Third Person Press is interested in promoting speculative fiction by writers from Cape Breton, or having a substantial connection to the island. We enjoy the challenges and rewards of working with both new and more established writers in bringing our readers one simple thing--great stories.
At this time, we are not open to general submissions outside our stated submission calls and projects. However, if you would like more information about planned and upcoming projects, please email us!
Sherry D. Ramsey writes speculative fiction for both adults and young adults, has been the Editor/Publisher of The Scriptorium Webzine for Writers for over ten years, and is one of the founding editors of Third Person Press. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in publications such as Thoughtcrime Experiments, Speculative Realms, Neo-Opsis, On Spec, Oceans of the Mind, and Astropoetica. Her latest stories appear in the anthology Destination: Future, and in Semaphore Magazine. From 2004 to its final issue in February 2010, Sherry acted as a copyeditor for the Internet Review of Science Fiction.
When she's not actually writing, Sherry moderates her local writers' group, participates in a vibrant writing community in the virtual world of Second Life, works on Third Person Press projects, and sometimes even spends time with her husband and two children at their home in Cape Breton. Every November she disappears into the strange realm of National Novel Writing Month and emerges gasping at the end, clutching something resembling a novel.
A member of the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia Writer’s Council, this year Sherry is also serving as Secretary-Treasurer of SF Canada, Canada's national association for Speculative Fiction Professionals.
You can visit Sherry online and read her sporadically-updated writing blog at www.sherrydramsey.com
Nancy S.M. Waldman grew up in Texas and has been migrating northward ever since. She now lives in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, though she frequently travels southward to spend time with her two sons, granddaughter, step-children and the rest of her far-flung family.
Nancy writes speculative and mainstream novels, short stories and poetry. She is one of three founding members and editors of Third Person Press. She’s an active member of the thriving Cape Breton writing community, the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia, Story Forge Writing group, the Fantasy & Science Fiction Workshop and is an eight-year veteran of National Novel Writing Month. Nancy studied writing at the Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute, Bronxville, NY, but gives major credit to her writing friends and colleagues in Cape Breton for teaching her about excellent writing and how to be a writer.
A former R.N., Nancy holds a Masters degree in Psychiatric Nursing and sits on the Board of the local Mental Health Association. She enjoys art, quilting, photography, and developing websites for family and friends, including one for EPIC, an educational charity founded by her husband, Barry, and her own creativity site, The Practically Creative Quarter. In her spare time, Nancy designs digital fashions for Second Life under the name Aplomb Pomilio.
You can read her story, “NetWorld,” in Undercurrents (Third Person Press, December 2008).
A long-time Associate Editor with The Scriptorium Webzine for Writers, Julie Serroul is now one-third of the editorial triumvirate that is Third Person Press. An insatiable appetite for writing workshops and the company of writers has prompted her to attend numerous workshops including the Rural Writes Workshops and the Write of Way Workshops. Julie has also offered her own workshops in fiction and poetry writing to both adults and children.
Julie’s writing floats around a couple of subgenres in the realm of speculative fiction, hovering often in the supernatural or paranormal. Her short stories have appeared online at The Writer’s Head E-zine and The Practically Creative Quarter, and her non-fiction articles, including a series of workshop articles for young writers, have appeared in The Scriptorium Webzine. Her short story “Sanctuary” won second place in the annual Conestoga Short Fiction Competition, and “Emoters” appeared in Undercurrents. Recently, her story “Letters to Mom” appeared in a magazine of dark urban fantasy called Cover of Darkness, and she will also have a story in the upcoming Airborne. Julie lives with her husband, children and yellow lab in a log home overlooking the Brasd’Or Lake.