Tartarus Press is an independent

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based near

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, UK."Discover the darker side of the Dales"
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'', 1 May 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

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Tartarus Press is run by

R. B. Russell R. B. Russell is an English publisher, editor, author, illustrator, songwriter, and film maker. Biography Russell runs the award-winning Tartarus Press with Rosalie Parker, and for many years compiled the ''Guide to First Edition Prices''. A ...

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 Associat ...

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

Arthur Machen Arthur Machen (; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. Hi ...

Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for a highly acclaimed selection of ...

Oliver Onions George Oliver Onions (13 November 1873 – 9 April 1961), who published under the name Oliver Onions, was an English writer of short stories and novels. He wrote in various genres, but is perhaps best remembered for his ghost stories, notably t ...

, Edna W. Underwood, and more modern authors include Sarban,

Robert Aickman Robert Fordyce Aickman (27 June 1914 – 26 February 1981) was an English writer and conservationist. As a conservationist, he co-founded the Inland Waterways Association, a group which has preserved from destruction and restored England's inl ...

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 Mark Valentine is an English short story author, editor and essayist on book-collecting. Short stories Valentine's short stories have been published in a number of collections and in anthologies. ''The Collected Connoisseur'' (Tartarus Press, 2010 ...

Angela Slatter Angela Slatter is a writer based in Brisbane, Australia. Primarily working in the field of speculative fiction, she has focused on short stories since deciding to pursue writing in 2005, when she undertook a Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing ...

, Reggie Oliver and

Joel Lane Joel Lane (1963 – 26 November 2013) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, critic and anthology editor.Chris Morgan, "Lane, Joel", in David Pringle, ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers'' (London: St. James Press, 1998 ...

. 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

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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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