February 2023

Pamela Gwyn Kripke’s novel At the Seams (featured in Embark, April 2022) has been published by Open Books and is now available for purchase! The novel follows a woman who hears of a death in her family that has been hushed up for generations, and resolves to break her family’s cycle of repression. Congratulations, Pamela!

January 2023

Heather McClean—author of THE ABSENCE OF COLOR (featured in Embark, April 2021)—has been selected as a contributor to the New York Times column “Tiny Love Stories,” with a piece called “There All Along.” Many congratulations, Heather!

Elizabeth Gonzalez James—author of Mona at Sea (first featured in Embark, April 2019, and later published by the Santa Fe Writers Project)—is having a hybrid play/essay called Five Conversations about Peter Sellers published by Texas Review Press. The book will be released on March 1st, and you can preorder a copy here. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

November 2022

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a nonfiction piece called “My Body Is My Biz” published in Eclectica as the Spotlight article for their October/November 2022 issue. Congratulations, Jo-Anne!

October 2022

Joni MacFarlane has published her historical novel My Beautiful Mistake (featured in Embark, October 2019), about a dangerous friendship between two Canadian nurses during World War II, on Amazon. You can purchase a copy here. Congratulations, Joni!

Edward McSweegan—author of THE FEVER HUT (featured in Embark, July 2019)—will soon have a historical novel called Shadow of the Moon, about the 1878 solar eclipse, published by Wild Rose Press. Congratulations, Edward!

A. D. Metcalfe—author of STREET (featured in Embark, October 2020)—has had a short story called “Forgettable” published in the British journal Close to the Bone. Congratulations, A. D.!

Katherine A. Sherbrooke’s novel about the 19th-century feminist and abolitionist Lucy Stone, Leaving Coy’s Hill (featured in Embark in April 2020 and published in 2021 by Pegasus Books), has won Honors in the annual Massachusetts Book Award contest. Her next novel, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, will be coming out in April 2023, again from Pegasus Books. Many congratulations, Kathy!

Jessica Bryant Klagmann—author of ARCHITECTS OF A BETTER EXISTENCE (featured in Embark, October 2022)—has sold another novel, tentatively titled Your Echo on the Waves, to Lake Union Publishing, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, for publication in January 2024. Congratulations, Jessica!

Amy Mattes has sold her novel Late September (featured in Embark, April 2020), about a bi-curious tomboy and misunderstood skateboarder who leaves behind her small-town life for a fresh start in Montréal, to the Canadian publishing house Nightwood Editions. The novel will be released in Spring of 2024. Congratulations, Amy!

Jonathan Page’s novel Blue Woman (featured in Embark, April 2020), about a fictional 20th-century Welsh artist, has been published by Weatherglass Books. Jonathan has now signed with literary agent Cara Lee Simpson at Peters, Fraser & Dunlop in London. Additionally, his short story “Fear and Trembling” was chosen for publication in this year’s Rhys Davies Short Story Anthology. Excellent news all around, Jonathan!

Maggie Hill has sold her novel Hoops (featured in Embark, April 2022), about a girl in the 1970s who finds confidence and direction by playing on a women’s basketball team, to SparkPress, a division of SparkPoint Studio, for publication in the spring of 2024. She also has a short story called “Only the Drunk Can Sleep” forthcoming in the premier issue of The Lakeshore Review. Congratulations, Maggie!

Cheryl Walsh’s novel Unequal Temperament (featured in Embark, April 2022), about a woman’s carefully balanced life of music, meteorology, and marriage, was the first winner of the Buffalo Books Fiction Prize and will be published in 2023. Cheryl has also been chosen as one of five debut authors to feature in this year’s Debutante Ball. Wonderful news, Cheryl!

Beth Ford—author of HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (featured in Embark, October 2019)—has had a flash-fiction piece called “The Train” published in The Bluebird Word and a short story called “The Hoard” published in Thin Air Magazine. Congratulations, Beth!

Terri Paul—author of ALMOST AMERICAN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—had had a poem called “Stills” featured in The Aurora Journal, and two more of her poems will be published in the upcoming months: “The Open Road” in Better Than Starbucks and “Standby” in Beyond Words. Fantastic news, Terri!

B. B. Garin—author of CHEMICAL CITY (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has had a short story selected for Penumbric Magazine’s Best Of Anthology for 2022. The story, called “The Teaseller,” is set in the same world as Chemical City. Congratulations, B. B.!

Elizabeth Bell’s novel Necessary Sins (featured in Embark, July 2017), about a young man who becomes a conflicted priest in antebellum South Carolina, is now an unabridged audiobook performed by Dallin Bradford. You can find Necessary Sins and its three sequels, the complete Lazare Family Saga, on all audiobook platforms, including Audible. Wonderful news, Elizabeth!

Peter W. Fong—author of THE LIFE OF HUAI LI (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had a new novel for children and adults, The Coconut Crab, published by Green Writers Press. Congratulations, Peter!

Bill Mesce Jr.—author of Median Gray (featured in Embark in July 2017 and later published by Willow River Press)—will release a romantic mystery called Lucidity, the second in an ongoing series, in December, under the pen-name Aja Holland. He was also part of the creative team for Third Act, a collection of profiles of people who, late in life, pursued long-deferred dreams, due out from Princeton Architectural Press in November. Lastly, his new collection of essays about the movies, Reel Change Take Two, is due out from BearManor Media in January. Fantastic news on all fronts, Bill!

August 2022

Michael Gaspeny’s novel A Postcard from the Delta (first featured in Embark, April 2019) will be published by the Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama in December 2022. The novel is a coming-of-age story in which the blues, football, and racial hatred combine in a dramatic explosion in the Mississippi Delta. You can pre-order a copy here. Congratulations, Michael!

Karen Wilfrid—author of WAITING FOR THE REAL JAMES (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has sold her middle-grade novel Just Lizzie, at auction, to Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. It will be published in the fall of 2023. This is wonderful news, Karen!

Sandra Miller—author of What the River Said (featured in Embark, April 2018, under the title The Journey Itself and published by the University of Nevada Press in 2021)—has another novel coming out from the same press: Out of Patients, a humorous look at physician burn-out and workplace drama in the medical world. Many congratulations, Sandra!

