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Blessed Hands: Stories Named to Best Literary Fiction of 2024 List by Kirkus Reviews

12/17/2024

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Frayed Edge Press is honored to announce that Blessed Hands: Stories is one of only seven books named to Kirkus Reviews' list of Best Indie Literary Fiction of 2024.

Consisting of short stories by Frume Halpern originally published in the mid-20th century New York Yiddish press, the full collection has been gathered here for the first time, translated into English by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, a poet, writer, and Yiddish literary translator.

Learn more about this important title and how to order it at:
​www.frayededgepress.com/blessed_hands.html 
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Blessed Hands: Stories Wins Gold and Silver in 2024 CIPA EVVY Awards

9/24/2024

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Frayed Edge Press is pleased to announce that Blessed Hands: Stories by Frume Halpern, translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, has been recognized in two categories at the 2024 CIPA EVVY Awards.

This collection of compassionate and affecting short stories were written by Halpern, an immigrant living in New York in the early to mid-20th century. They first appeared in print in Yiddish-language newspapers and have been thoughtfully translated into English by Taub.

Blessed Hands: Stories has been awarded the GOLD (First Place) medal in the Women's Fiction category, and the SILVER (Second Place) medal in the Religious/Spiritual Fiction category.

​The CIPA EVVYs™ is one of the longest-running book award competitions on the Indie publishing scene, and is sponsored by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA), along with the CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation (ELF). The EVVY Awards recognizes excellence in high-quality, independently published books and books from small presses. 
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Blessed Hands: Stories A 2024 CIPA EVVY Award Finalist

9/10/2024

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Frayed Edge Press is proud to announce that Blessed Hands: Stories, by Frume Halpern and translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, has been named a finalist in two categories of the CIPA EVVY Awards: Women's Fiction and Spiritual/Religious Fiction. 

The CIPA EVVYs™ is one of the longest-running book award competitions on the Indie publishing scene, and is sponsored by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA), along with the CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation (ELF). The EVVY Awards recognizes excellence in high-quality, independently published books and books from small presses. 

Congratulations to Yermiyahu Ahron Taub for this recognition of his translation work! We're excited to hear the results on September 19th!
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Biographical Essay on FEP Author Frume Halpern

7/23/2024

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“Standing on Her Own Two Feet: Frume Halpern as Artist, Feminist, Healer . . . and Bohemian” by Blessed Hands translator Yermiyahu Ahron Taub is now available online. Read this biographical essay about FEP author Frume Halpern on the Yiddish Book Center website.
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Happy Launch Day! The Flying African by Areg Azatyan

1/30/2024

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Now Available! The Flying African

Areg Azatyan's surreal novel following the travels of an unnamed narrator throughout the continent of Africa is now available!

This episodic journey of 54 days spent in 54 countries reveals insights into the history and people of Africa, while challenging the narrator and the reader to the discover psychological truths within ourselves.

​Read more here!
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Now Available for Pre-Order -- The Flying African

1/15/2024

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The Flying African -- Areg Azatyan's surreal novel depicting fifty-four days of adventure and learning on the African continent will be published for the first time in English by Frayed Edge Press on January 30, 2024.

Now through January 29, 2024, the book is available to pre-order, at 20% off the list price!

​​“I really enjoyed the book opening and was intrigued and amused by the different chapters. I loved...the quick way I was drawn into encounters with strangers and little mysteries.”--Olivia Hetreed, Screenwriter [Girl With a Pearl Earring]

“Azatyan has a distinct talent with a playful sensibility full of probing questions...I look forward to following his work.”--Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker and scriptwriter.
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The Flying African
Literature, Translation
7x10; 460 p.
ISBN: 9781642510522 

Learn more here!
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Right Guy, Wrong Time Now Available as Ebook!

11/10/2023

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Louise MacGregor's New Adult romance, Right Guy, Wrong Time, is now available as an ebook! Part romantic comedy, part social commentary, part women's empowerment, this novel manages to be a light, entertaining read while also tackling some tough subjects. 

