Buttontapper Press is a San Diego micropress run by author Laura Roberts. The Press publishes ‘digital and print-on-demand anthologies of short fiction and essays in the love and relationships genre’ but is currently seeking to expand with a mystery line, Damned Dames, with the first novellas out in March 2016.
The Damned Dames Imprint will publish books which are in the mystery genre, accepting subgenres including noir, cosy, and caper. The novellas will have an emphasis on female PIs and protagonists, both professional and amateur sleuths, and all ‘stories must pass the Bechdel Test’ (ie have substantial female characters whose roles go beyond discussing the male characters) and ‘subvert the clichés of the genre’.
Your manuscript should be complete, 15,000-30,000 words in length, but submit only the first 5,000 words in the first instance, along with a one-line summary of the plot and a one-paragraph author bio, along with links to all your social media, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, GoodReads etc.