> Congratulations to author Darryl Wimberley for receiving an Earphones Award
from AudioFile Magazine for the audio version of
Pepperfish Keys. The audiobook is
narrated by Dion Graham, who has appeared on The Wire, Law and Order
and many other TV shows and movies. According to AudioFile, the audio
version of Wimberley’s mystery “is nothing short of dazzling.”> Darryl Wimberley's The King of Colored Town
is the first recipient of the prestigious new Willie Morris Prize for the best novel set in the South. Darryl
was flown from his Texas home to New York City for the award ceremony in October.
> The multi award winning feature film, Wristcutters: A Love Story was inspired by one of ours!
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God is "Hilarious" -Elle.
The DVD is now available at all major stores. Read the short stories first, then see the movie.
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The Sound of Building Coffins
by Louis Maistros
It is 1891 in New Orleans, and young Typhus
Morningstar cycles under the light of the half-moon to fulfill his calling,
rebirthing aborted fetuses in the fecund waters of the Mississippi River. He
cannot know that nearby, events are unfolding that will change his life
forever—events that were set in motion by a Vodou curse gone wrong, forty
years before he was born...
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February 2009
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a Leap by Anna Enquist
The characters in the monologues
that make up a Leap seek a home,
some
kind of anchorage or self-realization, but circumstances or
fate ensure that their goal remains elusive...
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April 2009
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Valley of Strength by Shulamit Lapid
This scenic, moving novel, set at the end of the nineteenth century, follows
the first seven years of Gai Oni—a settlement in the Galilee, the precursor to
the town of Rosh Pinnah—through the life-altering trials and experiences of a
pioneer woman. Severe drought and exhausting work have driven away most of
the pioneers, leaving behind only a few tenacious families... | 
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March 2009
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Early Bright by Ami Silber
Louis will sell you your dreams-he'll ply you with promises while he charms you out of your money, but promises are all you'll get. Those dreams will never come true.
From the black jazz clubs on Central Avenue in Watts, to the tidy homes of the war widows he cons, Louis Greenberg lives life on the outside. No matter how charming and passionate he is, an outsider he will always be. He is white, a Jew, and that never goes away...
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October 2008
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Kaleidoscope by Darryl Wimberley
Jack Romaine's addiction to speakeasies and cards has landed him in a tight spot - one which he can't use his good looks to get out of. With debts to dangerous men piling up, he becomes an unwilling recruit for a Cincinnati gangster needing an expendable tool to recover his stolen cash and railroad bonds. Unfortunately, Jack is not the only man on the trail of the stolen money - he is in competition with a sadistic killer who relishes the carnage he leaves in his wake. The trail leads south to Kaleidoscope; a 'beddy' for freaks during the months when carnival is out-of-season...
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September 2008
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Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes
by Tamar Yellin
Taking its imagery from the legend of the ten
tribes of Israel exiled by the Assyrians and lost to the pages of history
beyond the River Sambatyon, Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes follows
the life-journey of a wandering narrator who encounters a series of
displaced persons. With each encounter the narrator inevitably moves on,
dreaming of home, unable to resist the lure of the world's labyrinth…
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September 2008
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