Welcome to the Literary Underworld.
How are we different from every other online bookstore? Most of our books come directly from the authors' private stock, so when you buy a book here, a larger portion of your money goes directly to the person who wrote the book, rather than distributors and other middle men. It's tough times for small press, and we're doing our part to help feed the hungry authors. The Literary Underworld was created by an author, run by authors, and when we tour conventions and book fairs throughout the U.S., you'll find authors working the booth.
Our books are mostly trade paperbacks, with a few mass-markets. Mostly they come from small presses of speculative fiction, purveyors of horror, science fiction, fantasy and erotica. We also offer Aardvarks: quirky and strange short stories that don't quite fit in the usual places.
We hope you will make the Literary Underworld your first stop for speculative fiction, with an eye to keeping independent authors in business creating the wonderful, dark and fantastic worlds you love to visit.
And look for us at conventions and book fairs throughout the U.S.!
Tentative schedule for 2012:
• February: Conflation, St. Louis.
• March: Midsouthcon, Memphis.
• August/September: Dragoncon, Atlanta. (Elizabeth Donald only)
• October: Archon, St. Louis.
The Literary Underlords:
- D.A. Adams
- Ethan Dempsey
- Elizabeth Donald
- Elonka Dunin
- John Everson
- Frank Fradella
- P.S. Gifford
- Jimmy Gillentine
- Sara M. Harvey
- Paul Hendrickson
- Andrea Jones
- Michales Joy
- Mark Kaiser & Jessica Haines
- Jon Klement
- John McFarland
- Steven Shrewsbury
- Rick Silva
- Terry Sofian
- Angelia Sparrow
- Kit Tunstall
- Nick Valentino
- M.B. Weston
- Stephen Zimmer
We also serve as a retailer for books from several small presses, including Apex Books, Dandelion Studios, Kerlak Publishing, New Babel Books, Quarterstaff Comics, Sam's Dot Publishing, Seventh Star Press and Spellbinder Games.