June 2022

Janet Garber—author of The Paris Novel (featured in Embark, July 2018, and due to be published in April 2023)—has had a story called “Strong Women Picking Up the Pieces” published in Jewish Women of Words, an Australian journal, and a flash-fiction piece called “Hanging Tough” published in CommuterLit, a Canadian publication. Great news, Janet!

Grace Marcus—author of Visible Signs (featured in Embark, January 2019, and published by TouchPoint Press in May 2022)—has had a short story called “Blue Hydrangea” published in the magazine Carolina Woman. Congratulations, Grace!

Roger Collins’ speculative novel Cities of Glass (featured in Embark, October 2019) has been published by All Things That Matter Press! The novel tells the story of a future Golden Age of Transparency, in which Fitima Anueche, an Afro-Caribbean astrophysicist, battles mysterious outbreaks of anarchy that threaten her world. You can purchase a copy here. Many congratulations, Roger!

May 2022

Yuval Atias’s novel The Seer (featured in Embark, October 2021)—an urban fantasy about a teenager who discovers that she comes from a family of shape-shifters—will soon be released by one of the largest publishing houses in Israel, Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, in the Hebrew language. Wonderful news, Yuval!

Dina Goldberg—author of Nermina’s Chance (featured in Embark, January 2019, and later published by Atmosphere Press)—has partnered with the Boston NGO Most Mira, whose focus is peace-building. This August, she will travel to Bosnia to take part in Most Mira’s annual “Project on Peace-Building.” A portion of all sales from Nermina’s Chance will be donated directly to Most Mira. In addition, Dina is creating an ongoing series of interviews with survivors of the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, which she will collect in a forthcoming book. Bosnian news outlet Bosna Global has published the most recent story, “Thirty Years Beyond War in Bosnia: A Family’s Severed Branches.” Many congratulations on all of this laudable work, Dina!

Pamela Gwyn Kripke—author of BABY GOLDMAN (featured in Embark, April 2022)—has had a short story called “The Suitor” published in the Spring 2022 issue of Book of Matches. Congratulations, Pamela!

April 2022

Sheila Myers’ novel The Truth of Who You Are (featured in Embark, April 2020)—about a boy who grows up in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and then, as an adult in the 1930s, helps to transform the region into a National Park—is being published by Black Rose Writing and is available for purchase here. Wonderful news, Sheila!

Alix Christie’s novel The Shining Mountains (featured in Embark, July 2019) will be published by High Road Books, an imprint of the University of New Mexico Press, in the spring of 2023. Many congratulations, Alix!

Siân Griffiths—author of Scrapple (featured in Embark in January 2018 and published by Braddock Avenue Books in 2020)—has had a story called “The Win-Loss Columns” published in the Fall/Winter 2021 issue of the Colorado Review. Her essay collection, The Sum of Her Parts, is now available from the University of Georgia Press as a part of their Crux series in Creative Nonfiction. Congratulations, Siân!

Hesse Phillips—author of LIGHTBORNE (featured in Embark, January 2020)—was a finalist in the Irish Writers Centre’s Novel Fair in February, which led to her signing with literary agent Brian Langan of Storyline Literary in County Meath, Ireland. Many congratulations to both of you!

B. B. Garin—author of CHEMICAL CITY (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has signed with literary agent Ali Herring of Spencerhill Associates. In addition, she has had short stories published in Palooka, freeze frame fiction, and Penumbric. The story in Penumbric, called “The Teaseller,” is set in the same world as CHEMICAL CITY. This is all fantastic news, B. B.!

Terri Lewis—author of BEHOLD THE BIRD IN FLIGHT (featured in Embark, April 2021)—has been named a finalist for the Missouri Review‘s Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize, for a non-fiction piece. Congratulations, Terri!

Jo Anne Braithwaite—author of BLACK RANDALL (featured in Embark, April 2020)—has signed with literary agent Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Wonderful news for both of you!

Maury Zeff’s novel OFF MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD (featured in Embark, July 2018) has won the 2021 Clark-Gross Award in the Novel, given out by San Francisco State University. In addition, his play Merchant of Stratford, which imagines William Shakespeare as an Elizabethan gangster, will be performed at the Jewish Ensemble Theater in Michigan in June, and his story collection When We Talk About Time Travel is a finalist for the 2022 Acacia Fiction Prize from Kallisto Gaia Press. This is all excellent news, Maury!

Terri Paul—author of ALMOST AMERICAN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had another chapter of the same novel, “Mrs. Shylock,” published in the Wilderness House Literary Review. Her poem “A Brief History of Brevoort Park” was published last December in The Trouvaille Review and then reprinted in Voices of the Real 6 (from Poetry is Life Publishers). Her poem “Stills” will appear this spring in the Aurora Journal. Congratulations on all these achievements, Terri!

Grace Marcus’s novel Visible Signs (featured in Embark, January 2019)—about an American nun in the 1970s who leaves her convent to practice her faith in the outside world—will be released by TouchPoint Press at the end of May. It is available for pre-order here. Fantastic news, Grace!

Donna Marie West—author of THE TIMES OF MY LIFE (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had her latest novel, The Mud Man, published by Manta Press. It is available for purchase here. Congratulations, Donna!

Janet Garber’s novel The French Lover’s Wife (featured in Embark as THE PARIS NOVEL in July 2018)—about an American woman who discovers that Paris and her French husband are not all that she imagined—will be published in April 2023 by She Writes Press. Congratulations, Janet!

James A. Ross’s crime novel Coldwater Confession—sequel to Coldwater Revenge (featured in Embark in October 2017 and published by Level Best Books in April 2021)—will be released by Level Best Books later this month. It is available for pre-order here. Congratulations, Jim!

Kenneth Robbins—author of SKUNK: AN AMERICAN LIFE FROM CONCEPTION TO COMMENCEMENT (featured in Embark, April 2018)—is having a novel called Three Hiroshimas published by Adelaide Books later this month. Wonderful news, Kenneth!

Andrea Caswell—author of ESCAPE FROM PROVIDENCE (featured in Embark, October 2018)—had a poem called “Mont Blanc” published in MicroLit Almanac in March. She also participated in a video project for a new edition of Charles Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil, translated by Aaron Poochigan and published by Liveright Books, a division of W. W. Norton; video readings are available here. This is all great news, Andrea!

