1933. A three-story tenement in a mill town west of Boston. In the third-floor apartment hangs a portrait of unforgettable beauty: Ada, a neighbor’s daughter, who disappeared years before. In the apartment below, two sisters—thoughtful, sensible Violet and gifted but fragile Glory—come of age unaware of how the missing Ada haunts their lives. As disease and poverty threaten their family, they are each other’s refuge. But as they reach adulthood, the fallout from a broken love affair—while unraveling the mystery of Ada—threatens their bond. Narrated in turns by each of the sisters, Our Share of Morning reveals how contagion, misogyny, and a series of betrayals force Violet and Glory to face immutable loss. Poignant and poetic, the novel is a meditation on meaning, fate, forgiveness, and the fierce endurance of sisterly love.
Troy Reborn: The Journey of Aeneas
Philip Seib
Indie Author Books
Troy Reborn is the story of the Trojan War's end, Troy's destruction, and Aeneas's quest–ordered by Jove–to find a new home for Trojans and a birthplace for Rome. This is also the story of Creusa, Dido, and Lavinia–the women who loved Aeneas and who played various roles as the Trojan hero dealt with warlords, monsters, and the feuding gods of Olympus. Among the lessons of Aeneas's journey and the rebirth of Troy: war is not glorious, women are to be respected, and gods are not infallible. These lessons were crucial in Troy's resurrection as Rome's ancestor, and they resonate in today's troubled world.
From the author of The Ghost Trap—a Maine novel that was adapted into a feature film in 2024. In 1927, with Prohibition luring Maine lobstermen to smuggle liquor under moonlight, a merciless rumrunner steals a selkie’s child from the storm-ravaged rocks under the cover of night. To reclaim her child’s sealskin and return to the sea, Aaelene must place her trust in the unlikeliest of allies—the rumrunner’s apprentice, a young man torn between loyalty and conscience. For those who enjoyed The Ghost Trap, this historical Maine Prohibition story features lobstermen, rumrunners, selkies, and Irish-Scottish folklore along the rugged coast. Also available on Kindle.
From the Holocaust to Maine: Testimonies of the Survivors
Jack Montgomery
Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine
These are the testimonies of 21 remarkable people who survived the Holocaust. Most were children during the dark years of fascism in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. As the “Final Solution” gathered momentum, some were forced into ghettos and then on to the death factories of Auschwitz and other camps. Some fled to the woods where they survived with partisan bands resisting the Germans and others who hunted for Jews. One lived in hiding as a good “Catholic” school boy with a farm family in Belgium. All of them survived through a combination of great fortitude and good luck. They then made their way from the chaos and devastation of Europe to the United States and eventually moved to Maine, where they rebuilt their lives.
In How to Ride a Turtle Through a Time Vortex, Reinhart winds through hidden tunnels where dragons and angels play chess with abominable snowmen, occasionally glancing sidelong at our plane, wondering how it might all look if we all exchanged phone numbers. "I am always inspired and entertained by John Reinhart's poetry, which shifts and dances with reality across the page, surfacing without limitations and inviting us in to play" –Linda D. Addison, award-winning author, HWA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and SFPA Grand Master. "John Reinhart conjures worlds of pure magic, weaving universes we dream of living in, and breathing life into places yet to be. The breathless beauty of Reinhart's poetry reminds us how we are nature, bound together with the grass, the trees, the animals, and we are inseparable" –Christina Sng, three-time Bram Stoker Award® and Elgin Award-winning author.
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