Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Greer Gilman’s Cloudish Triptych, which will include the reissue of Moonwise and Cloud & Ashes and the original publication of the new novel Lightwards. Publication of the triptych will begin in the Spring-Summer 2027 season.
Greer Gilman’s Cloud Triptych is a literary fantasy unlike any other. Called by Diana Wynne Jones “a work of genius,” Gilman’s sequence weaves poetry, fantasy, and the bones of language itself into a story that defies all categorization. The series has garnered praise from such giants of the field as John Crowley, Kelly Link, Michael Swanwick, John Clute, Sofia Samatar, Catherynne Valente, Theodora Goss and many others.
Greer Gilman’s mythic fantasies are Moonwise and Cloud & Ashes. Lightwards will complete the Cloudish triptych. Her Ben Jonson mysteries, set in the theatre world of 1600s London, are Cry Murder! In a Small Voice and Exit, Pursued by a Bear. She has written on the languages of the fantastic, on archetypes of girls in fantasy, and on Sylvia Townsend Warner. Her fiction has won the Otherwise (Tiptree), World Fantasy, Shirley Jackson, and Crawford awards, and has been shortlisted for the Nebula and Mythopoeic Fantasy awards. Her works have been cited in the OED. A graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Cambridge, and for many years a librarian at Harvard, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
I’m finally posting about this groovy book interior I had the pleasure of working on! Such a fun project to be a part of—thank u @editorfish for ur creative direction & trust! & ty @meganokonsky for writing such a beautiful, fun, & heartwarming book! <3 🌼
Lanternfish Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of James Slater Simmons, III’s debut novel, A Ghost Among Magnolias, for publication in Fall-Winter 2026.
Petronia Slater’s life has been plotted out for her since birth, just like every other child of successful Black builder and landowner Alonzo Slater. But Petronia feels stifled by the carefully curated world she inhabits as the daughter of a wealthy businessman in turn-of-the-century Milledgeville, Georgia.
When curiosity about her mother’s mysterious past gets the better of her, she sneaks out of her college dormitory to visit a disreputable neighborhood on the other side of Atlanta. There, she meets the young doctor Ben Simmons and dreams of running away for good. But history–and her family’s ghost–have other ideas.
James Simmons is trained as a playwright who has worked with St. Annes Warehouse, LaMaMa ETC, and Dixon Place. In 2022 he was invited to Djerassi’s Resident Artist Program. This is his first novel. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.
We have a special Halloween announcement:
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
It's everyone's favorite time of year: Lanternfish Press is open to unagented manuscripts from now until June 30.
We publish books of the rare and strange—which means gothic and speculative fiction that pushes genre boundaries, dark historical fiction, and magical realism. We are also interested in intersectional memoir.
You can learn more on our Submissions page.
@tvayyyy stopped by our booth at #AWP25 yesterday to sign copies of his Southern Gothic horror novella POUR ONE FOR THE DEVIL!
Stop by Booth 629 to pick up a very fancy autographed copy (until we run out!)
Pictured: Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. with Lanternfish Press Editorial Director Christine Neulieb.
🐦⬛ Guess what? I wrote an essay for this new collection! It’s edited by Amy Branam Armiento and officially comes out September 3, and it’s all about how various contemporary creatives “met” Poe and where his gothic influence comes through in their work. Check it out—link in comments! 🐦⬛
Ready, set—Editors Focus is a go! Our editorial director @editorfish is ready to chat with indie booksellers at @newvoicesnewrooms tonight.
She’ll be chatting about everything in our Fall-Winter 2024 season, including our new Clockwork Editions release and two exciting new novels.
