Influx Press is an independent publisher known for bold literary fiction, innovative nonfiction, and place-focused storytelling that reflects the cultural and geographic diversity of contemporary life. Co-founded by Gary Budden and Kit Caless in the UK in 2012 and described as “a lynchpin of the indie scene” by The Bookseller, Influx Press has launched the careers of many writers including Darran Anderson, Jeffrey Boakye, Eliza Clark, Gareth E. Rees, and Eley Williams, among others, who have gone on to critical and commercial success. Influx publications have won and been longlisted / shortlisted for numerous prizes including the Republic of Consciousness Prize, James Tait Black Prize, Dylan Thomas Prize, Edge Hill Prize, Jhalak Prize, Gordon Burn Prize, and the Booker Prize.
Influx Press is an imprint of Diversion Books (distributed by Simon & Schuster), and upholds a tradition of boundary-pushing literary horror and weird fiction, including books that draw on body, folkloric, and eco-horror to explore contemporary anxieties around identity, belonging, and our relationship with the natural world.
In Spring 2027, Malcolm Devlin will release his short story collection Unexpected Places to Fall From, Unexpected Places to Land, publishing January 26th. Lauren du Plessis makes her literary debut on March 30 with Tender, a novel blending folkloric body horror with an exploration of womanhood against the backdrop of eco-anxiety in England’s Somerset fens. Also arriving on March 30 is celebrated weird fiction author Joel Lane’s (1963 – 2013) Midnight Blue, a posthumous “lost novel” that completes his post-industrial noir Blue trilogy. Ben Tufnell’s Kafka-esque suspense novel Paradise and short story collection As If, both previously published to acclaim in the UK, will be released simultaneously on April 7 to round out the Spring ’27 list.
Influx Press is an imprint of Diversion Books
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Gary Budden is a writer, editor, and acquisitions editor at Influx Press. He is the author of London Incognita (Dead Ink, 2020) and Hollow Shores (Dead Ink, 2017). He currently lives in Brisbane, Australia, where he is undertaking a PhD in creative writing.