Contributor profile
Brian J. White
Executive Editor and Owner
Brian started Fireside Fiction Company in 2012 as an experiment in crowdfunding and paying speculative fiction writers well above the accepted professional rate at the time. It worked! Thanks, have a great day!
Brian has been informed he has to write more in his bio. Fine! Brian took that experiment through five Kickstarters (and did not die!) and into a subscription model. During his tenure, Fireside published 150 stories, five novels, and one novella, and also published the first #BlackSpecFic report, which examined the massive under-representation of Black short-story writers in the field, prompting conversation, reflection, and change in the speculative fiction community. It remains one of the most important things he has worked on in his adult life. Brian was a 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist in the Special Award, Non-Professional category for Fireside, and Fireside has been nominated for multiple Hugo Awards.
Facing the burnout that is all too common among people who work at small presses, Brian stepped down as editor and publisher in 2017 to regroup and recharge mentally. He returned as interim editorial director in 2020 and resumed full ownership of the company in June 2021 with a great team you can read about below.
In the wider world, Brian is a former journalist who worked as an editor at The Courier-Journal in Louisville from 2006–2010 and at the Boston Globe from 2010–2018, where he was part of the staff that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2014 for the newspaper’s coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2014. He still lives around Boston, where he works as an editor for a private company and takes photographs, paints miniatures, and spends time with his amazing wife and various cats.
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- Apr 27, 2022
Announcing The Clockwork Empire, a steampunk Rome novel by Lucas J.W. Johnson - Mar 3, 2022
Fireside Will Stop Publishing Later This Year - Jun 16, 2021
The Next Chapter at Fireside - Jun 3, 2021
Announcing our next guest editor: Hal Y. Zhang - May 10, 2021
An update on our most recent submissions period - Dec 10, 2020
About our Print Edition - Nov 29, 2020
Interim Editorial Director - Oct 13, 2017
Introducing #ManListeningMonday - Aug 9, 2017
Here are the stories we bought in April, along with some statistics on race and ethnicity - Jun 19, 2017
A note about submissions - Apr 13, 2017
Here are the stories we bought in March, along with some statistics on race and ethnicity - Mar 28, 2017
Out today: She Wolf and Cub, a novel by Lilith Saintcrow - Mar 19, 2017
We Are Open to Flash Fiction Submissions This Week - Mar 5, 2017
Don't Talk to Strangers - Jan 7, 2017
Issue 39: January 2017 - Nov 7, 2016
Issue 38 — November 2016 - Oct 7, 2016
Issue 37: October 2016 - Sep 7, 2016
Issue 36 — September 2016 - Aug 7, 2016
Issue 35 — August 2016 - Jul 7, 2016
Issue 34 — May 2016 - May 7, 2016
Issue 33 — May 2016 - Apr 1, 2016
Issue 32 — April 2016 - Mar 7, 2016
