Location: Canada
Member Since: April 14, 2010

Belfire Press


Publisher info

Belfire Press was born of many conversations, much like the beginning of The New Bedlam Project. We bounced the ideas and plans off a couple of authors we’d worked with in the past and present. The answers to ‘Can we do it? Should we do it?’ were a resounding Yes.

On October 31st 2009, we announced the formation of Belfire Press, a micro-press owned and operated by a crazy Canadian, backed by a handful of other crazy Canadians. Our first title released April 1st, 2010, followed by our grand opening and launch novel on May 1st. Since then, we’ve gone on to establish a poetry imprint and move the webzine into either bi-annual print, or yearly anthology.

We publish novels, works of non-fiction and the occasional anthology or collection in both print and e-book.

Jodi Lee - Editor in Chief/Publisher
An editor and occasional writer, Jodi Lee has spent her entire life on the Canadian Prairies, which she credits for her over-active imagination. She’s often found slicing and dicing prose in her editorial work, or mucking about with book covers, graphics and websites in her design freelancing.

Tracy DeVore - Senior Editor
Tracy DeVore is a freelance editor, published in novel-length fiction. Her non-fiction work has appeared in a number of newspapers and other publications. She was the founding president of the HWA’s Indiana chapter, Indiana Horror Writers (IHW) and the RWA chapter, Gothic Romance Writers, Inc. (‘GothRom’).

Though she now resides in Danville, Illinois, Tracy grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and remains a loyal Colts fan.

Where to find Belfire Press online

Website: http://www.belfirepress.com
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Where to buy in print

