Weird Sisters Publishing produces mostly speculative fiction, and our fantasy space-scape is speculative too.
Welcome to Weird Sisters Publishing

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.

Weird Sisters Publishing: We have tales to tell. This picture shows covers for The XK9 Series, Deep Ellum Stories, and The Windhover Tetralogy.

The Weird Blog

For weekly thoughts from Jan or G., we hope you enjoy The Weird Blog. Here are recent posts:

  • This is a square shaped detail that consists of about the top two-thirds of Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting, “Freedom From Want.” Seven people of many different ages sit at a table with a white tablecloth, white plates, and water glasses all around. A plate of celery, a silver salt-and pepper pair, a cup of yellow gelatin with a spoon in it, and a silver fork and knife carving set also fill the table. At the far end of the table an older woman in a blue dress with a white apron lowers a platter bearing a turkey toward an open spot on the table. Behind her stands a smiling older man in a black suit. Behind them is a white-curtained window set in a wall with blue-green wallpaper and white wainscoting.
    Gratitude Season
    Tomorrow 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…

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  • Against a background of blacks and tans, three photos illustrate villains mentioned in the blog post “When Music is the Villain” on The Weird Blog. At lower left, Miss Gulch rides her bicycle down a dusty Kansas road toward the Gales’ house in a still from “The Wizard of Oz.” Above center, Darth Vader stands on the bridge of his star destroyer in “The Empire Strikes Back.” And lower right, a behind-the-scenes production photo captures Bruce the Mechanical Shark, jaws agape, motoring through the water on one of the occasions when he actually worked. Photos courtesy of Cycleblaze.com, Ranker.com, and the Jaws Fandom.com wiki, respectively.
    Music Becomes the Villain
    I 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…

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  • One of a series of illustrations from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), in this print five cadavers rise from the dead. Three dance, one plays a clarinet-like instrument, and a fifth struggles free of its shroud at the bottom of the picture. Image acquired via Wikepedia. {{PD-US-expired}}. On a black strip under the picture it says, "From the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514)."
    Monster’s Ball
    My 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…

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  • This square image shows two views of the dealers room from the Weird Sisters Publishing table, notably Space Cadets Candy, Author Robert Whitmore, Horizon Music, and Snarky Sayings. It also includes puzzle box lid photos for Lucy A. Synk’s two jigsaw puzzles, “Halloween” and “Checking it Twice,” as well as a social media promotional image from Weird Sisters Publishing that shows the book covers for all Weird Sisters and Kansas City Author Friends that were offered during 2023 from their dealers table.
    An Archon Overview
    It’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…

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  • This image is an Anime-style cartoon image of a young white woman with purple hair wearing sort of a white spacesuit-looking outfit with a jetpack, as well as bunny ears and a headset, against a circular background with several diagonals and a honeycomb texture. Above and behind her in a science-fictional-looking green and white font is the name “Archon 46.” Across the middle, it reads, “The Midwest’s Premier Science Fiction and Fantasy Event.” At the very bottom it says “© Timothy Chiasson,” and “September 29-October 1, 2023.”
    The Road to Archon 46
    The 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…

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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.