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PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK.


Background

PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther."The Kings of Horror"
Maxim Jakubowski, ''The Guardian'', 27 October 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
They specialise in
novella A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
length
fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...
(20,000 to 40,000 words) from the fantasy, science fiction and
horror Horror may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Genres *Horror fiction, a genre of fiction ** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction **Korean horror, Korean horror fiction * Horror film, a film genre *Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
genres. It has won what '' The Guardian'' calls the "prestigious" World Fantasy Award nine times in the categories of Single-Author Collection (for ''The Very Best of Gene Wolfe'', published 2010; ''Bibliomancy'', 2003; and ''Where Furnaces Burn'', 2012), Anthology (''Exotic Gothic 4'', 2012), Long Fiction (''The Unlicensed Magician'', 2015), Novel (''Illyria'', 2007; ''Osama'', 2011), and in the category "Special Award, Professional." Since June 2004 it has also published the quarterly magazine '' Postscripts''. Since 2012, PS is the publisher of the Exotic Gothic series, edited by Danel Olson. They have also launched the Electric Dreamhouse imprint. Notable books published by PS Publishing include ''
20th Century Ghosts ''20th Century Ghosts'' is American author Joe Hill's first published book-length work. A collection of short stories, it was first published in October 2005 in the United Kingdom and released in October 2007 in the United States. Publication ...
'' by Joe Hill.


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at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database British speculative fiction publishers Small press publishing companies Horror book publishing companies Science fiction publishers Publishing companies established in 1999 British companies established in 1999