Tartarus Press is an independent book publisher based near Leyburn,

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Background

Tartarus Press is run by R. B. Russell and

Rosalie Parker Rosalie Parker is an author, scriptwriter and editor who runs the Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Parker jointly won the World Fantasy Award "Special Award: Non-Professional" for publishing in 2002, 2004 and 2012. The Horror Writers Associati ...

. It publishes classic and contemporary works of supernatural and strange fiction. Tartarus classic authors include Arthur Machen,

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, Oliver Onions, Edna W. Underwood, and more modern authors include Sarban, Robert Aickman and David Lindsay. Contemporary writers include Andrew Michael Hurley,

Nike Sulway Nike Sulway (''née'' Bourke; born 1968) is an Australian novelist. Career Nike Sulway is a novelist, short story writer, researcher, and teacher who works across speculative and literary fiction. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from Griffit ...

, Mark Valentine, Angela Slatter, Reggie Oliver and Joel Lane. A twice-yearly journal, '' Wormwood'', was devoted to discussion of fantastic, supernatural and decadent literature, but has now ceased publication. Tartarus won the

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"Special Award: Non-Professional" for their publishing in 2002, 2004,World Fantasy Awards Recipients: 2004
2012, and 2015;
and ''Strange Tales'', their anthology of new short fiction, won the 2004

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of the year. The Horror Writers Association gave Tartarus Press the "Excellence in Speciality Press Publishing" award for 2009. Notable books published by Tartarus Press include ''The Bitterwood Bible'' by Angela Slatter which won the World Fantasy Award for best Collection, and ''The Loney'' by Andrew Michael Hurley which won the Costa award, First Novel.Costa First Novel Award winner 2015
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