Established in 2000
Fairwood Press LLC has 20 years of experience as a small press publisher. Fairwood has published over 120 titles of science fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy, as well as occasional SF mysteries, writing reference, and work-for-hire titles. Patrick was a finalist for the World Fantasy Special Award for his work with Fairwood. Besides our website, titles can be found on almost all major online retailers, as well as some specialty and independent book stores. We offer gift cards with four different amounts! Now you can give the gift of Fairwood. You can order from our site here. Contact Patrick through the CONTACT page for more information, or if there are any order or website problems. Most website sales are final, but we can do exchanges. We will also replace any books that arrive damaged. |
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PATRICK SWENSON Patrick's new novel is The Ultra Long Goodbye, the third novel in the Union of Worlds trilogy. Standalone novel Rain Music, a dark fantasy with ghosts, music, and magic, is set on the Olympic Peninsula, at the very site of the Rainforest Writers Village retreat. His first novel, The Ultra Thin Man, appeared from Tor Books. The sequel, The Ultra Big Sleep, debuted soon after. He was the editor and publisher of Talebones, which began in 1995 and ended with its 39th issue in 2009. In 2000, he began Fairwood Press, a book line, which is still running. He's a graduate of the Clarion West Writer's Workshop. He has sold short fiction to Unavowed, Unfettered III, Unbound II, Gunfight on Europa Station, Seasons Between Us, Like Water for Quarks, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, and others. He was a high school teacher for 39 years, and is the proud poppa of Artemis, age 22, who does some art now and then for Fairwood Press. Patrick's author site is at patrickswenson.net. Fairwood Press’s recent run of phenomenal story collections is a testament to the heroic and perceptive energies of publisher Patrick Swenson . . . Any reader interested in strengthening the health of genre short fiction should support Fairwood Press. |