Issue 31 — From the Editor - Feb 7, 2016
Issue 30 — From the Editor - Jan 7, 2016
Issue 29 — From the Editor - Oct 7, 2015
Issue 28 — From the Editor - Sep 7, 2015
Issue 27 — From the Editor - Aug 7, 2015
Issue 26 — From the Editor - Jul 7, 2015
Issue 25 — From the Editor - Jun 7, 2015
Issue 24 — From the Editor - May 7, 2015
Issue 23 — From the Editor - Apr 7, 2015
Issue 22 — From the Editor - Mar 7, 2015
Issue 21 — From the Editor - Feb 7, 2015
Issue 20 — From the Editor - Jan 7, 2015
Issue 19 — From the Editor - Dec 7, 2014
Issue 18 — From the Editor - Nov 7, 2014
Issue 17 — From the Editor - Oct 7, 2014
Issue 16 — From the Editor - Jul 7, 2014
Issue 15 — From the Editor - Jun 7, 2014
Issue 14 — In Deep - May 7, 2014
Issue 13 — Loved - Apr 7, 2014
Issue 12 — Empty Inside - Mar 7, 2014
Issue 11 — Cold, Aching Hearts - Feb 7, 2014
Issue 10 — From the Editor - Jan 7, 2014
Issue 9 — Aw, geez mom! - Dec 7, 2013
Issue 8 — rom the Editor - Nov 7, 2013
Issue 7 — Of Rats and Men - Oct 7, 2013
Issue 6 — Going to the mat - Sep 7, 2013
Issue 5 — Hugos and Stories and Art, Oh Yeah! - Aug 7, 2013
Issue 4 — Welcome to Year Two - Sep 7, 2012
Issue 4 — This One Was a Squeaker - Jul 7, 2012
Issue 2 — WOW. ISSUE TWO. - Jul 4, 2012
An Honest Mistake - Dec 21, 2021
Edited Never a Gentle Master, by Brittany N. Williams - Dec 7, 2021
Edited Habeas Codex, by Curtis C. Chen - Aug 29, 2017
Edited Our Secrets, In Keys, by Suyi Davies Okungbowa - Aug 22, 2017
Edited Three Laws, by Andrea Phillips - Aug 15, 2017
Edited Junebug’s Magical Magnificent Mercurial Barbershop, by Malon Edwards - Aug 8, 2017
Edited Until the Day We Go Home, by Caroline M. Yoachim - Aug 1, 2017
Edited A Silhouette Against Armageddon, by John Wiswell - Jul 25, 2017
Edited Intruder, by M. E. Owen - Jul 18, 2017
Edited The Witch in the Tower, by Mari Ness - Jul 11, 2017
Edited We Who Stay Behind, by Karl Dandenell - Jul 3, 2017
Edited Queen Aster, Who Dances, by Tina Connolly - Jun 26, 2017
Edited Independent, Superior, by Chris Butera - Jun 19, 2017
Edited Crow's Eye, by Sarah Hollowell - Jun 12, 2017
Edited How to Sync Your Spouse, by Russell Nichols - Jun 7, 2017
Edited Breathe, by R.D. Sullivan - May 30, 2017
Edited Narrative Disorder, by Malka Older - May 22, 2017
Edited Friendly Emily, by Kevin Hearne - May 16, 2017
Edited Snow White, by Mikki Kendall - May 2, 2017
Edited Bear Language, by Martin Cahill - Apr 25, 2017
Edited Regarding Your Future With The Futures Planning Consortium, by Raq Winchester - Apr 18, 2017
Edited Balance Point, by Sarah Goslee - Apr 11, 2017
Edited The Hulder’s Husband Says Don’t, by Kate Lechler - Apr 4, 2017
Edited It Happened To Me: I Was Brought Back to Avenge My Death, But Chose Justice Instead, by Nino Cipri - Mar 30, 2017
Edited The Praetorian Guard, by Lucas J. W. Johnson - Mar 21, 2017
Edited Radio Werewolf, by Cassandra Khaw - Mar 14, 2017
Edited The Resurrectionists, by Alec Austin - Mar 7, 2017
Edited It Happened To Me: I Melded My Consciousness With the Giant Alien Mushroom Floating Above Chicago, by Nino Cipri - Feb 21, 2017
