Award-winning imprint. Acclaimed editing services. Celebrating great reading.
“Jon is fantastic and fabulous. He went above and beyond…” | “Working with Jon has been an absolute delight…” | “My book is substantially better after his input…” | “Jon is wonderful. Very quick, very thorough, and very smart…” | “Invaluable. From the very beginning, he approached my work with both deep respect and sharp analytical insight…” | “I felt like new doors opened. He exceeded all my expectations in getting me to see more deeply and find more meaning…” | “Jon is truly a one-of-a-kind editor and I would highly recommend him for your project…”
Outpost19 is also an award-winning publisher of fine fiction and nonfiction books.
Now in our 12th year, with 100+ titles and The Shortish Project imprint.
We publish innovative and provocative novels, memoirs, biographies and collections by debut and established authors.
A “masterclass on noir,” a “messy, symbiotic, beautiful” anthology on trees, a “hip & happening” collection of flash fiction each exactly 100 words, a queer re-telling of Jekyll & Hyde on Lambda Literary’s must-read list, a Next Gen Comedy award-winning novella, a supernatural Western re-imagining the Wagon Box Fight of 1867, a paper-doll cut-out book exploring the Manson family… Eclectic. Acclaimed. Provocative.
Our titles have also earned praise from leading literary figures, including Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ivy Pochoda, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ann Beattie, William Finnegan, Paul Theroux, Roxane Gay, Elizabeth McKenzie, Kenneth Goldsmith, Jac Jemc, Robert Atwan, Emily Gould and dozens of others.
100+ novels, memoirs, biographies, collections, novellas…
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how to buy and order
San Francisco, CA books@outpost19.com