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Press Kit
Everything a journalist, reviewer or podcast host needs to cover Raconteur Press — boilerplate, brand assets, and the fastest way to reach a real person.
Boilerplate
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Raconteur Press publishes fun pulp adventure tales with worthy protagonists attempting to achieve a noble outcome through honorable means. This doesn’t exclude pathos, and we accept that sometimes the good guy doesn’t win; but we reject nihilism or hopelessness in story. Inspired by the vibrant pulp magazines of the 1930s to 1950s, Raconteur Press delivers entertaining science fiction and fantasy through anthologies and novels, nurturing both new and established authors along the way.
Fast facts
2022
Founded in Texas by Ian McMurtrie, a military veteran, outside the traditional publishing establishment.
100+
Books published, and 400+ authors worked with, in three years.
Two
Lines on this site — genre anthologies and full-length novels. A Boys’ Adventure line runs under its own imprint.
Public
Sample author contracts are published openly. See About for the terms.
In the author’s words
When I found Raconteur Press, I really felt like I found my literary home… everyone that I’ve worked with has been absolutely amazing through the process of publishing my first novel.
Fred Phillips, author of Dreams of Gold and Fire
RECENT NEWS
Two Prometheus Award nods in one year
J. Kenton Pierce won the 2026 Prometheus Award for Best Novel with A Kiss for Damocles. Dave Freer’s Storm-Dragon was a Best Novel finalist in the same year.
Brand assets
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Media contact
Interview requests and advance review copies — eARCs, novels and anthologies: pr@raconteurpress.com
General inquiries: info@raconteurpress.com. Or use the contact form and select “Press & media.”
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