Lanternfish Press
banner
lfpbooks.bsky.social
Lanternfish Press
@lfpbooks.bsky.social
Purveyors of the rare and strange. Independent publishing in Philadelphia. Genre boundaries are so 20th century.
We have a special Halloween announcement:

Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.

Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Acquisition: Short story collection by Ignyte finalist M.M. Olivas — Lanternfish Press
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth , for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
lanternfishpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
THE GLASS GARDEN by Jessica Lévai (Lanternfish Press @lfpbooks.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social‬. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
June 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
In AN ARCHIVE OF BRIGHTNESS, Kelsey Socha “has woven together a lawless assortment of experiences, telling a story of queerness, mundanity, and a murder (of crows).”

Fiction from @lfpbooks.bsky.social‬ & our #PrideMonth reading list:
lanternfishpress.com/shop/an-arch...
An Archive of Brightness — Lanternfish Press
A flock of crows build an "archive of brightness" by observing and collecting moments of tenderness in a series of queer human relationships.
lanternfishpress.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hello to our new friends from StokerCon this past weekend! If you're just joining us this week, we'd like to tell you a bit about some of our horror titles.

(And if you're not just joining us this week, we'd like to tell you about these books, too.)
June 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With the weekend upon us, it's a great time for us to mention that we're OPEN to unsolicited submissions for the month of June.

If you're not familiar, we open to unagented manuscripts for one month each year.

Our full call is here: lanternfishpress.com/submissions
June 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
One week until the hottest Charm City Spec of the year! Come out and join us!
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
Hello folks! The anthology I edited for @lfpbooks.bsky.social is available for pre-order an anywhere books are sold! Beastly: An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales was a pleasure to create, you can look forward to cheeky footnotes and great stories! gatheringvolumes.com/item/mjsesoI...
Beastly by Jennifer Pullen | Gathering Volumes
An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales
gatheringvolumes.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
Read Zachary C. Solomon’s A BRUTAL DESIGN (@lfpbooks.bsky.social) for your #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth:

In this novel, architecture student Samuel Zelnik “receives an unexpected offer of freedom working in the experimental utopian city of Duma.” bookshop.org/a/500/978194...
May 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
I had the good luck of reading this novel as @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social was writing it, and I can’t wait for you all to hold it in your hands. Get a pre-order in now. A gorgeous, ambitious book.
COVER REVEAL:⁠ Hayden Casey's Midwest Gothic debut A HARVEST OF FURIES arrives October 14, 2025.⁠

Cover Design by Kimberly Glyder
Art Direction by Christine Neulieb

Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/5/...
Cover Reveal: A HARVEST OF FURIES by Hayden Casey — Lanternfish Press
The cover of A HARVEST OF FURIES was designed by Kimberly Glyder with art direction by Christine Neulieb.
lanternfishpress.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
COVER REVEAL:⁠ Hayden Casey's Midwest Gothic debut A HARVEST OF FURIES arrives October 14, 2025.⁠

Cover Design by Kimberly Glyder
Art Direction by Christine Neulieb

Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/5/...
Cover Reveal: A HARVEST OF FURIES by Hayden Casey — Lanternfish Press
The cover of A HARVEST OF FURIES was designed by Kimberly Glyder with art direction by Christine Neulieb.
lanternfishpress.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Today's the day: THE GLASS GARDEN is available wherever you buy books.

Find it at your favorite retailer: lanternfishpress.com/shop/glass-g...
May 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
Happy book birthday to my second literary child, THE GLASS GARDEN!
Published by @lfpbooks.bsky.social, awesome cover by @kglyder.bsky.social
Learn all about it here: linktr.ee/TheGlassGarden
May 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
Happy #IndiePressDay to @lfpbooks.bsky.social , who produced these beautiful siblings and more.
May 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Lanternfish Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of @amykdebellis.bsky.social's new novella, The Widening Gyre, for publication in Spring-Summer 2026.

Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/4/...
April 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hello to our new followers! We're Lanternfish Press, purveyors of the rare & strange, and our next release will be Jessica Lévai's creeping sci-fi horror novella, THE GLASS GARDEN:

lanternfishpress.com/shop/glass-g...
The Glass Garden by Jessica Lévai — Lanternfish Press
by Jessica Lévai “A sensual, despairing, beautiful hallucination.” —Greg Rucka, writer of Lazarus Dr. Therese Blake is a homebody archaeologist devoted to the history of planet Earth. But whe...
lanternfishpress.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
Billy Penn’s series of Q&As with Philly’s independent publishers continues. Our team speaks with Christine Neulieb of @lfpbooks.bsky.social, who calls her press "weird and quirky." billypenn.com/2025/04/15/i...
'We're a little goth and a lot nerdy'
Billy Penn’s series of Q&As with Philly’s independent publishers continues. This time: Christine Neulieb of Lanternfish Press.
billypenn.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We are INCREDIBLY excited to announce the acquisition of Brandon White's debut novella, OLDER THAN GHOSTS:

lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/2/...
February 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Have you heard? The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace will be an audiobook later this year, coming from Tantor Media.

Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/2/...
February 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
If it’s atmospheric fiction laced with artful elements of horror or decay, I’m interested. Read more at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ch... #MSWL @lfpbooks.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Lanternfish Press
I’d rather read mss that attempt difficult things and execute them pretty well than ones that attempt what’s easy and execute it flawlessly. Dream big #MSWL! Open for submissions in May, read more about what I'm interested in at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ch... @lfpbooks.bsky.social
Christine Neulieb – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you're just discovering us today (or can't remember why you've started following us in the first place), let's reintroduce ourselves.

We're Lanternfish Press, publishers of the rare & strange, located in Philadelphia. You may have met our team at AWP, Brooklyn Book Fest, or other bookish events.
February 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Are you participating in today's pitching event? Follow our editorial director to find out what she's looking for (and just to see what she's up to in general. As one does in these settings.)
Happy #MSWL day! I’m Christine Neulieb, Editorial Director at Lanternfish Press, @lfpbooks.bsky.social. Still working through 2024 submissions backlog but will open again in May. Keep an eye out! 👀 #A #SFF #H
February 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We're starting to gear up for our annual conference trip to #AWP25, and we can't wait to share what we've got in store. Who will we be seeing in Los Angeles?
January 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of a new novella by Kenneth Hunter Gordon, The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather’s Whiskers, for publication in Fall-Winter 2025.

Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/1/...
January 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM