Good news!

 Queen of Swords Press News Flash! Just learned that author Michael Merriam’s terrific pulpy Weird West, TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE (Queen of Swords Press, 2024), is a semi finalist for the inaugural Small Spec Book Awards! It’s our first title to be a horror finalist for any award and we’re very proud of Michael and his book! The Small Spec Book Awards were launched earlier this year as a way to get more attention on worthy small press titles that weren’t getting any buzz for the bigger awards. They did a stellar job getting interviews and reviews out over the course of the year and I’m really glad I found them on Bluesky. You can read more about the awards here (they got some great submissions!).

Here’s a link to a fun interview one of the SSBA influencers did with Michael and a new review of the book!