DMR Books
| Company type | Independent publisher |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder | D. M. Ritzlin |
| Headquarters | Chicago , United States |
| Products | Paperback and digital editions of fantasy, horror, and adventure literature |
| Website | dmrbooks |
DMR Books is an independent publishing house located in Chicago, established in 2015 by D. M. Ritzlin. The company primarily issues paperback and digital editions, concentrating on fantasy, horror, and adventure genres influenced by pulp-era legends like Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft. DMR Books has brought renewed attention to the works of classic authors such as Poul Anderson, Clifford Ball, Nictzin Dyalhis, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, Tanith Lee, A. Merritt, and Manly Wade Wellman. Alongside these, it also promotes modern authors including Howie K. Bentley, Ramsey Campbell, Adrian Cole, Gael DeRoane, John R. Fultz, Schuyler Hernstrom, Matthew Knight, Harry Piper, Byron A. Roberts, J. Christopher Tarpey, and founder D. M. Ritzlin.
The publisher’s portfolio showcases cover illustrations by distinguished artists like Allen Anderson, Hannes Bok, Louis Braquet, Margaret Brundage, Bebeto Daroz, Virgil Finlay, Lauren Gornick, Martin Hanford, Robert Gibson Jones, and Brian LeBlanc.
Books published
- Swords of Steel anthology series edited by D. M. Ritzlin (2015–2025)
- Lands of the Earthquake / Under a Dim Blue Sun, a double novel collaboration by Henry Kuttner and Howie K. Bentley (2017)
- The Sapphire Goddess: The Fantasies of Nictzin Dyalhis, a collected works volume (2018)
- The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories, a story collection by Clifford Ball (2018)
- The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor series authored by Byron A. Roberts (2019–2024)
- The Road to Infinity, a novel written by Gael DeRoane (2019)
- Anthologies including The Infernal Bargain, Death Dealers & Diabolists, Warlords, Warlocks & Witches, Heroes of Atlantis and Lemuria, Renegade Swords volumes I–III, Planetary Adventures, Prehistoric Adventures, Viking Adventures, and Samhain Sorceries (2019–2022)
- Novels such as Wulfhere by A. B. Higginson (2019), Karnov: Phantom-Clad Rider of the Cosmic Ice by Howie K. Bentley et al. (2019), A Million Years in the Future by Thomas P. Kelley (2020), The Godblade by J. Christopher Tarpey (2020), along with Adrian Cole’s War on Rome series (2022–2023)
- Collected editions including Edmond Hamilton’s Twilight of the Gods and The Avenger from Atlantis (2020–2021), Tanith Lee’s The Empress of Dreams and other collections (2021–2023), Ramsey Campbell’s Far Away & Never (2021), Glenn Rahman’s A Feast of Ambrosia (2023), among others
- Recent publications feature the ongoing anthology series Die by the Sword, Arthur D. Howden Smith’s four-volume Saga of Swain the Viking (2022–2023), D. M. Ritzlin’s novel Vran the Chaos-Warped (2023), plus forthcoming definitive editions of A. Merritt’s works planned through 2025