Congratulations to Jayde Layne! Her book HUNTING STATIC, published by @thewpp.bsky.social, is a semifinalist in the fantasy category for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards. #SSBA #SSBA2026
The Whumpy Printing Press
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We're a micro-press specializing in whump and hurt/comfort.
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WPP has four books that made it to the semifinals! Congratulations to Jayde Layne, Kras Nebula, Nox Spacey, and Lux Thorn!
Small Spec Book Awards@specawards.bsky.social · last mo.It's time to announce the semifinalists for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards! Huge thanks to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close. Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
It's the apocalypse, there's dragons, giant reptiles, and puns. After all, he's just some Guy.
Small Spec Book Awards@specawards.bsky.social · 5mo agoNominated in science fiction for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: BONNIE AND GUY by Nox Spacey (@thewpp.bsky.social). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026
Magical creatures? Check. Love between a half-dragon magizoologist and an alien? Check. Found family vibes? Check.
Small Spec Book Awards@specawards.bsky.social · 6mo agoNominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: THE WINDOWS TO A SHAPESHIFTER'S SOUL by Booker G.A. Feniks (@thewpp.bsky.social). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026
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Never, Never by Callie Taylor is an absolutely diabolical retelling of Peter Pan and Captain Hook. Not your childhood fairy tale. #Horror #SSBA2026 #BookSky 💙📚 @specawards.bsky.social @thewpp.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Check out the awesome cover for Cosmic Consequences! This is our fifth anthology, and it's launching on May 28 over on BackerKit as part of @the-book-bazaar.com.
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This is a great one to read if you like when power dynamics are flipped on their head!
Small Spec Book Awards@specawards.bsky.social · 6mo agoNominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN by Harper M. Tremblay (@thewpp.bsky.social). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026
#20sRec "Pleading His Belly on Zakon-4" by E.J. LeRoy Novella, released widely from @thewpp.bsky.social. Whump and dark humour with heaps of religious guilt. Catholic. Alien. Mpreg. Turns out that “religious themes” in speculative fiction don't have to be all about smiting sinners and holy war 👀
You'll love this book if you're a fan of urban fantasy, queer protagonists, and being so creeped out you sleep with the lights on.
Small Spec Book Awards@specawards.bsky.social · 6mo agoNominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: HUNTING STATIC by Jayde Layne (@thewpp.bsky.social). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026
You'll want to check out this book if you like creature features with a splash of sapphic romance. And also caves!
Small Spec Book Awards@specawards.bsky.social · 6mo agoNominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: CREATURES FROM THE CALDERA by A.E. Pillow (@thewpp.bsky.social). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026
Check out this book if you're looking for: Post-apocalyptic weird west science-fantasy with a nonbinary gunslinger protagonist and a mysterious descent into the earth...
Small Spec Book Awards@specawards.bsky.social · 6mo agoNominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: DEEPEST CANYON by Kras Nebula (@thewpp.bsky.social). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026
Hello Bluesky! We're The Whumpy Printing Press (aka WPP), a micro-press publishing books in the whump and hurt/comfort genres. We got our start back in 2022 and have published more than 20 books since then. If you like your fiction dark, you're in the right place!