Our latest release: HIM OR HER OR WHATEVER: Poems by Tyler Friend

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HOLLOWS by Tommy Dean

AND IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD DON’T SING: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative by 76 authors

REMAPPING WONDERLAND: Classic Fairytales Retold by People of Color by 27 authors

WE MEANT TO BRING IT HOME ALIVE by Portland Poet Laureate Armin Tolentino

EATS OF EDEN by Tabitha Blankenbiller

A ROOM IN DODGE CITY Trilogy by David Leo Rice

THE POOR MAN’S GUIDE TO AN AFFORDABLE, PAINLESS SUICIDE by Schuler Benson

WINTER DANCE PARTY: Buddy Holly’s Crashsite-in-Flash by Brett Biebel (Jul 25, 2023)

HOMESLICE: Ethnographic Monologues by Dayton J. Shafer (Aug 8, 2023)

BLACK HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY: Poems by Ashley Elizabeth (Aug 15, 2023)

LETTERLOCKING: Poems by Stephanie Staab (Aug 22, 2023)

ARE YOU NOW, OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?: Stories by Andrew Farkas (Oct 10, 2023)

WATERMARK: Poems of the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 by Barbara Sabol (Oct 17, 2023)

A MUSEUM FOR THAT WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS: LGBTQ Poems by Robin Gow (Nov 7, 2023)

BE COOL: A Memoir-in-Vignettes (Sort Of) by Ben Tanzer (Nov 14, 2023)

LOST IN SPACE: Essays on Fatherhood by Ben Tanzer (Nov 14, 2023)

THE BE-EVERYTHING! BROTHERS: A Novella by Matthew Pitt (Nov 28, 2023)

TERMINATING PHYSICS: Poems by Bryce Emley (Dec 5, 2023)

& PLEASE: Poems about Augustus & Charles Dickens by Elliott Coates (Jan 9, 2024)

HUNTERS & GAMBLERS: Stories by Ryan Ridge (Jan 23, 2024)

THE FARMACIST: Flash Stories by Ashley Marie Farmer (Jan 30, 2024)

ROBINSON ALONE: Poems by Kathleen Rooney (Jul 2, 2024)

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