Sharon LaCour—author of DOLORES COUVILLON (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has had a flash-fiction piece published in Apple in the Dark, an essay in Chicken Soup for the Soul, and a story that was named as a finalist for the J. F. Powers Short Story Prize in the journal Dappled Things. Congratulations on all this good news, Sharon!

Scott Lipanovich’s The Golden Ceiling—sequel to The Lost Coast (featured in Embark in April 2021 and later published by Encircle Publications)—will be released in July, again by Encircle. Many congratulations, Scott!

Bill Mesce Jr.—author of Median Gray (featured in Embark in July 2017 and later published by Willow River Press)—has published a romantic mystery called Original Sins under the pen-name Aja Holland. Excellent news, Bill!

February 2022

Heather McClean’s novel THE ABSENCE OF COLOR (featured in Embark, April 2021)—about a Black woman struggling with the anguish of grief after her son is murdered by police officers—has been named one of three finalists in Simon & Schuster’s First Novel Contest. Many congratulations, Heather!

December 2021

Grace Marcus’s novel Visible Signs (featured in Embark, January 2019) will now be published by TouchPoint Press in the summer of 2022. The novel is about an American nun in the 1970s who leaves her convent to practice her faith in the outside world. Congratulations, Grace!

November 2021

Scott Lipanovich’s mystery The Lost Coast (featured in Embark, April 2021)—about murder, politics, and corruption in northern California—was published in July by Encircle Publications: you can purchase a copy here. The same publishing house will release two sequels, The Golden Ceiling and Lake in the Sky, as well as a short story called “Moonlight,” in the next two years. Fantastic news, Scott!

October 2021

Gracie Bialecki—author of PARIS NIGHTS (featured in Embark, October 2020)—has had an essay published in Catapult about travel bans and expat familial woes, entitled “Reaching for My Family—And My French Not-Husband.” Congratulations, Gracie!

Terri Paul—author of ALMOST AMERICAN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a bevy of poems published recently! “Artifact,” “Thread,” and “G-Harmony” appeared in the May online version of Our Poetry Archive. “The Other Side of the Wall” is on the Poetica Magazine website and was selected for their print version (November 2021) as well. “Osteoporosis” was included in the anthology Realm of Emotions (October 2021), published by Poet’s Choice. Finally, “A Brief History of Brevoort Park” won the 2021 A Mother’s Love Contest sponsored by Poetry Is Life Publishers. This is all wonderful news, Terri!

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a short story called “Transit Visa to Redemption” published in The Write Launch. Congratulations, Jo-Anne!

Ari Honarvar’s novel A Girl Called Rumi (featured in Embark, October 2019), about a successful spiritual advisor whose Iranian childhood continues to haunt her, was published by Forest Avenue Press in September. You can read some rave reviews and purchase a copy here! Many congratulations, Ari!

Karen Wilfrid—author of WAITING FOR THE REAL JAMES (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has signed with literary agent Lauren Scovel at the Laura Gross Literary Agency with her novel Just Lizzie. Fantastic news, Karen!

Peter W. Fong—author of THE LIFE OF HUAI LI (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has published a piece called “The Messenger from Heaven” in Politics/Letters and a piece called “Bedload” in Litro Magazine. Both were excerpts from a longer manuscript, ROWING TO BAIKAL, which describes his leadership of the first ever scientific expedition from the headwaters of Mongolia’s Delgermörön River to Russia’s Lake Baikal. His new novel for children and adults, The Coconut Crab, is forthcoming from Green Writers Press. Thrilling news on all fronts, Peter!

Sheila Myers’ novel The Truth of Who You Are (featured in Embark, February 2020) will be published by Black Rose Writing in April 2022. Many congratulations, Sheila!

Arthur Powers—author of SHADOW COMPANION (featured in Embark, July 2019)—had a collection of short stories set in Brazil, Padre Raimundo’s Army, published by Wiseblood Books in July. Congratulations, Arthur!

Siân Griffiths—author of Scrapple (featured in Embark, January 2018, and published by Braddock Avenue Books in 2020)—will have a collection of essays entitled The Sum of Her Parts published by the University of Georgia Press in the spring of 2022. Wonderful news, Siân!

Sharon LaCour—author of DOLORES COUVILLON (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has an essay coming out on November 2nd in Chicken Soup for the Soul, as well as a flash-fiction piece coming out in Apple in the Dark, an online journal. Congratulations, Sharon!

Robert Garner McBrearty’s novel THE WILD CHILD (featured in Embark, April 2019) was a finalist for the 2021 Elixir Press Fiction Award. He also has stories forthcoming in Fiction, Bayou Magazine, and Flash Fiction Magazine, and Some Short Stories will produce a video reading of a story of his that originally appeared in The Missouri Review. Excellent news all around, Robert!

Sarah Warburton’s novel Once Two Sisters (featured in Embark, January 2019)—a thriller about a dangerous bond between two estranged siblings—was published by Crooked Lane Books in 2020. Her second book, another thriller called You Can Never Tell, came out this past August, also from Crooked Lane Books. You can purchase a copy of the new book here. Congratulations on both achievements, Sarah!

Sandra Miller—author of THE JOURNEY ITSELF (featured in Embark, April 2018)—had her fourth novel published by the University of Nevada Press in September 2021. This novel, called Where No One Should Live, is set in Phoenix and addresses public health, residency training, undocumented neighbors, aging parents, and the personal lives of physicians. You can purchase a copy here. Fantastic news, Sandra!

Dallas Woodburn—author of GHOST FINGERS (featured in Embark, January 2018)—recently learned that her debut novel, The Best Week That Never Happened, has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction, sponsored by Chanticleer Book Reviews. Her second YA novel, Thanks, Carissa, For Ruining My Life, will be released by Immortal Works in February 2022. Many congratulations, Dallas!

Sucharita Dutta-Asane—author of MEMORIES OF TOMORROW (featured in Embark, October 2020)—has had a short story called “The Silence of Falling Snow” published in RIC Journal, which is based in both Paris and Jaipur. Congratulations, Sucharita!

Cathy Cruise—author of TRACE MOUNTAIN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a short story called “Single Family Home” published by Fiction Attic. Congratulations, Cathy!

Donna Marie West—author of THE TIMES OF MY LIFE (featured in Embark, January 2020)—will have a novel called Blood Connections (the sequel to her debut novel, Next in Line) published by Random Evolved Media this coming winter. Excellent news, Donna!

