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2018 CATALOG
A Few Small Stones
Marilyn Ogus Katz
The linked stories of A FEW SMALL STONES
follow Alice and her extended immigrant family in
1940s New York City as they cope with the
upheavals before, during and after World War II.
The stories show the pain of separation and the
guilt of survival, the price of upward mobility, and
the ultimate disintegration of family. In one story,
the sexism of the period devastates a brother and
sister. Another examines the city’s racial divide,
and still another takes us to a rally on the beaches
in the summer of 1940 and the violent conflict
between neo-Nazi isolationists and those who
wanted to enter the war against Hitler and prevent
the annihilation of Jews.
Marilyn Ogus Katz is an author based in New York City. Her
stories have been published in numerous journals, including the
Tupolo Quarterly and Hadassah Magazine.
FICTION
Paperback: 262 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (March 20, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 194702115X
ISBN-13: 978-1947021150
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MERRICK
James Lamontagne
In the 1800s, a man named Joseph Merrick was
put on display at a freak show for his physical
deformities. It's no secret that he lived a rough life,
with his mother dying at nine and his father
shunning his for his physical appearance.
Poet James Lamontagne took a serious interest in
Joseph Merrick, and what was born is Merrick, a
chapbook that considers the life of Merrick.
James LaMontagne studied creative writing at the University of
Massachusetts. He worked in Montana as a logger and worked as
a church-planter in Massachusetts. He lived in Texas and
Connecticut. He currently lives in South Hadley, MA and works
for a Hospital in Connecticut. He loves jazz and has been playing
bass for over 30 years. He and his wife, Karin, have 4 children.
His poems have been published in many small press magazines.
He can be contacted on Facebook and Instagram
POETRY
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press; 1 edition (March 20, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021257
ISBN-13: 978-1947021259
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COCKTAILS IN THE WILD
ROBERT KNOX
COCKTAILS IN THE WILD explores form wildly
from couplets to long winding lines that swallow
the reader up and transport them to a new place.
A place for the senses. A place for the heart.
Robert Knox toys with political and social
conventions of today's modern landscape, and at
the same time lets the reader revel in all of niceties
of the natural world.
Robert Knox is a husband, father, poet, novelist freelance writer,
rabid backyard gardener, and blogger on nature, books, history
and other subjects based on the premise that there's a garden
metaphor for everything. His poems, short stories, and creative
nonfiction have appeared in numerous literary publications. As
contributing editor for Verse-Virtual.com, his poems appear on
the journal's site every month.
POETRY
Paperback: 54 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press; 1 edition (March 27, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021214
ISBN-13: 978-1947021211
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.1 x 9.6 inches
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POLITE OCCASIONS
ANNE BABSON
POLITE OCCASIONS writes back both to
Revelation and Emily Post because it imagines
the future is female, that she is a lady, and if the
human race Is to survive what evangelical
Christians call “end times,” it will be because
ladies have decided to make unladylike plans.
This collection is largely set in a dystopian near-
future world where political structures have
become authoritarian and many feel spiritually
adrift, all while most people pretend not to
notice. It examines the ways in which silence
renders people complicit with oppression in all
its forms. It earnestly explores faith through
doubt and disappointment. It might even be
called a Christian poetry collection, though it is
surely one that some right-wing Christians would
like to burn. It is an unapologetically feminist
work as well, one that understands that the
oppression of women often gets enacted in the
name of false gods.
Anne Babson’s first collection The W hite Trash Pantheon won the Colby H. Kullman prize from the Southern Writers
Southern Writing Conference in Oxford, Mississippi. She wrote the libretto for the opera Lotus Lives, which has been
performed in multiple cities and is slated for production once more in Montreal in 2018.
POETRY
Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (March 31, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021303
ISBN-13: 978-1947021303
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POISON APPLE
MEGAN DHAKSHINI
Love, lust, longing and loss, captured vividly
through short bursts of poetry, prose and quotes –
"Poison Apple" is a journey through the tumultuous
courtship of soul mates who were never meant to
be.
