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A searingly honest portrayal of the friendships and identity-building of 20-somethings.

Two bombs over Japan. Two shells. One called Little Boy, one called Fat Man. Three days apart. The one implicit in the other. Brothers.

Gerrard "takes the reader from discussions of war, journalism, and their agencies into a metaphysical, almost Nabokovian intrigue."

An intimate view of a couple’s struggle—from illicit beginnings of sexual obsession to the fragile architecture of a pieced-together family.

A Twain-esque exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence,religion, and coming of age in Post-Katrina Mississippi.

Two powerful novellas that take a hard look at Californian life and come up on the wry side of compassion.

Addie believes in books. Roland believes in blues guitar. In the small-town South of the 1970s, their friendship is as extraordinary as it is unlikely.

Using the story of Andy Warhol and John Giorno, The Sleepworker reads like a Warhol film on fast-forward. — Using the story of Andy Warhol and John Giorno, *The Sleepworker* reads like a Warhol film on fast-forward.

An exploration of our endless fascination with the Hollywood machine and the weirdness that is celebrity culture.

"[Freeman] challenges everything we thought we knew about how our nation dealt with its most stubborn stain." — "[*Freeman*] challenges everything we thought we knew about how our nation dealt with its most stubborn stain."

The haunting portrayal of an ex-lawyer, now unemployed, who walls off his inner life with elaborate rituals and routines.

The rise and fall of politician Adrian Lowe and the effects of that descent on those closest to him.

Questions of race, identity, and history are constantly challenged and examined in the unpredictable landscapes of New York City and Seoul.

A picaresque descent into the belly of the Parisian night.

Everyone gets to die. Not everyone gets to find love first. Some people don't even get to look.

Does one honor one's country or one's heart? Malka Marom explores this classic dilemma in her stunningly powerful first novel.

"Balls is a lost and found of youth, love, creativity, and New York life." — "*Balls* is a lost and found of youth, love, creativity, and New York life."

A high school teacher begins to question the course of his life after a famous young actress moves into town.

Janice Eidus merges the timeless, romantic myth of the vampire with contemporary life in volatile New York City—and beyond.

When his new roommate’s brother dies tragically, our unnamed narrator offers to drive him home to the Midwest.

The first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the narcotraficantes. — The first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the narcotraficantes.

One More for the People chronicles three generations in the life of the Grover family, becoming something of a survival guide. — *One More for the People* chronicles three generations in the life of the Grover family, becoming something of a survival guide.

The French painter Jean Hélion’s unique and deeply moving account of his experiences in Nazi prisoner-of-war camps.

Across eleven essays, Michael Heald compulsively measures himself against men like Eli Manning, Ryan Gosling, and Stephen Malkmus, and always comes up short.

"A wry and transporting tale of both earthly and metaphysical journeys."

"Gifted poet and English professor turns Wall Street tycoon, boxing pro, rapper and ends up convicted of fraud and in jail"

A surreal short story collection from the master of what-ifs.

As Croatia lurches from socialism into globalized capitalism, Toni struggles to balance his fragile career, pushy family, and hotheaded girlfriend.

Paris in the 1920s – dizzy and decadent. Where a young man can make a fortune with his wits … unless he is led into temptation.

A fiery and scurrilously funny tale of life in a Rio de Janeiro insane asylum.

“Gutsy, fresh and vivid, this story of one woman's brave quest through life will take you on a wild ride.”

A detective novel, a cyber-thriller, an inner-city road trip and a war memoir.

On the shores of Israel’s Sea of Galilee lies the city of Tiberias, a place bursting with sexuality and longing for love. — On the shores of Israel’s Sea of Galilee lies the city of Tiberias, a place bursting with sexuality and longing for love.

The favored prostitute of Lisbon’s rich and powerful has been found dead amid austerity protests in Portugal.

Published fourteen years after Aquin’s death, this mysterious work casts us into a crisis world where God does not exist. — Published fourteen years after Aquin’s death, this mysterious work casts us into a crisis world where God does not exist.

“In a fantastic future world, technologically enhanced craftsmen face a deadly new threat.”

Norma is a woman, a mother, a program. She can be written and unwritten over and over again until something, someone, sticks.

How far and how fast can something truly toxic grow under the right circumstances?

A fully-realized space-scape of simulated reality and retro-futurism that combines the best of The Matrix and Ender's Game.

A city without a name is cursed by a plague of birds they probably deserve.

Lyrical, provocative, and deeply haunting, The Time of Quarantine takes us into a near-distant future of post-human environmental collapse.

A Brave New Mold

What Books Press out of Los Angeles is a press of a different nature. As a collective, the publishing house categorizes itself as a group of "diverse literary and visual artists whose work often defies ready classification...We have come together to create, promote, and celebrate new books of literary writing and astounding art."

0s&1s currently carries two of its books: THE TIME OF QUARANTINE and BRITTLE STAR.

Exiled on a distant planet, one man plots to escape before the whole planet is transformed into a faux alien tourist attraction.

Maya Devine's warped view of reality makes everyone a bit more interesting, but the one person she’ll never figure out is her mother.

America is a Police State Lite. Drones patrol the skies. The Patriot Amendments have gutted civil liberties.

