Fairwood Press is a small press

Small press

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 publishing company, specializing in speculative fiction

Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...

, poetry

Poetry

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, and nonfiction. It was founded by Patrick and Honna Swenson and is currently located in Kent, Washington.

The company has published work by James Van Pelt

James Van Pelt

James Van Pelt is an American science fiction author who began publishing in the mid-90s. He is also a teacher in the language arts department at Fruita Monument High School in Fruita, Colorado. He is also the former advisor of The Catalyst, the student-run monthly magazine of Fruita Monument High...

, Jay Lake

Jay Lake

Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is a science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He lives in Portland, Oregon and currently works as a product manager...

, Tom Piccirilli, Kurt R. A. Giambastiani

Kurt R. A. Giambastiani

Kurt Robert Achilles Giambastiani is a novelist whose works blend elements of science fiction, fantasy, adventure, and romance...

, and Patrick O'Leary

Patrick O'Leary (writer)

Patrick O'Leary is an American science fiction and fantasy author and ad copy writer.O'Leary wrote the poem "Nobody Knows It But Me" which was used in the popular 2002 advertising campaign for the Chevrolet Tahoe and read in the commercial by James Garner.-Works:* Door Number Three * The Gift –...

. In addition, Fairwood Press published Talebones, a short story

Short story

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magazine that had featured science fiction and dark fantasy. The magazine was discontinued in 2009, though an anthology of stories from the magazines was later released.