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Where the Sun Don't Shine    by J. Aaron Parish
Price: $3.00 USD. 86070 words. Published by Belfire Press  on April 16, 2013. .
Darkness. The absence of light. People have always feared those places the light doesn't reach, whether within the world or the people around them. This is where light crosses into darkness. This is where madness begins. This is where the sun don’t shine.
Tearstone    by David Day
Price: $3.00 USD. 81660 words. Published by Belfire Press  on March 29, 2013. .
Two brothers scarred by a dark family secret. A deputy consumed by the decade old disappearance of her cousin. An old man summoned to the humble town of Washington Heights by the discovery of an ancient artifact. This is how the end begins, with the quiet destruction of a little town in Southeastern Ohio. This is the second coming, and no one’s getting saved.
The Family: Liam    by KV Taylor
Price: $3.00 USD. 84430 words. Published by Belfire Press  on February 14, 2013. .
It begins as pure entertainment, a provisional friendship. Then it turns into a challenge. Then something like love, at times indistinguishable from hate. It’s a love story for monsters, and the beginning of something that will affect their lives, families, friends, and world forever. Which, for a vampire, is a hell of a long time.
I Know What I Saw    by Barry Napier
Price: $2.99 USD. 6780 words. Published by Belfire Press  on December 13, 2012. .
Strange objects in the night sky, shadowy creatures spied from the corner of your eye, things from out of this world going bump in the night…
Wolf Hunter    by J.L. Benét
Price: $2.99 USD. 70830 words. Published by Belfire Press  on November 30, 2012. .
In the waning days of WWII, the Nazis succeeded in creating the ultimate fighters, werewolves. Viktor Huelen escaped capture and made his way to America, where he lived for years undetected…until now.
The Horned Ones: Cornucopia    by Christine Morgan
Price: $2.99 USD. 90620 words. Published by Belfire Press  on November 17, 2012. .
(5.00)
Cornucopia Caverns. A safe, fun, family-friendly show cave destination where visitors can enjoy guided tours of subterranean chambers and spectacular limestone formations in a nice cool reprieve from the California summer heat. Until the disaster. Until the rocks fall, and the blood flows, and the lights go out.
The Monstrance    by Bryan D. Dietrich
Price: $2.99 USD. 15630 words. Published by Belfire Press  on September 3, 2012. .
Set in the world of James Whale’s 1931 film version of Frankenstein, these poems document the lives and loves of a monster and a gypsy, a huffy hunchback, a lame priest, and the not-so-mad scientist himself. What begins with test tubes and Tesla coils ends in grace and graveyard picnics.
The Agency    by Shawn Oetzel
Price: $2.99 USD. 91790 words. Published by Belfire Press  on September 3, 2012. .
After a brief, somewhat controversial, career with the LAPD comes to a screeching halt, Amy Sommers is recruited and joins an ultra-secretive government investigative entity known simply as, The Agency.
Closes at Dusk    by Kim Paffenroth
Price: $2.99 USD. 85800 words. Published by Belfire Press  on July 27, 2012. .
Christoph Hahn came to the United States to build a new life after WWII devastated his homeland of Germany and scattered his family. He found a good job, a beautiful wife, and built a little storybook land along a busy highway – a wooded idyll that generations of children loved in the 60s and 70s. Now it’s 2007, and he’s dead – but not gone.
Bedlam Unleashed: Omnibus Edition    by Steven L. Shrewsbury Peter Welmerink
Price: $2.99 USD. 96230 words. Published by Belfire Press  on April 27, 2012. .
Pieced together from recovered scrolls of sagas and skaldic poetry, here begins the journeys of Norse mercenary Alanis Johansson and berserker Erik Bedlam.
Smarter Than the Average Werewolf    by Mark Orr
Price: $2.99 USD. 85820 words. Published by Belfire Press  on March 28, 2012. .
Harvey Drago, the Intangible Private Eye, is hired to track down a serial killer known as the West End Werewolf. Little does Harvey know he will be hunting an actual lycanthrope, but surely his ability to pass through solid objects will protect him. Or will it?
New Bedlam: Town Archives Vol.2    by Jodi Lee
Price: $2.99 USD. 69550 words. Published by Belfire Press  on March 21, 2012. .
Come back to New Bedlam, celebrate our unofficial bi-centennial year with a festival like no other. The monsters have definitely escaped their bounds, and the writers will never sleep again. Volume 2 includes stories from authors such as Paul Anderson, Natalie Sin, K.V. Taylor, Wayne Goodchild and more... Dare you walk these streets?
Maiden's Promise    by Tracy Devore
Price: $2.99 USD. 53150 words. Published by Belfire Press  on February 24, 2012. .
Bridget “Breezy” Flanagan has escaped the potato famine in Ireland, running away from a promise she refuses to keep. She never reckons on what she’ll find in the Colonies… but knows it couldn’t be any worse than what she’s left behind.
New Bedlam: Town Archives Vol.1    by Jodi Lee
Price: $2.99 USD. 47020 words. Published by Belfire Press  on February 15, 2012. .
From the candle’s flame to the darkest corners of imagination, New Bedlam has grown to encompass far more than anyone ever dreamed of. The monsters have definitely escaped their bounds, and the writers may never sleep again. Volume 1 includes stories from authors such as R. Scott McCoy, Steven Shrewsbury, Cate Gardner, Natalie Sin, Jake Bible and more... Dare you walk these streets?
