Book Published In 2015 Novels & Stories

Ethan with the wine on the sofa, reading, present in the background in the way that was entirely his. She wrote at the bottom of the review: The forty-fifth year was the year of arrival. The forty-sixth will be the year of what comes after arrival. I do not know yet what that is. I intend to find out. The practice enters its eleventh year in the spring. The foundation its fifth. The book has been with the publisher since March, and the publication date is set for autumn. The work is what it has always been and more specifically itself than it has ever been: the practice at eleven years the same practice it was at one and entirely different in depth, the way the wine is the same wine at eleve

Her back and joints were stiff, her eyes were hurting from the non-stop reading, and she had already sneezed way too many times from the dust. The book she was reading now was a huge, oversized volume with thick leather binding, cracked along the spine. It probably weighed ten pounds, and was at least twelve inches wide and long. She had it opened to the middle of the book, and each page she turned crackled with age. The pages were thick, so much thicker than those of modern books, and yellow with age. It was a physically gorgeous volume, published in 1661, interspersed with hand-drawn illustrations, some of them in color. Caitlin turned the pages with the utmost care as she went, not wantin

The Ground Keeps was published in the spring of the sixteenth year. The same publisher. The same editor, who had shepherded both books with the specific quality of someone who understood the argument across two books and did not try to make either into something other than what it was. The editor had come to the estate in the winter — a visit that was unusual, since most of the work had been done by correspondence. She had wanted to see the place before the book came out, she said. She had wanted to understand the ground that kept the account.

“Does anybody ever come up here?” “Not very often, I don’t think.” Cali led Leesa down one of the narrow aisles. “Some of these books haven’t been checked out in like, forever.” She pulled a random book off a shelf, opening it to the back and showing it to Leesa. The inside cover still had a lined card attached to it that was half-full with barely legible checkout dates stamped in faded black ink. The most recent date was sometime in May, 1935—almost eighty years ago!

He was dead serious. "It was just a single line, but she had also mentioned that Iota was 1st in place that year, which automatically gives us 4 years, 1901, 1945, 1984 and 1999. I wanna assume that it is someone from batch 1984 or 1999. The book would be in a much worst state if it were from someone in 1901 or 1945, but there is still the possibility, so I don't wanna close it," he pressed on the search engine and begun to type.

It serves as an encouragement. The book is set in the modern era but not too modern, around the early 2010s when the world is dominated peacefully by the emergence of technologies. All rights are reserved to the original author. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the express permission of the author.

she whispered, hopeful for what awaited them beyond the horizon. Book 2 is coming in May 2025

Chapter One: First Contact EMAIL From: quillan.west@privatemail.com To: rarebooks@cityarchives.org Subject: Inquiry: Les Plaisirs Interdits (1782) Date: March 3, 2026, 9:47 AM To whom it may concern, I’m seeking information about a manuscript rumored to be in your collection: Les Plaisirs Interdits, attributed to an anonymous author, circa 1782. I understand it was banned shortly after publication and that only three complete copies are known to exist.

"Your soul needs redemption, Janet. I guess you don't know what you are doing to yourself.' I said to her. "Oh, don't worry about me. We live to die, don't we?" "Oh, boy." Mercury muttered in her unbelief. Then I signaled Mercury to start reading because we don't have time anymore. So she began while Janet stayed. "This book is dated back 1568. I ..." "Wait, is that what I think it is? A Viking book? No fucking way! Oh my Gosh! where did you get that from?" Janet moved over to Mercury to take a look at the book.

so not ALL of the cliffhangers are my design ;) Thank you all so much for following for so long. I published the Prologue for this book on April 4th 2023. We have been at this for a year now and it has been a real journey to say the least. I appreciate each and every one of you!!