Shortwave Publishing has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Simon & Schuster for new titles and select back catalog titles.

New Shortwave titles released after December 1, 2025 will be sold and distributed by Simon & Schuster to Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Books-a-Million, Amazon, and more, including independent bookstores around the world. These titles will also appear in the S&S catalog and on their website for direct sale.

We will now have a powerful partner in the industry, one of the Big Five, going to bat for our books. 

Three and a half years ago we launched with our first title, my debut novel Face the Night. Since then, we’ve published over a dozen new titles every year, ranging from standalone novelettes and chapbooks, to numerous multi-novel series.

We’ve published lettered and numbered limited editions, had our titles adapted for TV/film, been featured in numerous monthly book boxes, and in the last twelve months alone, have gross sales of over a quarter of a million dollars… all while working out of a spare bedroom office with no sales team.

Imagine what we’ll all be able to do together now.

Taking this next step will allow us to further our support and publishing efforts within the speculative fiction community, and to continue to offer the unique horror and dark sci-fi books our readers enjoy. 

Simon & Schuster have over 100 years of experience in the industry, sell over a billion dollars in books annually, and have championed some of the most important books of the last century.

It’s a very exciting time for genre fiction right now, and we’re so thrilled to be a small part of it.

– Alan Lastufka

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 — Simon & Schuster has entered into a distribution agreement with Shortwave Publishing. Under the agreement, Simon & Schuster will handle worldwide sales and distribution for Shortwave beginning December 1, 2025.

Shortwave Publishing is an independent small press based in the Pacific Northwest, founded in 2022 by Alan Lastufka. They publish a range of genres including dark sci-fi, thrillers, and numerous horror subgenres. Their titles have won or been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Hugo, Shirley Jackson, Nebula, Hoffer Award, and more. Upcoming key titles include Rest Stop and Other Nightmares by Nat Cassidy, Chimera Skin by Johnny Compton, Memories Are Only Valuable If They Can Be Lost by Ai Jiang, Traps and Specters by Philip Fracassi, and When by Jamie Flanagan. For more information visit their website at www.shortwavepublishing.com

Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, is dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital, and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, and Simon & Schuster Audio, and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and VBK in the Netherlands and Belgium. It proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit their website at www.simonandschuster.com