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11/29/2025

It's Small Business Saturday! Get 40% off Hydra House titles!
And Sunday, what the heck ...

We’ve always been appreciative of the community support for Small Business Saturday, and try to skip Black Friday in lieu of the next day’s deals. We like to participate, too! So through the rest of the weekend, get 40% off of any in-stock Hydra House title (including Pocket Workshop, Ex Marginalia, and even Cat Rambo’s forthcoming All the Pretty Little Mermaids).

It’s the perfect chance to pick up a gift copy for the holidays, and even better for Jólabókaflóðið!

The discount price applies to books in stock as well as ebooks. (Or the preorder for Cat’s book.)

Happy Holidays from Hydra House Books!

Pacific Northwest publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and spec fiction

03/02/2024

Hydra House is very pleased, excited, and humbled to announce that Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction, is on the ballot for a British Science Fiction Association award!! Amazing!! Not only that, but the essay "Exposition Tax" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa has also been nominated!!! Huzzah!!!

And if you haven't turned in your Hugo nomination ballot, Ex Marginalia is eligible!!

While speculative fiction is justly lauded for its progressive ideas and ideals, it has too often and for too long failed to include the voices of those who aren’t white or cis male. With the dawn of the 21st century, however, marginalized groups have challenged the genre’s status quo with renew...

02/29/2024

Hey there, SFWA member! Did you get your nominations in yet? No? Well today is the last day, and Ex Marginalia is eligible!!

Just sayin'.

02/01/2024

Big news! Ex Marginalia has not only been longlisted for a British Science Fiction Association award, but made the recommended reading list from Locus Magazine! We're over the moon!! And what great company to be in!

It's also Hugo Award nominating season, and Ex Marginalia is eligible! So is editor Chinelo Onwualu! If you haven't already submitted your ballot, please consider Ex Marginalia!

Ex Marginalia came out just about a year ago. The essays in it about writing from the margins of SFFH are just as relevant as they were then, and will be for years to come.

If you haven't got a copy, Hydra House is offering 20% off as long as there are copies in stock. (This applies to hardcover, softcover, and ebook.) Use the code FEB24 at checkout.

Huzzah!!

While speculative fiction is justly lauded for its progressive ideas and ideals, it has too often and for too long failed to include the voices of those who aren’t white or cis male. With the dawn of the 21st century, however, marginalized groups have challenged the genre’s status quo with renew...

09/02/2023

Hydra House Books is proud to announce the release of Song from Afar, the sixth and final book of Danika Dinsmore's Faerie Tales from the White Forest series!

In this final installment, Brigitta, Jarlath, Minq, and the rest of their friends must race to the White Forest to find Narine's Fire energy, which is safely hidden within Gola's moonstone. Using all four of Narine's energies, they can rescue the Qeal and stop Croilus from overpowering the Eternal Dragon and leaving the world in permanent chaos. But this is near impossible, because Gola is missing, the White Forest is under an impenetrable spell, and all the knowledge in the world will be available to Croilus once the Qeal hatches. Brigitta and her friends have only one shot to save everything and everyone. Will their elaborate plan work?

Copies available through most online book retailers or through the Hydra House Books website.

Faerie Tales from the White Forest Book 6 The sixth and final book of the Faerie Tales from the White Forest hexalogy. The black, spiraling hole grew larger, the ship keeled farther. Brigitta braced her feet against the corner where the railing met the deck and clung to the tether with every ounce o...

03/14/2023

An excerpt from Ada Nnadi’s essay in Ex Marginalia, a collection of essays about writing from the fringes of genre. Now available from Hydra House Books.

03/10/2023

Ex Marginalia is a collection of essays by historically marginalized writers about their experience in the SFFH field -- now available from Hydra House Books.
https://hydrahousebooks.com/catalog/ex-marginalia/

02/21/2023

Join us tonight!! At 6pm Eastern time (US), will be hosting an online panel features editor and five of the authors from the anthology: Chikodili Emelumadu, Ayodele Olofintuade, Carlos Hernandez, Julia Rios, and Shawn Frazier. Join us!

02/21/2023

Book birthday!! Today is the launch date for Ex Marginalia!! We’re so proud to release this collection of essays, especially during Black History Month. Copies are available through all major online book outlets.

The last quote comes from the last author in the book (obviously, not the least!): Shawn Frazier, from his essay “A Writer’s Lament in Seven Stages”.

Thanks for for editing this wonderful collection and for all of her great work.

Thanks to Ashe Samuels for her gorgeous cover art.

Thanks to .evans for all of his behind the scenes help!

Thanks to the donors for their contributions to get this anthology off the ground.

And very special thanks to all of the authors for writing about their experiences with spec fic. It’s been an honor.

02/21/2023

It's book launch day!! As part of Black History Months, Hydra House Books is very, very proud to present Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction, a collection of essays by 20 authors whose communities and identities have been systematically marginalized, yet whose voices are vital to the present and the future of speculative fiction.

Ex Marginalia is a fundraiser for the Carl Brandon Society, whose mission is to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the production of and audience for speculative fiction.

This is a project that's been in the works for two years, and I'd like to give special thanks to editor Chinelo Onwualu, whose dedication and skill shaped this book. Also thanks to Huw Evans, who worked behind the scenes to bring this to life. Also big thanks to the donor whose contributions made this important book possible.

Don't forget to join us tonight at 6pm Eastern (US) for an online panel of five of the Ex Marginalia writers: Ayodele Olofintuade, Chikodili Emelumadu, Carlos Hernandez, Julia Rios, and Shawn Frazier!

https://fb.me/e/25SBJ4vFi

Copies of Ex Marginalia can be procured through most major online retail outlets in hardcover, softcover, and ebook format.

https://hydrahousebooks.com/catalog/ex-marginalia/

Huzzah!!

Tod McCoy
Publisher
Hydra House Books

02/21/2023

A quote from excellent essay “Exposition Tax: The Hidden Burden of Writing From the Margins”, forthcoming in Ex Marginalia, due out tomorrow!! Don’t forget to join us for the online Zoom panel featuring five of the authors from the book! https://fb.me/e/3rl9LVIpi

02/19/2023

An excerpt from ‘s essay “Everything Else Is on Hold”, from the forthcoming collection of essays “Ex Marginalia”. Join us on Tuesday for the online launch of the book with five of the authors! https://fb.me/e/3rl9LVIpi