Subterranean Press

12/19/2025

Happy Friday! What are you reading this week? Feel free to share your pets too, as always! (Or tag which dog captures your vibe. 😉 )

12/18/2025

In case you missed them! A round-up of some of our more recent book announcements that still have shiny copies available for you to preorder:

- WE ARE ALL MONSTERS HERE by Kelley Armstrong: https://subterraneanpress.com/newsannouncing-we-are-all-monsters-here-by-kelley-armstrong/

- THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY: https://subterraneanpress.com/newsannouncing-the-best-of-adrian-tchaikovskyover-600-pages/

- VELVETEEN VS. THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER ACTIONS by Seanan McGuire: https://subterraneanpress.com/newsannouncing-velveteen-vs-the-consequences-of-her-actions-by-seanan-mcguire/

- POLOSTAN by Neal Stephenson: https://subterraneanpress.com/newsannouncing-polostan-by-neal-stephenson/

12/12/2025

Happy Friday! What are you reading this week? Feel free to share your pets too, as ever.

12/10/2025

Time to give away another advance reading copy -- this time of a book we'll announce soon, Lois McMaster Bujold's The Adventure of the Demonic Ox. To enter, tell us a favorite holiday story or book to read in December (in your personal opinion, doesn't have to necessarily be holiday-themed, though that's welcome too!). Open international, winner chosen Wed., Dec. 17, at noon ET.

NOTE: We will never ask you to click a link in the thread, but notify the winner on how to contact us directly. Scammers sometimes find these threads, so beware.

12/10/2025

Nighttown is the legendary, never-published second novel by T.E.D. Klein. For the first time ever, part of the novel is seeing print, as a broadside published by Chiroptera Press.

There are only 150 copies of this broadside, and our allotment will not be increased. If you’re interested in adorning your walls with a glimpse of Klein’s dark wonder, don’t delay in ordering your copy.

Notes:

In the US, we are only offering Priority Mail shipping on this item, which must be ordered by itself.
There is a limit of one copy per person/household.
Chiroptera Press is proud to present a brand-new Broadside letterpress edition titled “Nighttown” by T. E.D. Klein, in collaboration with artist and publisher Jonathan Dennison.

Nighttown was to be the follow-up novel to Klein’s The Ceremonies. An early draft, never finished, was put aside and may never see the light of day. Still, we’re excited to share a peek for the first time into a project that has long been mysterious and is even, indeed, something of a legend.

Specs:

Printed by Boxcar Press on fine paper
Letterpress printing
Measures 18” x 18”
Signed by the author and the artist
Hand numbered

Preorder: https://subterraneanpress.com/klein-n-chiroptera/

12/09/2025

The lettered edition of Joe Hill's nostalgic, bittersweet novella, Late Returns, was recently completed by our specialty binder, and we undersold it by a few copies.

First, the Lettered Edition specifications, and then we’ll share a description of the novella.

Half leather binding in a forest green goat leather
Spine of the book left simple with no stamping
Copper foil stamping along the leather edges
Linen bookblock on the case
Hand-marbled paper on hahnenuhle ingres

Lettered: 26 signed copies, specially bound, housed in a custom traycase: $1500

Order: https://subterraneanpress.com/hill-lr/

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We’re pleased to present a heavily illustrated edition of Joe Hill’s modern classic novella, Late Returns, featuring full-color endsheets, and ten full-color interior illustrations by François Vaillancourt.

About the Book:

Commercial truck driver John Davies finds out about the death of his parents from a letter written by his father. He returns to their modest family home in Kingsward, New Hampshire, to deal with the aftermath. Where, in a shoebox under the bed, he finds his mother’s overdue copy of the novel Another Marvelous Thing. When he brings it to the local library, he ends up with a gig driving a vintage Bookmobile covered in psychedelic literary murals. It feels meant to be--especially given that his parents first met in the very same vehicle, grabbing for the lone copy of a Portrait of Joan Baez LP.

In a story that’s strongly reminiscent of Jack Finney, John soon learns that the Bookmobile doesn’t only receive visitors from the present. Ghosts, known as “late returns,” show up from time to time, seeing books from the future as blurs or with magically transformed jackets that fit their period. They show up looking for stories only the Bookmobile can give them. But John begins to wonder if he can change their pasts, if he can save those in need of it…

New York Times bestselling fan favorite Joe Hill is in peak form in this novella Late Returns, crafting a surprising and heady brew of nostalgia, heartbreak, and, above all, hope, borne of the ways stories transform us and the ways we transform each other’s lives. Books have always reached across and through time, but never quite like this.

12/08/2025

Time, memory, and human connection ripple across centuries in Sea of Tranquility, a novel by Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel. Conversation Tree Press is honoured to present a letterpress-printed, signed, limited edition of this haunting and intricately woven novel of pandemics, temporal anomalies, and the fragile threads that connect us.

First published in 2022, Sea of Tranquility traverses continents and centuries—from a remote forest in 1912 British Columbia to a lunar colony in the 2400s—drawing seemingly disparate lives into a single, resonant narrative. At its heart is a mysterious anomaly in time, one that echoes through generations and offers a meditation on the nature of existence and the illusion of permanence.

