Author Publicity - Carissa Halston

Book trailer for The Mere Weight of Words

 

Author Publicity - Barrett Hathcock

Peter Traxler is missing something. Ever since he left his family, his friends, and his adolescence behind in Jackson, Miss., he’s feeling lost. Despite the outward appearance of success—job, acquaintances, girlfriends—Peter is melancholy, his thoughts returning often to the past: “cotton diving” with his best friend Jeremy; sexual encounters with the local girls; the loss of his father and its impact on his mother; teenage angst bubbling over into semiviolent outbursts. His connection to his old friends is growing weak and distant; “when you’ve been on party manners with so many people for so long, it’s hard not to growl,” he says. Hathcock’s captivating debut collection of nine closely linked stories reads much like a novel. While many take place in the 1990s, the powerful Mississippi setting often feels akin to the American farm culture of the 1950s (at least until Jeremy dresses up like Ricky Martin for Halloween, or Peter’s Dad watches Nash Bridges on TV). The ghosts of the Old South are present throughout, even while the main character’s struggles are distinctively contemporary. It’s all here, the awkwardness of reconnecting with childhood friends, the impossibility of integrating your youth with your adulthood, the longing for home when home is a time and not a place: Hathcock writes haunting, unforgettable stories. Permalink here.
― Publishers Weekly

Author Publicity - Nate House

In this gorgeous debut, everything--physical and metaphysical--is a metaphor: the sea, the desert, thirst, motion, and stillness. A man wakes up in an island hospital after surviving a trans-Atlantic sailing accident and 18 days alone on a life raft. He tells the authorities that a whale bumped into his 36-foot sailboat and that his wife went down with the ship, hands gripping the wheel. A reporter who grew up in a family of modest means and immodest acts, his father a drunk who abused his mother, the protagonist is haunted by the ghost of his wife, who appears in flashbacks as a beautiful, monstrous, snobbish nag. The stress of everyday life seems like it would kill them both, since they were only happy together when they were on the boat. When the man is released from the hospital, he flees, possibly away from the truth, but mostly from himself. As much prose poem as novel, this is a melodious, eerie wisp of a book.
―Publishers Weekly

 

Author Publicity - Caleb J. Ross

Book trailer for As a Machine and Parts

 

Aqueous Books on the News

Publisher Cynthia Reeser talks to FOX 10 news about Aqueous Books' recent releases, with a focus on The Other Shore by noted Israeli author and editor Fred Skolnik. Check it out:

Pensacola publisher releases new novel: fox10tv.com

 

Author Publicity - Fred Skolnik

Fred Skolnik's debut novel, The Other Shore, is available for pre-order. The title releases June 2011.
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Check out an excerpt from The Other Shore in The Jewish Magazine.

Author Publicity - Heather Fowler

Heather Fowler 's debut short story collection, Suspended Heart , is available for order. The title released at the end of December 2010.
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See Heather reading a story from Suspended Heart, "Bloom in Any Season"
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Author Publicity - Alec Bryan

Alec Bryan's debut novel, Night on the Invisible Sun, is available for order. The title was released at the end of November, 2010.
Night on the Invisible Sun receives press at:
The Utah Statesman
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Author Publicity - Michael J. Atwood

Michael J. Atwood's debut short story collection, HiStory of Santa Monica, receives press at:
WickedLocal.com
The Sun Chronicle & The Sun Chronicle &
Daily S- Press
Dire Literary Series (for reading details, visit the Authors & Events page)
Reviews:
Ampersand Books
Girls with Insurance
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Listen to Michael's interview on The Jordan Rich Show - WBZ AM 1030:

 
Promotional Video for Michael J. Atwood's HiStory of Santa Monica

Purchase HiStory of Santa Monica at these fine retailers:
Shakespeare & Co. - Paris, France
Books on the Square - Providence, RI
Brown University - Providence, RI
Baker Books - Dartmouth, MA
Brookline Booksmith - Boston, MA
Village Books - Pacific Palisades, CA
Boston College Bookstore - Boston, MA
Newbury Comics - MA
Annie's Book Stop - Plainville, MA