September 2021

Jim Ross’s crime novel Coldwater Revenge (featured in Embark in October 2017 and published by Level Best Books in April 2021) has won an array of prizes! These include the Firebird Book Award for legal thrillers; the American Fiction Award for Mystery/Suspense: Hard-boiled/Crime; Finalist in the Mystery-Legal category for the Readers Favorite Book Award; and a Paris Book Festival Honorable Mention for General Fiction. Many congratulations, Jim!

C. Matthew Smith’s book Twentymile (featured in Embark, April 2021) will be released on November 19, 2021, and can be pre-ordered now from Latah Books! The novel is a complex thriller set in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and explores, among other themes, humanity’s troubled relationship with nature and the true ownership of land. Congratulations, Matt!

July 2021

Janet Garber—author of THE PARIS NOVEL (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has had several pieces accepted for publication recently: “How to Appease a Sports Fanatic” in BoomerCafe, “Shishkosh” in Confetti Magazine, “An Obscure Talent” in Changes in Life, and “Wild Dill Pickle Rides Again” in Read650. Congratulations on all of these achievements, Janet!

Grace Marcus has sold her novel Visible Signs (featured in Embark, January 2019) to Family of Light, a publisher focusing on books by military veterans and their families. The novel is about an American nun in the 1970s who leaves her convent to practice her faith in the outside world; it will be published in May of 2022. Many congratulations, Grace!

Dina Greenberg is now publishing her novel Nermina’s Chance (featured in Embark, January 2019) through Atmosphere Press in October 2021. The novel tells the story of a woman’s flight from Bosnia and struggle with trauma during the Balkan War in 1992. Excellent news, Dina!

June 2021

Cathy Cruise—author of TRACE MOUNTAIN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a short story called “And Now This” published in Fictive Dream. Congratulations, Cathy!

May 2021

Mary Portser—author of SQUAWK (featured in Embark, April 2018)—had a flash essay called “In Bristol” published in Hobartpulp this month. Congratulations, Mary!

Jonathan Page has sold his novel Blue Woman (first featured in Embark, April 2020) to the British publishing house Weatherglass Books. The book depicts the life of a fictional 20th-century Welsh artist, Rose Hartwood, and will be released in February 2022. Wonderful news, Jonathan!

Michael Gaspeny has sold his novel A Postcard from the Delta (first featured in Embark, April 2019) to the Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama. The novel is a coming-of-age story fusing the blues, football, and racial hatred into an explosion in the Mississippi Delta. It will be released in the Fall of 2022. Many congratulations, Michael!

April 2021

Andrea Caswell—author of ESCAPE FROM PROVIDENCE (featured in Embark, October 2018)—is a fiction editor at Cleaver Magazine and runs Cleaver’s Short Story Clinic, which offers one-on-one feedback on short stories of up to 5000 words. She also leads a weekly practice session called Weekend Writing, open to writers of all levels and genres. Enrollment is ongoing, and all are welcome. Thank you for these resources, Andrea!

Katherine A. Sherbrooke’s novel Leaving Coy’s Hill (featured in Embark, April 2020), about the life of 19th-century feminist and abolitionist Lucy Stone, will be published by Pegasus Books this May and is available for pre-order now. Congratulations, Kathy!

Terri Paul—author of ALMOST AMERICAN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a short story called “Another Mouth” published in an anthology entitled The Roaring ’20s: A Decade of Stories. Additionally, three of her poems will appear in The Poetry Archive next month. Congratulations, Terri!

Arthur Powers—author of SHADOW COMPANION (featured in Embark, July 2019)—is having a collection of short stories set in Brazil published by Wiseblood Books in May 2021, under the title Padre Raimundo’s Army. Excellent news, Arthur!

Jenny Ferguson—author of THE INTERSECTION[S] (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has sold a YA novel called The Summer of Bitter & Sweet in a two-book deal to Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books. Fantastic news, Jenny!

Donna Marie West—author of THE TIMES OF MY LIFE (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a novel called Next in Line, about a woman mourning the death of her mother and a young man who claims to be the descendant of Christianity’s most sacred family, published by Random Evolved Media. Congratulations, Donna Marie

William Reichard—author of SUN, MOON, STARS (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had a collection of prose poems called Our Delicate Barricades Downed published this month by Broadstone Books. Congratulations, William!

Sandra Miller’s novel The Journey Itself (featured in Embark, April 2018), about a woman working as a physician at the Grand Canyon, will be published by the University of Nevada Press under the title What the River Said, in May; it is currently available for pre-order. The same press will then release another of her novels, Where No One Should Live, about a physician’s residency training in downtown Phoenix during a brutally hot summer, in September 2021. Fantastic news on all counts, Sandra!

Sucharita Dutta-Asane—author of MEMORIES OF TOMORROW (featured in Embark, October 2020)—has had a short story called “Zeitgeist” published in a collection entitled Open Your Eyes: An Anthology on Climate Change, featuring poets and writers from across India. Wonderful news, Sucharita!

Janet Garber—author of THE PARIS NOVEL (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has had another short story, this one called “The Port of Many Foibles,” published in The Raven’s Perch. Congratulations, Janet!

P. K. Adams—author of THE GREENEST BRANCH (featured in Embark, October 2017, and now available for purchase)—has had her novel Silent Water, the first in a historical mystery series about the royal court in 16th-century Cracow, translated into Polish as Ciche wody. The original English version is available now, and the translation will be released in May of 2021.  Congratulations, P. K.!

Louise Titchener—author of MURDER MOUNTAIN (featured in Embark, January 2020, and now available for purchase)—has now released the sixth book in this series of historical mysteries set in 19th-century America; the latest entry is titled Fatal Flowers. Congratulations, Louise!

Jim Ross’s novel Coldwater Revenge (featured in Embark, October 2017), a mystery set in a small town in upstate New York, will be released by Level Best Books on April 27, 2021, and is currently available for pre-order. Congratulations, Jim!

Peter Selgin’s novel Duplicity, published in December of 2020, was nominated for a slew of awards, including the Disquiet Literary Prize, the Georgia Author of the Year Award the Foreword Indie Award, the Big Other Book Award, the Elixir Book Prize, the Steel Toe Books Prize, and the Craft First Chapter Contest. Many congratulations, Peter!

