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DNA Publications

DNA Publications was an American publishing company that existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and-wife team of Warren Lapine and Angela Kessler. Initially based in Massachusetts, DNA Publications relocated to Radford, Virginia.[_when?_] As of 2004, it was the second-largest genre magazine publisher in the United States.[1] Its first publication, in 1993, was the magazine Harsh Mistress, which Lapine produced in collaboration with Kevin Rogers and Tim Ballon.[_citation needed_]

DNA Publication distributed or published Aboriginal SF, Absolute Magnitude, Artemis, Dreams of Decadence, Fantastic Stories, Mythic Delirium, The Official KISS Magazine, Science Fiction Chronicle, and The Whole Cat Journal.[_citation needed_] It also published the book imprints Spyre Books and Wilder Publications.[_citation needed_]

For their work on the magazines, DNA Publications was a 2000 World Fantasy Award nominee, in the "special award: professional" category.[_citation needed_] Absolute Magnitude was a 2002 Hugo Award nominee in the semiprozine category.[_citation needed_] Notable authors published by the DNA Publications magazines include Chris Bunch, Hal Clement, Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, and Allen Steele.[_citation needed_]DNA Publications collapsed in early 2007.[2] Weird Tales had been bought in 2005 by Wildside Press[2] and Mythic Delirium,[_clarification needed_] which parted with DNA Publications around the same time.[_citation needed_] Wilder Publications is now part of Tir Na Nog Press.[2]

1. ^ Dellinger, Paul (April 27, 2004). "Company will publish Kiss magazine", The Roanoke Times & World News, p. C6.
2. ^ a b c "SFE: Lapine, Warren". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.