EMBRACE YOUR STRANGE.

Read full breakdown of how Truborn Press was created.

Our slogan is “Embrace Your Strange” which represents what kind of stories we want to have in our catalogue.

Yes, we absolutely welcome all ‘weird horror’ but we are leaning more into the strange than the horror. With that said, during submission calls we are interested in a strong story over genre troupes.

If there are elements of absurdist and weird, we love these categories of fiction:

• Horror (Body, Comedy, Psychological, some Fantastical)

• Literary Fiction

• Sci-fi

• Poetry

• Comedy

• Dark Humor

• Grief

We are currently not interested in High Fantasy, Heavy Religious centric stories, SA on the page, unnecessary animal death, violence to children scenes.

Kristina Osborn is the owner of Truborn Press, a USAF veteran, and a design professional with more than 20 years of experience in digital media. Since 2020, she has been active in the indie horror community as a reviewer, book designer, and now publisher. A longtime Pacific Northwest resident, she balances her role as a mother, publisher, and marketing specialist while continuing to support new authors and highlight voices too often overlooked in horror and horror adjacent genres.

Publishing Details at Truborn Press

• Contract Length: Standard publishing contracts are for 2 years.

• No Upfront Costs: Authors do not pay any fees to publish with us.

• Royalties: Net royalties are split 50/50 between Truborn Press and the author. Payments are made quarterly during the first week of each new quarter.

• Publisher Investment: Truborn Press financially covers:

  • Professional cover and interior design

  • Editing and proofreading

  • Additional marketing campaigns

  • Promotional efforts and advertising

  • Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) distribution

  • Marketplace announcements and listings

• Author’s Role: Authors are expected to actively promote their own works. While we support with marketing and visibility, it is not solely the publisher’s responsibility to spread the word.

• Rights: Authors retain full rights to audio, film, and other adaptations. Truborn Press does not handle audiobooks; authors who wish to produce them are responsible for their own costs.