Janet Garber—author of THE PARIS NOVEL (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has had another short story, this one called “The Port of Many Foibles,” published in The Raven’s Perch. Congratulations, Janet!

P. K. Adams—author of THE GREENEST BRANCH (featured in Embark, October 2017, and now available for purchase)—has had her novel Silent Water, the first in a historical mystery series about the royal court in 16th-century Cracow, translated into Polish as Ciche wody. The original English version is available now, and the translation will be released in May of 2021.  Congratulations, P. K.!

Louise Titchener—author of MURDER MOUNTAIN (featured in Embark, January 2020, and now available for purchase)—has now released the sixth book in this series of historical mysteries set in 19th-century America; the latest entry is titled Fatal Flowers. Congratulations, Louise!

Stephanie Smith has sold her novel The Mortal Light (featured in Embark, October 2018, under the title STILL ICE) to Adelaide Books; it will come out in the winter of 2022. She also has another novel forthcoming from the same press, titled Strange Grace. Wonderful news, Stephanie!

February 2021

Claire Ibarra’s novel Fragile Saints (featured in Embark, July 2018) has been published by Adelaide Books and is available for purchase now! The novel tells the story of a woman who travels from America to her family’s ancestral farm in Peru, where she makes transformative discoveries about her family, her past, and herself. Many congratulations, Claire!

October 2020

Amy Mattes—author of LATE SEPTEMBER (featured in Embark, April 2020)—has signed with literary agent Chelene Knight of Transatlantic Agency. Congratulations to both of you!

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had three stories published this year: “At the Casino with Two Jacks,” in the Summer 2020 issue of Big City Lit; “Our Late Lamented Union,” in the Spring 2020 issue of Change Seven; and “Anna’s Hummingbird,” in the Flash Fiction Magazine on May 16, 2020. Wonderful news, Jo-Anne!

Jonathan Freeman-Coppadge—author of THE WORLD IS MINE (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has an essay titled “Aspirations,” on the challenges of raising a preemie, coming out in What We Didn’t Expect: Personal Stories about Premature Birth, published by Melville House. Congratulations, Jonathan!

Emily Wortman-Wunder—author of TERRAIN VAGUE (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has an essay coming out in Guernica at the end of the month and was accepted for an Aldo & Estella Leopold Writing Residency at Mi Casita in New Mexico. Congratulations, Emily!

Elizabeth Gonzalez James’s novel Mona at Sea (featured in Embark, April 2019) will be published by the Santa Fe Writers Project next year and is available for pre-order now! The novel tells the story of a young college graduate who finds herself unemployed and living with her parents in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis. Many congratulations on this upcoming publication, Elizabeth!

Peter Selgin—author of THE WATER MASTER (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has had three essays on obscure or neglected classics published in CRAFT. Two more of his essays are forthcoming in the same journal, and a sixth, called “A Matter of Perspective,” was just published in Transformations. His novel Duplicity will be published by Serving House Books in December; the novel was among the finalists for the 2020 Elixir Press Fiction Award. Congratulations on this array of good news, Peter!

Nancy Kilgore’s novel Bitter Magic (first featured in Embark in July 2019) will be published by Sunbury Press in August 2021. The novel is based on the true story of confessed witch Isobel Gowdie in seventeenth-century Scotland. Many congratulations, Nancy!

Robert Garner McBrearty—author of THE WILD CHILD (featured in Embark, April 2019)—has had new stories published in The Greensboro Review and the Journal of Compressed Literary Arts, a flash-fiction piece called “Lost on the West Highland Way” published in Exposition Review, and a story forthcoming in Fiction Magazine. Wonderful news, Robert!

Arthur Powers—author of SHADOW COMPANION (featured in Embark, July 2019)—has had a story titled “All Things Visible and Invisible” published in the September 2020 issue of The Windhover, and his story “Carmelucia” will be published in Dappled Things in October 2020. The second edition of his novella The Book of Jotham, winner of the 2012 Tuscany Novella Prize, was just issued by Full Quiver Publishing. Congratulations on all this good news, Arthur!

Devin Thomas O’Shea—author of VEILED PROPHET (featured in Embark, January 2020)—spoke about the novel on the TrueAnon podcast in July 2020. He’s also had an essay published in Current Affairs and a short story called “St. Roch’s Dog” published in CHEAP POP. Congratulations, Devin!

Bill Mesce Jr.—author of Median Gray (featured in Embark, July 2017, and now published by Willow River Press)—has written a stage collaboration with Los Angeles TV writer Stephen Harper called “Black Lives / Blue Lives,” which has transitioned to virtual performances and is sponsored in part by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Humanities. Congratulations, Bill!

September 2020

Katherine A. Sherbrooke’s novel Leaving Coy’s Hill (first featured in Embark, April 2020) will be published in hardcover by Pegasus Books in the summer of 2021. Many congratulations on this excellent news, Kathy!

Dina Goldberg—author of NERMINA’S CHANCE (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has had a humor piece called “Hi, This Is Your Neighbor” published on Scoundrel Time. Congratulations, Dina!

Laura Wareck—author of THE COLOR READER (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has signed with literary agent Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Congratulations to both Laura and Jemiscoe on this wonderful news!

August 2020

Bill Mesce’s novel Median Gray (first featured in Embark, July 2017) has been published by Willow River Press, an imprint of Between the Lines Publishing, and is now available for purchase on Amazon. The novel received an Individual Grant Fellowship Award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Wonderful news, Bill!

July 2020

Janet Garber—author of THE PARIS NOVEL (featured in Embark, July 2018)—had a short story called “Creation, Inc.” published in The Raven’s Perch and another story, called “Stranger on the Plane,” published in Coffin Bell, both in May 2020. Additionally, she had an essay called “Call Me Tante” published in Read650‘s True Stories of Love, Latkes and L’Chaim in February 2020, and another essay, “Family Values,” accepted by Boomer Café in May 2020. Lastly, her poem “Trees in a Hurricane” was published in the literary journal Tiny Seed in August 2020. Congratulations on all this good news, Janet!

Anna Scotti—author of L.A. WINTER (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has won the 2020 Lightscatter Press Prize, for her collection of poetry Bewildered by All This Broken Sky. The collection will be published in early 2021. Congratulations, Anna!