Megan Dhakshini is a creative multidisciplinary who has delved
into many industries including advertising, creative design, voice
acting and singing. Her boutique creative ad shop, The Next Big
Think avoids mainstream notions in favor of niche markets. When
she isn't caring for her business or her little girl, Megan is writing
poetry, perfecting yoga poses or modeling Sarees for a designer
friend. POISON APPLE is her debut collection.
POETRY
Paperback: 126 pages
Publisher: UNSOLICITED PRESS; 1 edition (April 24, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 194702129X
ISBN-13: 978-1947021297
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EVEN FURTHER WEST
ERIC PAUL SHAFFER
Years ago assigned by a keen reviewer to the
“Clear Pool School” of poetry, Shaffer’s work again
presents sharply detailed and unexpected scenes
of how the blue world looks as a bouncing inflatable
globe on a day at the beach, beneath a single
streetlight on a dark upcountry road, after the
surprise of “NO TRESPASSING” signs between
slippahs and the sand, beyond our perverse thirst
for apocalypse even in paradise. Yet a love for the
land, people, friends, and significant others on the
islands shines within these pages as well, in dry
grass or rain, under plumeria and kiawe, and leads
to lives that grow and flourish in the same
landscape.
Eric Paul Shaffer is author of seven books of poetry, including A
Million-Dollar Bill (2016); Lāhaina Noon (2005); Living at the
Monastery, W orking in the Kitchen (2001); Portable Planet (2000);
RattleSnake Rider (1990); and Kindling: Poems from Two Poets
(1988; with James Taylor III).
POETRY
Paperback: 88 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press; 1 edition (April 24, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021176
ISBN-13: 978-1947021174
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TINY FOOTCRUNCH
DAVID WASSERMAN
TINY FOOTCRUNCH was born out of emotions and
sharpened by society’s waning attention span. It
delivers vast thoughts through tiny poems. Ten
universal emotions. Sadness. Joy. Anger.
Kindness. Fear. Love. Confusion. Humor. Curiosity.
Hope. Ten petite poems carefully crafted and
shepherded into each bloodline. This collection
speaks to the era of texting tweeting twittering fast-
paced visually digestible media we live in every day.
David Wasserman is a product of New England. After growing up
in Connecticut, he graduated from Stonehill College with degrees
in English Literature and Elementary Education. A master's degree
in special education and ten years teaching later, David returned to
poetry. It had been calling to him through the growing noise of texts
tweets beeps buzzing ringing - and finally got through in its own tiny
way. David currently teaches second grade and lives in the mostly
quiet woods of Connecticut with his wife and a daughter. He likes
to sit with a local craft beer and notebook on his front porch - pause
and breathe in the crisp woodsy air chin up and eyes happily
closed. "Tiny Footcrunch" is David's first book.
davidwassermanbooks.com
POETRY
Paperback: 40 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (April 30, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021265
ISBN-13: 978-1947021266
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SONGS FROM THE SOUTHERN COAST OF OREGON
GARY CARTER
SONGS FROM THE SOUTHERN OREGON
COAST is a collaborative collection comprising
works from fifty-seven writers living on the
southern coast of Oregon. With each poem and
story, layers of history, culture, and inspiration
reveal themselves. From the pristine natural
settings to the vibrant town atmospheres, the
region comes to life in this collection.
Gary Carter is a writer and nursery owner. He lives in Port Orford,
Oregon.
POETRY
Paperback: 104 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (April 28, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021311
ISBN-13: 978-1947021310
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BIOGRAPHY OF A NAME
BILL RECTOR
Biography of a Name, a poem in free verse and
prose, uses the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa as a
vehicle (call it a Buick sedan with plenty of room in
the trunk), to explore identity and loss in modern
America. It visits Depression-era Detroit, New
Jersey, football stadiums, assembly lines, jails,
backyard swing sets, and gravel pits, and it listens
as it drives on I-40 to country music strummed on
three strands of slack barbed wire. At the end, the
poem pulls up at a bar where humor and pain are
drinking together, looking at their watches, waiting
for the punchline.
Bill Rector is a retired physician. He is former editor of the Yale
Journal of Humanities and Medicine. His autobiographical poetry
book, bill, was published in 2007 by Proem Press. Biography of a
Name is the third chapbook to be published in the last few months.
Lost Moth, about the sudden loss of his daughter, won the Epiphany
Prize in 2017. Two W orlds will appear this summer from White
Knuckle Press.
