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THE AMBER WAVES OF AUTUMN

The Amber Waves of Autumn is the third installment in Kelp Journal’s bestselling and award-winning beach noir series. In each collection we include some of the biggest heavyweights in the game with the brightest emerging writers to provide our readers with deft, thrilling, and satisfying noir storytelling.

 

In this installment we include National Book Award winners, Edgar and Shamus Award winners, and NYT Bestsellers to craft an unforgettable fall reading experience that can’t be missed. Blending styles from literary, to sci-fi, to fantasy, to hard-boiled, this collection will thrill the savviest palates and most discerning connoisseurs. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

 

Contributors include: Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Francesca Lia Block, Bev Vincent, Nik Xandir Wolf, Craig Clevenger, Hoda Mallone, Michael Newirth, Ioannis Argiris, Megan Eccles, David Zimmerle, Kathryn E. McGee, Leanne Phillips, Sara Marchant, Curtis Ippolito, Jeff Kronenfeld, and Ruthie Marlenee.

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ESSENTIAL PLANNER FOR MY MOTHER’S HUGE CULT FOLLOWING

“When I first got and began reading Essential Planner for My Mother’s Huge Cult Following, I delighted in the hilarity of it all, made it a daily laugh ritual. Now I’m following through on my plan to write in it daily, as a way to re-ignite a regular writing practice, no matter what comes out of my brain (I told my inner editor and critic to fuck off so I could write for the sake of writing). My assignment for myself: Just. Get. Some. Damn. Words. On. Paper.
So thank you for this book, on so many levels.”
—Debbie Hall, friend, writer, cult member

 

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BECOMING DELILAH

On a windswept island off Cape Cod, Delilah moves into a cottage by the shore. The neighbors watch the newcomer and wonder about her. They don’t like it when she plants a wild and colorful garden in the front yard – very unusual, they whisper. The local gossip intensifies with every visit from Alan, the married man paying for Delilah’s keep. Delilah hasn’t always been Delilah. Once, she was Dolores, a young Latina girl growing up with her Abuela, both of them hiding a terrible secret. After years of living precariously, all she wants now is a place of her own to make beautiful. But life is about to get complicated again. Her new cottage shares a driveway with the reclusive Anton, who has a secret of his own. When the two meet, sparks fly – but will the past catch up with them?

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Proof of Loss

Upon learning of her ex-brother-in-law’s cancer diagnosis, the narrator decides to stand in as caregiver during his intensive treatment. This distinct, evocative, and at times, humorous memoir grips the reader from all sides, illuminating the narrator’s own tragic losses, ignored for so long.

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