Edie, a record label talent scout, experiences date rape as well as sexual harassment at work. Handling her recovery and these challenges is further complicated when she meets an intriguing new love interest. 
This offbeat feminist romantic comedy moves beyond “girl meets guy,” dealing with sexual dysfunction, the ubiquity of rape culture, and what recovery looks like in a world filled with reminders of your assault.

What reviewers are saying:

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"...skillfully portrays the reality of assault from a woman’s perspective. [S]ome readers...may find solace in seeing this topic addressed in a romance novel."-- Library Journal 
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"...the best portrayal of the aftermath of a rape that I have ever read in a novel."
​--Steff Pasciuti, Reader Fox Blog

Find out more about this title and how to obtain the ebook, here. 
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Blessed Hands: Stories is Now Available

10/17/2023

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Get your hands on a copy of Frayed Edge Press' latest release: Blessed Hands: Stories by Frume Halpern, translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub.

This collection of psychologically insightful and emotionally complex stories is now available, in its entirety, for the first time ever in English.

Rhea Tregebov, author of Rue des Rosiers, says "Halpern's radical compassion, her powerful commitment to those whose social position, or physical limitations, leaves them outcast from the promised land of America makes for compelling, unforgettable fiction."

Find out more here: ​www.frayededgepress.com/blessed_hands.html
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Pre-Order - Short Story Collection by an Overlooked Woman Author, Available for the First Time in English

9/19/2023

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Blessed Hands: Stories
by Frume Halpern
Translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

​These slice-of-life stories first appeared in the Yiddish radical press in mid-20th century New York. An over-looked master of the short story genre, Frume Halpern's fiction is now available for the first time, in its entirety, to English-language readers. 

​These psychologically insightful stories present the lives of protagonists who are working-class poor, social outcasts, and those experiencing illness, disability, and racism. Halpern worked as a massage therapist in a hospital and many of these stories are about those who work with their hands.

Available for pre-publication ordering at a 20% discount, now through October 16, 2023.
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Select FEP Ebooks 50% Off During July

7/12/2023

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Frayed Edge Press July Ebook Sale!

For the month of July! select full-length FEP ebook titles are only $2.99. Title include Loose in the Bright Fantastic, Songs for the Gusle, and DIG.

And, all individual Street Smart Series of short fiction titles are available only $0.99 each! See the complete list here: 
https://www.frayededgepress.com/street-smart.html

Happy Summer Reading 2023 (or winter if you're down under)! This special pricing is available for the entire month of July, through our Smashwords partner only. See the full list of titles in our Smashwords store:
​ ​https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/FEP2022
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Interview with Robert Paul Moreira

6/22/2023

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Interview with FEP author Robert Paul Moreira now available in THE MUSEUM OF AMERICANA: A LITERARY REVIEW.

"Characters under duress are the most exciting to read and write about."

​"I wanted to stretch the boundaries of what a traditional book could accomplish by showcasing the two genres I write in."


His mixed genre collection, DIG, is available from Frayed Edge Press and other online and bricks and mortar retailers.

For more information and a link to the interview, see:
https://www.frayededgepress.com/dig.html​
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New Novel  Addresses Family Issues and Dementia with Compassion and Humor

5/16/2023

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Frayed Edge Press is pleased to announce the publication of Loose in the Bright Fantastic, a new novel by E.B. Moore. Gray-haired Maggie has fled the hospital wearing only her late husband’s ill-fitting wingtips and an ancient mink over her hospital johnny--going on a wild adventure through Boston as her family desperately searches for her.

Early readers have praised the compassion and sensitivity of Loose in the Bright Fantastic, as well as its humor and the centering of an older protagonist:

"[Maggie's] adventure through Boston is hilarious, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful. A fine, satisfying read!" -Juliette Fay, author of Catch Us When We Fall

"...a compassionate and, at times, laugh out loud hilarious tale of family, friendship, and a search for meaning." -Monica R., NetGalley
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“...upends the expected story of a failing mind, gifting us with Maggie, a woman who never gives up her potent core of vibrancy and finds one more magnificent adventure.” Randy Susan Meyers, author of Waisted

More information and buying options are available on the book webpage.

