Category Archives: releases
Silly Little Rich Girl by Jimmy Gleacher
We are pleased to announce the release of Silly Little Rich Girl by Jimmy Gleacher. In Silly Little Rich Girl, Jimmy Gleacher introduces a fascinating and contradictory heroine. Privileged, famous, beautiful…Liza seems destined for a successful career on Wall Street … Continue reading
The Spring List
Today, we are pleased to announce our spring 2009 lineup! On March 1st, 2009, we released The Life Plan by Sybil Baker, which tells the story of patent attorney Kat, who is trying to save her marriage on a trip … Continue reading
Appearance by Sybil Baker
Forgot to mention this yesterday: Sybil is reading at AWP 2009 this Thursday, February 12, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at The Book Cellar, 4736 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL. If you’re in the general area, why not check it out?
The Life Plan Book Trailer & Queries
There’s a great little trailer for Sybil Baker’s The Life Plan on YouTube now. Check it out! The other thing I’m a bit puzzled by is that over the past few weeks, we’ve requested manuscript samples from three different authors … Continue reading
And Now for a Story…
Once upon a time, we asked authors with published or forthcoming novels from Casperian Books to contribute a short story representative of their writing to an anthology. The resulting ten short stories have been collected into a book titled And … Continue reading
The Tea House
In rather exciting news, The Tea House has been picked up by a major publishing house and the remainder of Casperian Books’ contract bought out. Congratulations, Paul! This means that we are currently in the process of removing The Tea … Continue reading
Rock Dance by Jack Ballard Jr.
We are pleased to announce the release of Rock Dance by Jack Ballard Jr. In a small Colorado town, Dusty Palmberg spends his days rock climbing and volunteering with the local search-and-rescue organization. When an airplane goes down in the … Continue reading
Games & Players is now available!
We are pleased to announce the release of the third book in the Administration Series, Games & Players by Manna Francis. Games & Players begins with the novella Game, Set, which gives Toreth an up-close-and-personal introduction to the finer points … Continue reading
The News You’ve All Been Waiting For…
The first print run of Manna Francis’ Games & Players arrived today. Just sayin’. Unrelated but still worth checking out: Michael Kimball wrote A. F. Rützy’s Life Story in postcard format here.
Sound + Noise by Curtis Smith
We are pleased to announce the release of Curtis Smith’s new novel Sound + Noise. Sound + Noise tells the story of Jackie and Tom, two ordinary people living parallel lives. When their paths finally intersect, the background hum of … Continue reading
News Roundup
While from a sales perspective, this time of year is what in German one would call “Saure Gurken Zeit” (lit. pickle time–the black hole during the summer when absolutely nothing is happening), we’re starting to ramp up for fall. So … Continue reading
Quid Pro Quo starts shipping Tuesday, May 27th!
We’re pleased to announce the release of Manna Francis’ new novel Quid Pro Quo, the second book in the Administration series, which continues the story arc surrounding the near future dystopia of New London, professional investigator and interrogator Val Toreth, … Continue reading
Read an extract from End Credits by A. F. Rützy
Having successfully managed to drag my mother away from the nickel slots (curiously, the air conditioning in Harrah’s did not bother her), we returned to an overflowing e-mail inbox, which included an e-mail from A.F. Rützy letting us know that … Continue reading
Supersecret Quid Pro Quo Pre-Sale
Certain parties (I’m looking at you MMWD, with utmost love and respect, of course) are starting to make grabby hands for Quid Pro Quo by Manna Francis. Since our first print run just arrived, we’re having a supersecret pre-sale, letting … Continue reading
Pimpin’
By the way, did we mention that Without Wax is in stock at Powell’s Books (Burnside)? If you’re in the general Portland vicinity, why not head down there, admire the book, and maybe even purchase it? You’d be supporting both … Continue reading
End Credits by A. F. Rützy
Today, we are pleased to announce the release of A. F. Rützy’s wryly comic and wonderfully weird debut, End Credits, a novel about life, death, and truth in advertising. Its protagonist, Raymond Kessel, is dead. Or is he? Death, it … Continue reading
And the winner is…
The advance copy of Manna Francis’ Quid Pro Quo will be going to Cristin in Connecticut!
New review of Without Wax
There’s another very nice review of Without Wax up at NewPages. And don’t forget, until March 31st, you have a chance to win an advance copy of Manna Francis’ Quid Pro Quo if you purchase any of our titles from … Continue reading
Without Wax by William Walsh
Today, we are pleased to announce the release of three-time Pushcart nominee William Walsh’s debut novel, Without Wax. Interweaving traditional narrative with consumer profiles, faux interviews, court depositions, and a film script, this fictional biography provides an intriguing glimpse into … Continue reading
Author Events
Carol Fitzgerald’s Memo to Eliot Spitzer is very funny. And it’s so true! On to the upcoming author appearances: William Walsh, author of the forthcoming Without Wax, will be reading at the &Now Festival of Innovative Literature and Art on … Continue reading