Tartarus Press is an independent

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in Coverdale in

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, England."Discover the darker side of the Dales"
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Background

Tartarus Press is run by R. B. Russell and Rosalie Parker. It publishes classic and contemporary works of supernatural and strange fiction. Tartarus classic authors include David Lindsay,

Arthur Machen Arthur Machen ( or ; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh people, Welsh author and mysticism, mystic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for his influential supernatural ...

Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fi ...

Oliver Onions George Oliver Onions (13 November 1873 – 9 April 1961), who published under the name Oliver Onions, was an English writer of short stories and novels. He wrote in various genres, but is perhaps best remembered for his ghost stories, notably ...

and Edna W. Underwood, and more modern authors include Sarban and Robert Aickman. Contemporary writers include Andrew Michael Hurley, Nike Sulway, Rhys Hughes, Mark Valentine, Angela Slatter, Reggie Oliver and Joel Lane. A twice-yearly journal, '' Wormwood'', was devoted to discussion of fantastic, supernatural and decadent literature but has now ceased publication. Tartarus won the

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"Special Award: Non-Professional" for their publishing in 2002, 2004,World Fantasy Awards Recipients: 2004
2012, and 2015;
and ''Strange Tales'', their anthology of new short fiction, won the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology of the year. The Horror Writers Association gave Tartarus Press the "Excellence in Speciality Press Publishing" award for 2009. Notable books published by Tartarus Press include ''The Bitterwood Bible'' by Angela Slatter which won the World Fantasy Award for best Collection, and ''The Loney'' by Andrew Michael Hurley which won the Costa award, First Novel.Costa First Novel Award winner 2015
/ref> In 2025 Tartarus Press published, in association with the Bronte Society, the first edition of '' A Book of Ryhmes'' by Charlotte Brontë, with an Introduction by

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