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House of Fossils
In House of Fossils, Marilene Phipps follows Unseen Worlds with a poetic, genre-bending fictional memoir. Narrated by Io—an alter-soul seeking beauty and timelessness—this immigrant story confronts how race, skin color, culture, and others’ reactions can imprison identity. Moving between Haiti and the wider world, it explores Haiti’s color-and-class hierarchies, Christianity–Vodou spirituality, and turbulent politics alongside an America undergoing multicultural transformation. Phipps crafts vivid characters and high emotional intensity in a quest to live beyond inherited ‘fossils.’
haunting lyricism
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House of Large Sizes
House of Large Sizes is a sharply original, genre-bending novel about a dysfunctional, sexually compulsive family pushed to the brink when one member flees to New Orleans for an unsanctioned sex change. Drawn into the French Quarter’s “sump of America,” they face a mythic jambalaya of horrors as a venomous, self-proclaimed witch threatens to run amok. Shocking, readable, unforgettable.
Rendered with delicious irony, mingled with kinky sex, Haitian magic, and suspense
—Bob Van Laerhoven, author of Baudelaire’s Revenge -
Humming the Blues / Cantando los Blues (a boca cerrada)
English
A usurper has attacked the temples of Ur and Uruk and the priestly poet Enheduanna prays for help from Inanna, the god who has disappeared into the Land of No Return. “If you were here, Inanna, you’d surround that big man in the sky,” Enheduanna cries. This collection of poems is a jazz poetry rendition of ancient Iraqi pictographs pressed into clay thousands of years ago by Enheduanna, the first person in history—female or male—to sign her own text.
Spanish
Un usurpador ha atacado los templos de Ur y Uruk, y la poeta sacerdotal Enheduanna ora por la ayuda de Inanna, la deidad que ha desaparecido en la Tierra sin Retorno. Enheduana suplica: “Si estuvieras aquí Inanna, rodearías a ese hombre grande en el cielo”. Esta colección de poemas es una versión poética al estilo del jazz de pictografías iraquíes antiguas estampadas en arcilla por Enheduana hace miles de años. Históricamente, fue la primera persona—hombre o mujer—que firmó su propio texto escrito.
Crucial to be read in our times.
—Diane Wolkstein, Inanna Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer -
Ice Fishing for Alligators
A short anthology of previously unpublished short stories by multiple authors
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In the Exile Zone
In these stories, a shaman’s egg acts as a divorce arbitrator, a tour guide holds visitors hostage in New York’s most unique cemetery, the boyhood friend of a monstrous Latin American dictator tries to set the record straight, a teenage girl loses her mother in Cancun, a high-powered career couple spies on their Mexican nanny, the wrestler El Santo is unmasked. The stories are funny, frightening, speculative, haunting, and provocative.
Crossing borders and boundaries to glimpse nannie-cam style into human nature
—Cass Dalglish, author of Ring of Lions -
Incident in Budapest
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mort Ahrens thinks he is flying to Budapest to profile Svetlana Ivanov, the dazzling Bolshoi ballerina whose fame hides a dangerous secret. Instead, a gray-suited government handler turns the assignment into a covert mission: retrieve intelligence that could expose Russia’s nuclear readiness and help Svetlana defect. In Budapest’s grand opera houses, rooftop bars, and shadowed streets, Mort must separate truth from seduction, patriotism from manipulation, and courage from recklessness. Back home, his brilliant wife Danni is drawn into her own constitutional battle after a violent ICE confrontation, raising the stakes for the family Mort may never see again. Fast, witty, and topical, Incident in Budapest blends espionage, mystery, and family drama.
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John Ross
Thirteen-year-old John Ross leaves Scotland for Africa to earn money for his mother’s medical treatment. Shipwrecked, hunted, and captured by Zulu warriors, he is brought before Shaka—who offers respect instead of death. To survive, John must learn a new language, navigate unfamiliar customs, and prove his courage, forging friendships and discovering who he is in this true-based historical adventure.
