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  Short Story Press Presents...

  Short Story Press, Ruth Pettite

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  Incorporating real-time happenings, "Bedeviled Nightingale" works to explain tragic times for even those people to whom we don't think it could happen. Brianna is an author, hunkered in her cabin for relaxation and work. She uses the cabin as her office and her home, away from the hustle from the city. 
  Divorced and focused, Brianna wants nothing to do but to take care of her world. She enjoys the nature around her and what it provides, until her ex-husband comes knocking down her door. Her Southern ways taught her many things, including ignoring people she doesn't want to be around or talk to. Nathaniel brings bad news from the lower country, cuing Brianna to pack and go with him to her father. 
  Family secrecy is one of many things found in this town. Brianna's family is no different. From the lack of communications to the destruction of other family members, this family was doomed from the start.  
  Desperation brings out the best in people, but not always in the best circumstances. Brianna and Nathaniel both find this out when Short Story Press and Ruth Pettite present "Bedeviled Nightingale". 
  Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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  Webs & Roses - A Poetry Collection

  Megan Linski

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  Journey through this collection of poems as the author recounts her teenage and college years, each line describing a young woman's adventure through life, love, faith, and loss.

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  Inheritance

  Jasmine Cooray

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  A Poetry Book Society Recommendation
  Inheritance is a profoundly moving exploration of what is passed down by our forebearers, what is left behind when we lose someone, and what we learn from being loved. Jasmine Cooray holds our most fiercely-guarded myths to the light, refracted through second-generation diaspora, family legend and life-changing loss. Her poems embrace both the quiet and the storms within. They sing of self-belief rising to the surface as drowning feels imminent, of desire and how it can cultivate hope. This is a timeless debut: wise, wild and empowering, a lodestar for survival.
  "A strident, playful language dance through life's more challenging parts, always towards something transcendent." Anthony Joseph, Sonnets for Albert, Winner of the 2022 T.S. Eliot Prize
  "Intimate, vulnerable, poignant and provocative. Inheritance is a stunning debut brimming with tenderness, authenticity and heart."  Salena Godden, Mrs Death Misses Death

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  The Raven

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.'"
  
  On a "bleak December" midnight, a weary student seeks refuge from his sorrow in ancient books, only to be interrupted by a mysterious tapping at his chamber door. What follows is a dark, psychological tug-of-war between a man paralyzed by the loss of his beloved Lenore and a "stately Raven" that perches atop a bust of Pallas. Through hypnotic rhythm and internal rhyme, Poe captures the precise moment when melancholy turns into incurable despair. The bird's singular, repetitive refrain becomes a mirror for the narrator's own self-torture, transforming a simple midnight visit into a timeless symbol of the human struggle with the finality of death.
  
  Poe famously wrote an essay, "The Philosophy of Composition," detailing how he meticulously crafted this poem to achieve a "unity of effect." Every element, from the choice of the raven as a "bird of ill omen" to the trochaic octameter of the verses, was designed to build a crescendo of dread.
  
  The Raven perches upon the bust of Pallas Athena (the goddess of wisdom), symbolizing the triumph of irrational grief over reason. By the poem's end, the narrator's soul is trapped within the shadow of the bird, signifying that for some types of grief, there is no escape and no "balm in Gilead."
  
  The Raven made Poe a household name almost overnight. Its musicality makes it one of the most effective pieces for oral recitation, while its psychological depth continues to fascinate scholars and horror fans alike. It is the definitive expression of the "Dark Romantic" movement—a beautiful, terrifying look at a heart that refuses to heal.
  
  Open the door to the shadows. Purchase "The Raven" today.

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  vvlna - A Black Earth Tale of...

  William Pauley III, Joseph...

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  Brushing away dust and dirt and sand and grit, the towering penumbra men stagger, drift, and wonder of the dark earth that surrounds them. These gods of an ancient world are simple men staring at a nothing moon struggling to invent a word to describe such darkness. The penumbra once had a word for the sun, VVLNA, but in this strange world, this black earth, there seems no use for it. And Father Jackal... every trace has vanished. The penumbra wonder if indeed they are alone here. In the distance stands The House of Wolves. There they will find answers. Some wish for food. Some wish for God. Only one will see the light.

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  Chrome Valley - Poems

  Mahogany L. Brown

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  "Browne’s narration of her work is masterful, capturing a range of emotion through inflection, cadence, and volume. It’s an unfettered celebration of Black resilience that will leave listeners satisfied, yet eager to hear more from this gifted poet." - Library Journal, Starred Review 
   
  From Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence comes this unflinching collection that intricately mines the experience of being a Black woman in America. 
   
  A highly anticipated volume from critically acclaimed poet Mahogany L. Browne, Chrome Valley is at once a luminous hymn and a battle cry. Spanning the course of her own life as well as embodying centuries of virulent history, this collection pays solemn tribute to the women who came before her. Musically effervescent yet cutting poems capture the peculiar joys and pangs of Black girlhood: “you ain’t had freedom / ’til you climb on a bus 62 / & head to the closet mall / for a girl fight”; while others explore the inherent grief of motherhood, rhythmically intoning names like the tolling of a church bell: “Because Lesley McSpadden / Because Mamie Till / Because a Black mother know ain’t no song for that empty in ya belly.” Transcendent and grounded, funny and furious, the poems within bring depth to a movement, announcing Mahogany L. Browne as one of the most important poetic voices of our time.

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