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Now Available for Pre-Order: New Poetry from Daniel Hales

4/18/2025

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Now Available for Pre-Order!

A new collection of poetry from FEP author Daniel Hales is now available - How To Tie & Untie Mist. In some ways it picks up from where his previous collection, ¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or How To Make Questions, left off; in other ways, it goes above and beyond as a deeper dive into the questions and shifting answers we generate to manufacture meaning. Pre-order now for 20% off the list price!

And, psssst....a special "deal" is also available if you purchase both Hales books!


How To Tie & Untie Mist
Price: $14.00 pbk.
Literature, Poetry
​6x9; 73 p.
ISBN: 9781642510638 (pbk.)
​Publication Date: May 13, 2025

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Now Available for Pre-Order! New Poetry from Hester L. Furey!

11/18/2024

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20% Off Pre-Publication Orders!

House of Jars: Poems by Hester L. Furey is now available for pre-publication orders at a 20% discount!

House of Jars weaves together three sequences of poems: the journey of a character called Skeleton Woman through a mental health crisis triggered by menopause and environmental illness, the stories of a pantheon of modernist doctor-writers whose mental health struggles changed their writing, and the Conjuring Moses cycle. 

“The work Furey's doing in her House of Jars poem cycle is her most sophisticated and ambitious yet."--Steve Davenport, author of Bruise Songs

6x9;  vii, 73 p.  ISBN: 9781642510591
Publication date: Dec. 3, 2024 - Pre-order now!​
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Radical Free Thought Essays - Now Available for Pre-Order at 20% Discount

8/13/2024

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"Do Not Misunderstand Me" The Collected Radical Addresses to the Unity Congregation (1888-1891)
Hugh O. Pentecost; edited by Robert P. Helms

These addresses were originally given to Pentecost's Unity Congregation, which he started in 1887 after breaking with mainstream Christian denominations. The text of the addresses were subsequently published in Pentecost's journal, Twentieth Century, and are collected here for the first time. They concern social justice issues which are as pertinent today as they were in Pentecost's time: poverty, income inequality, the death penalty, education, and more.
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Price: $45.00 (pbk.)
Sale - 20% Off Pre-Publication Orders $36.00 
​ISBN: 9781642510560 
​7X10; 833 p. 
Publication date: August 27, 2024
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Founding Fathers Historical Novel by Douglas Anderson -- Now Available for Pre-Order

8/23/2021

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In Madison's Cave, an epistolary dialogue between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by Douglas Anderson will officially launch on September 14th. You can pre-order your copy now, at 20% off the list price.

In a series of chapters that mimic those of his infamous book, Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson ushers Adams into the underworld of the human psyche, filled with both its monsters and its redemptive lessons. This experimental novel considers early American history, government & politics, education, race relations, and other themes that still resonate in modern American life.

Douglas Anderson was educated at Oberlin College and the University of Virginia. He was the Sterling-Goodman Professor of English at the University of Georgia, and has published a number of critical studies in American literature. He currently resides in Portland, OR.

For more information, visit: 
https://www.frayededgepress.com/madisons_cave.html 

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Cover Reveal for In Madison's Cave

6/7/2021

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Cover Reveal for Forthcoming Novel!

We're pleased to present the cover reveal for the forthcoming experimental novel by Douglas Anderson, In Madison's Cave. 

In a series of chapters that mimic those of Thomas Jefferson's infamous book, Notes on the State of Virginia, an epistolary dialogue unfolds between Jefferson and Adams in old age. Their reflections, ranging from shocking to humorous, shed light on early American history, government & politics, education, race relations, and other themes that still resonate in modern American life.

In Madison's Cave will be published on September 14, 2021. For more information, see: 
https://www.frayededgepress.com/madisons_cave.html
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Pre-Publication Sale Pricing Available for Two New FEP Titles

6/1/2021

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20% Off list price for two forthcoming titles from Frayed Edge Press!

Yearning for the Sea by
Esther Seligson; translated by Selma Marks. 

The Ghettobirds -- speculative poetry by Bryant O'Hara.

​Yearning for the Sea will officially launch on June 15; The Ghettobirds will officially launch on June 22.
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Pre-Publication 20% Off Sale Pricing Now Available for Two New Novels from Norwegian Author Jens Bjørneboe

4/21/2021

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Frayed Edge Press will be publishing the first-ever English-language editions of two early works by the acclaimed Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe: Winter in Bellapalma and Ere the Cock Crows on May 25, 2021. Now for a limited time only, these titles may be pre-ordered at a 20% off discount. 

Winter in Bellapalma is a comic novel presenting the exploits of a community of expatriates living off-season in a small Italian fishing village, while Ere the Cock Crows is a chilling novel that follows the ethical quandaries--or not--of Germans involved in Nazi concentration camps and human medical experiments in World War II. Learn more and find links to order  here .

