Underland Press is a publishing company founded by Victoria Blake, a writer and the former prose editor for

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops know ...

. Underland Press was sold to Resurrection House in September 2013. Debut authors for ''Underland Press'' included:

Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. History The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...

winner

Kealan Patrick Burke Kealan Patrick Burke (born in Dungarvan, Ireland) is an author. Some of his works include the novels ''Kin'', ''Currency of Souls'', ''Master of the Moors'', and ''The Hides'' (Bram Stoker Award nominee), the novellas ''The Turtle Boy'' (Bram S ...

, Edgar Award and

International Horror Guild Award The International Horror Guild Award (also known as the IHG Award) was an accolade recognizing excellence in the field of Horror fiction, horror/dark fantasy, presented by the International Horror Guild (IHG) from 1995 to 2008. The IHG Awards wer ...

nominee

Brian Evenson Brian Evenson (born August 12, 1966) is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B. K. Evenson. His fiction is often described as literary minimalism, but also draws ...

, Two-time

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous ann ...

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).Timms, Aaron (26 Oct 2006). "The fear of clowns". ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.
/ref> The novel went on to win the

Aurealis Award The 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 The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...

(co-winner: Best Horror novel, plus the Golden Aurealis Award), the

Australian Shadows Award The Australian Shadows Awards are annual literary awards established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian/New Zealand/Oceania residen ...

, the

Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...

(Best Novel), and the '' Sydney Morning Herald's'' "Best Young Novelist Award" for 2007.Wyndham, Susan (June 2, 2007) "The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists 2007" ''Sydney Morning Herald'' Entertainment blog.
/ref> ''The Pilo Family Circus'' was also short-listed for the 2007

for Best Novel.

's online-only interactive Wovel, ''The Living'' debuted June 1, 2008 on the official Underland Press website.

Releases

Novels

*'' Last Days'', by

(February 2009) Released in the following formats: :Perfect Bound Trade Paperback :48 copy Limited Edition hardcover :27 Lettered Edition hardcover *''The Pilo Family Circus'', by Will Elliott (March 2009) *''Finch'', by Jeff VanderMeer (scheduled November 2009) *''Chaos'', by Escober (AKA Esther Verhoef and Berry Verhoef) (May 2009) *''The Complete Drive-In: Omnibus'' by Joe R. Lansdale (May 2010) *''Curse of the Wolf Girl'' by Martin Millar (August 2010)

Story Collections

*''In Extremis: The Most Extreme Short Stories of John Shirley'' by

John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...

– August 2011 *''Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Evolution, and Revolution'' edited by Victoria Blake – February 2013

Omnibuses

''The Complete Drive-In'' (2010) by Joe R. Lansdale, compiles the first three novels

Anthologies

*''Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy 3'', edited by Kevin Brockmeier (scheduled January 2010). Featuring stories by Stephen King, Peter S. Beagle,

Laura Kasischke Laura Kasischke is an American fiction writer and poet. She is best known for writing the novels '' Suspicious River'', ''The Life Before Her Eyes'' and '' White Bird in a Blizzard'', all of which have been adapted to film. Life and work She was ...

Jeffrey Ford Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955) 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, humo ...

Lisa Goldstein Lisa Goldstein (born Elizabeth Joy Goldstein on November 21, 1953) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer whose work has been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. Her 1982 novel '' The Red Magician'' won a Nation ...

Paul Tremblay Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

, Will Clarke, Thomas Glave,

John Kessel John Joseph Vincent Kessel (born September 24, 1950) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, '' Good News From Outer Space'' (1989), ''Corrupting Dr. Nice'' ...

, Kellie Wells, Ryan Boudinot, Rebecca Makkai, Martin Cozza, Chris Gavaler, Deborah Scwartzand, Shawn Vestal, and Katie Williams.

Wovels

*''The Living'', a Wovel by

(June 2008 – October 2008) *''FirstWorld'', a Wovel by Jemiah Jefferson (November 2008 – April 2009)Underland Press announcement for ''FirstWorld''
/ref> *''Exit Vector'', a Wovel by Simon Drax (June 2009 – current)

References

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External links

Underland Press official site

''The Living'', a Wovel on Underland Press official site
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