranormal) Hodder & Stoughton (SFF) Hodder Children's Books Hodder Paperbacks (SFF) Little, Brown and Company (SFF) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (SFF) (Children) Mulholland Books (US) (UK) Orchard Books (UK) Redhook W&N (SFF) |
Enormous conglomerate. The SFF imprint Orbit is listed separately here. The advanced site search allows searching by imprint but not by genre (only fiction in general). The UK Orchard Books imprint is not to be confused with the same-named imprint of Scholastic. |
Harlequin | Harlequin Nocturne Carina Press Harlequin Teen Harlequin MIRA Mills & Boon |
Harlequin (Fantasy) Harlequin (Paranormal Romance) |
Harlequin Nocturne Mills & Boon Nocturne HQN Books (SFF) (Paranormal) Mills & Boon (SFF) (Paranormal) Carina Press (SFF) (Paranormal) Harlequin Teen HQ Young Adult MIRA (SFF) (Paranormal) Mira Books (SFF) (Paranormal) |
Enormous publisher of romance and fiction for women; subsidiary of HarperCollins. The UK imprints are under the Mills & Boon umbrella. |
Harmony Ink Press | harmonyinkpress.com | Harmony Ink Press | Teen/New Adult LGBTQ+ fiction | |
HarperCollins | HarperCollins (UK) Harper Perennial Ecco HarperTeen Katherine Tegen Books Balzer + Bray |
harpercollins.com | HarperCollins (SFF - US) (SFF - UK) Harper Perennial (SFF) Ecco (SFF) HarperTeen Katherine Tegen Books Balzer + Bray |
SFF imprint Harper Voyager is listed separately above, as are the romance imprints Avon and Harlequin; other imprints of interest include Harper Perennial, Ecco (literary fiction), and the children's/YA imprints HarperTeen, Katherine Tegen Books, and Balzer + Bray. |
Harry N. Abrams | Abrams Books for Young Readers Amulet Books |
abramsbooks.com | Abrams Books for Young Readers Amulet Books |
Publisher of mostly books about art and illustrated book. Children's books imprints are Appleseed (babies and tots), Abrams (picture books), and Amulet (middle grades and teens). |
Head of Zeus | headofzeus.com | Head of Zeus | "General and literary fiction, genre fiction and non fiction." | |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | hmhco.com | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Educational books and instructional materials for children; school editions of fiction. | |
Inkshares | inkshares.com | Inkshares | Published according to reader orders based on a sample. All genres fiction and nonfiction. | |
Northwest Press | northwestpress.com | LGBT-themed comic books and graphic novels. Occasional prose publications. | ||
Open Ink Press | openinkpress.com | Romance, etc. with a focus on queer romance and underrepresented authors. | ||
The Overlook Press | overlookpress.com | The Overlook Press (SFF) | Publisher of R. Scott Bakker, Walter Moers, and other occasional genre works. | |
Pegasus Books | pegasusbooks.com | Pegasus Books (SFF) | Mostly nonfiction; their "Fiction" category includes some speculative novels. | |
Pelekinesis | pelekinesis.com | Pelekinesis | Small "literary-minded" publisher; story collections, poetry, etc. | |
The Penguin Group | Berkley Books G. P. Putnam's Sons Kathy Dawson Books Penguin Books Penguin Books (US) Penguin Canada The Penguin Press Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Puffin / Penguin Books (US) Riverhead Books Speak / Penguin Speak / Penguin Books (US) Viking Viking UK Viking Books for Young Readers |
penguin.com | Berkley G.P. Putnam's Sons (SFF - US) Kathy Dawson Books Penguin (Literature - US) (SFF - UK) Penguin Books (Literature - US) Penguin Classics (UK) Penguin Press (Literature - US) Puffin (US) (UK) Riverhead Books (Literature - US) Speak (US) (UK) Viking (Literature - US) (SFF - UK) Viking Books for Young Readers (US) |
A huge conglomerate of subsidiaries. The main ones for speculative fiction are Ace Books and DAW, listed individually above. Their website allows searching for SFF across all imprints simultaneously. |
PM Press | pmpress.org | PM Press (SFF) (Literature) | Radical, Marxist and anarchist literature. Outspoken Authors series. Publisher of Terry Bisson. | |
Prospective Press | prospectivepress.com | Prospective Press | "Genre fiction" (crime, sff, romance, etc.) and non-fiction. | |
Ramble House | ramblehouse.com | Ramble House | Crime (reprint and modern), reprints of supernatural and weird pulps. | |
Random House | Alfred A. Knopf Ballantine Books Crown Publishers Delacorte Press Doubleday Doubleday (UK) Heyne Vintage Books Vintage (UK) Vintage Digital |
randomhousebooks.com (SFF) | Knopf (Literature) Ballantine Books (SFF) Crown (Literature) Delacorte Press Doubleday (SFF - US) (SFF - UK) (Literature - US) Heyne Random House (Literature - US) Vintage (SFF - US) (SFF - UK) Vintage Digital (SFF - US) (SFF - UK) |
A division of Penguin Random House. The SFF imprint Del Rey is listed separately. |
Salt Publishing | saltpublishing.com | Salt Publishing (SFF) | British literary fiction publisher. | |
Scholastic | Scholastic Press Scholastic UK Scholastic Paperbacks Chicken House Branches Orchard Books |
scholastic.com | Scholastic Press Scholastic (UK) Scholastic Paperbacks (US) (UK) Chicken House (US) (UK) Branches Orchard Books (US) |
One of the largest children's publishers. The Orchard Books imprint is not to be confused with the same-named imprint of Hachette. |
Skyhorse Publishing | Sky Pony Press Arcade Publishing |
skyhorsepublishing.com | Skyhorse Publishing Sky Pony Press Arcade Publishing |
US publishing company; SFF imprints Talos Press and Night Shade Books are listed separately. |
St. Martin's Press | St. Martin's Griffin Thomas Dunne Books SMP Swerve |
Macmillan Advanced Search | A member of the Macmillan publishing group. Imprints include St. Martin's Griffin ("mainstream paperback books"), Thomas Dunne Books ("popular trade fiction"), and SMP Swerve (romance). | |
Stone Arch Books | capstonepub.com | Stone Arch Books | Books for grades K-9. | |
Three Rooms Press | threeroomspress.com | Three Rooms Press | Literary fiction, memoir, poetry translations, drama and art "inspired by dada, punk, and passion". Current publisher of Robert Silverberg. | |
The Unnamed Press | unnamedpress.com | The Unnamed Press (SFF) | "Literature from around the world." | |
Walker Books | Candlewick Press | walker.co.uk candlewick.com |
Walker Books Candlewick Press |
Children's books; Walker is the UK branch, Candlewick US. |
Wilde City Press | wildecity.com | Wilde City Press | Gay fiction. | |
Yen Press | Yen On | yenpress.com | Yen On | Manga translations; Yen On is for light novels. |