*Here was the man to whom they would confess the darkest things. It was important to feel him out.*

"Not one, but two protagonists roam through this startling debut novel, searching—literally—for themselves."

"A combination of psychological horror and strangeness that would not be out of place in a David Lynch film."

Not only timeless and deeply moving, but one of those rare books to which you will develop a sickening dependence.

Hill William testifies to the way place creates and sometimes stifles one's ability to hope. — *Hill William* testifies to the way place creates and sometimes stifles one's ability to hope.

In its esoteric glimpse into the disassociated, Jonas in Frames contorts time and space. — In its esoteric glimpse into the disassociated, *Jonas in Frames* contorts time and space.

A priest of the early Christian era, looking out the door of his church, sees a woman, falls in love, and follows after her.

A lost novel of the 1970's, and too ferocious in its metafictional hilarity for the publishers of even that era.

A cross-country trip forces Adrian to confront the true nature of his reality. — A cross-country trip forces Adrian to confront the true nature of his reality.

A true original, capable of brilliant verbal contortions, Maggie Prentice won’t give up.

A disquieting insight on the struggles and stigmas of mental health through the eyes of one woman caught in a vicious, downward spiral.

"Treading a line between sublime experimentation and unsettling honesty, Little Cat rides a wave of female sexual energy." — "Treading a line between sublime experimentation and unsettling honesty, *Little Cat* rides a wave of female sexual energy."

Terminal Grill explores one woman's fall into the sensuous trap of a man so mysterious, witty, and slick, he's just too good to be true. — *Terminal Grill* explores one woman's fall into the sensuous trap of a man so mysterious, witty, and slick, he's just too good to be true.

Marie Calloway emerged in 2011, a controversial, compelling young talent whose work drove intense and polarized discussion from its first appearance.

"No blurb I would write would capture the expansive pulpy difficulty of this saint of a little book."

From accolades to agony, Girlvert illuminates the surreality of a life lived beyond all comprehension. — From accolades to agony, *Girlvert* illuminates the surreality of a life lived beyond all comprehension.

The heart-pounding, breathtaking, always astonishing complexities of luck and love.

A work of interactive fiction, a series of stories, and a collection of literary artifacts.

These twelve stories explore the dislocations and intersections of people searching, running away, staying put.

"Tomorrowland is a revelation, combining slightly skewed or fantastic conceits, a darkly comic tone, and wonderfully nimble, funny prose" — "*Tomorrowland* is a revelation, combining slightly skewed or fantastic conceits, a darkly comic tone, and wonderfully nimble, *funny* prose"

Twenty neo-noir stories exemplifying the best authors currently writing in this dark sub-genre.

Chris Eaton’s fictions read like intellectual fisticuffs: bruising but with more than a touch of mustache wax. — Chris Eaton’s fictions read like intellectual fisticuffs: bruising but with more than a touch of mustache wax.

Ten magnetically charged stories about the impossible-turned-possible — secrets, paranoia, sex, conspiracies, and magic.

The Inevitable June is the story of your mind: a room with no doors, where the lights are always on. — *The Inevitable June* is the story of your mind: a room with no doors, where the lights are always on.

A diverse compendium of imaginative flights—into fantasy, science fiction, realism, techno-politics, mythology, and the surreal

"Engaging, riveting, and at times, mind-boggling, The Sense of Touch is earmarked to become a literary classic." — "Engaging, riveting, and at times, mind-boggling, *The Sense of Touch* is earmarked to become a literary classic."

Often gritty and vivid, we see siblings bond, scrap, and everything in between.

The author's daring first book is a collection of stories of vivid imagination and ecstatic language.

“What has been said of Robert Walser, the Kafkaesque precursor of Kafka, can be said of Mr. Becker...” — New York Times — “What has been said of Robert Walser, the Kafkaesque precursor of Kafka, can be said of Mr. Becker...” *— New York Times*

"Stories that are earthy, smoky, with Didion's terse calm, empathetic and reliable as duct tape."

Virgil Suárez’s latest short story collection—his first in more than two decades—is subversive and emotionally piercing.

"Reminiscent of George Saunders and James Thurber, Why They Cried is a great collection of modern tales." — "Reminiscent of George Saunders and James Thurber, *Why They Cried* is a great collection of modern tales."

A dead body is found on the side of Highway 17 outside Sudbury. Naked, throat slashed, no identification.

Emily Collins inherits her recently murdered Aunt's house, deciding to move to Heartshorne, Oklahoma, to claim it.

An Age of Madness peels back the layers of Regina's psyche in a voice that is brash, bitter, and blackly humorous. — *An Age of Madness* peels back the layers of Regina's psyche in a voice that is brash, bitter, and blackly humorous.

A passing train derails and spills an avalanche of coal over sixteen-year-old Emma Palmisano’s house, trapping her sleeping family inside.

A gripping drama about family ties and bad choices, about the folly of power and the limitations of the law.

Inheritance weaves a fiercely powerful narrative through human vanity, family, grief, and faith, all in the period of twenty-four hours. — *Inheritance* weaves a fiercely powerful narrative through human vanity, family, grief, and faith, all in the period of twenty-four hours.