Chris Morey While Managing Dark Regions Press Has Paid Over Half a Million Dollars to Authors and Artists

Dark Regions Press was created in 1985 by Joe Morey. Many years later Joe’s son Chris Morey would start working on Dark Regions Press and would eventually take it over. Since being the legal owner of Dark Regions Press, Chris Morey has managed the business as it paid over half a million dollars to authors and artists, reaching this important milestone in early 2021.

As a small press with humble beginnings, Chris Morey is proud that Dark Regions Press has paid over half a million dollars to authors and artists since he has owned the press. Through all of the ups and downs, it makes him happy to know how much they’ve been able to support the writing and art communities, even as a small business. His dad, Joe, paid many more authors and artists while he ran the press starting from his creation of it in 1985.

As human beings we are imperfect. I have my moments and my emotions like every other person on the planet, but my intentions have always been positive. No one is getting personally rich in the small press, money has never been my motivation. What drives me to continue is the pure joy of working with talented authors and artists on exciting projects. It’s incredibly rewarding to experience a project from signing of the contracts to holding the book in your hands.

The truth is it’s very difficult to make a real profit in the small press. If you enter this industry with the intention of becoming rich, your delusions of grandeur will be quickly shattered. What this means, then, is that usually we are doing it for the love.

When you see us excitedly announce one of our new projects, it’s all for the love of working on creative books. Positive feedback from our customers means the world to us, just as making authors happy when they get to hold their author copies in their hands. It’s a big, challenging and fun ride and we intend on keeping it going.

Dark Regions Press will continue working hard with good intentions and persistence for the writing and art communities. Are we perfect? Of course not, but please know that we mean well and will continue working to improve for the better. If you ever want to hear from me personally, feel free to add me on Facebook.

Thank you for reading, wishing all of you health and safety.

Sincerely,

Chris Morey

Dark Regions Press

Dark Regions Press was created in 1985 by Joe Morey and has published hundreds of authors, artists and poets including Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Thomas Ligotti, Kevin J. Anderson, Bentley Little, Caitlín R. Kiernan and hundreds more. The press has been actively creating specialty books and creative projects for over thirty years and has been featured in publications like FANGORIA, Rue Morgue Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Austin Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, The Library Journal and many more. With a focus on horror and dark fiction, DRP specializes in signed limited edition hardcovers but also publishes ebooks, audiobooks and paperback editions. With over 100 titles actively in print and dozens more planned for future years, Dark Regions Press has received both awards and critical acclaim for its contributions to the dark arts.

Chris Morey is the publisher and owner of Dark Regions Press. He has worked with and published hundreds of the most acclaimed authors and artists in the world including Clive Barker, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe R. Lansdale, Ramsey Campbell and many more. During the first 8 years of Chris Morey's tenure running Dark Regions Press the press paid over $500,000 to authors and artists in the forms of royalty payments, advances, story/art payments, writing contests and fundraisers. As a small press Chris is proud of the amount of support that Dark Regions Press has been able to provide for the writing and art communities.