Subterranean Press is a specialty publishing press located in Metro Detroit. SubPress has been a supporter of ConFusion for several years, and brings in several Special Guests each year. This year Subterranean Press is proud to present S eanan McGuire and Gwenda Bond as their Special Guests!
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I'm Bill Schafer, co-founder of My best friend and I started this company roughly twenty years ago—I, to pursue a dream of publishing the works of authors that I love, Tim to pursue his dream of doing the same while never having to talk to people again. Our Southeast Michigan based company started with just two chapbooks: Spyder by Norman Partridge and Out There in the Darkness by Edward Gorman. So far, we have both been very successful in our respective goals, publishing 40 to 50 works per year (and we haven't heard Tim's voice since 1999).In addition to limited editions we publish original works; often novellas.
Our authors include Stephen King, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Kelley Armstrong, John Scalzi, Robert McCammon, Catherynne M. Valente, and countless others.SubPress's staff consists of five people, fifteen cats, and three dogs.
We build morale with nerf-gun fights, youtube videos, and fencing. We consider our staff and the authors with whom we work to be family; we recently had Peter V. Brett at the warehouse to sign and personalize his latest novel The Skull Throne.
(As promised, Tim didn't even acknowledge his presence, and Peter pretended that it wasn't uncomfortable or weird.)Joining me today is Yanni Kuzniaour Director of Production. A lifetime fan of science-fiction and fantasy, she is responsible for everything that goes right around here. Her knowledge of the Russian language and skill with a bull whip also helps.Also encroaching is Production Assistant Geralyn. Not because she is qualified to answer any questions, but because she loves reddit and refuses to go home while this is happening.Please Ask Us Anything! We will be answering questions starting at 6pm CST.
I love the special editions you guys do and own a number myself. I have two questions.What determines which books you are able to make special editions of? For instance, I am sure people would be frothing at the mouths to purchase a limited set of The Wheel of Time, but I am curious what processes you have to go through, your relationships with publishers, etc.Secondly, what determines how much artwork you commission for a book?
I have your editions of the Malazan books and, to be frank, I am a bit disappointed that none of them contain as much artwork as Gardens of the Moon did (although I still love all of them).Thanks!. When it comes to our epic fantasies, we generally choose crowd-pleasers. Lies of Locke Lamorra, Peter V. Brett, Joe Abercrombie are great examples of epic fantasies/fantasists we chose to publish with that fact in mind.I'm so pleased to hear you love the Malazan books and their art! We lucked out with the art for Gardens of the Moon, as Michael Komark really connected with the material and gave us some phenomenal pieces as a result. The challenge with the Malazan books is that they are already some of our most heavily-illustrated books, and there is a tremendous amount of work involved in each piece of art. We've nearly broken a few artists who illustrated books in the series for us; we've learned that asking for even more pieces would delay each book far too long.
I'd rather have superlative art but fewer pieces, than good art and many pieces. Hi guys, I just want to say how much I love my Hyperion/Fall, and Smoke and Mirrors editions and can't wait for your HC Ancillary Justice (I have a signed 1st printing but it's just not the same as a nice HC).
Any hints on what your next super nice printing will be? I absolutely love the quality and workmanship of Smoke and Mirrors and I'm really looking forward to what you come out next. Just a suggestion but a nice reprinting of Piece Brown's Red Rising series or James S.A. Corey's Expanse would be much loved, just sayin.
Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 1998. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Paper Wraps Softcover, 1998.
Limited Edition. Signed by author with additional signed inscription on limitation page. Signed and hand-numbered edition, copy 42 of 250. Bound with staples in paper wrap with wrap-around illustration by Glenn Chadbourne. Binding is strong and textblock is intact.
Pages are clean and bright. Signed by author. Seller Inventory # GRP35466991 1. Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, Michigan, U.S.A., 2002.
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Punchatz, Don Ivan (illustrator). First printing. Signed & numbered, #277 of 850. This is also an ex-lib copy with minimal markings, but the protective Brodart sleeve for the dust jacket has been glued to the front and rear pastedowns (the dust jacket itself is perfect, and the library sticker appears to be affixed to the Brodart rather than the jacket).
8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. Seller Inventory # 015681 6. Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 1998. Original Wraps.
Condition: Fine. Glenn Chadbourne (illustrator). First Edition. Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 1998. Limited First Edition/Printing; 'Halloween Chapbook #1,' 32 pp.
This is # 104 of 250 numbered copies, SIGNED by Silva on limitation page. Excellent horror tale. This copy is unread and as new but for some rust in the staples.
Original $10.00 price sticker inside front cover. Size: Octavo. Signed by Author. Private Press.
Seller Inventory # 000707 9. Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 2003. Condition: New.
Gail Cross (illustrator). First Edition - Limited/Numbered. This is copy #355 in a signed limited edition of 750 chapbooks and 100 hardcover copies. This chapbook is in brand spanking new condition.
Brite has spent a year exploring the lives of the Stubbs family, a clan whose roots are sunk deep in the traditional culture of New Orleans. These characters appear in her novels THE VALUE OF X and LIQUOR as well as several of the stories in her collection THE DEVIL YOU KNOW. 'The Feast of St. Rosalie' is another such story, published exclusively by Subterranean Press as a deluxe two-color chapbook.