June 2020

Dina Greenberg has signed a contract with Propertius Press for the publication of her novel NERMINA’S CHANCE (first featured in Embark, January 2019). The novel, about a Bosnian refugee who flees from her homeland during the Balkan War in 1992, will be released in 2021. Dina has also had a poem entitled “All That We Hear en Los Estados Unidos” published in the June 2020 issue of Chronogram Magazine and another poem, “Prayer for a Pandemic,” accepted by Please See Me, an online journal sponsored by the Center for Healthcare Narratives, for publication in July 2020. Congratulations on all this wonderful news, Dina!

Steven Smith has now published his novel The Great Disruption (first featured in Embark, July 2019), which describes the apocalyptic aftermath of a plague that kills 99.99% of humanity. You can find it here, on Amazon. Fantastic news, Steven!

May 2020

Devin Thomas O’Shea—author of VEILED PROPHET (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a short story called “Trillion-Dollar Guillotine” published in the latest issue of Boulevard. Congratulations, Devin!

April 2020

Anna Scotti—author of L.A. WINTER (featured in Embark, January 2018)—will have a poem called “Whisk” published in an upcoming issue of The New Yorker. Congratulations, Anna!

Cathy Cruise—author of TRACE MOUNTAIN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a short story called “Gently Used” published in Wordrunner’s Onward anthology. Congratulations, Cathy!

Marylee MacDonald—author of THE VERMILION SEA (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has had a short-story collection called Body Language published by Grand Canyon Press. These twelve stories present characters in the grip of love, guardedness, regret, anxiety, and fear. Grand Canyon Press has also published her nonfiction book Small Presses & Independent Publishers, designed to help unagented writers find more ways to publish their books. Congratulations and thank you, Marylee!

Siân Griffiths’ novel Scrapple (featured in Embark, January 2018) is being published by Braddock Avenue Books! The novel tells the story of a fifteen-year-old boy from Oregon trying to find a place for himself in his family’s new home of Philadelphia. You can pre-order a copy here. In addition, Siân’s short fiction chapbook, The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, is now available from Bull City Press. This is all wonderful news, Siân!

Sandra Miller’s trilogy of novels about a woman working as a physician at the Grand Canyon, published by the University of Nevada Press and beginning with The Color of Rock (released in November 2019), will continue with a second novel (forthcoming in September 2020) and concluding with The Journey Itself (forthcoming in Spring 2021 and first featured in Embark, April 2018). Congratulations, Sandra!

Jim Ross has just signed a three-book contract with Level Best Publishing for a mystery series. The first book in the series, Coldwater Revenge, was first featured in Embark, October 2017, and will be released in April 2021. The next two books will be published in April 2022 and 2023 respectively. Moreover, his historical novel Hunting Teddy Roosevelt, about an attempted assassination of Teddy Roosevelt while he was on safari in Africa, is due out from Regal House Publishing on June 12, 2020; pre-ordering is available here. Congratulations on all counts, Jim!

Michael Gaspeny—author of A POSTCARD FROM THE DELTA (featured in Embark, April 2019)—had a short story called “The God Box” published in the online journal storySouth last fall. In addition, his poem “The Street Where You Lived” won second place in the 2019 Flyleaf Books Poetry Contest, leading to a reading in Chapel Hill. Finally, his third chapbook, The Tyranny of Questions, is now available from Unicorn Press. Fantastic news, Michael!

Stephanie Smith—author of STILL ICE (featured in Embark, October 2018)—is expecting her novel Asteroidea to be released by Adelaide Books on October 1, 2020. Congratulations, Stephanie!

Cathy Adams—author of WOODY (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has had two stories published recently: “Hannah’s Habit” (April 7, 2020) in Litro and “All the Wrong Things” in The Saturday Evening Post (February 15, 2020). Congratulations, Cathy!

Claire Ibarra’s novel Fragile Saints, featured in Embark in July 2018, will be published in early 2021 by Adelaide Books. Excellent news, Claire!

Rebecca Wurtz—author of THE MAPMAKER’S BODY (featured in Embark, January 2019)—is having a short story called “The Third Story” published in the Bellevue Literary Review (Issue, 38, Spring 2020). She was also a finalist in the 2020 Mighty River Short Story Contest held by the Big Muddy Literary Review, with “The River and the Change It Brings.” Congratulations, Rebecca!

March 2020

Anna Scotti—author of L.A. WINTER (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had her first young-adult novel published by Texas Review Press! The novel is called Big and Bad and is available from Barnes & Noble and many other sellers. Many congratulations, Anna!

February 2020

Kathleen Tyler—author of PEACE RIVER (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has won the 2019 Cypress & Pine Fiction Prize awarded by Yellow Flag Press with her collection of short stories What Shadows Eat. Congratulations, Kathleen!

January 2020

Beth Ford—author of HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (featured in Embark, October 2019)—has had a short story called “Matryoshka Dolls” published in the new issue of The Scores. Congratulations, Beth!

Cathy Cruise—author of TRACE MOUNTAIN (featured in Embark, January 2020)—has had a flash-fiction story called “Bring It“ published in the Vestal Review. Wonderful news, Cathy!

Elizabeth Bell—author of Necessary Sins (released last year and featured in Embark, July 2017)—has now released the second novel in the Lazare Family Saga, Lost Saints. You can learn more about the book and purchase a copy here. Many congratulations, Elizabeth!

Marylee MacDonald—author of THE VERMILION SEA (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has won the Tallahassee Writers’ Seven Hills fiction prize, and the story will be featured in their forthcoming anthology. She has also had a story accepted by an anthology in Great Britain published by the Willesden Herald, and on April 17 her new short story collection, Body Language, will be coming out. Congratulations on all this good news, Marylee!

Maury Zeff—author of OFF MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD (featured in Embark, July 2018)—had a story entitled “Violeta, Violeta” published in bosque last month. The story was nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize by the editors. Congratulations, Maury!

B. B. Garin—author of CHEMICAL CITY (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has had an echapbook, New Songs for Old Radios, published by Wordrunner Press; it is available on Kindle and Smashwords.  One of the stories from the collection, “Ashes Hit the Floor,” is a 2020 Pushcart nominee. Congratulations, B. B.!

Sarah Warburton’s novel Once Two Sisters (featured in Embark, January 2019) has been sold in a two-book deal to Crooked Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Wonderful news, Sarah!