Jens Bjørneboe (1920-1976) was a Norwegian poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist who was arguably one of the most important writers of the mid-twentieth century. Although little known in the English-speaking world, his work has been translated into a number of European and world languages and remains highly regarded in Scandinavia. His last major work was The Sharks (Haiene, 1974) and his most critically acclaimed were the three volumes making up The History of Bestiality trilogy; all have been translated into English by Esther Greenleaf Mürer.
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Right Guy, Wrong Time: A #MeToo Love Story - Now Available for Pre-Sale

1/25/2021

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Louise MacGregor's New Adult novel, Right Guy, Wrong Time: A #MeToo Love Story is now available for pre-sale. Receive 20% off the list price if you order before the official February 23, 2021 launch date.

When the perfect guy turns up at the worst possible time, Edie has to figure out what romance and sex mean to her in the aftermath of rape. This offbeat feminist romance moves beyond “girl meets guy,” dealing empathetically with sexual dysfunction, the ubiquity of rape culture, and what recovery can look like in the #MeToo era. Although it tackles a difficult subject, Right Guy, Wrong Time does so in a way that empowers the reader. The protagonist of this New Adult novel is a relatable character who in many ways provides a good role model for others.

"...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

For more information and a link to pre-order the book, visit: ​Right Guy, Wrong Time

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New Translations Forthcoming: Two Works by Norwegian Author Jens Bjørneboe

10/9/2020

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Coming in 2021! First English-language translations of two works by renown Norwegian author, Jens Bjørneboe and translated by Esther Greenleaf Mürer. More more information, see: ​https://www.frayededgepress.com/bjorneboe.html
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Forthcoming in 2021 - Speculative Poetry by Bryant O'Hara

9/3/2020

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We're pleased to announce a new poetry volume, coming in 2021! The Ghettobirds by Bryant O'Hara is a ​collection of speculative poetry that celebrates the ability of humanity to adapt to, surpass, and possibly transcend its environment and its origins.

Author Bryant O’Hara draws on Afrofuturist traditions and a love of both the natural and the artificial world. He uses rhythm and cadence to compress thought into images of just how strange our experiences can become as we learn to shape—and be shaped by—both worlds.

For more information, see: 
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https://www.frayededgepress.com/ghettobirds.html 

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August is Women in Translation Month

8/26/2020

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Frayed Edge Press is happy to Announce:
​Coming in Early 2021!
The first English-language translation of Mexican author Esther Seligson's "Sed de Mar."
"Yearning for the Sea," translated by Selma Marks. 
More details here:
​ https://www.frayededgepress.com/yearning.html 
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Q&A with FEP Author James McAdams

5/13/2020

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FEP Intern Ellis Kelsey interviews author James McAdams about his forthcoming short story collection, Ambushing the Void, and his writing process. Find out more about what makes James tick and how both technology and human relationships drive the stories in this collection. 

Ambushing the Void is now available at a specially discounted pre-order price. 
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Ambushing the Void Now Available for Pre-Order

4/28/2020

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We're pleased to present the cover reveal for James McAdams' short story collection from Frayed Edge Press, Ambushing the Void. 

"Ambushing the Void is, like every great book, tender and merciless in its explorations of the human arrangement. The stories here are about love and addiction, which might as well be the same thing in most cases—compulsions that make us suffer and thereby feel more alive. McAdams writes from inside those compulsions, never flinching at the ruin they engender. Even as his characters lie to themselves, he forces us to face the truth. I tore through these tales and didn’t want to look back at them, but I did. You will, too.”
Steve Almond, author of God Bless America & Other Stories

With an official launch date of May 19, 2020, this title is currently available at special pre-order pricing of 20% off list price.

Find out more here: 
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https://www.frayededgepress.com/ambushing-the-void.html
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¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? Now Available for Pre-Order

3/17/2020

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We're excited to present the cover reveal for Daniel Hales' new poetry collection from Frayed Edge Press, ¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or How To Make Questions: 69 Instructional Poems in English. 

"Throughout this collection, Hales demonstrates an irrepressible wit, a musician’s ear, and a command of language that propels us past expectations to the very threshold of wonder."

William Waltz, editor of Conduit & author of Zoo Music

Due to be published in April, 2020, this title is currently available at special pre-order pricing of 20% off list price.

Find out more here:
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https://www.frayededgepress.com/como-hacer-preguntas.html
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Happy New Year from Frayed Edge Press!

1/2/2020

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Happy New Year from Frayed Edge Press!

What we're looking forward to in 2020:
 poetry from Daniel Hales,  short stories from James McAdams, new translations of two works by Jens Bjørneboe, and more!

See all the details via links here: 
https://www.frayededgepress.com/books-overview.html

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