Edited The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike, by Andrea Phillips - Jan 4, 2017
Edited Black Like Them, by Troy L. Wiggins - Jan 3, 2017
Edited It Happened To Me: My Doppleganger Stole My Credit Card Info, and then My Life, by Nino Cipri - Jan 2, 2017
Edited God Talk: Advice From A Deity in Distress, by Alexis A. Hunter - Nov 4, 2016
Edited Dragon Soap, by M. K. Hutchins - Nov 3, 2016
Edited Sometimes the Crossroads Come to You, by Mikki Kendall - Nov 2, 2016
Edited Paperclips and Memories and Things That Won’t Be Missed, by Caroline M. Yoachim - Oct 4, 2016
Edited The Get-Get Man, by Melissa Moorer - Oct 3, 2016
Edited Speak, by Cassandra Khaw - Oct 2, 2016
Edited Rabbit Heart, by Alyssa Wong - Sep 4, 2016
Edited Emergency Management Protocol, by C. C. S. Ryan - Sep 3, 2016
Edited Homesick, by Sarah Gailey - Sep 2, 2016
Edited Delta Child, by Malon Edwards - Aug 4, 2016
Edited In Memoriam: Lady Fantastic, by Lauren M. Roy - Aug 3, 2016
Edited Ariadne, Abandoned on Naxos, by S.M. Mack - Aug 2, 2016
Edited Your Body, By Default, by Alexis A. Hunter - Jul 4, 2016
Edited A Place Out Of Time, by Elsa Sjunneson - Jul 3, 2016
Edited Imagine a World So Forgiving, by Margaret Killjoy - Jul 2, 2016
Edited Iron Aria, by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor - May 6, 2016
Edited If X is a Real Number, by Sofie Bird - May 5, 2016
Edited The Forever Girl, by R.L. Thull - May 4, 2016
Edited The Middle Child's Practical Guide to Surviving a Fairy Tale, by Mari Ness - May 3, 2016
Edited An Army of Bees, by Caroline M. Yoachim - May 2, 2016
Edited Sparrow, by Minerva Zimmerman - Apr 4, 2016
Edited Forever Now, by A. E. Decker - Apr 2, 2016
Edited The Memory Who Became a Girl, by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks - Apr 2, 2016
Edited Red as Blood, White as Snow, Black as Ebony, by Jordan Taylor - Mar 4, 2016
Edited Haunted, by Sarah Gailey - Mar 3, 2016
Edited The Bird, by Edward Ashton - Mar 2, 2016
Edited The Kingfisher Manifesto, by Sarah Goslee - Feb 4, 2016
Edited Fairy Tales are for White People, by Melissa Yuan-Innes - Feb 3, 2016
Edited Re: Little Miss Apocalypse Playset, by Effie Seiberg - Feb 2, 2016
Edited When First He Laid Eyes, by Rachael K. Jones - Jan 5, 2016
Edited All That Holds Me Together, by A. K. Snyder - Jan 4, 2016
Edited This is Not a Wardrobe Door, by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor - Jan 3, 2016
Edited Human Resources, by Erica L. Satifka - Jan 2, 2016
Edited Gold Farmer’s Daughter, by Aidan Doyle - Oct 4, 2015
Edited Betty and the Squelchy Saurus, by Caroline M. Yoachim - Oct 3, 2015
Edited Temporary Saints, by Neon Yang - Oct 2, 2015
Edited Cupid and Psyche at the Caffé Sol Y Mar, by José Pablo Iriarte - Sep 5, 2015
Edited Take On Me: Chapters One-Five, by Minerva Zimmerman - Sep 4, 2015
Edited The Closest Thing to Animals, by Sofia Samatar - Sep 3, 2015
Edited Bones at the Door, by John Wiswell - Sep 2, 2015
Edited Singing Wings, by Keffy R. M. Kehrli - Aug 4, 2015
Edited La Bestia, by Stephen Blackmoore - Aug 3, 2015
Edited He Who Watches, by Alex Shvartsman - Aug 2, 2015
