Underland Press

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Underland Press
Founded2008
FounderVictoria Blake
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location Portland, Oregon
Publication types Books
Fiction genres Fantasy, science fiction, horror
Official website underlandpress.com

Underland Press is a publishing company. Underland Press was sold to Resurrection House in September 2013.

Debut authors for Underland Press included: Bram Stoker Award winner Kealan Patrick Burke, Edgar Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee Brian Evenson, Two-time World Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer, multiple award winner Will Elliott, and husband and wife writing team Berry Verhoef and Esther Verhoef writing as "EScoBER". [1]

Kealan Patrick Burke's online-only interactive Wovel, The Living debuted June 1, 2008 on the official Underland Press website.

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