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fiction
handpressed paperback
$12 $10 preorder

Heart of Scorpio

Joseph Avski
translated from Spanish by Mark David McGraw
142 pages
handpressed w/ linocut cover

If you, dear reader, prefer books with fairy-tale endings, you would do well to not read this novel. Even in the English translation these Colombian characters and places will sit very close to you. In bursts of fiction and nonfiction, Heart of Scorpio tells the tragic story of ex-champion boxer, Antonio Cervantes (“Kid Pambelé”), using four distinct voices that represent the personal, family, social, and public aspects of the protagonist’s life. When combined these vignettes reveal all the pathos of the human condition, both at the height of success and in the depths of failure.

Miss Gone-overseas

Mitchell Hagerstrom
136 pages
handpressed

In the sparse, lyrical style of a classic pillow book, Miss Gone-overseas chronicles a wartime life that doesn’t focus on guns, bombs or military depredations, but on the pedestrian life of a lower-class Japanese woman as she reflects on the turmoil around her. Set on a lush tropical island during the later part of World War II, the book begins and ends with separations that are also beginnings.

The Mosquito Song

M. L. Kennedy
111 pages
handpressed

Hunted by amateur assassins, confounded by a mysterious notebook, and vexed by modern technology, a derelict vampire travels west to Chicago for answers. And maybe a little blood. (Also includes author intro and bonus short story)

Austin Nights

herocious
168 pages
handpressed w/ linocut cover

Bridget had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Michael had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And that was the great difference between these two Austin transplants who loved each other so well.

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