Literary Western Fiction
Date Published: 06-13-2026
Publisher: Steinmetz Press
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Literary Novel / Historical Fiction
Date Published: 07-23-2024
Publisher: Vine Leaves Press
Literary Fiction, Novel in Verse
Date Published: June 7th, 2023
Publisher: Jackson Heights Press
A lethal plague sweeps the globe. Millions have died. Survivors are confined to their homes.
Literary Fiction / Memoir
Release Date: October 1, 2022
Publisher: Mapleton Press
A young girl in a small southern town in the 80’s enlists the help of an unlikely group of friends and family to help her survive an unconventional, sometimes abusive childhood...
Literary fiction (with Adventure; Family)
Date Published: 11-28-2022
Publisher: By The Pure Sea Books
Literary Fiction
Date Published: August 25, 2014
Publisher: OTF Literary, LLC
"THE LION TREES" -- WINNER OF THE KINDLE BOOK AWARD!
What if survival required you to unlearn who you are? How far would you fall to save yourself? Sometimes happiness is a long way down.
The Johns family is unraveling. Hollis, a retired Ohio banker, isolates himself in esoteric hobbies and a dangerous flirtation with a colleague's daughter. Susan, his wife of forty years, risks everything for a second chance at who she might have been. David, their eldest, thrashes to stay afloat as his teaching career capsizes in a storm of accusations over a missing student and the legacy of Christopher Columbus. While Tilly, the black sheep, trades her literary promise for an improbable career as a starlet, and then struggles to define herself amidst a humiliating scandal and the judgment of an uncompromising writer.
By turns comical, suspenseful and poignant, the Johns family is tumbling toward the discovery that sometimes you have to let go of your identity to find out who you are.
A Novel
Literary Fiction
Publisher: LaPuerta Books and Media
Awarded So Cal Publicists Best Literary Fiction, Best Indie 100, NYC Big Book Silver, NABE Pinnacle Best Literary Fiction, FAPA President's Bronze Adult Fiction.
Literary Fiction
Release Date: December 8, 2021
Publisher: BookBaby
Frank DioGuardia, a New Jersey college professor always feared the onset of autumn.
A chill in the air and rainy skies took him back to the day his father died decades ago. It was a memory that each year caused Frank to start counting the days until he reached the milestone of having spent more time on earth than his dad.
Date Published: 10-12-2021
Publisher: Deuxmers Publishing
In this collection of fifteen curious and delightful short stories by S. K. Kruse, you never know who you’re going to meet or where you’re going to end up.
Publisher: Clara Publishing/ Spiro Books
Life As a Roller Coaster
Eva and Victoria’s grandfather tells them that life is like a roller coaster ride.
Literary Fiction / Psychological Suspense
Date Published: October 28, 2020
Joseph is haunted. His mermaid bi-sexual ex-girlfriend drowned in mysterious circumstances. Naked Pete may have the answers, if he would pick up his phone. Joseph doesn’t pay for sex; the price is more than he bargained for. Waitress-turned-supermodel Karina stays over, only to run off to Italy with her English tutor. Now Joseph’s 9-month obsession is back; she’s ready for more. Is it too late?
“Spicy, witty, charming and surprisingly hilarious. Unrelenting entertainment.” — Rabia Tanveer, 5-star review
About the Author
Award-winning author and poet Rick Pryll lived in Prague from 1997 to 2002. He currently lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife, artist Holly Spruck HMCAS. This is his fourth book.