Ragnarok Publications
 Ragnarok Publications logo | |
| Founded | July, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Founders | J.M. Martin, Tim Marquitz |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Headquarters location | Crestview Hills, Kentucky |
| Distribution | IPG |
| Publication types | Books, Anthologies |
| Fiction genres | speculative fiction, epic fantasy, urban fantasy |
| Imprints | Per Aspera Press |
| No. of employees | 3-5 |
| Official website | www |
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Ragnarok Publications is a publisher of speculative fiction, dedicated to producing adult science fiction and fantasy. The US-based company was founded in 2013 by authors J.M. Martin and Tim Marquitz. They released a few specialty publications in late 2013, followed by scheduled releases in January 2014 in both ebook and softcover trade paperback format. They have come under frequent criticisms for failing to deliver on Kickstarter projects, most notably a card game currently[citation needed] running a year over schedule.[citation needed]
History[edit]
Authors J.M. Martin and Tim Marquitz became acquainted on social media around 2010, but it was not until mid-2013 that they decided to run a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to produce an anthology publication, Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters, which raised $18.6k USD.[1] After the success of Kaiju Rising, the two men established Ragnarok as a full-fledged, independent publisher and signed a handful of projects by authors Mercedes Yardley, Seth Skorkowsky, and a few more. In January 2014, they began releasing dark fantasy and supernatural horror titles, yet according to Martin, they soon discovered the subgenres of epic fantasy and urban fantasy appeared to be their more popular ones.
Ragnarok Publications may be best known for their anthologies, as they've managed to leverage the financial benefits of crowdfunding to attract name talent like Mark Lawrence, Carol Berg, Michael J. Sullivan, Larry Correia, Lian Hearn, and Peter Clines as anchor authors for their titles, such as Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters, Neverland's Library, and the reddit fantasy Stabby award-winning Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues.
They are presently publishers of Seth Skorkowsky's popular Valducan series, Michael McClung's Amra Thetys series, and Rob J. Hayes' epic fantasy/grimdark trilogy, The Ties That Bind, among many others.
In 2014, Ragnarok acquired indie horror publisher Angelic Knight Press from Stacey Turner with the intent to use it as an imprint to increase horror sales. They followed this acquisition the next year, purchasing select Per Aspera Press assets from owner Jak Koke, as well as the rights to use Per Aspera as an imprint, with Koke relinquishing all controlling interest in order to engage in other pursuits.
In October 2015, Ragnarok signed a distribution deal with the Independent Publishers Group (IPG).
Selected list of books and series[edit]
- Amra Thetys (series) by Michael McClung
- Valducan (series) by Seth Skorkowsky
- The Ties That Bind (trilogy) by Rob J. Hayes
- GnomeSaga (trilogy) by Kenny Soward
- Tuskers (series) by Duncan McGeary
- Tales of the Black Raven (series) by Seth Skorkowsky
- Residue by Steve Diamond
- Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters, anthology ed. by Tim Marquitz and N.X. Sharps
- Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues, anthology ed. by J.M. Martin
- Corrupts Absolutely?, anthology ed. by Lincoln Crisler
- Esoterrorism (From the Secret Files of the Red Room #1) by C.T. Phipps
- The Spider in the Laurel by Michael Pogach
- Dead West: Omnibus One by Tim Marquitz, J.M. Martin, and Kenny Soward
- The Silent End by Samuel Sattin
- The Testament of Tall Eagle by John R. Fultz
- The Forty First Wink by James Walley
Partial list of published authors[edit]
- Alan Baxter
- Shane Berryhill
- Alex Bledsoe
- Jennifer Brozek
- Rob J. Hayes
- Seth Skorkowsky
Selected list of authors published in anthologies[edit]
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Philippa Ballantine
- Carol Berg
- Marie Brennan
- Richard Lee Byers
- Miles Cameron
- Larry Correia
- Elaine Cunningham
- David Dalglish
- Delilah S. Dawson
- Lian Hearn
- Jason M. Hough
- Paul S. Kemp
- Gini Koch
- Mark Lawrence
- Ken Liu
- James Lovegrove
- Seanan McGuire
- Joe McKinney
- Graham McNeill
- Jeff Mariotte
- Gail Z. Martin
- James Maxey
- James A. Moore
- Ramez Naam
- Jody Lynn Nye
- Weston Ochse
- Peter Orullian
- Cat Rambo
- Laura Resnick
- Jeremy Robinson
- Anthony Ryan
- Nisi Shawl
- Scott Sigler
- Jon Sprunk
- Brian Staveley
- Anton Strout
- Michael J. Sullivan
- James Swallow
- Mark Teppo
- Don Webb
- Martha Wells
Awards[edit]
- 2013 Mercedes Yardley's Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu Stabby Award for "Best Short Fiction"[2]
- 2015 Seth Skorkowsky's Damoren, narrated by R.C. Bray, shortlisted for Audio Publishers Association (APA) Audie Awards "Paranormal" category[3]
- 2015 Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues, edited by J.M. Martin, Stabby Award for "Best Anthology/Collection/Periodical"[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmmartin/kaiju-rising-age-of-monsters-anthology
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1tiesw/the_results_of_the_2013_reddit_fantasy_stabby/
- ↑ http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2015/02/media/audio/2015-audie-award-nominees/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/4053co/bestof_rfantasy_2015_the_stabby_awards_the/
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