DNA Publications

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DNA Publications
Founded1993
Defunct2007
Headquarters
United States

DNA Publications was an American publishing company that existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and-wife team of Warren Lapine and Angela Kessler. Initially based in Massachusetts, DNA Publications relocated to Radford, Virginia.[ when? ] As of 2004, it was the second-largest genre magazine publisher in the United States. [1] Its first publication, in 1993, was the magazine Harsh Mistress, which Lapine produced in collaboration with Kevin Rogers and Tim Ballon.[ citation needed ]

DNA Publication distributed or published Aboriginal SF , Absolute Magnitude , Artemis , Dreams of Decadence , Fantastic Stories , Mythic Delirium , The Official KISS Magazine, Science Fiction Chronicle, and The Whole Cat Journal.[ citation needed ] It also published the book imprints Spyre Books and Wilder Publications.[ citation needed ]

For their work on the magazines, DNA Publications was a 2000 World Fantasy Award nominee, in the "special award: professional" category.[ citation needed ]Absolute Magnitude was a 2002 Hugo Award nominee in the semiprozine category.[ citation needed ] Notable authors published by the DNA Publications magazines include Chris Bunch, Hal Clement, Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, and Allen Steele.[ citation needed ] DNA Publications collapsed in early 2007.[ citation needed ] Weird Tales had been bought in 2005 by Wildside Press and Mythic Delirium ,[ clarification needed ] which parted with DNA Publications around the same time.[ citation needed ] Wilder Publications is now part of Tir Na Nog Press.[ citation needed ]

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