Edited Accidental Queen of the Spiders, by Zina Hutton - Jul 4, 2015
Edited Look Upon my Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair (In Three Months), by Helena Bell - Jul 3, 2015
Edited A Clockwork Heart, by Lucas J. W. Johnson - Jul 2, 2015
Edited The Eleventh Hour, by Lauren M. Roy - Jun 4, 2015
Edited If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes, by Malon Edwards - Jun 3, 2015
Edited Fluffy Harbinger of Death, by Alex Hughes - Jun 2, 2015
Edited All of Our Days, by Jeff Xilon - May 4, 2015
Edited Children of Rouwen, by Andrea Phillips - May 3, 2015
Edited Nobody’s Goddess, by Amber D. Sistla - May 2, 2015
Edited Time Out, by Renee Elizabeths - Apr 5, 2015
Edited Revision: Chapters One-Three, by Andrea Phillips - Apr 4, 2015
Edited Stay, by Daniel José Older - Apr 3, 2015
Edited Sally the Psychic Alligator, by - Apr 2, 2015
Edited Katabasis, by Jen R Albert - Mar 4, 2015
Edited Zanders the Magnificent, by Annie Neugebauer - Mar 3, 2015
Edited A Taste of Cinnamon, by Rebecca Birch - Feb 5, 2015
Edited To Fall, and Pause, and Fall, by Lisa Nohealani Morton - Feb 4, 2015
Edited A Silly Love Story, by Nino Cipri - Feb 3, 2015
Edited Shoelace, by Laura Lovic-Lindsay - Feb 2, 2015
Edited Pride and Profanity, by Aidan Doyle - Feb 2, 2015
Edited My Name is Ronald by the Way, by Thord D. Hedengren - Jan 4, 2015
Edited Tuesdays With Molakesh the Destroyer, by Megan Grey - Jan 3, 2015
Edited She Waits, by Laurel Halbany - Jan 2, 2015
Edited Who We Once Were, Who We Will Never Be, by Brent Baldwin - Dec 4, 2014
Edited All Manner of Men and Monsters, by Rebecca M. Latimer - Dec 3, 2014
Edited Twenty Parsecs East of the Earth Bypass, Closed on Sundays, by Robert Lowell Russell - Dec 2, 2014
Edited Mr. Reilly’s Tattoo, by Hope Erica Schultz - Nov 4, 2014
Edited Better Girls From Broken Parts, by Nino Cipri - Nov 3, 2014
Edited The Boy, by Eric Francis - Nov 2, 2014
Edited Death’s Garden, by Day Al-Mohamed - Oct 4, 2014
Edited Testimony, by Jennifer Mason-Black - Oct 3, 2014
Edited The Cutting Yield, by Hillary Jacques - Oct 2, 2014
Edited The Work, by Alexandre Stone - Jul 5, 2014
Edited Cosmic Forces at Your Local Waffle House, by Chuck Wendig - Jul 4, 2014
Edited Sun Tea, by M. Bennardo - Jul 3, 2014
Edited Reversal, by James Darrow - Jul 2, 2014
Edited Missing, by Megan Grey - Jun 5, 2014
Edited Mistakes Were Made, by A. A. McNamara - Jun 4, 2014
Edited Good Ghoul Gone Bad, by D.B. Starler - Jun 3, 2014
Edited Guard Post, by Paul O'Donohoe - Jun 2, 2014
Edited Silver Hill Hotel, by David Alex Shepherd - May 5, 2014
Edited Undertow, by Chuck Wendig - May 4, 2014
Edited Repossession, by Jonas David - May 2, 2014
Edited Vanilla, by Martin Cahill - May 2, 2014
Edited Carver, by E.C. Ambrose - Apr 5, 2014
Edited Tangled Sheets, by Chuck Wendig - Apr 4, 2014
Edited Rocket Ship Nirvana, by Jason Ridler - Apr 3, 2014
Edited Not So Super, by Rob McMonigal - Apr 2, 2014
Edited Reborn, by Katie Pugh - Mar 5, 2014
Edited Feast and Famine, by Chuck Wendig - Mar 4, 2014
Edited Four Tons Too Late, by K. C. Alexander - Mar 3, 2014