POETRY
Paperback: 28 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (May 8, 2018)
List Price: $14.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021346
ISBN-13: 978-1947021341
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CHUCK HARP
Following multiple characters, What Must Go On is
a poetry collection that delves into the art of live
performance. From the lyrical decapitation of battle
rap, to the pre-premier jitters of the theater, the
collection swims its way through the various forms
of entertainment and gathers up the many faces
and feelings of each. It’s a variety show of
dreamers, artists, and hustlers just using their gifts
to get by.
Chuck Harp is a writer and Temple University graduate from the
Philadelphia area. Captivated by storytelling led to his passion of
crafting visual tales in various forms. His work can be found at
Random Poetry Tree, 101 W ords, Queen Mob’s Tea House, and
Public Pool. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
POETRY
Paperback: 42 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (June 1, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021281
ISBN-13: 978-1947021280
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ADRIAN ERNESTO CEPEDA
Adrian Ernesto Cepeda’s first poetry collection
Flashes and Verses…Becoming Attractions
uniquely waxes lyrical on such pop cultural icons
as Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holliday, Muhammad Ali
and David Bowie. He also crafts the most dynamic
ekphrastic poems inspired by photos and artwork
by Helmut Newton, Edward Hopper and Leonardo
da Vinci. He composes the most bedazzling
bilingual odes to Sandra Cisneros and Juan Felipe
Herrera. Best of all, fans of Miller and Neruda, will
fall for his seductively ageless love poems that
highlights one of the most original American Latino
voices in modern poetry.
Adrian Ernesto Cepeda is the author of the forthcoming full-
length poetry collection Flashbacks & Verses… Becoming
Attractions from Unsolicited Press and the poetry chapbook So
Many Flowers, So Little Time from Red Mare Press. His poetry
has been featured in The Yellow Chair Review, Frontier Poetry,
poeticdiversity, The W ild W ord, The Fem, Rigorous, Palette
Poetry, The Yellow Chair Review and Lunch Ticket’s Special
Issue: Celebrating 20 Years of Antioch University Los Angeles
MFA in Creative Writing. One of his poems was named the winner of Subterranean Blue Poetry’s 2016 "The Children of
Orpheus" Anthology Contest and two of his poems “Buzz Me” and “Estranged Fruit” w ere nominated for Best of the Net
in 2015 and 2016. Adrian is an LA Poet who has a BA from the University of Texas at San Antonio and he is also a
graduate of the MFA program at Antioch University in Los Angeles where he lives with his wife and their cat W oody
Gold. You can connect with Adrian on his website: http://www.adrianernestocepeda.com
POETRY
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (May 21, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021338
ISBN-13: 978-1947021334
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ROGER APLON
MUSTERING WHAT’S LEFT spans forty years of
Roger Aplon’s career. The poetry collection is a
historical investigation into Aplon’s transformation
as a writer. It’s a evolution of spirit, style, and craft.
Many of the early poems (especially – The
Monologues) were cursed, celebrated, maligned
&/but eventually acknowledged as ‘in the spirit of
their time’. Aplon captures image and tenor via an
impressionistic rendering of the color and
character of the world. Each rendering plays with
voice and tone, generating a spectrum of speakers
from one volume to the next. From the monological
explorations in Stiletto to the impressionistic
responses to contemporary music in
Improvisations the rhythms & images Aplon has
chosen were meant to encourage the curious
reader to respond viscerally – maybe touching a
nerve that might otherwise remain innocent.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Roger Aplon was a founder and
managing editor of Chicago’s CHOICE Magazine with John
Logan & Aaron Siskind. He has had twelve books published: O ne of prose: Intimacies & eleven of poetry (most recently
Improvisation: Poetic Impressions From Contemporary Music). He often reads his work with musicians from the Avant -
Garde ensembles W ormhole (In Yokohama & Tokyo Japan) & the Trummerflora Collective ( San Diego, CA). In the
course of his career he’s been awarded prizes and honors including an Arts Fellowship from the Helene W urlitzer
Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. After an eight year writing retreat in Barcelona Spain, he now makes his home in
Beacon, New York where he edits & publishes a poetry magazine: ‘W aymark – Voices of the Valley’ & has assembled
his first collection of ‘Selected & New Poems’ You can read and hear examples of his work at: www.rogeraplon.com
POETRY
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press; 1 edition (May 29, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021184
ISBN-13: 978-1947021181
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.4 x 10 inches
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THE INDEPENDENCE
CORIN REYBURN
The rock band Saint Fox and the Independence is the key
to taking back economic freedom.
