Wicked Tree Press

Where Horror Meets Heart.

We publish comics, novels, and anthologies that highlight strong women heroes, anti-heroes and villains in the science fiction, fantasy, ecopunk, solarpunk, superhero, and horror genres.

The company’s mission is to bring to life genre-bending, heartfelt comics and books with a focus on social issues.

Jessica Maison

Novelist, comics writer, screenwriter, director, publisher.

Jessica is an American science fiction, fantasy and horror writer. She was born on a military base in Twenty-Nine Palms and grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan and lives in Los Angeles with her two daughters, partner, and German Shepherd mix. Her fiction explores a wide variety of themes, including family, survival, injustice, and the environment.

She loves reading and getting inspired by folklore, mythology, fairy tales, and good old fashioned ghost stories. She also writes and publishes comics. She began her writing career as a screenwriter and has directed a sci-fi time travel film.

Plastic Girl is her coming of age series set in a climate apocalypse, and Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters is her award-winning horror graphic novel series. Her short sci-fi fiction can be found on Terraform, and her short horror comics have appeared in anthologies such as Cthulhu is Hard to Spell and Nightmare Theater. Click here for a review copy of Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: La Llorona in the Machine.

Check out her Monster of the Week substack.

Events & Author Workshops

March 27-29, 2026

C2E2

Comics, cosplay, gaming, wrestling, and anime abound in the only pop culture convention in the heart of Downtown Chicago! We will be in Artist Alley, booth M-20.

April 18-19, 2026

L.A. Times Festival of the Books

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. We will be in our normal spot with Ahhhhh! Indie Authors in the Purple Zone, Booth 194.

 July 22-26th, 2026

San Diego Comic Con

The SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION (Comic-Con International) is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities which celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.

May 16-17, 2026

Comic Con Revolution

Comic Con Revolution strives to create the best possible experience for attendees, exhibitors and guests alike. Whether it's faster & safer security, food truck options, photo ops, unforgettable once in a life timetime events. Comic Con Revolution is all about the experience.

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