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Pre-Publication Sale - Loose in the Bright Fantastic

4/11/2023

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​Loose in the Bright Fantastic
​By E.B. Moore
​Publication Date: May 16, 2023
Price: $18.00 pbk.

Pre-Pub Sales Price: $14.40
20% Off Pre-Publication Sales

"Where in the world is Maggie?"

Gray-haired Maggie has fled the hospital wearing only her late husband's ill-fitting wingtips and an ancient mink over her hospital johnny. Loose in the big city and in the early stages of dementia, she eludes both the police and her family for days--revisiting old haunts and finding shelter in a homeless man's squat.

Told with compassion and humor, this heartfelt story of aging and resilience, generational challenges, and the power of love will appeal to any reader who has ever been part of a family.
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Songs for the Gusle - Now Available!

3/21/2023

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Frayed Edge Press is pleased to announce the publication of Songs for the Gusle, the first-ever complete translation of Prosper Mérimée’s 19th-century French literary hoax. The widely-praised translation by Indiana-based translator Laura Nagle makes this exciting early example of “fakelore” available to English-language readers for the first time.

The volume also includes Mérimée’s preface to the 1840 edition of the work, in which he confesses to the deception, as well as a translator’s note by Laura Nagle in which she discusses the background of the work and some of the challenges of translating it.

More information and buying options are available on the book webpage.
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Read an Ebook Week - March 5-11, 2023

3/5/2023

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Read an Ebook Week - Discounts Available

March 5-11, 2023 is National Read an Ebook Week! To celebrate, we're offering 50% off all FEP ebooks available through our Smashwords partner!

All single-title Street Smart Series novelettes, regularly $1.99, now only $0.99 each. All full-length titles (including DIG by Robert Paul Moreira; In Madison's Cave by Douglas Anderson; Jeremiah Hacker by Rebecca M. Pritchard; and Street Smart x 7: A Street Smart Series Omnibus), regularly $5.99, now only $2.99 each.

Happy ebook reading!
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Songs for the Gusle Now Available for Pre-Publication Sales

2/20/2023

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Prosper Mérimée' classic volume of "fakelore" is now available for the first time in its entirety, in English-language translation.

Purported to be a collection of folktales, ballad lyrics, and travel narratives compiled and translated into French by an anonymous traveler returning from the Balkans. Before long, though, it was revealed that both the stories and their “translator” were the fictional creations of a young civil servant, Prosper Mérimée, who would later become one of the most accomplished French writers of his generation. In these dramatic tales of love, war, and encounters with the supernatural, Mérimée has given us both a treasure trove of “fakelore” and a satirical portrait of a self-appointed expert blissfully unaware of how little he understands the cultures he claims to represent.

Songs for the Gusle will be published on March 21, 2023 and is now available for pre-publication sales ordering.
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DIG Reviewed in HIVE Indie Book Reviews

1/9/2023

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​Robert Paul Moreira's mixed-genere collection DIG has been reviewed in HIVE Indie Book Reviews!

"From the start, it’s exceedingly clear that Moreira has a distinct, unique voice that the reader will either deeply love or abhor in its entirety. This concise manner of storytelling mixes modern individual culture with mythological and literary references in such a way that nearly raises a middle finger to the occasional snobbery of contemporary literary fiction and sets Dig apart from the very first. That is to say, this read was like nothing I’ve read before, and diving into it felt akin to a fully submersive dip in the strangest of pools."

Read the full review here!

Find out more about DIG!
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Now Available! Street Smart x 7: A Street Smart Series Omnibus

11/15/2022

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Now Available!
​Street Smart x 7: A Street Smart Series Omnibus
Now together under the same cover for the first time: all seven numbers of Frayed Edge Press’ Street Smart Series of Short Fiction—novelette-length works featuring contemporary urban settings, well-drawn characters, and engaging plots.

This volume also includes a representative illustration from each story.