In a near-future London, eccentric revolutionary Janus
Jeeves is the leader of the subversive organization the
Arcane Society. When he recruits a charismatic drifter
named Sam to headline a band that serves as a front for
the Society, the group's soaring popularity draws
supporters by the thousands.
The end goal of Jeeves and the Society is to replace the
current financial system with their own cryptocurrency--
GGcoin. Cash is no longer king, and all transactions are
made via a digital implant in one's index finger called the
Dot.
CORIN REYBURN drifts through Southern California teaching a
bit of this and coding a bit of that, and enjoys transmuting cosmic
energy, cats more than people, and the use of unconventional
instruments in rock n' roll music. Corin holds a degree in Creative
Writing and Critique from Oregon State University, and has work
featured in places such as M-BRANE SF, Subtopian Magazine, The Molotov Cocktail, Jersey Devil Press, The Gateway
Review, Free Focus, Silicon Valley Debug, Clutching at Straws, and Quantum Muse. Reyburn co-produces and curates
the speculative fiction podcast SubverCity Transmit. Find more of Corin's work at corinreyburn.com.
FICTION
Paperback: 452 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (June 12, 2018)
List Price: $17.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021230
ISBN-13: 978-1947021235
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FORGET
DOUG S. HAINES
Things I Pray I Never Forget draws the reader in as
it explores the complexity of life through a variety of
characters and the situations and relationships that
define them. Work, death, family, religion, illness,
addiction, and Mother Nature all play their part in
shaping the lives and choices of the characters
within this collection. In "The Barrelman," a broken-
down rodeo clown is forced to come to terms with
his aging body as he tries to play the part of father
to the young daughter he has just met. Meanwhile,
the pawn shop owner in "Limited Space" finds
himself pondering the concept of faith and the
different faces of God, while as the grizzled Vietnam
Vet in "Coffee with Ava" reminds us that so many
moments in life are just "chalked full of
disappointments and missed opportunities."
Doug S. Haines is a Texas-born musician and writer. In 2013, he
co-authored Resurrecting Trash, a book about sustainable living published by Texas Review Press. His fiction has
appeared in journals such as Slippery Elm, Reed, and The Chicago Tribune's Printers Row. He teaches creative writing
at Fayetteville Tech in North Carolina, where he lives with his wife, Katie, and their two dogs, Lucille and Mabel.
FICTION
Paperback: 198 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (June 9, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021192
ISBN-13: 978-1947021198
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PATHWAYS
MARK DOHERTY
WALKING NATURAL PATHWAYS is eclectic,
each section its own ecosystem. Doherty pays
special attention to the natural world, celebrating it
with diverse and stylistic poems.
It was the wettest spring on record
And the spring storm alpine rain was melting snow,
With the churning muddy waters
Even the biggest dam was on the verge.
When long-time outdoorsman, songwriter, and poet Mark
Doherty decided he needed a stable profession for his day job in
the 1990's, he began his career as a high school teacher. But
Doherty never really left the outdoors and his music behind; he
just incorporated them into his creative approach to teaching high
school English and writing. After earning his BA in English and
Writing from his home state of Colorado at W estern State
University, Doherty spent ten years working as a musician, backcountry guide, and free lance writer in Southern Utah.
Later he earned a teaching degree from W estminster College in Salt Lake City and now teaches International
Baccalaureate Senior English as well as 11th grade core English in Midvale, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City located a t
the foot of the W asatch Mountain Range. He earned his Master's Degree in Writing Nonfiction from Southern New
Hampshire University in November of 2016.
