Welcome to Weird Sisters Publishing
Weird Sisters Publishing is a small press established in 2019 by Jan S. Gephardt and G. S. Norwood. We’re devoted to publishing science fiction, speculative, mystery, and contemporary fiction.
Our Books
Welcome! We have tales to tell, and we’re not afraid to tell them. We hope you’ll join us for new adventures! Learn more about our ever-growing book list on Our Books page.
Our first few fiction offerings will be our own stories, with more to come from Warren C. Norwood, and possibly others.
Weird Sisters Publishing aims to produce the very best stories we can, illustrated with excellent original artwork by talented artists. We’re especially eager to work with talented women and persons of color. We’re proud to work with artists such as Jody A. Lee, Chaz Kemp, and Lucy A. Synk. See our contact page for more information.

The Weird Blog
For weekly thoughts from Jan or G., we hope you enjoy The Weird Blog. Here are recent posts:
- Gratitude SeasonTomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States, which ought to mean we Americans are at the height of the annual Gratitude Season. We’re supposed to be thinking about all the ways we’ve been blessed in the past year. All the things and people and experiences we’ve enjoyed. But do we? Some of us undoubtedly do. I know this, because I’m one of that “some of us.” But I also think it’s likely a lot of us don’t. Many people scorn…
- Music Becomes the VillainI want to talk about the ways music becomes the villain in some movies. In my last post I talked about music that monsters, witches, and demons dance to. But you know the kind of “villain” music I mean. After all, what is the 1960 movie Psycho without the screeching violins of the shower scene? How could Darth Vader make an entrance without John Williams’ Imperial March? (Although Williams didn’t introduce that character theme until The Empire Strikes Back). Simply…
- Monster’s BallMy friend, Deb, is part of the mystery writers group that blogs as Jungle Red Writers, and it was her turn at bat last week. When she turned to me, searching for ideas, we brainstormed our way through Halloween décor, pumpkin-centric agriculture, and spice cake recipes before I suggested she investigate Halloween music and the tradition of the monster’s ball. She wasn’t sure what I was talking about, so I dragged Camille Saint-Saëns, Modest Mussorgsky, and Edvard Grieg into the…
- An Archon OverviewIt’s time for an Archon Overview. Time to look back from a bit more than a week’s distance and share my thoughts about this year’s event. This was the penultimate convention for my four-con “season,” but for today’s post I want to focus just on Archon 46. This concom (convention committee) gets a lot of things right. They have a long, solid history of good art shows, now ably helmed by Anna Mulch, and a dynamic programming team. This year…
- The Road to Archon 46The road to Archon 46 has almost come to an end. As you read this, we’ll be packing up final things or literally be ON the road, driving toward Collinsville, IL. But anytime we come to a science fiction convention we bring artwork, books, free promotional items, plus carefully chosen clothing and accessories and all the other needed “support items” to make the trip a success. When I think about all of those elements, and all the time it took…
The Nazgûl Nebula (header image) is © 2019, and the cover art for The Other Side of Fear Is ©2020 by Lucy A. Synk. The covers for What’s Bred in the Bone and A Bone to Pick are © 2019 and 2020 respectively by Jody A. Lee. All the other covers on the montage are © 2019-2022 by Chaz Kemp.