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ECO25 Shortlist & Cover Reveal!
We are excited to reveal the cover and announce the shortlist for ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! The cover art is by Marcela Bolívar, with cover design by Mikio Murakami at SilentQDesign. Our panel of judges read hundreds of ecofiction stories published in 2025 across more than 170 magazines, journals, and anthologies around the…
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Violet Lichen Acquires THEY CALL THE PLACE WILD by Rae Mariz
Violet Lichen Books is excited to announce the acquisition of THEY CALL THE PLACE WILD by Rae Mariz. Pitched as Richard Powers’ THE OVERSTORY meets the Brothers Grimm and Slavic folklore, this novella is a lush dark fantasy about the stories we’re told and the stories we make for ourselves.
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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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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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