This virtuosic poetry collection asks: how does the body gestate grief? How does toxicity birth catastrophe?In Toxicon & Arachne, McSweeney allows the lyric to course through her like a toxin, producing a quiver of lyrics like poisoned arrows. Toxicon was written in anticipation of the birth of McSweeney’s daughter, Arachne. But when Arachne was born sick, lived briefly, and then died, McSweeney unexpectedly endured a second inundation of lyricism...

A record of daily bewilderments and accidental concessions to hope after a momentous loss.In this follow-up to her award-winning collection, Toxicon and Arachne, Joyelle McSweeney proposes a link between style and survival, even in the gravest of circumstances. Setting herself the task of writing a poem a day and accepting a single icon as her starting point, however unlikely—River Phoenix, Mary Magdalene, a backyard skunk—McSweeney follows each inspiratio...

Seven year old Koralee is on a quest to figure things out! In this first book of the Koralee series, she loves to do pretty much everything the same, everyday. She has a favorite color, purple, and lots of pretty purple pants. Join her on her adventure as she discovers that things sometimes change, and that's okay!

PETER HAD A SECRET, a deep dark secret from his childhood. It all began when, in step-sister Paige’s room, a pair of her panties changed his life. From that moment on, Peter had a strong desire to dress as a girl, a desire that grew stronger over time. It was a secret life that no one knew about – not his family, not his long-time girlfriend – until one day Paige caught him fully dressed as a woman in her room. Under Paige’s guidance, “Petra” was groomed and introduced to...

BAX 2020, guest-edited by Joyelle McSweeney and Carmen Maria Machado, is the sixth edition of the critically acclaimed anthology series compiling an exciting mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and genre-defying work. Featuring a diverse roster of new and established authors—including Anne Boyer, Alice Notley, and Raquel Salas Rivera— BAX 2020 presents an expansive view of high-energy writing.from Okazaki Fragmentsby Kanika AgrawalThese proceeding...

The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrates motherhood and creates a space, as poet Molly Spencer has written, to “tell an unlovely truth about family life and not have to take it back.”The poets in this book represent and describe a wide range of experiences. They write about encountering the world anew through their children; intersections of parenting and race; single parenting; adoptive, foster, and step-parenting; life with ...

ALAN'S ADVENTURES IN UNDIELAND -- Alan is your basic overachieving high school grad, a gifted athlete, class valedictorian, and the hottest guy in school. But he is also a cross dresser, a secret he has kept from his family and his steady girlfriend, Kylie. When sister, Jen, stumbled upon his “hobby” she remembered an old oval mirror that had belonged to their grandmother that was stashed in the attic after grandma departed the scene and brought it down for “Alison” to en...

In The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults, poet Joyelle McSweeney presents an ecopoetics and a theory of Art that reflect such biological principles as degradation, proliferation, contamination, and decay. In these ambitious, bustling essays, McSweeney resituates poetry as a medium amid media; hosts “strange meetings” of authors, texts, and artworks across the boundaries of genre, period, and nation; and examines such epiphenomena as translation, anachronism, and violence. Thro...

Vicky’s favorite black lacy panties have gone missing. At first she thinks that she must have lost them in the laundry, but the truth is far more twisted. When she goes searching for the culprit, she finds some sensual surprises that she never expected.  Who Stole My Panties is a 2,000 word short story featuring cunnilingus, a pervy thief, and a woman who just wants her lucky panties back.

As a combat hardened Navy SEAL, Thom Grande has fought terrorism around the globe, but he can’t fight is his ex-wife. Or her lawyer. Or the alimony payments. Just when he thinks his life can’t get any worse, bad luck smacks him up side the head—literally. Now, he’s got a traumatic brain injury and can’t remember his own name. The good news? He can’t remember his ex or the woes she’s causing him either.Virginia Starr has the worst luck ever with men. But maybe her luck is changing b...

TOP 5 FINALIST in the Kindle Indie Romance Book of the Year 2012Let the Wicked Wagers Begin...Lady Caitlin Southall's temper has finally got the better of her. She's challenged Harlow Telford, the Duke of Dangerfield, the most notorious rake in all of England, to a wager. She wants her house back. The one her destitute father lost to Dangerfield in a card game. But if she doesn't win their bet, she not only loses her home, she loses her dignity and pride and damn it all, ma...

When illusions come to life, how do you tell what’s real?My life ended when I came back from vacation. Death was at my doorstep. Everything ceased to exist. To protect myself, I pushed the memories away.All I remember is him: Sebastian Brand, my savior.I trust only him.I am obsessed with him.But all I know about him is his name.Stuck in this mental institution, I try not to think about the terrible memories that lurk deep inside me. Sebas...