Rumors of My Death    by Gina Ranalli
Price: $2.99 USD. 76710 words. Published by Belfire Press  on February 15, 2012. .
Elizabeth Michelle Aster is having a bad day. She set fire to her kitchen. She accidentally killed her canary. She lost her job. She lost her girlfriend. No wonder people call her Diz-Aster. It couldn’t get any worse. Could it?
The Light Side of Dark    by Voni Ryan
Price: $2.99 USD. 66220 words. Published by Belfire Press  on January 28, 2012. .
Voni Ryan—the writing team of Violet L. Ryan and Toni Cantrell—strikes again. Many of their personal favorites are included in this scary, funny, sometimes macabre short story collection that has everything from ghouls and ghosts to laughter and love.
Like Him With Friends Possess'd    by Allen Simmons-Cantrell
Price: $2.99 USD. 105170 words. Published by Belfire Press  on November 26, 2011. .
Veronica Dorsett sacrificed her desire for a career in fashion design to marry Tom and raise their sons, Kenneth and Mark. When he selfishly destroys their family happiness, Ronnie is forced to adapt to major changes…
The Ambassador's Daughter    by Violet L. Ryan
Price: $2.99 USD. 60580 words. Published by Belfire Press  on November 15, 2011. .
When Olivia Carvell’s abductors carry her away, she has no idea the rescuer she hopes for would soon become king of his own war-torn country.
Scripped    by KV Taylor
Price: $2.99 USD. 47900 words. Published by Belfire Press  on November 15, 2011. .
In an attempt to escape constant arguing, Jonah Gray wanders away from the family cabin deep in the West Virginia wilderness. But he wanders too far, over the borders to a Faerie land that could only exist in Appalachia.
The Gazebo    by Toni Cantrell
Price: $2.99 USD. 98510 words. Published by Belfire Press  on May 4, 2011. .
Abigail Russell is about to meet the surprise of her life, Black Jack Bolton. The dashing captain of militia is older, much more worldly, and will sweep her into a world of unimagined intrigue and danger. The story continues with Jemima Coulter, a time traveller from the present who uses the Russell gazebo as a time portal into the past and future.
Prime Directive    by Bryan D. Dietrich
Price: $2.99 USD. 13660 words. Published by Belfire Press  on April 2, 2011. .
A suddenly single Air Force father introduces his son to a TV show - one that brings them together, offers them new life if not new civilization, preparing them both to go where neither has gone before.
Ante Mortem    by Jodi Lee
Price: $2.99 USD. 46030 words. Published by Belfire Press  on March 6, 2011. .
Eleven stories for the eleventh hour. Snuggle in tight, have a glass of wine, light a candle. These stories have been given new life, and a new home; they’ve almost travelled this road before. Something always held them back, but now together, they’ve broken free.
Old School    by Louise Bohmer
Price: $2.99 USD. 68020 words. Published by Belfire Press  on March 6, 2011. .
(4.00)
Within these pages, evil children terrorize, witches gather the teeth of the young, cosmic blobs eat the world, while creepy crawlies ruin a man’s life and a headless ghost seeks revenge. Wander down this spooky path with poems and stories that revive our nightmares about golems, harpies, and other forgotten creatures.
Off Track    by Michael Hultquist
Price: $2.99 USD. 85130 words. Published by Belfire Press  on February 22, 2011. .
At twelve, Gary Sanderson found himself in Radcliffe – the oppressive juvenile detention facility for boys. At sixteen, he has a chance for a new, normal life in a new, normal town with foster parents Don and Gail Morgan. Off Track is the character study of a boy, shaped by abuse and burdened with the death of his father, trying to survive in a world he hadn’t expected to find.
Orpheus & The Pearl - Nevermore    by Kim Paffenroth & David Dunwoody
Price: $2.99 USD. 29980 words. Published by Belfire Press  on November 17, 2010. .
In our first “Duel” Novella Series release, we present the second print of Kim Paffenroth’s acclaimed Orpheus and the Pearl, paired with a new story from David Dunwoody titled Nevermore, or The Feast of Flesh. See the website for the full synopsis.
At the End of Church Street    by Gregory L. Hall
Price: $2.99 USD. 93540 words. Published by Belfire Press  on October 14, 2010. .
Discarded and starving, Rebecca finds a new family and is reborn as a Goth. She soon revels in a lifestyle of no rules. Love whoever you want. Seek whatever high you wish. Live forever young. Every night is an adventure—scaring tourists, challenging the local police, screaming to the world vampires really exist. It’s Neverland. …Until the first murder.
Courting Morpheus    by Jodi Lee
Price: $1.99 USD. 80010 words. Published by Belfire Press  on September 5, 2010. .
(4.00)
How can the residents of New Bedlam find their way out of the darkness they call home...into a darkness of release at Morpheus' hands? An idea was born on a night not so long ago…and it grew into one monster after another until now, finally it has broken free. With selections from M.R. Sellars, Camille Alexa and more, an introduction by Alethea Kontis - New Bedlam awaits the creatively brave.


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