Sea of Tranquility has been praised by The Guardian as “hugely ambitious in scope, yet also intimate and written with a graceful and beguiling fluency,” and as “one of Mandel’s finest novels” by The New York Times.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is limited to 676 copies and is published in three states: Collector’s Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Lettered Edition.

The Collector’s Edition:

The Collector’s Edition is limited to 400 unnumbered copies hand-bound by Ludlow Bookbinders.

It is bound in full cloth printed with an illustration by Denis Sarazhin, with the title foil stamped in metallic blue on the spine. The endpapers are Takeo Tant Select.

The text is letterpress printed on Fedrigoni Arena Rough 120gsm (80lb) paper, and the full colour paintings are reproduced via offset printing and tipped in by hand as full bleed sheets.

Each copy is enclosed in a custom slipcase handmade by Ludlow Bookbinders, wrapped in yellow book cloth. The interior of the slipcase is lined with Suedel, a soft, flocked material that cushions and protects the book.

All copies are signed by Emily St. John Mandel and Denis Sarazhin.

Deluxe Edition:

The Deluxe Edition is limited to 250 hand-numbered copies and hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders and designed by Tony Geer. The binding depicts a night sky dominated by the moon—home to the Time Institute—rendered at a scale that hints at the far-reaching consequences of its work.

It is bound in dark blue, full grain goatskin leather with extensive foil stamping in silver. The inlaid “moon” is made of cowhide leather from Conceria Walpier Tannery in Tuscany, Italy, which has a unique metallic swirl design with the non-metallic areas having a buffed nubuck feel.

The top edge is silver-gilded and the title is stamped in silver on the spine in a blind-stamped rectangular area devoid of stars.

The text is letterpress printed on upgraded Magnani Pescia 130gsm (~90lb) mould-made paper, and the full colour paintings are reproduced via offset printing and tipped in by hand as full bleed sheets.

Each copy is enclosed in a custom slipcase handmade by Ludlow Bookbinders. The sides are wrapped in cloth, the top is capped in the same leather as the moon, and the bottom is capped in the same leather as the night sky, sans stars. The interior of the slipcase is lined with Suedel, a soft, flocked material that cushions and protects the book.

All copies are signed by Emily St. John Mandel and Denis Sarazhin.

More photos and order: https://subterraneanpress.com/mandel-sot-ctp/

12/06/2025

Feel fee to preorder the SST Publications signed, limited edition of Goblin by Josh Malerman, which is a huge book, clocking in at 616 pages.

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“A chilling collection of tales about a place that’s likely to linger in the imagination.”—Library Journal

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie comes a chilling story that revolves around a mysterious small town, revealing its sinister secrets one by one.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL • “Must-read horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you’ll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin. . . .

A Man in Slices: A man proves his “legendary love” to his girlfriend with a sacrifice even more daring than Vincent van Gogh’s—and sends her more than his heart.

Kamp: Walter Kamp is afraid of everything, but most afraid of being scared to death. As he sets traps around his home to catch the ghosts that haunt him, he learns that nothing is more terrifying than fear itself.

Happy Birthday, Hunter!: A famed big-game hunter is determined to capture—and kill—the ultimate prey: the mythic Great Owl who lives in Goblin’s dark forests. But this mysterious creature is not the only secret the woods are keeping.

Presto: All Peter wants is to be like his hero, Roman Emperor, the greatest magician in the world. When the famous magician comes to Goblin, Peter discovers that not all magic is just an illusion.

A Mix-Up at the Zoo: The new zookeeper feels a mysterious kinship with the animals in his care . . . and finds that his work is freeing dark forces inside him.

The Hedges: When his wife dies, a man builds a hedge maze so elaborate no one ever solves it—until a little girl resolves to be the first to find the mysteries that wait at its heart.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies
Signed by Josh Malerman and Ben Baldwin on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page
6.14” x 9.21” trim size
616 pages
Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream
Bound in full cloth
Head and tail bands
Featuring six interior illustrations including two printed in full colour on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book
Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
Full-colour endpapers
Sewn binding
Ribbon page marker
Dust jacket artwork and interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin

Order: https://subterraneanpress.com/malerman-g-sst/

Praise for Goblin:

“Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you’ll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin.”—Tor online

“The mythology of Goblin’s history is richly drawn within these stories, and connects them with a style that keeps the reader turning pages. Malerman has created a town which may even be darker than King’s, Grant’s, and Bradbury’s nightmares. Goblin is all Malerman and should be listed on every horror reader’s itinerary of places to visit, with the lights turned low and the night breeze creeping into the room.”—Monster Librarian

“[A] masterpiece . . . This book, comprised of a sextet of short novellas, takes the small town motif and shreds it, molding it into something which fills the reader with uneasy pleasure from cover to cover. . . . Malerman has created a town which may even be darker than King, Grant, and Bradbury’s nightmares. Goblin is all Malerman and should be listed on every horror reader’s itinerary of places to visit, with the lights turned low and the night breeze creeping into the room.”—Cemetery Dance Online

“Goblin is a mesmerizing, terrifying tightrope walk.”—Clive Barker

“Malerman has created a Derry for a new generation.”—Sarah Pinborough

“Goblin is another triumph from Josh Malerman.”—Christopher Golden

“A chilling collection of tales about a place that’s likely to linger in the imagination.”—Library Journal

“Malerman (Bird Box) tantalizes readers with this enigmatic linked collection of horror novellas. . . . The dark, fantastic tone will put readers in mind of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. This is must-read horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

12/05/2025

Happy Friday! What are you reading this week? Feel free to share your own pets too, as always.

