Announcing Argonautica Press
The cat is finally out of the bag, and I can announce it to the heavens! For some months now, I’ve been working with my good friend and fellow ink-scribe Jason Franks, and we’ve put together a new small press named Argonautica Press. We went live a few days ago, and a press release with more information about our fun new venture can be found here.
So, why a small press? And why specifically a press that publishes only two authors (for now)?
Firstly, we both have existing properties that have come back into our hands. Our first projects are going to be reboots of our first novels. In Jason Frank’s case, it’s the most excellent Bloody Waters, a tale of a guitar-slinging bad-ass who just happens to have made a deal with the devil.
In my instance, I’m going to be resurrecting (pun intended) my beloved Tamsyn Webb Chronicles. First off will be the re-release of Vol. 1, Quiver. I’ve commissioned a new cover for the book, and future covers promise to be just as awesome as this one (hat tip to my graphic designer friend Demi from Demelza Grace Designs, who not only did this cover, but also designed our spiffy ship logo).
Volume 2 of the Tamsyn Webb Chronicles is falling out of my head as we speak, and has the working title of “Go To Hell”. I am taking this bad boy into weird and wonderful directions – this is not your typical zombie story! Volume 3 is “Dead Last”, where I intend to turn it up to eleven and BLOW YOUR MINDS.
Like many writers, we also have a stack of passion projects that we’ve worked on, ones that don’t quite fit into a neat category. Jason’s first new Argonautica Press book is Shadowmancy, and I promise you this book will knock your socks off. If you got into Lev Grossman’s Magician books, Shadowmancy is definitely your jam. My fellow Jason is a writer at the top of his game, and you should treat your eyeballs to this book when it comes out.
As for the Fisch? I have got SO many things I want to put the Argos sails onto, and the trick is picking the right project once the Tamsyn books are done. Needless to say things are going to go off more than a unicorn with a gunpowder enema and a belly full of ghost chilis.
Jason Franks (word-ninja and the co-captain of the Argos) also has a blog post on why we’ve launched this mighty ship, which can be read here: https://jasonfranks.com/2019/03/voyage-of-the-argos/
