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| Founded | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Matt Blairstone |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
| Headquarters location | Portland, Oregon |
| Distribution | International |
| Key people | Alex Woodroe, Editor-in-Chief |
| Fiction genres | Horror, New weird |
| Official website | tenebrouspress |
Tenebrous Press (10p) is an indie publisher of horror and new weird literature based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It was founded by Matt Blairstone. It is run by Blairstone and its editor-in-chief, Alex Woodroe. The first book published by Tenebrous Press was the eco-horror anthology Green Inferno (2021) which was published after a successful crowdfunding campaign via the website Kickstarter.[1]
Its logo is a coin which bears the image of a skull wearing a laurel wreath next to the text "10p".
Works published by Tenebrous Press have received reviews and coverage in outlets including Booklist[2], Reactor[3], and The Washington Post.[4]
History
[edit]Tenebrous Press was founded by horror and comic writer Matt Blairstone in 2021 out of a frustration at a lull in the comic publishing industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] It funded its first anthology, Green Inferno, through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.[6] In an early interview, Blairstone called Green Inferno, "simultaneously the trial balloon to see if I know what the hell I’m doing, and the announcement that Tenebrous Press has arrived."[5] The anthology included a short story by Alex Woodroe, who would later become Tenebrous Press' editor-in-chief. Woodroe had given up on submitting her writing to publishers and did not even know about Green Inferno until friends of hers revealed that they had submitted the story "Depth of the Water" to the anthology on her behalf and that it had been accepted.[7]
Blairstone recruited Woodroe as the editor of Tenebrous Press' second anthology, In Somnio.[7] He later said that this was the point when "Tebebrous was fully formed".[8] Woodroe also coined the term "new weird horror" to describe the genre focus of Tenebrous Press, a term which was later adapted to "new weird lit" in order to encompass other genres.[9]
2022 novella One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve by M. Shaw was Tenebrous Press' first single-author publication.[8] In the same year, several Tenebrous Press publications were shortlisted for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award. Tim McGregor's Lure for the novella award, Your Body is Not Your Body for edited anthology, and "Brother Meternitas" (a story from that anthology by Viktor Athelstan) for short fiction.[10][7]
In 2023, horror and speculative fiction publisher Dread Stone Press closed down. Twice a year, it had published pairs of horror novelettes in a single volume under the name Split Scream. When Dread Stone Press closed, the Split Scream branding and format was passed on to Tenebrous Press. It began publishing the series (still edited by Dread Stone founder Alex Ebenstein) with the fourth volume, featuring novelettes from D. Matthew Urban and Holly Lyn Walrath.[11][7]
After a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2024[12], Tenebrous Press began publishing The Skull & Laurel, a magazine of new weird short stories. The magazine is edited by Cameron Howard, who also edited Thank You for Joining the Algorithm, described as an "issue #0" of the magazine that would become The Skull & Laurel.[7] Thank You for Joining the Algorithm was themed around interactions between humanity and technology, and was published in protest against the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the arts. Proceeds from the magazine were donated to the Algorithmic Justice League and the European Guild of Artificial Intelligence Regulation, organisations which advocate for regulation of AI in the arts.[13][14]
Repeat Collaborators
[edit]In several cases, Tenebrous Press has published multiple works by the same authors or artists. Repeat collaborators include:
- Artist Echo Echo, who has provided cover and interior illustrations for multiple projects, including interior art for all issues of Split Scream published by Tenebrous Press.[15]
- Cameron Howard, Braulio Tellez, and Samir Sirk Morató who respectively served as editor, designer, and interior artist for Thank You for Joining the Algorithm and The Skull & Laurel.[14]
- Carson Winter, author of three novels (one as co-author with Jolie Toomajan) and a novelette published in volume 1 of Split Scream (originally published by Dread Stone Press).
- Valkyrie Loughcrewe, author of two novellas published by Tenebrous Press.[16]
- M. Shaw, author of the novella One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve as well as Tenebrous Press' first collection of short stories by a single author.
References
[edit]- ^ Ferguson, James (20 March 2021). "Green Inferno Hits Kickstarter for Nearly 200 Pages of Terror". Horror DNA. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Siraki, A.E. (1 June 2025). "We Like It Cherry". Booklist. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Brown, Alex (14 May 2025). "Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: April 2025". Reactor. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Anders, Charlie Jane (1 March 2025). "4 fantasy and science fiction books about monsters who find peace". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ a b Fawns, Angelique (3 April 2021). "Matt Blairstone, Terrestrial Horror & his Green Inferno". The Horror Tree. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Bermea, Bobby (13 March 2021). "Matt Blairstone: Oh, the horror!". Oregon Artswatch. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Bermea, Bobby (27 October 2023). "Bobby Bermea: The dark and gloomy glories of Tenebrous Press". Oregon Artswatch. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ a b Blairstone, Matt; Woodroe, Alex (28 August 2024). "075: Just like a three-year-old's birthday party, except the cake has tentacles". Tenebrous Press Newsletter.
- ^ Woodroe, Alex. "What is New Weird Lit?". Tenebrous Press. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "2022 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees". Shirley Jackson Awards. June 2023. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Dread Stone Press". Dread Stone Press. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Blairstone, Matt (28 March 2024). "Everything you need to know about THE SKULL & LAUREL Exquisite Corpse game". Tenebrous Press. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Blairstone, Matt (17 May 2023). "Submissions for THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE ALGORITHM are open!". Tenebrous Press. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ a b Shaw, Drew (30 November 2023). "UTA alumni fight for AI regulation through sci-fi magazine". The Shorthorn. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Blairstone, Matt; Woodroe, Alex (28 August 2023). "10p036: Tenebrous Press presents SPLIT SCREAM - wait, what?". Tenebrous Press Newsletter. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Semel, Paul (13 May 2025). "Exclusive Interview: "Puppet's Banquet" Author Valkyrie Loughcrewe". paulsemel.com. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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