Underland Press
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Underland Press is a publishing company owned by Victoria Blake. Victoria Blake is a writer
and the former prose editor for Dark Horse Comics
.
Current debut authors for Underland Press include: Bram Stoker Award
winner Kealan Patrick Burke
, Edgar Award
and International Horror Guild Award
nominee Brian Evenson
, Two-time World Fantasy Award
winner Jeff VanderMeer
, multiple award winner Will Elliott
, and husband and wife writing team Berry Verhoef and Esther Verhoef writing as "EScoBER".
Will Elliott
's novel
The Pilo Family Circus is scheduled to make its North American debut in 2009 through Underland Press. It was originally published in Australia
in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC fiction award
(sponsored by ABC Books). The novel went on to win the Aurealis Award
(co-winner: Best Horror novel, plus the Golden Aurealis Award), the Australian Shadows Award
, the Ditmar Award
(Best Novel), and the Sydney Morning Herald's "Best Young Novelist Award" for 2007. The Pilo Family Circus was also short-listed for the 2007 International Horror Guild Award
for Best Novel.
Kealan Patrick Burke
's online-only interactive Wovel, The Living debuted June 1, 2008 on the official Underland Press website.
- August 2011
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and the former prose editor for Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
.
Current debut authors for Underland Press include: Bram Stoker Award
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
winner Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly...
, Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
and International Horror Guild Award
International Horror Guild Award
The International Horror Guild Award is a recognition presented by the International Horror Guild to recognize the achievements of those who create in the field of horror and dark fantasy. Nancy A. Collins, the founder of the award, felt there was a need for an award granted by a large,...
nominee Brian Evenson
Brian Evenson
Brian Evenson is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction. He has received degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Washington . After leaving a teaching position at BYU, he held positions at Oklahoma State University, Syracuse University...
, Two-time World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
winner Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer is an American writer, editor and publisher.He is best known for his contributions to the New Weird and his stories about the city of Ambergris, in books like City of Saints and Madmen.-Biography:...
, multiple award winner Will Elliott
Will Elliott
Will Elliott is an Australian literary horror fiction writer who lives in Brisbane, Queensland.His debut novel The Pilo Family Circus was published in Australia in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC Fiction Award...
, and husband and wife writing team Berry Verhoef and Esther Verhoef writing as "EScoBER".
Will Elliott
Will Elliott
Will Elliott is an Australian literary horror fiction writer who lives in Brisbane, Queensland.His debut novel The Pilo Family Circus was published in Australia in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC Fiction Award...
's novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
The Pilo Family Circus is scheduled to make its North American debut in 2009 through Underland Press. It was originally published in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC fiction award
ABC Fiction Award
The ABC Fiction Award was an Australian literary award presented annually to the best, original, unpublished, adult fiction manuscript, written by an Australian resident over the age of 18. It was launched in 2005...
(sponsored by ABC Books). The novel went on to win the Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
(co-winner: Best Horror novel, plus the Golden Aurealis Award), the Australian Shadows Award
Australian Shadows Award
The Australian Shadows Award is an annual literary award established by the Australian Horror Writers Association in 2005 to honour the best published work of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian...
, the Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
(Best Novel), and the Sydney Morning Herald's "Best Young Novelist Award" for 2007. The Pilo Family Circus was also short-listed for the 2007 International Horror Guild Award
International Horror Guild Award
The International Horror Guild Award is a recognition presented by the International Horror Guild to recognize the achievements of those who create in the field of horror and dark fantasy. Nancy A. Collins, the founder of the award, felt there was a need for an award granted by a large,...
for Best Novel.
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly...
's online-only interactive Wovel, The Living debuted June 1, 2008 on the official Underland Press website.
Novels
- Last Days, by Brian EvensonBrian EvensonBrian Evenson is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction. He has received degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Washington . After leaving a teaching position at BYU, he held positions at Oklahoma State University, Syracuse University...
(February, 2009) Released in the following formats:
- Perfect Bound Trade Paperback ISBN 978-0-9802260-0-3
- 48 copy Limited Edition hardcover
- 27 Lettered Edition hardcover
- The Pilo Family Circus, by Will ElliottWill ElliottWill Elliott is an Australian literary horror fiction writer who lives in Brisbane, Queensland.His debut novel The Pilo Family Circus was published in Australia in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC Fiction Award...
