Underland Press has put out some amazing books in the “ scary and strange ” genre , including horror and the “ newfangled weird . ” And now it ’s being bought by Skyhorse and Start , the same two companies that are buy Night Shade Books .
Top image : Cover art for Curse of the Wolf Girl by Martin Millar , byJohn Coulthart .
Underland ’s generator include Joe R. Lansdale , John Shirley , Elizabeth Hand , Martin Millar , Jeff VanderMeer and others . And their foreign , intense books have gotten a lot of eclat . This new deal does n’t mean anything for the still - pending Night Shade deal , says Start ’s Jarred Weisfeld : “ Underland and Night Shade have nothing to do with one another . It was not an substitute purchase . ” Skyhorse ’s Tony Lyons adds that this just testify their committedness to getting into genre publishing , and they plan to have Underland put out 20 books a year .
The departure onthe Underland sitesays :
Skyhorse Publishing and Start Publishing announce today the purchase of Underland Press , an award - winning independent publishing house dedicated to science fiction , fantasy , and repugnance .
Underland Press was bulge in 2007 by publishing house Victoria Blake . Its titles have been nominated for , and won , many of the genre ’s highest loot and prize , including the Hugo , the Nebula , the World Horror Award , the Shirley Jackson , and the American Library Association Best Horror . “ I ’m gallant of what we were able to accomplish , ” enounce publisher Victoria Blake . “ I ’m thrilled that the Underland name and legacy will populate on at Skyhorse and Start Publishing . ”
The purchase of Underland is part of the joint effort of Skyhorse and Start to focus on science fiction , phantasy , and horror . have a go at it for both nonfiction and for digital Quran , Skyhorse and Start are project to heighten their relationship to the genre community .
“ We are thrilled at the acquisition of Underland , ” said Tony Lyons , Skyhorse Publisher . “ We await ahead to publishing 10–20 fresh Word a yr , to re - promoting the Underland backlist , and to witness Modern readers for these terrific books . ”
Victoria Blake will continue to pretend as publishing firm of InFact Books , an imprint of the Creative Nonfiction Foundation , which is distributed by PGW .
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