Joseph D. Newcomer is the founder and CEO of Dead Star Press, a small indie publisher headquartered in the Valley. They specialize in speculative, sci-fi, social commentary, and all things Weird. Their books are for the kind of people who like to stay up late watching The Twilight Zone reruns. In particular, they champion weirdness and love stories with social commentary. Newcomer says, “Vonnegut was my first love in literature, so if it reminds me of something he wrote or something you’d expect of Orwell, Bradbury, Huxley, or Sterling, I’m probably going to be into it.”