Edited Shrugging Off the Weight of the World, by Dantzel Cherry - Mar 2, 2014
Edited Ask The Cats, by Stefon Mears - Feb 6, 2014
Edited Hot Dale-On-Dale Action, by Chuck Wendig - Feb 4, 2014
Edited Just a Couple Modifications, by Kelly C. Stiles - Feb 3, 2014
Edited Hope for Enthos, by Addison Smith - Feb 2, 2014
Edited They Sent Runners Out, by Sarah Pinsker - Jan 6, 2014
Edited A Plate Of Strange Meat, by Chuck Wendig - Jan 5, 2014
Edited The Brutal and the Simple, by Adam P. Knave - Jan 5, 2014
Edited Maternal Type, by Lilith Saintcrow - Jan 4, 2014
Edited A Trick of the Night, by Steven J. Dines - Jan 3, 2014
Edited A Single, Stolen Night, by Memory Scarlett - Jan 2, 2014
Edited Ex Astris, by Lauren M. Roy - Dec 5, 2013
Edited Murder-Suicide, by Chuck Wendig - Dec 4, 2013
Edited The Gangs of Gnome Jersey, by A. E. Decker - Dec 3, 2013
Edited Elizabeth’s Pirate Army, by Caroline M. Yoachim - Dec 2, 2013
Edited First, Bite Just a Finger, by Johann Thorsson - Nov 5, 2013
Edited The Bird And The Worm, by Chuck Wendig - Nov 4, 2013
Edited Catch a Fallen Star, by A. A. McNamara - Nov 3, 2013
Edited Sure I am Metaphysically Sinking Into a More Terrifying Universe, but We All Have Our Things to Deal With, by Sam Gorenstein - Nov 2, 2013
Edited The Last Good Day, by John F. Gardner - Oct 5, 2013
Edited Is Bliss, by Chuck Wendig - Oct 4, 2013
Edited Downstairs, Upstairs, by Melissa Mead - Oct 3, 2013
Edited Skinned Knees, by R.D. Sullivan - Oct 2, 2013
Edited Sell it Like Death, by James McGee - Sep 5, 2013
Edited The Last Job, by A. A. McNamara - Sep 5, 2013
Edited Ham Salad, by Chuck Wendig - Sep 4, 2013
Edited Looking for Bad Guys, by Jake Kerr - Sep 3, 2013
Edited Listening to it Rain, by A. A. McNamara - Sep 2, 2013
Edited The Journal, by Ken Liu - Aug 5, 2013
Edited Mistakes Were Made, by Chuck Wendig - Aug 4, 2013
Edited Love Song of the Lizard Boy, by Delilah S. Dawson - Aug 4, 2013
Edited The Filigreed Cage, by - Aug 1, 2013
Edited Mice, by Keffy R. M. Kehrli - Sep 6, 2012
Edited The White Phoenix Feather, by Mary Robinette Kowal - Sep 5, 2012
Edited John Fisher, by Daniel Abraham - Sep 4, 2012
Edited Famine's Shadow, by Rachel Deering - Sep 3, 2012
Edited Remaker Remaker, by Lucas J. W. Johnson - Sep 2, 2012
Edited Form and Void, by Elizabeth Bear - Jul 6, 2012
Edited Rhapsody in Blue Shift, by Stephen Blackmoore - Jul 5, 2012
Edited Scarred, by Damien Walters Grintalis - Jul 4, 2012
Edited An Honest Mistake, by Brian J. White - Jul 3, 2012
Edited Perspective, by Jake Kerr - Jul 2, 2012
Edited The Heart of the Story, by Kat Howard - Mar 6, 2012
Edited Snow Ninjas of the Hymalayas, by Adam P. Knave - Mar 5, 2012
Edited Emerald Lakes, by Chuck Wendig - Mar 4, 2012
Edited Temperance, by Christie Yant - Mar 3, 2012
Edited To the Moon, by Ken Liu - Mar 2, 2012
Edited Press Enter to Execute, by Tobias S. Buckell - Feb 20, 2018
Selected The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington, by Phenderson Djèlí Clark
Brian's Writing in Fireside
Brian's Developmental Editing Work in Fireside
Brian's Acquisitions for Fireside