POETRY
Paperback: 92 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (June 19, 2018)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021419
ISBN-13: 978-1947021419
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MICK BENNETT
Katie Kline, a hip, introspective eighteen year old,
spins classic blues records and reads Susan
Sontag. Rebellious next-door neighbor Ronny
Hopkins loves everything about her. A Polaroid
photo launches them on a tempestuous, romantic
odyssey stretching from the Kent State shootings to
the first iPhone. They discover human hearts
seldom rest. Regret and resentment derail them--
while Katie is lambasting Nixon and trailing John
and Yoko for the Village Voice, Ronny is notching
saves and sex partners on his Jersey Shore
lifeguard stand. But sometimes memories can
become realities, and after twenty years, a reunion
offers hope. Old and new love letters, dog napping,
zany fisticuffs, tattooed millennials, and renewed
passion have them scrambling for one last
chance...
Mick Bennett holds an M.A. from Shippensburg University. But
who cares because that didn't make him a writer. His dedication to
the craft and ability to describe rich worlds make him a writer. Prior to publication with Unsolicited Press, Bennett self -
published The Bread of Teaching in 2009.
FICTION
Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (June 21, 2018)
List Price: $17.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021222
ISBN-13: 978-1947021228
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ANNE LEIGH PARRISH
When Lavinia Starkhurst's husband is killed in a
freak accident, she takes to the open road and
meets a number of strangers, all with struggles of
their own. Through these unexpected and
occasionally hilarious encounters, Lavinia reflects
on her past deeds, both good and bad, explores her
two marriages, her roles as caregiver and wife,
hoping all the while for self-acceptance and
something to give her new life meaning.
Anne Leigh Parrish's fourth novel, and seventh book of fiction,
Maggie's Ruse, will be available in the fall of 2019. It is a prequel
to The Amendment, focusing on Lavinia's twin daughters, Marta
and Maggie Dugan. Adeptly probing the angst and uncertainly of
artistically inclined millennials, Maggie's Ruse also explores the
psychic connection between identical twins and shows both how
deep and fragile that bond can be.
FICTION
Paperback: 370 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (June 26, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021095
ISBN-13: 978-1947021099
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Espresso in the Third Season of
Life
CAMERON MILLER
This fierce story rifles the turbulence of mind
encountered in the twenties. Life's third decade
mercilessly right-sizes the dreams of childhood
and sometimes, buffeted by forces beyond our
control, diverts us completely. The narrative
hovers around a tangle of friends and strangers
interconnected by both serendipity and intention,
and unfolds across the tables of a sprawling, urban
café. Place is as much a part of this story as the
characters, providing subliminal images and
intrigue for the events.
Cameron Miller is a prolific writer. His work has appeared in
“Poetry Quarterly,” (Summer 2015) Prolific Press; “The Poet’s
Quest for God,” (2016) Eyewear Press (UK); and “Crossroads,”
(2016) Inwood Indiana Press, as well as online at Silver Birch Press. A first novel in the genre of God noir, “The Steam
Room Diaries,” was published by DAOwen (CA, 2015). Miller writes a weekly column on contemporary issues published
in The Finger Lakes Times (NY).
FICTION
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (July 15, 2018)
List Price: $17.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021990
ISBN-13: 978-1947021990
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PROJECTOR OFF!
MATTHEW LAFRENIERE
DON'T TURN OFF THE PROJECTOR OFF!, a
poetry collection touches the innermost wonders of
humanity. A combination of absurdity and
endearment transform everyday images into works
of art.
Matt sits in his basement and stares at his laptop.
He thinks about movies. He thinks about poems.
He thinks about anything but you, reader. Then he
thinks about you, reader. He sits beneath a poster
of the movie The Purple Rose of Cairo. He likes the
movie fine, but not as much as the poster. The cat
walks past. He hears his wife and kids shuffle
above him. He stares at his laptop.
Matt LaFreniere is a husband, father, teacher, poet —not always
in that order. He lives in Baltimore and teaches English at the
Boys’ Latin School of Maryland. His work has appeared in Dunes Review, Main Street Rag, Rat’s Ass Review, Pilgrimage
Magazine, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Spry, and others).
POETRY
Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (July 31, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021397
ISBN-13: 978-1947021396
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.1 x 9 inches
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STEVE LEVINE
Rabbi Abrams didn't get stoned today.
