Small Beer Press
Small Beer Press is a publisher of fantasy and literary fiction, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was founded by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link in 2000 and publishes novels, collections, and anthologies. It also publishes the zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, chapbooks, the Peapod Classics line of classic reprints, and limited edition printings of certain titles. The Press has been acknowledged for its children and young-adult publications, and as a leading small-publisher of literary science-fiction and fantasy.
Authors published to date include Kate Wilhelm, John Crowley, Sean Stewart, Maureen F. McHugh, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Kelly Link, Carol Emshwiller, Ray Vukcevich, Joan Aiken, Howard Waldrop, Ellen Kushner, John Kessel, and Alan DeNiro.
In March 2023, Small Beer Press closed to book submissions, due to health complications Grant experienced as a result of COVID-19. The Press's website announced in February 2024 that it is "unlikely" that submissions will reopen.
Imprints
Big Mouth House – Created in 2008 to publish works of fiction for all ages. The imprint first began publishing with the appearance of a complete collection of celebrated English novelist Joan Aiken's Armitage Family short stories, originally published separately between 1953 and 1984.
Peapod Classics – Created in 2004 to reprint classic works of fiction. To date the imprint has published three volumes, debuting with the influential first novel of Carol Emshwiller, Carmen Dog, a feminist work first published by Mercury House in 1990, and out of print since then.
Small Beer Press publications
2000
4 Stories, Kelly LinkFive Forbidden Things, by Dora Knez
2001
Stranger Things Happen, by Kelly Link
2002
Lord Stink & Other Stories, by Judith BermanThe Mount, by Carol EmshwillerReport to the Men's Club and Other Stories, by Carol EmshwillerRossetti Song: Four Stories, by Alex IrvineMeet Me in the Moon Room, by Ray Vukcevich
2003
Howard Waldrop Interview , Conducted by Ellen DatrowKalpa Imperial: The Great Empire That Never Was, by Angélica GorodischerTrampoline: An Anthology, Edited by Kelly LinkForeigners and Other Faces, by Mark RichOther Cities, by Benjamin RosenbaumBittersweet Creek, by Christopher Rowe
2004
Horses Blow Up Dog City & Other Stories, by Richard ButnerCarmen Dog, by Carol EmshwillerTrash Sex Magic, by Jennifer StevensonPerfect Circle, by Sean Stewart
2005
Magic for Beginners, by Kelly LinkTravel Light, by Naomi MitchisonMockingbird, by Sean StewartStoryteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, by Kate Wilhelm
2006
Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead, by Alan DeNiroThe Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen KushnerMothers & Other Monsters, by Maureen F. McHughHoward Who?, by Howard Waldrop
2007
Generation Loss, by Elizabeth HandWater Logic, by Laurie J. MarksInterfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing, Edited by Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss
2008
The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories, by Joan AikenEndless Things: An Ægypt Novel, by John CrowleyThe Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories, by John KesselThe Ant King and Other Stories, by Benjamin RosenbaumThe King's Last Song, by Geoff Ryman
2009
Clouds & Ashes, by Greer GilmanCouch, by Benjamin ParzybokInterfictions II: The Second Anthology of Interstitial Writing, Edited by Delia Sherman and Christopher BarzakA Working Writer's Daily Planner 2010: Your Year in Writing, by Small Beer Press
2012
Fountain of Age Stories by Nancy Kress, a collection of nine stories, including Fountain of AgeAt the Mouth of the River of Bees Stories by Kij Johnson, a collection of 16 stories, including 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss, Spar, The Man Who Bridged the Mist, Ponies and ''The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change''
Creative Commons Licensed Works
Small Beer Press maintains a collection of Creative Commons Licensed audiobooks, ebooks, and stories, in a variety of formats.