Unsolicited Press: 38 books

Riddled with emotional turns imposed upon the mundane, Cara Long's "Partly Gone" will whisk you into a world where decisions must be made...and the consequences must be suffered. "Partly Gone" is Long's first short story collection. The collection touches on the impact of grief,...

Joseph Merrick was fond of quoting from and Isaac Watts’s poem entitled “False Greatness:” Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul, The mind’s the standard of the man. Merrick, better known as The Elephant Man, was a man...

In the trilogy’s second novel, Jimmy travels a harsh road back from Key West to Belmar. Old suspicions are confirmed, party bars turn ugly, and a bizarre tragedy marks the summer’s turning point. Ronny, June’s companion, becomes July’s antagonist. As Jimmy tries to accommodate Alice, and despite...

“There's some kind of magic going on in Douglas Cole's The Gold Tooth in the Crooked Smile of God,” writes Jim Daniels. From “The Consolation of Philosophy:” “There is a great ledger book behind things/in which you will find recorded all/your joy and success,/sickness, failure, pleasure...

Poetry exercises are a smart way to develop one's "toolbox" -- but why would you want to pay $15,000-45,000 per year to get to those exercises? Our book offers poets at all levels a variety of poetry exercises designed to push you out of the comfort of your style. Not to mention, a brief...

None of the Above spans twenty seven years (1980-2007) of the life of Increase Alt, a fearful, introverted sort who does a poor job of paying attention to things that don’t directly affect his life. Throughout grade school, high school, and college, his energies become more and more directed toward...

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...

Meet Jimmy Hanlon. It’s summer, 1987. Jimmy’s a closeted bisexual in his late forties, nine months removed from a laryngectomy, and in this first part of a trilogy, he’s anxious to find a new identity in his Jersey Shore hometown. He hitches his hopes to a 33 year old lifeguard. The two cruise...

Have you ever been to Greece? Neither have I, but that doesn't mean that we can't eat like them. Mediterranean cuisine is comprised of an abundant amount of fruits and veggies, olive oil, fish, bread, and red wine. Sound good? I think so, as a matter of fact the food that Mediterranean people consume...

Samantha Heller just found out that her family must move to Chicago at the end of the school year. And even worse, her father must move before the family to start his new job, meaning she has to deal with her mother, the one woman she should be able to relate to, but can’t. In light of the situation,...