• Happy Book Release Day to The Cellar Below the Cellar

    Violet Lichen Books is so excited to add a brilliant new book to its catalog today. Happy Book Release Day to THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by Ivy Grimes!  This gorgeous novella is a magical blend of the supernatural and the mundane, the beautiful and the weird. Ivy’s prose has a way of drawing you…

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  • Nominations for ECO25 Now Open!

    ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction is an annual showcase of some of the most compelling ecofiction published every year. If you published speculative ecofiction in 2025, you can now nominate your stories for consideration in ECO25! 

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  • Open to Queries!

    Violet Lichen is open to novella queries until Oct. 31

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  • Violet Lichen Books welcomes new managing editor

    For Immediate Release 9/11/2025 Lexington, KY:  Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen Books are delighted to announce that Nichole Lightner is joining the team as Managing Editor of the Violet Lichen imprint. Nichole is a horror writer and editor from Appalachia who has been the managing editor of The Drabblecast online speculative magazine for two…

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  • COVER REVEAL! ECO24

    Violet Lichen Books is thrilled to reveal the cover for the upcoming ECO24: THE YEAR’S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION

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  • ECO24 Preorders Open!

    Preorders for the first edition of ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Fiction are now open, and you can grab a 30% discount off both the paperback and ebooks! If you’re a fan of science fiction and fantasy, and you love wild things, strange creatures, and protecting the natural world, this is a treasure box of…

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