Siân Griffiths—author of SCRAPPLE (featured in Embark, January 2018)—recently learned that her story “An Imaginary Number,” first published in Monkeybicycle, has been selected for Best Microfiction 2020. She has also had several other recent publications: “California, or Something to Do with the West” (poetry) in the Fall 2019 issue of Epoch; “Ankle” (creative nonfiction) in Pithead Chapel; and “Idaho, 1994” (creative nonfiction) in 7×7’s special issue Legislating Bodies. Congratulations on all of these achievements, Siân!

Ross West—author of THE iCON (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has had two essays recently published: “Out with the Old, In with the Newspeak” appeared in The Satirist, while “Elephant Man: Notes on Science, Salvation, and the End of the World” was in Unearthed, the literary journal from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Congratulations on both publications, Ross!

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a short piece of historical fiction, “The Emperor’s Cloak,” published in The Copperfield Review (November 2019). Congratulations, Jo-Anne!

John Califano—author of JOHNNY BOY (featured in Embark, April 2019)—has had another excerpt from the same novel, “Treasure Map to Success,” published in Adelaide Literary Magazine. Congratulations, John!

Derek Heckman—author of A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a story published in Teacher Voice, an anthology of writing by teachers recently released by Malarkey Books. Excellent news, Derek!

Kenneth Robbins—author of SKUNK: AN AMERICAN LIFE FROM CONCEPTION TO COMMENCEMENT (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has a one-act play, In Silence, scheduled for a two-performance run at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, in April, 2020. Congratulations, Kenneth!

Bill Mesce’s novel Median Gray (featured in Embark, July 2017) is scheduled for publication this summer by Between the Lines Books. He also has a collection of essays, entitled The Screenwriter’s Notebook: Reflections, Analyses, and Chalk Talks on the Craft and Business of Writing for the Movies, scheduled for a March release from Serving House Books. Congratulations on both of these upcoming publications, Bill!

Arthur Powers—author of SHADOW COMPANION (featured in Embark, July 2019)—has had a volume of poems set in Brazil, entitled Sketches / Rio de Janeiro, published by Finishing Line Press. Congratulations, Arthur!

Dina Greenberg—author of NERMINA’S CHANCE (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has a hybrid flash-fiction piece entitled “Something Carried” forthcoming in Crack the Spine. This story is part of a novella in flash. Congratulations, Dina!

November 2019

P. K. Adams has sold the audiobook rights for her historical novel The Greenest Branch (featured in Embark, October 2017) to Tantor Media! The audiobook will come out in the spring of 2020. Wonderful news, P. K.!

Jill Yonit Goldberg—author of AFTER WE DROWNED (featured in Embark, July 2019)—has written and produced a short film called Homeland with animator and director Farzin Farzaneh. The film will soon be shown in the Festival Fotogenia in Mexico City and recently had its world premiere at the Film Miami Festival. Congratulations, Jill!

October 2019

Emily Wortman-Wunder—author of TERRAIN VAGUE (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has had a book of short stories, Not a Thing to Comfort You, published by the University of Iowa Press. The collection won this year’s Iowa Short Fiction Award. Many congratulations, Emily!

T. M. De Vos—author of YEAR OF WOMEN (featured in Embark, October 2017)—received the 2019 Pigeon Pages fiction prize, judged by Laura Sims, for her story “Dead Girl, Developing.” Congratulations, T. M.!

Elizabeth Gonzalez James’s novel Mona at Sea (featured in Embark, April 2019) has been shortlisted for this year’s SFWP Book Award, judged by Carmen Maria Machado! The novel will be published in the Spring of 2021 by the Santa Fe Writers Project. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Kenneth Robbins—author of SKUNK: AN AMERICAN LIFE FROM CONCEPTION TO COMMENCEMENT (featured in Embark, April 2018)—had a new play, “The Tragedy of King Robert the First, a Comedy in one act,” included in the 12th Annual Shakespeare  Birthday Festival at Louisiana Tech University, as a staged reading. His one-person drama “The Audition” was performed at the Etcetera Theatre, London, by Iustina Nevel in July, 2018. Wonderful news, Kenneth!

Madelyn Bennett Edwards—author of Catfish (featured in Embark, October 2017)—published her third book, Sissy, in September. She will be going on book tours through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida in November and January. Her second book, Lilly, was published in 2018. You can find out more about all of her novels on her website. Congratulations on these publications, Madelyn!

Robert Garner McBrearty—author of THE WILD CHILD (featured in Embark, April 2019)—has had a collection of flash fiction entitled When I Can’t Sleep published by Matter Press; you can purchase it on Amazon here. Congratulations, Robert!

September 2019

Elizabeth Bell’s novel Necessary Sins (featured in Embark, July 2017), about a young man who becomes a conflicted priest in ante-bellum South Carolina, has now been released! You can learn more about the author at her website here and purchase a copy here. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Derek Heckman—author of A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a piece of flash fiction entitled “Bread Crumbs” published in Ellipsis Zine. Congratulations, Derek!

August 2019

Dina Greenberg will have a chapter of her novel NERMINA’S CHANCE (featured in Embark, January 2019) published in September in Halfway Down the Stairs. Congratulations, Dina!

Stephanie Smith—author of STILL ICE (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has signed a contract with Adelaide Books, which will be publishing her novel Asteroidea in the fall of 2020. Wonderful news, Stephanie!

Anna Scotti—author of L.A. WINTER (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had a poem entitled “Where Babies Really Come From” published in The New Yorker.  Congratulations, Anna!

July 2019

Siân Griffiths—author of SCRAPPLE (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had an essay entitled “Evening: Super Bowl XLVIII” published in Hobart, a piece of flash fiction entitled “An Imaginary Number” published in Monkeybicycle, and another piece of flash fiction, entitled “You Were Raised By a Dragon,” published in the Winter 2019 issue of Mid-American Review. Congratulations, Siân!

Andrea Caswell—author of ESCAPE FROM PROVIDENCE (featured in Embark, October 2018)—had an essay entitled “Lost and Found” published by New Mexico Review in May. Her essay “Revolution in the Making,” about fiber arts and resistance, was published this month by Atticus Review. She has also been accepted to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference 2019 for fiction. Congratulations, Andrea!

Sandra Miller’s novel The Color of Rock is being published by the University of Nevada Press; it will be released in November 2019. The novel is the first in a series set in the American Southwest, of which THE JOURNEY ITSELF (featured in Embark, April 2018) is the third. Fantastic news, Sandra!

