R-SPEC Press was founded to share and promote the works of established professionals and new voices in the realm of speculative fiction—from science fiction and fantasy to alternate history and more. With a focus on talent from Upstate New York, R-SPEC Press is operated as part of the Rochester Speculative Literature Association.
Speculative literature uses narrative means to probe the world around us, the ideas within us, and the direction in which society is heading. It is creation, analysis, warning, and prophecy all in one. And R-SPEC Press is the door.
Where will you be in 2034? Best-selling Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Nancy Kress leads a tour of things to come in Rochester's 200th year, alongside Star Trek writer Sally Caves, two-time John W. Campbell Award finalist Nick DiChario, playwright/philosopher Craig DeLancey, and fourteen other Rochesterian masters of speculative fiction.
What would Rochester be like with a different history? Rochester-area authors and poets take you on a journey through alternate histories, presents, and futures of our famous North Coast city. These Rochesters may not be places you recognize immediately, and you will soon see they are more unusual than you ever imagined. Welcome to Rochester in the alternative…