Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.

Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., or FPCI, was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1946. It was the fourth small press imprint founded by William L. Crawford. His first imprint was Fantasy Publications which he started in 1935 in Everett, Pennsylvania. Fantasy Publications was founded primarily to publish Crawford's magazines Marvel Tales and Unusual Stories. However, three books did come out under the imprint. In 1936, Crawford founded his second imprint, Visionary Publishing Company. His intent was to publish books under this imprint. Visionary is notable for publishing the only hardcover book by H. P. Lovecraft, that was published during his lifetime. Later in 1936, Crawford took over publication of the magazine Fantasy Magazine from Conrad H. Ruppert and ceased all book publications in order to concentrate on the magazine. After moving to California, Crawford again got involved with book publishing, bringing out a book as A Crawford Publication. Finally, he incorporated as Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in December 1946. FPCI continued publishing books until 1972. During this period, Crawford also used the Griffin Publishing Company imprint to bring out books outside the science fiction and fantasy fields. Two additional books were published by Crawford in 1978, but no imprint was listed.

Books published by Fantasy Publications

• Men of Avalon / The White Sybil, by David H. Keller and Clark Ashton Smith (1935)
• Mars Mountain, by Eugene George Key (1935)
• The Creator, by Clifford D. Simak (1946)

Books published by Visionary Publishing Company

• The Shadow Over Innsmouth, by H. P. Lovecraft (1936)
• Behind the Evidence, by Peter Reynolds, pseudonym of Amelia Reynolds Long and William L. Crawford (1936)

Books published as A Crawford Publication

• The Garden of Fear and Other Stories, edited by William L. Crawford (1945)

Books published by FPCI

• The Night People, by Francis Flagg (1947)
• Out of the Unknown, by A. E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull (1948)
• The Sunken Wold, by Stanton A. Coblentz (1948)
• Death's Deputy, by L. Ron Hubbard (1948)
• The Radio Man, by Ralph Milne Farley (1948)
• The Works of M. P. Shiel, by A. Reynolds Morse (1948)
• The Cosmic Geoids, by John Taine (1949)
• The Kingslayer, by L. Ron Hubbard (1949)
• Planets of Adventure, by Basil Wells (1949)
• Murder Madness, by Murray Leinster (1949)
• The Radium Pool, by Ed Earl Repp (1949)
• The Triton, by L. Ron Hubbard (1949)
• Worlds of Wonder, by Olaf Stapledon (1949)
• The Steller Missiles, by Ed Earl Repp (1949)
• The Rat Race, by Jay Franklin (1950)
• After 12000 Years, by Stanton A. Coblentz (1950)
• The Omnibus of Time, by Ralph Milne Farley (1950)
• The Dark Other, by Stanley G. Weinbaum (1950)
• The Hidden Universe, by Ralph Milne Farley (1950)
• The Undesired Princess, by L. Sprague de Camp (1951)
• The Toymaker, by Raymond F. Jones (1951)
• Doorways to Space, by Basil Wells (1951)
• The Iron Star, by John Taine (1951)
• The Atom Clock, by Cornell Lengyel (1951)
• Drome, by John Martin Leahy (1952)
• Green Fire, by John Taine (1952)
• The Planet of Youth, by Stanton A. Coblentz (1952)
• Max Brand: The Man and His Work, by Darrell C. Richardson (1952)
• Science-Fantasy Quintet, by Ed Earl Repp and L. Ron Hubbard (1953)
• From Death to the Stars, by L. Ron Hubbard (1953)
• Fantasy Twin, by L. Sprague de Camp and Stanley G. Weinbaum (1953)
• Quadratic, by Olaf Stapledon and Murray Leinster (1953)
• Strange Worlds, by Ralph Milne Farley (1953)
• Science and Sorcery, edited by Garret Ford (1953)
• Stardrift and Other Fantastic Flotsam, by Emil Petaja (1971)
• The Atlantean Chronicles, by Hank Eichner (1971)
• Garan the Eternal, by Andre Norton (1972)

Books published by Griffin Publishing Company

partial list

• Griffin Science-Fantasy Booklet Number One, edited by William L. Crawford (1947)
• People of the Comet, by Austin Hall (1948)
• The Machine God Laughs, edited by William L. Crawford (1949)

Books published by William L. Crawford without imprint

• The Moon Maiden, by Garrett P. Serviss (1978)
• Index to Fantasy and Science Fiction in Munsey Publications (1978)

References

• Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 243–245, 267–274, 704–707, 823. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Clute, John (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 272, 411–412. ISBN 0-312-13486-X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur (1983). Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era. Philadelphia: Oswald Train. pp. 251–264. OCLC 10489084.