Grace Marcus—author of VISIBLE SIGNS (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has signed with agent Tracy Crow of the Tracy Crow Literary Agency. Wonderful news, Grace!

Tom Hearron—author of THE SERPENTS OF PARADISE (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has an essay called “Home” coming out in Issue 15 of the literary magazine upstreet. Congratulations, Tom!

Elizabeth Gonzalez James—author of MONA AT SEA (featured in Embark, April 2019)—has a short story called “Children of a Careless God” coming out this December in the 2019 issue of The Idaho Review. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Michael Gaspeny has had another chapter of A POSTCARD FROM THE DELTA (featured in Embark, April 2019) published, in the Summer 2019 issue of Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz and Literature. It follows the protagonist Johnny Spink’s trip from the Ozarks to the Mississippi in pursuit of the Blues. Michael was also named as a finalist in this spring’s Thomas Wolfe Fiction Contest for his short story “The God Box.” Lastly, his chapbook Tyranny of Questions, a novel in verse, will be published by Unicorn Press next spring. Congratulations on all of these accomplishments, Michael!

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had an array of short fiction published in the last few months. “Our Happiness,” a short story, was included in The Write Spot, a print anthology, in May 2019. Her short story “I Found Your Leg” was featured in Spank the Carp, Pond 51 (June 1, 2019). A long short story, “The Good Samaritan,” was included in Issue 27 of The Write Launch in July 2019. And finally, “Liberating,” a piece of flash fiction, was reprinted on FlashFiction.net, on July 9, 2019. Many congratulations, Jo-Anne!

Ross West—author of THE iCON (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has had a satirical essay entitled “Make a Splash! Career Advantages of Taking a Dump on Joan Didion” published in Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog. Congratulations, Ross!

Robert Garner McBrearty—author of THE WILD CHILD (featured in Embark, April 2019)—has had a collection of flash fiction entitled When I Can’t Sleep accepted by Matter Press; it will be published later this year. He also has a new story called “Sarge and Hollings” in the Spring 2019 issue of Witness, a literary magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV. Congratulations, Robert!

June 2019

Therese Doucet has sold her novel The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment (featured in Embark, April 2019) to the publisher D. X. Varos. The book is scheduled to be released in February 2020. Congratulations, Therese!

May 2019

Karen Wilfrid—author of WAITING FOR THE REAL JAMES (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has had an essay called “Book Expo 2019: How I Met My Favorite Author” published in Publishers Weekly. Congratulations, Karen!

April 2019

Sarah Warburton—author of ONCE TWO SISTERS (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has signed with literary agent Melissa Jeglinski of The Knight Agency! In addition, she has had a short story called “Survival English” accepted for publication in the August 2019 issue of Oyster River Pages. Congratulations on finding representation, Sarah, as well as on the publication of your short story!

Meagan Lucas’s novel Song Birds and Stray Dogs—featured in Embark, July 2018—is being published by Main Street Rag in August and is now in pre-sales. You can order a discounted copy here. Congratulations, Meagan!

Janet Garber—author of THE PARIS NOVEL (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has had an essay published in The New York Times called “Filling in the Blanks.” Congratulations, Janet!

Emily Wortman-Wunder—author of TERRAIN VAGUE (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has work coming out soon in The Kenyon Review Online and Creative Nonfiction. In addition, her collection of short stories, Not a Thing to Comfort You, won the Iowa Short Fiction Award and will be coming out in the Fall of 2019. Wonderful news, Emily!

Robert Garner McBrearty—author of THE WILD CHILD (featured in Embark, April 2019)—has had a story called “In the Bar” read on stage by actor Brad Leland (whose film and TV credits include Friday Night Lights and Deepwater Horizon) at the Arts & Letters Live “Texas Bound” show at the Dallas Museum of Art on April 1, 2019. In addition, his short story “Sarge and Hollings” appears in the new issue of Witness. Congratulations on both accomplishments, Robert!

Sharon LaCour—author of DOLORES COUVILLON (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has had a story called “Sugar Cane” accepted for publication by Propertius Press in an anthology to come out in June. Congratulations, Sharon!

Salvatore Difalco’s new collection of short fiction, Minotaur and Other Stories, published by Truth Serum Press, is due out on May 3 and includes a version of the opening of ENTER NIGHT, which was featured in Embark, January 2019. Congratulations, Salvatore!

March 2019

Judith Haran—author of THE ICE-MAKER’S DAUGHTER (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a story called “Forbidden Elegy” published in Persimmon Tree. Congratulations, Judith!

Janet Garber—author of THE PARIS NOVEL (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has had several stories published recently: “The Flap of a Single Wing” was Story of the Week (for February 12) in The TulipTree Review; “Memory Box” appears in the latest issue of The Neworld Review; and finally “O’ Brave New World” can be found in The RavensPerch. Congratulations on all of these achievements, Janet!

Grace Marcus—author of VISIBLE SIGNS (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has had a short story called “Grove of the Patriarchs” published in Me First Magazine. Congratulations, Grace!

February 2019

Ross West—author of THE iCON (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has had a short story called “A Leader of Men” published in Issue 47 of Spank the Carp. Congratulations, Ross!

January 2019

Mahmud Rahman—author of THE FICTION FACTORY (featured in Embark, October 2017)—has had a short story called “Dear Honourable Commissioner” published in Himal Southasian; the story focuses on a regulation imposed by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police requiring screenwriters to seek permission before depicting police characters. In addition, Mahmud’s personal essay “Crossing Borders, Mapping Tongues,” about his journey through languages, writing, and translation, has been featured in Papercuts, a publication of Desi Writers’ Lounge. Congratulations on both of these achievements, Mahmud!

 Dina Greenberg—author of NERMINA’S CHANCE (featured in Embark, January 2019)—has had a prose poem called “Boy, Bearing” published in the Fall/Winter 2018 issue of the Medical Literary Messenger (Virginia Commonwealth University). Her creative non-fiction piece “Once, I Used to Care About Lost Boys” will appear in the Spring 2019 Issue of Pembroke Magazine. Finally, her prose poem “Rooftop Stigmata” will appear in the Spring 2019 issue of Split Rock Review. Congratulations on all these accomplishments, