About Third Flatiron Publishing

Third Flatiron Publishing was established in 2012. It is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and Ayr, Scotland. (No relation to Macmillan’s more recently founded Flatiron Books.) We publish digital science fiction and fantasy anthologies with accompanying print editions.

Publisher and Editor: Juliana Rew is a former science and technical writer for the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Geological Society of America, with experience writing and editing scientific journal articles, newsletters, annual reports, and computer user documentation. She has won over a dozen technical writing competitions, and is a software engineer by training. She mentored minority and female college science interns at NCAR in writing scientific papers. She advocates digital preservation of literary works and has produced several public domain books for Project Gutenberg. Her blog is The Well-Rounded Geek. Tweet her @julirew or on bluesky: @julirew.bsky.social

First Readers: Andrew Cairns, Tom Parker, Inken Purvis, Keely Rew, Russ Rew, Leonard Sitongia, Mike Wright

Cover art: Keely Rew

Podcast Production: Andrew Cairns

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What Is the Third Flatiron?

The Third Flatiron is the steepest looking of the rocky crags overlooking Boulder. Yet it is the site of many daredevil climbing shenanigans, including ascent via rollerskates. Its colorful history is described at climbing.com.

SAY WHAT (Boulder Daily Camera, 5/21/2013)

“I will never understand why these people climb the flatirons instead of into the welcoming branches of a perfectly fine and friendly tree. It’s really a much better place to hang out when tripping. Or so I am told …”

— A dailycamera.com reader, commenting on a student rescued from the Third Flatiron after she got high on mushrooms and took off her clothes, according to officials

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