DNA Publications

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DNA Publications was an American publishing company that existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and-wife team of Warren Lapine and Angela Kessler. Initially based in Massachusetts, DNA Publications relocated to Radford, Virginia.{{when|date=June 2020}} As of 2004, it was the second-largest genre magazine publisher in the United States.Dellinger, Paul (April 27, 2004). "Company will publish Kiss magazine", The Roanoke Times & World News, p. C6. Its first publication, in 1993, was the magazine Harsh Mistress, which Lapine produced in collaboration with Kevin Rogers and Tim Ballon.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

DNA Publication distributed or published Aboriginal SF, Absolute Magnitude, Artemis, Dreams of Decadence, Fantastic Stories, Mythic Delirium, The Official KISS Magazine, Science Fiction Chronicle, and The Whole Cat Journal.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} It also published the book imprints Spyre Books and Wilder Publications.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

For their work on the magazines, DNA Publications was a 2000 World Fantasy Award nominee, in the "special award: professional" category.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Absolute Magnitude was a 2002 Hugo Award nominee in the semiprozine category.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Notable authors published by the DNA Publications magazines include Chris Bunch, Hal Clement, Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, and Allen Steele.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

DNA Publications collapsed in early 2007.{{Cite web |title=SFE: Lapine, Warren |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lapine_warren |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=sf-encyclopedia.com}} Weird Tales had been bought in 2005 by Wildside Press and Mythic Delirium,{{clarify|date=June 2020}} which parted with DNA Publications around the same time.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Wilder Publications is now part of Tir Na Nog Press.