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The Fall of Fiction ‘23:
3 pulpy novellas with stunning, matching jacket designs, The Fall of Fiction from 2023 remains as one of our bestsellers in our history.
Bardo. When the death of his son's murderer fails to ease his pain, a grieving father finds himself on a mission for vengeance. On death row, the convicted killer grapples for meaning as he considers the path his life has taken and what lies ahead. Two lives connected by violence. Two men navigating the tenuous space between devastation and oblivion.In that place, is there room for peace? Told in a non-sequential format.
Late Nights at Full Moon Records. After months of sleeping out of his car and surviving on vending machine snacks from the YMCA, 19-year-old Lane finally finds a job that will take him in. Dawn and Gayle, the elderly couple who run Full Moon Records, see in him a kindred spirit and quickly become the accepting family he wished he had. They only have one rule: don't go in the basement.
Lizard People. All his life, the unnamed narrator of this darkly comic and deeply strange novella has believed he’s a lizard person. After an incident at work, he’s sent to a coastal resort for intensive therapy to confront the truth of his peculiar identity. But amid days of lounging by the pool with his fellow recoverings, intensive sessions with a therapist, and the appearance of a love interest with ill intentions, his self-discovery remains elusive.
Ternion Novels:
Ever read 9 authors in 3 books? The Ternion Novels were written during our 2nd #antiwrimo experience (November 2023). Indulge in wildly varying genres, shocking plots, variance in language, pace, and compelling characters—experience collaborative writing at its finest.
Julie, or Sylvia. When a woman awakens in a London asylum, she isn’t sure whether she is dead or alive, how she got there, and what is real. Time is kept by seasons, not hours or minutes. Strange characters—including an exorcist, a sadistic doctor, and multiple spirits—visit her bedside. As she tries to convince those around her that she is the deceased poet Sylvia Plath, her condition further deteriorates and she begins to plot her escape. Julie, or Sylvia is a genre-bending collaborative work blending horror, poetry, and literary fiction, with a surreal frame story of bizarre extremes.
Escaping Emily. Emily Wang is spiraling out of control. Lacking a purposeful path, forced to be the family’s breadwinner, and coping with her best friend’s death, she has a habit of escaping. Forced into grief counseling by her overbearing mother, she finds a way out through the cunning and ambitious Monica who offers her a role at a peculiar company. Emily finds immediate success and confidence but soon unravels when she discovers things aren’t what they seem, and that some exits are actually trapdoors. Escaping Emily is a maelstrom: spiraling in and out of control, under and over authority.
Spark Bird. After being fired from Saint Pluvia's most powerful tech company, Simón, a burned-out experimental musician, falls into a catatonic depression. When his old friend, Chanda, convinces him to join a bird-watching club, Simón discovers a world of hidden waveforms within bird songs. His quest to understand the phenomenon plummets him into an existential mystery of ecological mayhem, an untrustworthy chemistry teacher, an accidental pigeon rehabilitator, and dangerous passion projects. Equal parts reflective and satirical, Spark Bird is a dreamlike saga of intergenerational trauma, the fine line between support and enmeshment, and the rewards and risks of creative obsession.
Spooky Stories:
The most haunting, surreal, and spooky books TW has to offer. Fiction that will heighten your senses and leave your cravings satisfied.
Broke Witch. What does it mean to be a broke witch living in America? Enter Fern, an actually broke witch living in New Jersey. Fern's insecurity plagues her identity: is she a good witch or a bad witch? Living as unemployed, on social assistance, and the only witch in proximity within the community, Fern attempts to cope with the recent loss of her mother. She soon befriends a little girl, Rose, who pries and prods at Fern's sensitive side. For the moment, things stay stable, until things get worse. After a tragic accident, Fern feels the heat of the community's torch. A witch is always the first suspect after all, right? Enter her sister, Mabel, a wife, mother, and a witch led astray by wealth. Fern is unsure if she can be trusted, but the only thing missing from her cauldron's welter is money.
Little Feasts. Following her successes from All the Ghosts We’ve Always Had, critically-acclaimed flash fiction writer, Jules Archer, returns to the dinner table with Little Feasts, her debut short story collection. The stories are a table-long buffet of femininity, a lying tree, childhood innocence, toxic masculinity, and a 20-pound cast-iron skillet. the stories within have been featured in Five:2:One, SmokeLong Quarterly, Maudlin House, PANK, and more.
Those Who Scream: A Novel by 30 Writers. Molly Hammersmith, a woman seeking a serene change of pace, moves from Kentucky to southern Georgia to work as a cemetery groundskeeper. However, there are people (and things) that are not as welcoming of her arrival. How long will she remain here, and what may keep her in this mysterious corner of the world? That is, until she learns how to scream. Welcome to Scarlet Maple Cemetery.
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Julie, or Sylvia. When a woman awakens in a London asylum, she isn’t sure whether she is dead or alive, how she got there, and what is real. Time is kept by seasons, not hours or minutes. Strange characters—including an exorcist, a sadistic doctor, and multiple spirits—visit her bedside. As she tries to convince those around her that she is the deceased poet Sylvia Plath, her condition further deteriorates and she begins to plot her escape. Julie, or Sylvia is a genre-bending collaborative work blending horror, poetry, and literary fiction, with a surreal frame story of bizarre extremes.
3 Random Books:
Leave it up to the editors to hand-select 3 books from our current in-stock catalog. You may see a mix of poetry, stories, and novels, but we will try to give you one per style.
4 Random Chapbooks:
Leave it up to the editors to hand-select 4 chapbooks from our current in-stock catalog. These are always 100% handmade and each unit is delicate yet bingeable. Stock varies widely; you may end up with a limited edition or the last of their kind.