Louis Abrams is a charming, intelligent spiritual
leader. He’s also a habitual cheater and his loyal
wife, Rebecca, a successful businesswoman, has
had about enough. She’s banished him from their
bedroom over suspicion of yet another affair and
threatened divorce.
Steve Levine has been a full-time, professional writer for nearly
30 years. Starting as a freelancer with a Philadelphia weekly, he
has been a staff reporter at three daily newspapers in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, and at a national advertising newsweekly in
New York. For a year he ran his own feast-or-famine P.R. firm
from home and, for the past ten years, has been a writer in higher
education
FICTION
Paperback: 254 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press; 1 edition (July 18, 2018)
List Price: $17.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781947021167
ISBN-13: 978-1-947021-16-7
Product Dimensions: 6 X 9 inches
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TY SPENCER VOSSLER
Romance, horror, science fiction, magic realism,
mystery, fantasy, and comedy abound in this
diverse collection of original short stories. Coming
of age, losing faith, social dysfunction, infidelity,
falling in and out of love, searching for the meaning
of life, finding forgiveness...ordinary lives faced
with extraordinary circumstances. Adobe Walls,
satisfies all the way to the bone.
Ty Spencer Vossler (MFA) currently lives in Tlaxcala, Mexico with
his BMW (beautiful Mexican wife) and their daughter. A prolific
author, Vossler has published over seventy works in the past
three years, including novels, novellas, short stories, poems and
essays.
FICTION
Paperback: 386 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (July 24, 2018)
List Price: $17.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021389
ISBN-13: 978-1947021389
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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SUSAN PEPPER ROBBINS
Local Speed, narrated by a twelve year old
precocious “redneck” foster child who is writing a
journal that is the basis for her first novel called
“Dead and Gone.” Crystal Ball is determined to save
her older foster sister from the family friend who is
up to no good and who, she thinks, assisted her
beloved uncle’s drowning the summer before.
Susan Pepper Robbins lives in rural Virginia where she grew up.
Her first novel was published when she was fifty (“One W ay Home,”
Random House, 1993). Her fiction has won prizes (the Deep South
Prize, the Virginia Prize) and has been published in journals . Her
collection of stories is “Nothing But The W eather” and was
published by the indie press Unsolicited Press, and her second
novel, “There Is Nothing Strange,” was published in England in 2016
by Holland House Books. Her stories focus on the drama of ordinary
lives. She teaches writing at Hampden-Sydney College.
FICTION
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press; 1 edition (August 1, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-947021-14-3
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
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VIVIAN WAGNER
Curiosities tells the stories of a variety of mythical
creatures who reside in and around the towns,
woods, fields, rivers, and lakes of Ohio. Hercules
tells about working out in a gym in south Zanesville,
a griffin talks about life along the Muskingum River,
the Loveland Frog narrates his adventures along
muddy banks, and Bessie describes her experience
as an aging monster in Lake Erie. Through these
voices the book explores the role of story and
folktale in all of our lives.
Vivian Wagner lives in New Concord, Ohio, where she teaches
English at Muskingum University. Her other publications include
Fiddle: One W oman, Four Strings, and 8,000 Miles of Music
(Citadel-Kensington), The Village (Kelsay Books), and Making
(Origami Poems Project). Visit her website at
www.vivianwagner.net.
POETRY
Paperback: 22 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (August 8, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947021362
ISBN-13: 978-1947021365
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
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DREAMING IT SO
ACE BOGGESS
I Have Lost the Art of Dreaming It So is comprised
of poems the author wrote as responses to
questions he collected over the years, whether
asked directly or mined from other poems, novels,
billboards, surveys, Facebook memes, leaflets, and
many other places. He used these questions as a
way of looking inside his life, the lives of the askers,
and the world around him.
Ace Boggess is author of the novel "A Song W ithout a Melody"
and three previous books of poetry: "Ultra Deep Field," "The
Prisoners," and "The Beautiful Girl Whose W ish W as Not Fulfilled."
His writing has appeared in Harvard Review, Mid-American
Review, RATTLE, River Styx, North Dakota Quarterly and many
other journals. He lives in Charleston, W est Virginia.
POETRY
Paperback: 84 pages
Publisher: Unsolicited Press (August 28, 2018)
List Price: $16.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 194702132X
ISBN-13: 978-1947021327
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
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