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Third Person Press is a small independent publishing venture based on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Learn more...
Submissions
- Click over to our submissions page to see current calls for stories.
Contact
- If you have questions about our projects or would like to contact us for any reason, please email us.
Orders
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Social Media
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Holiday Sale on eBooks!
Just until December 25th, all Third Person Press ebooks are on sale for only 99 cents each! Don't miss out on this amazing sale--fill up your e-reader with great science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories! Buy direct from our order page and get your instant download right away.
Want to buy as a gift? No problem. Simply buy the book(s) of your choice and, instead of downloading yourself, share the download URL with your preferred recipient.
You can also use your Smashwords account to get these deals! Use the following coupon codes:
- For Undercurrents, coupon code CP28P
- For Airborne, coupon code QD73A
- For To Unimagined Shores, coupon code AT43L
To Unimagined Shores now on sale!
To Unimagined Shores launched on December 6th and is now on sale in print and ebook formats. Find it on our order page (where you can request to have your copy signed by the author! ~ just make a note with your order), or order it from amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Powell's, or Smashwords. Makes a great Christmas gift for the speculative fiction lover on your list!
Just until December 15th, you can enter to win a print or e-version of the book (winner's choice). Get all the details from Sherry's website.
To Unimagined Shores
Third Person Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of To Unimagined Shores: Collected Stories by Sherry D. Ramsey. Sherry's stories have appeared in serial publications and anthologies in Canada, the US, and Australia, and are collected here in one place for the first time. The collection also includes a new, never-before-published story in her popular "Albettra" series. Launch dates and details will appear here soon!
"Sherry D. Ramsey's short stories are filled with vibrant characters, good writing, and thrum with humanity, even when there aren't many actual humans in the story. Fans of speculative fiction should definitely check out To Unimagined Shores." ~ Mark A. Rayner, author of The Amadeus Net and Marvellous Hairy.
Updates
The submission period for Unearthed is closed and we are currently reading all our submissions. We're very pleased to have received a record number of submissions this time around, so thank you to everyone who sent us something. Currently, we have no open calls for submissions.
In other news, Third Person Press has a new News Blog at http://thirdpersonpress.blogspot.com. This should be your go-to spot for TPP news and updates, so please bookmark it! You can also sign up to receive email updates when we post something on the site.
Unearthed Deadline Extended
Due to a change in our publishing schedule, we are extending the deadline for submissions to Unearthed until February 28, 2011. All other details in the submission guidelines remain the same.
Airborne Print & Ebooks now available!
Following a very successful launch, Airborne is now readily available in print and ebook formats. Click over to our order page to find the format that's right for you!
If you're in Cape Breton and looking for a print copy, email us. to find the most convenient way to purchase your copy.
Airborne Launches!
Join us the evening of Wednesday, October 6th, for the official launch of our new release, Airborne! The launch takes place at the McConnell Memorial Library, 50 Falmouth Street in Sydney, from 6:30~8:30, and will feature readings, refreshments, and of course book sales and signings. The launch is open to the public, so we urge you to attend and support our local writers! Find out more about the authors and stories featured in Airborne here.
Anyone attending the Cabot Trail Writers Festival the weekend before the launch will be able to have a sneak peek at Airborne, hear Sue McKay Miller read from her story, and even buy one of a limited number of pre-release copies that will be available at the Festival. Then you can come to the official launch as well for more readings and a chance to meet many of our authors and get your book signed. We hope to see you there!
Airborne will be available to purchase through our website in both print and electronic versions following the launch date.
Hal-Con 2010
Third Person Press is pleased to let you know that we'll be at Hal-Con in Halifax this fall. It's been too long since we had a convention of this size in Nova Scotia, so plan to attend!Call for Submissions
Third Person Press opens to submissions for a new anthology on June 1, 2010. Click over to our submissions page for full details!Coming soon!
We're pleased to announce that Airborne, Volume Two in the Speculative Elements Series, is on track to be released in October 2010. Watch this page for full details about its release, authors, and launch events!Read an E-book Week
In honour of "Read an E-book Week," from March 7th to March 13th we're offering the electronic version of Undercurrents for $4.00, a 20% saving! Click over to our order page to order your copy now. Instant download!
Current Release!
A Cape Breton Anthology of Speculative Fiction
The landscape of Cape Breton writing doesn't necessarily begin at the Canso Causeway and end at the Cabot Strait-at least not between the covers of this volume.
The fourteen stories in Undercurrents ply the literary oceans of time and space, possibility and imagination. And while you may find familiar themes in these pages-love, change, greed, spirituality-you will discover that they take on a new perspective when viewed through the lens of the speculative...[more about the book]
Watch our Video!
Click over to the Undercurrents page and watch our new promotional video! (Make sure your sound is turned on)
How to Purchase Undercurrents
If you are unable to attend the launch on December 4th, you may purchase a copy of Undercurrents in any of the following ways:
Directly from Third Person Press: Click here to order from us via PayPal -- we now offer both a print version and a .pdf ebook!
From Amazon.com: Click to order
From CreateSpace.com: Click to order
Following the book launch, Undercurrents will be available from selected merchants around Cape Breton. A complete list will appear here in the coming weeks, or you may Email Third Person Press for details.