Iron Faerie Publishing is an independent small press based in Perth, Western Australia, founded and run by USA TODAY Bestselling author Stacey Jaine McIntosh. Stacey is a disabled, neurodivergent author, who lives with chronic migraines. Stubborn to a fault, she doesn’t know what it means to quit. Her lived experiences shape how the press operates, with a deliberate emphasis on sustainability over speed.
Established in December 2018, Iron Faerie Publishing was created from a deep love of faeries and mythology, and from a desire to give back to the writing community. The press is dedicated to fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, and believes in stories that linger, unsettle, enchant, and refuse to be easily forgotten.
Iron Faerie Publishing is not a vanity press. Authors are never asked to pay to be published. Committed to providing paid opportunities for writers, the press fosters a creative space where unique voices, bold ideas, and the craft of writing are valued.
Stacey Jaine McIntosh was born in Perth, Western Australia, where she still resides with her husband and their four children. Although writing has always been her first love, she once considered becoming a cartographer and holds a Diploma in Spatial Information Services—a background that informs a strong sense of structure and design.
Since 2011, Stacey has had over one hundred short stories and twenty-two poems published and is the author of Solstice, Lost, Absinthe, The Camelot Series, and The Eldritch Series. Iron Faerie Publishing grew organically from her experiences as an indie author navigating the publishing industry and from a desire to take that next step and branch out.
Like any faerie court, the press also has its familiar—Raven, a Chantilly Tiffany cat who serves as Iron Faerie’s resident Faerie Cat, equal parts muse, supervisor, and chaos gremlin. Raven is frequently found overseeing edits, silently judging submissions, or reminding everyone that rest is non-negotiable; more than a little of Iron Faerie’s magic can be traced back to a cat on a desk who absolutely should not be tangled amongst the power cords.
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