Touching and exciting at the same time
—Gabriel Rio -
Jungle Kings
Jungle Kings follows an unlikely friendship between Bentley, an elephant calf, and Carson, a lion cub. After they play and learn from each other, Bentley returns to a frightened herd as a pride of lions prowls nearby. When Carson slips into the protective circle, adults on both sides fear the worst—until the friends plead for acceptance. Through consultation, the herd and pride learn to coexist in harmony. Includes “Word Power,” “Turning a Phrase,” and a family consultation practice.
a delightful tail of friendship and acceptance
—DLB on Amazon -
King’s Bishop
Once inseparable, Henry II of England and his chancellor Thomas Becket become bitter enemies after Henry forces his favorite to also serve as Archbishop of Canterbury—and Becket shifts allegiance from crown to church. Was their quarrel driven by politics, pride, position, or jealousy? In a fresh retelling of this famous 12th-century conflict, Judith Koll Healey reframes the legend as intimate historical fiction, exploring king and bishop as complicated humans rather than untouchable icons.
brings Henry, Eleanor and Becket to life in vivid color
—Motime, verified review on Amazon -
Law Firm Confidential
Law Firm Confidential chronicles the rise of Paige Turner, a studious young lawyer with all the credentials to succeed—until corporate euphemisms like “teamwork” blur into manipulation. As her image opens doors, it also attracts predatory attention and nonverbal demands that pierce the firm’s polished policies. Provocative and disarming, this novella follows Paige as she navigates ambition, power, and sexual coercion in a workplace where language hides the truth.
made me feel as though I were right there with the author
—Nadine G., verified review on Amazon -
Leif’s Legacy
Newsman Boston Meade meets Leif Nielsen, an ex–forest ranger determined to keep his Tarn Lake farmstead wild. Leif’s brother, Dr. Harald Nielsen, and his politically connected wife, Regina, see lucrative development and maneuver for control with a suspect will and power of attorney. Leif instead leaves the land to Sandy Brewster, prompting a ruthless legal challenge. As Harald questions Leif’s sanity and Regina targets Brewster, Boston must shape public opinion to defend Leif’s final vision.
A legal thriller with… a satisfying conclusion.
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Little Rex
Once a beloved pet, Rex ends up hungry and alone in Boston—until he wanders into Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord. Under Authors Ridge, four legendary writers return for one night: Louisa May Alcott, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Emerson. Following them from Old North Bridge to Walden Pond, Rex discovers history, language, and courage, encountering John Brown and a Salem “witch.” Told from the afterlife, this witty, tender prequel is a love letter to literature and loyalty.
A joyful read for dog and history lovers alike, Little Rex is another playful and charming entry in Porter’s repertoire.
—Jan Turnquist, Executive Director, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House -
Mintwood Place
Mintwood Place refreshes noir with a contemporary Casablanca set in Washington, DC. Narrated by Renaissance man Joe Green, it blends romantic suspense with sharp reflections on love, politics, and the male psyche. Running a bookstore and bistro while enduring divorce, Joe is drawn into a Senate Intelligence Committee probe over his bond with Cosmo, an ex-con tied to a disputed killing. Tender father, armed survivor.
an underrated gem
—L Short on Amazon -
Missing Boy
In this fourth Spencer Manning mystery, Chicago’s famed Riverview Amusement Park becomes the backdrop for a sixteen-year-old worker who disappears after his shift. Hired to find him, Spencer’s questions make powerful enemies as the case spirals from missing person to murder. What seems like a simple search becomes a fast-growing, impossible puzzle—and a sinister plot far larger than one boy—delivering a rollercoaster of surprises for mystery fans.
A rollercoaster ride full of surprises for fans of great mysteries.
—Gary Lindberg, author of The Shekinah Legacy -
Mothers Hurling Bricks
After his first novel, Crude, Bill Nemmers turns to a different absurdity: the US Army’s Cold War occupation of West Germany. In Heidelberg, an expatriate Czech rock band—the Mothers Hurling Bricks—memorializes the Prague women who flung paving stones at Soviet tanks during the 1968 invasion. Narrated by a US soldier who knew the musicians, the novel becomes a darkly comic, humane tribute to mothers—including his own—driven to defy mechanized war.
a fascinating story of military intrigue and humanitarian daring
—Marge on Amazon -
Moving in Stereo
Wimbledon 1996: tennis journeyman Richard Blanco rides a late-career surge into the quarterfinals—and a million-dollar endorsement—while secretly hearing voices again. His dead punk-rock friend Luke Scream returns to taunt his scarred psyche, and Blanco’s “mature” tennis collides with reckless choices, tangled affairs, and escalating absurdity across London, L.A., and New York. Back at his Florida academy, a charismatic rookie threatens to steal his mojo—and unravel him entirely.
A compellingly dysfunctional tennis-playing protagonist
—KIRKUS REVIEWS
