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Sci fi, fantasy and horror on the go. Publishing your daily dose of speculative fiction since 2020.
Proud recipient of the ESFS Award for Best Publisher of speculative fiction in Europe, in 2021.
Fantasy
Inspired by Slavic folklore and mythology.
Book 2 of A Town Called River
Paul’s adventures continue in this action-packed sequel to A Town Called River, filled with friendship, love, duty and looming darkness.
Fall to summer, a krsnik’s job stays the same.
Book 1 of A Town Called River
An urban fantasy with a Slavic twist.
A world he never new existed, a legacy beyond his wildest dreams.
EN translation coming Fall 2024!
Tajne, laži i smrtonosna prošlost miješaju se na riječkom brdu u ovoj mračnoj urbanoj fantastici s elementima krimića i horora, inspiriranoj hrvatskim narodnim pričama.
Teško je raditi s mladima, a još teže kad ti učenici skrivaju dijelove tijela pod krevetom.
Meki uvez: webknjizara.hr
An anthology of Slavic-inspired speculative fiction
From the past to the future, across various Slavic cultures and throughout several European regions, this anthology brings you short speculative fiction stories inspired by Slavic folklore and mythology.
Darkness and light, grief and hope, gods and humans mingle on these pages as they take you on the supernatural journey of a lifetime.
Retrofuturistic Mystery
Ranger Paraversum series
see all books in the main series here
Book 5 of Ranger Paraversum
Lina and Karol’s adventures continue in the fifth instalement of lesbian retrofuturistic mystery series Ranger Paraversum.
If you could be anyone, anything, anywhere… would you choose to be yourself?
Book 1 of Ranger Paraversum
A lesbian dieselpunk mystery romance spanning the multiverse.
Could you fall for someone who looks just like you?
Freddie and Ivan Go Ice Skating Together
A standalone novella in Ranger Paraversum
Freddie and Ivan is a standalone holigay mystery novella, with passing references to events portrayed in Johnny’s Girls.
A remote mountain party, an old drag queen, and a new dead body.
The sixth and final book in the lesbian dieselpunk mystery series Ranger Paraversum!
Join Lina and Karol at their final joint mission to the glittering, heavily-guarded Imperial island of Krk, where the ruins of an old monastery provide shelter to a modern-day empire and the backgrop to the grandest masquerade ball of the century.
What happens when you take the final mask off?
Out Nov 21st, 2024!
Queer Horror
novella
It Eats Us From the Inside is a quiet, claustrophobic near-future horror novella about changes from the outside and from within, ecological disaster, aquatic dread and Slavic folklore.
Taken at the tide of change, nothing and no one will stay the same.
novelette collection
Mistress of Geese is a collection of folk horror tales about isolation, loneliness, destructive powers of nature, magic and creatures lurking in the dark.
The undiscovered, occasionally almost uninhabited remote areas of the old European land of Croatia hold secrets only the bravest of women can find. The only question is, will they survive the discovery or be taken into darkness as the land demands?
novella
A sapphic horror comedy novella about a lonely lesbian teacher fighting against a sleep paralysis demon from Slavic folklore.
Don’t fall asleep or she will catch you.
The Lost Treasure Hunters and Other Tales of Folk Terrors
collection
The Lost Treasure Hunters and Other Tales of Folk Terrors contains the titular found footage folk horror novella, two novelettes, and a short story.
When you go treasure hunting on the mountain, make sure you leave enough clues for the rescue team to find you.
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Pub date: June 20th 2024
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Girls at the End of Their Adventures
On this day, April 18th, we’re celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Croatian writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. Her role in our literature as someone who put the spotlight on Croatian folk tradition, writing new fairy tales for children, is of great importance, her influence a constant that follows generations, inspiring new children…
Cover reveal: The Lost Treasure Hunters
It’s that time when we’re revealing a new cover art for our newest release, coming up on June 20th 2024!
Out Now In Paperback
It’s not summer, or fall, but the first days of spring brought us the paperback format of our action-packed Slavic urban fantasy novel Seasons of the River by Igor Rendić, book two of A Town Called River trilogy.
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