12/02/2025

Demand has been so strong for the SST Publications signed, limited edition of Sugar on the Bones, the most recent novel to feature Joe R. Lansdale’s dysfunctional due, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, that we’ve already placed a reorder, while the first batch of copies is en route to us.

SST has indicated that if sales for Sugar are strong, they’d like to publish all of the Hap and Leonard novels as signed, limited editions.

About the Book:

“Edgar winner Lansdale excels in his savagely funny 13th case for East Texas P*s Hap Collins and Leonard Pine… Blood-splattered action and a welcome spoonful of irreverent humor make this a surefire hit. It’s a high-water mark for the series.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In this holy mess of a case for the "perpetual bad boy" (New York Times) sleuths in the beloved Hap and Leonard series, PI Duo Hap and Leonard investigate the untimely death of a woman whose family stood much to gain from her passing.

Minnie Polson is dead. Burned to a crisp in a fire so big and bad it had to be deliberate. The only thing worse is that Hap and Leonard could have prevented it. Maybe. Minnie had a feeling she was being targeted, shaken down by some shadowy force. However, when she’d solicited Hap & Leonard, all it took was one off color joke to turn her sour and she’d called them off the investigation. Wracked with a guilty conscience, the two P*s—along with Hap’s fleet-footed wife, Brett—tuck in to the case. As they look closer, they dredge up troublesome facts: for one, Minnie’s daughter, Alice, has recently vanished. She’d been hard up after her pet grooming business went under and was in line to collect a whopping insurance sum should anything happen to her mother. The same was due to Minnie’s estranged husband, Al, whose kryptonite (beautiful, money-grubbing women) had left him with only a run-down mobile home. But did Minnie’s foolish, cash-strapped family really have it in them to commit a crime this grisly? Or is there a larger, far more sinister scheme at work?

Irreverent, wise-cracking, and full of atmosphere and bite, Sugar on the Bones is not to be missed.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies
Signed by Joe R. Lansdale and Dirk Berger on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page
Larger 6.14” x 9.21” trim size
Printed on a heavier 100gsm acid-free paper
Bound in premium cloth with coloured head and tail bands
Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
Offset printed and bound with full-colour endpapers
Sewn binding for increased durability
Ribbon page marker
Dust jacket artwork by Dirk Berger
Featuring seven full colour interior illustrations by Dirk Berger printed on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book

Order: https://subterraneanpress.com/lansdale-sotb-sst/

From Publishers Weekly (Starred Review):

“Edgar winner Lansdale excels in his savagely funny 13th case for East Texas P*s Hap Collins and Leonard Pine (after The Elephant of Surprise)... [T]hey run afoul of a ruthless crime ring and have little choice but to employ the services of mercenaries Vanilla and Jim Bob. Blood-splattered action and a welcome spoonful of irreverent humor make this a surefire hit. It’s a high-water mark for the series.”

12/01/2025

We Are All Monsters Here is Kelley Armstrong's first collection to features horror exclusively. The book is 400 pages, with a wraparound dust jacket and full-color signature page by François Vaillancourt. Full details and link to preorder below!

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From cabins in the woods to post-apocalyptic cities, monsters lurk everywhere. Discover the sinister secret of a traveling carnival, spend a holiday with masked mummers, and visit a small town with unusual traditions and a penchant for gargoyles.

We Are All Monsters Here collects nineteen of Kelley Armstrong’s eeriest short stories published over the past two decades. Each tale features a cast of colorful—if at times unsettling—characters, including a physics student haunted by their past, an elderly author plotting a murder mystery, a young boy troubled by the screams of dragons, a reluctant preacher challenged by a stranger who can resurrect the dead, and survivors of the apocalypse searching for a safe place to call home.

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, and other classic creatures are portrayed in refreshingly unique ways. A master of paranormal mystery, Armstrong subverts reader expectations with clever twists and turns; for while a monster is at the heart of every story, not all have claws or fangs or a thirst for blood—the most terrifying are the seemingly average people driven to monstrous acts.

Limited: 750 signed numbered hardcover copies: $50

Preorder: https://subterraneanpress.com/armstrong-waamh/

11/28/2025

Muggsy Schow is family. Any help you can provide this spectacular little guy will be appreciated by David, Kerri, and the Muggs himself, not to mention the pet lovers here at SubPress.

Unfortunately Muggsy’s medical adventures have continued. If you supported the… Kerry Schow needs your support for Muggsy Needs a Little Help From His Friends