Independent publishers of historical fiction
I The Press
Quoin & Forme Press is an independent imprint devoted to historical fiction — stories drawn from the margins of the record, where the overlooked did the work that history credited to others. We publish a small list, deliberately, and we publish it carefully.
A quoin is the wedge that locks a page of type into its forme, squared and held fast before it ever meets the press. Nothing prints until it holds. We took the name for what it asks of a book: that every piece be set true before it goes to press.
II The Catalogue
Hartford, June 1944. Days before the largest amphibious invasion in history, the typewriter on General Eisenhower's desk is sabotaged — and four trained OSS men die trying to repair it. The fifth man sent in is a draft-rejected, asthmatic civilian named Henry J. O'Malley: a Hartford repairman, and the only one who can save the machine. The debut of The Blackjack Harrigan Files.
The series →Hiss Snap Burn — The Blackjack Harrigan Files, No. 2 — 8 September 2026. Further titles to follow.
III Rights & Enquiries
For rights, permissions, and press enquiries, write to enquiries@quoinformepress.com.