Size: 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 000027 10. Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2007. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition - Hardcover.
First trade edition (published simultaneously with the limited signed edition); 2007 Book and dust jacket in new condition; still sealed in manufacturer's shrinkwrap. Some comments from Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times: 'Marusek, who hitchhiked his way to Alaska from Santa Barbara in the 1970's and now lives on the outskirts of Fairbanks, may have a relatively modest body of work (just 10 short stories in print over the span of 13 years), but each of these pieces has so far proven to be as concentrated and potent as a dwarf star. In 'The Wedding Album,' a story first published in 1999, he fashions an ominous and surprisingly moving tale about a bride and groom who repeatedly discover, forget and rediscover that they are merely computer-generated re-creations of a flesh-and-blood newlywed couple, fated to watch as their living counterparts, their marriage and civilization itself decay over the centuries. Though Marusek intermittently deploys terms like 'ectopic hippocampus,' 'dendritic synapses' and 'nanobioremediation,' 'The Wedding Album' is a story whose beauty can be appreciated even by readers who are intimidated by weather reports, despite the fact that I've just given away its major plot points. In an earlier short work from 1995 entitled 'We Were Out of Our Minds With Joy,' Marusek writes just as vividly about another married couple in the year 2092, whose blissful union begins to unravel after they are granted a rare and precious license that gives them permission to conceive their own child.' Size: 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. Seller Inventory # 000649 18.
Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, 2000. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 162 pages Royal octavo (9 1/4' x 6 1/4') bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine.
Jacket cover art by Phil Parks. First hard cover edition. Evan Tanner, the spy who never sleeps, returns in a timeless adventure appearing in hardcover for the first time, and with its original title restored. Originally published as a paper-back original in 1968, Two for Tanner (as the publisher mis-titled it) concerns one amours yet ebony-skinned singer and jewel thhief, numerous lost causes (some of them eventually found), a per-pubescent princess in exile, and Evan Tanner, who must find his way from a single cell bamboo prison to their salvation. Or die trying.
Condition: Signed on the title else a fine copy in like jacket. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # BOOKS005990 19. Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 2004.
Condition: Fine (As New). Dust Jacket Condition: Fine (as New). First Edition (Stated). Signed by Brite and Faust on a tipped in page. Dust jacket protected by a clear, removable mylar sleeve. Brite (Lost Souls) and Faust (Control Freak) combine tragedy, history, a touch of the supernatural, a bit of soap opera and, finally, hope in a surprisingly tender, if violent and sexually explicit trio of gracefully written, interwoven tales. In part one, set in 1937 Hong Kong, Ji Fung, who's in love with Lin Bai, the Peking Opera School's star pupil, kills the troupe's sadistic Master Lau, who's been raping Lin nightly.
The boys flee and enter the decadent demimonde disguised as girls, eventually ending up in Shanghai at the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. In part two, set in 1945 Los Angeles, Ji Fung, now named Jimmy Lee, is attracted to female impersonator Victor See, who reminds him of Lin Bai, but Victor is a doubly lost soul as a Japanese-American pretending to be Chinese in Japan-hating wartime L.A. Meanwhile, butch detective novelist Nan Blake pursues a manipulative starlet who believes she's a man.
Despite buckets of blood and the possibility of a vengeful ghost, the true horror lies in homophobia and anti-Asian bigotry. In the short final section, set in a relatively tolerant, present-day Hollywood, hunky martial artist Jake Ryan falls for a half-pearl of the orient, Miki, but it takes a ghost and a near-death-experience to get him out of the closet. Size: 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. Signed by Author(s). Limited First Edition. Seller Inventory # 2300 22. Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, Michigan, 2006.
Condition: New. NEW PB: SIGNED by KEALAN PATRICK BURKE NO Inscription.
Stapled Wraps. Supplied on Acid Free White Board in Clear Sleeve. NO remainder mark.' 8 quarter-page photo stills. Five years ago, an independent filmmaker discovered a little known story by award-winning writer Kealan Patrick Burke (The Turtle Boy, The Hides, Taverns of the Dead) in a shadowy corner of the Internet. From that tale of psychological horror, regret and haunting guilt, would come an unsettling motion picture called The Quiet.
Superbly acted, and filmed in a location colder than the heart of its protagonist, The Quiet explores the relationship between father and son, husband and wife, and what becomes of a tortured mind when the ability to communicate is abruptly stolen away. But sometimes it takes losing everything to see into the dark. To see the faces smiling back at you in the quiet. In this chapbook you'll find the original short story 'The Quiet' and the screenplay for the movie, together with a brand new introduction by Kealan Patrick Burke detailing the story's journey from page to screen.' Cardboard & Padding.
SHIPS 1st CLASS in US/AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY! Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002286 23.
Within U.S.A.About this Item: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 1999. Condition: Very Good. Minnion, Keith (illustrator).
First Edition. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 1999 White illustrated soft cover wraps, Very good. Minor wear, stapled binding.
Signed limited edition # 57 of 250. Black and white illustrations thru out by Keith Minnion.
Signed by Author. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. By Minnion, Keith. 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall.
Seller Inventory # 6930 25.