(March, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9802260-2-7 - Finch, by Jeff VanderMeerJeff VanderMeerJeffrey Scott VanderMeer is an American writer, editor and publisher.He is best known for his contributions to the New Weird and his stories about the city of Ambergris, in books like City of Saints and Madmen.-Biography:...
(scheduled November, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9802260-1-5 - Chaos, by Escober (AKA Esther Verhoef and Berry Verhoef) (May, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9802260-3-4
- The Complete Drive-In: Omnibus by Joe R. LansdaleJoe R. LansdaleJoe R. Lansdale is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense...
(May, 2010) ISBN 0-980-22604-X - Curse of the Wolf Girl by Martin Millar (August, 2010) ISBN 0-980-22605-8
- The Pilo Family Circus, by Will Elliott
Story Collections
- In Extremis: The Most Extreme Short Stories of John Shirley by John ShirleyJohn ShirleyJohn Shirley is an American fantasist, author of noir fiction, and science-fiction writer. Shirley is a prolific writer of novels and short stories, TV scripts and screenplays who has published over 30 books and 10 collections...
- August 2011
Anthologies
- Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy 3, edited by Kevin BrockmeierKevin BrockmeierKevin John Brockmeier is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. His short stories have been printed in numerous publications and he has published two collections of stories, two children's novels, and two fantasy novels...
(scheduled January 2010). Featuring stories by Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
, Peter S. BeaglePeter S. BeaglePeter Soyer Beagle is an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays. His most notable works include the novels The Last Unicorn, A Fine and Private Place and Tamsin, and the award-winning story "Two Hearts".-Career:Beagle won early recognition from The Scholastic Art &...
, Laura KasischkeLaura KasischkeLaura Kasischke is an American fiction writer and American poet with poetry awards and multiple well reviewed works of fiction. Her work has received the Juniper Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Pushcart Prize, the Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for...
, Jeffrey FordJeffrey FordJeffrey Ford is an American writer in the Fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including Fantasy, Science Fiction and Mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humor, literary allusion, and a fascination with tales told within tales...
, Lisa GoldsteinLisa GoldsteinLisa Goldstein is a Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award nominated fantasy and science fiction writer. Her 1982 novel The Red Magician won the American Book Award for best paperback novel, and was praised by Philip K. Dick shortly before his death...
, Paul TremblayPaul G. TremblayPaul G. Tremblay is an American author and editor of contemporary horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. Tremblay received two Bram Stoker Award nominations in 2007 and he is a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.- Biography :...
, Will ClarkeWill ClarkeWill Clarke is an American novelist who is the author of Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel and The Worthy: A Ghost's Story....
, Thomas GlaveThomas GlaveThomas Glave is an American author of Jamaican descent who has published widely and won numerous awards. He is also a university professor.- Biography :...
, John KesselJohn KesselJohn Kessel is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer and the author of two solo novels, Good News From Outer Space and Corrupting Dr...
, Kellie Wells, Ryan Boudinot, Rebecca Makkai, Martin Cozza, Chris Gavaler, Deborah Scwartzand, Shawn Vestal, and Katie Williams. ISBN 978-0-9802260-8-9
Story Collections
In Extremis: The Most Extreme Short Stories of John Shirley by John ShirleyJohn Shirley
John Shirley is an American fantasist, author of noir fiction, and science-fiction writer. Shirley is a prolific writer of novels and short stories, TV scripts and screenplays who has published over 30 books and 10 collections...
- August 2011
Wovels
- The Living, a Wovel by Kealan Patrick BurkeKealan Patrick BurkeKealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly...
(June, 2008 - October 2008)
- FirstWorld, a Wovel by Jemiah JeffersonJemiah JeffersonJemiah Jefferson is an African-American writer. Her first printed work was St*rf*ck*ng, a collection of short erotic stories published by Future Tense Books. Her first full length novel was written in 24 hours in 1990. This eventually became Voice of the Blood, later published by Leisure Books in...
(November 2008 - April 2009)
- Exit Vector, a Wovel by Simon Drax (June 2009 - current)