​Learn more about the book, including options for print and ebook purchase, on its webpage.
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DIG -- Four Star Review in Foreword Reviews

11/15/2022

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​"Dig is a gritty literary collection whose diverse entries concern finding one’s place within a family, a culture, and a country."

DIG by Robert Paul Moreira garners four stars in Foreword Reviews. Read the full review on their website.

Learn more about the book on its webpage, including options for print and ebook purchase.
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Now Available for Pre-Order: Street Smart Series Omnibus

10/31/2022

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​Forthcoming -- Pre-Order Now for 20% Off

Now together under the same cover for the first time: all seven numbers of Frayed Edge Press’ Street Smart Series of Short Fiction—novelette-length works featuring contemporary urban settings, well-drawn characters, and engaging plots.

Stories include contemporary noir, coming-of-age, police procedural, and three stories featuring anarchists. Pre-publication sales pricing available now-- see the publication page for details.

Publication Date: November 15, 2022.  Physical Description: 6x9; 210 p.; pbk.
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New Fall Release - DIG by Robert Paul Moreira

10/11/2022

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Now Available!

DIG by Robert Paul Moreira is now available from Frayed Edge Press!

This mixed-genre collection collection of short stories, microfiction, hybrid fiction, and drama features Latinx characters who are often caught between cultures, DIG explores themes of physical and emotional violence, human relationships, and the weight of politics, history, and culture on individuality and identity.

​“Robert Paul Moreira is the most original voice coming from our nation’s southern border.”
 --Brian Allen Carr, author of Opioid, Indiana

Read the press release and visit the book page for DIG to learn more!

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DIG by Robert Paul Moreira - Now Available for Pre-Order!

9/13/2022

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Pre-Order Now!

Pre-publication sale pricing is now available for Robert Paul Moreira’s forthcoming collection, DIG. Mixed-genre, short stories, flash, and drama combine in what American Book Award winner Stephen D. Gutierrez calls “a fantastic read--moving and comic and tragic, and infused with earned hope.” 20% off pre-publication sale pricing is available now through October 10, 2022. 

DIG
Book description: 6x9, 185 p.
20% off sale price: $14.40
Publication date: October 11, 2022
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PRE-ORDER NOW!
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Now Available as Ebooks -- Street Smart Series Nos. 6 & 7

9/1/2022

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Now Available as Ebooks!  Street Street Smart Series #6 -- "Make the Bear Be Nice", by Stephen St. Francis Decky and Smart Series #7 -- The Day is Gone, by Shelonda Montgomery, are now available as ebooks! In addition to the usual availability on Amazon Kindle, we've expanded our ebook offerings onto new platforms -- including Apple iBooks, Kobo, B&N and more! Use the links on the book pages or search by ISBN on your favorite platform! Look for more FEP titles coming to a wider variety of ebook platforms soon!
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Happy Women in Translation Month!

8/1/2022

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August is Women in Translation Month! 

Frayed Edge Press is happy to present a variety of under-represented world literature, translated for the first time into English. Check out our Translation page for new and forthcoming translated works from our press.

We're proud to be part of the effort to allow women writers from all countries to be read in English, and we salute the the work of women translations in helping to bring many of these works forward.

Celebrate Women in Translation Month by reading a translated woman author, or reading the work of a woman translator! 
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Cover Reveal for Forthcoming Title - DIG by Robert Paul Moreira

6/28/2022

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Forthcoming in October, 2022!

​This cross-genre collection of short stories, microfiction, and drama provides a kaleidoscope of modern human experience—from navigating fraught romantic relation-ships and definitions of masculinity, to dealing with the pull of family ties and the struggle to make one's way in the world. 

​Featuring Latinx characters who are often caught between cultures, DIG explores themes of physical and emotional violence, human relationships, and the weight of politics, history, and culture on individuality and identity. 

​Robert Paul Moreira earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Texas Pan American, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the editor of ¡Arriba Baseball!: A Collection of Latina/o Baseball Fiction (2013) and author of the story collection Scores, winner of the 2016 NACCS Tejas FOCO Fiction Award.
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