Who We Are…

Ninth Planet Press is a feisty, low-budget, sweet-talking, slow-walking wholly independent publishing company based in Austin, Texas. Small, mysterious, and difficult to categorize—hence the name—we specialize in fantasy, science fiction, and miscellaneous weird stuff. We make strange things for good people, and October is our favorite month, though November and May have some cool days too. We like the color purple, strong coffee, “Rumble Fish,” “Bladerunner,” and “The Thirteenth Warrior,” mandolins, motorcycles, John Muir, and the music of Tom Waits, Neutral Milk Hotel, and the Black Angels. We are open to suggestion. We run for daylight. And we live by our credo: IMAGINATION IS NOT A CRIME.

THE SQUAD

Bruce McCandless III (Chief Writer and Nightmare Wrangler) lives in Austin with the president of Ninth Planet Press, Inc. He is the author of Wonders All Around, Sour Lake, In the Land of Dead Horses, Beatrice and the Basilisk, Color War, and, with his daughter Carson, Carson Clare’s Trail Guide to Avoiding Death (And Other Unpleasant Consequences).

Shaun Venish (Designer) is a cool illustrator who also lives in Austin. He has done almost all of the cover and other artwork for Ninth Planet Press, apparently without breaking a sweat. More of his work can be found on his website http://www.venish.com.

Emma Rose McCandless (Vice President for Marketing), a recent graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, handles NPP’s social media and marketing efforts. When she’s not running on Austin’s trails, she’s available on all the usual platforms, so reach out with any promotional ideas you have. We want to hear from you!

Carson McCandless (Media Specialist) is an RTF major at the University of Texas at Austin, and the co-author of both Carson Clare’s Trail Guide to Avoiding Death (And Other Unpleasant Consequences) and Beatrice at Bay. She creates the Press’s promotional videos, organizes our annual Burns Night celebration, and operates our printing press, which runs on dreams and bones.

Pati McCandless is a healthcare attorney and policy expert when she is not acting as President of Ninth Planet Press, Inc.

Iumi Ross-Crow (Poet, Dancer, and Website Guru) designed the original Ninth Planet Press website and continues to serve as a consultant to the press.

Roger G. Worthington, Esq. serves as Minister of Blood and Pulp. Motto: “Get to the Good Stuff.” Please visit his brewing company, Worthy Brewing, at http://www.worthybrewing.com.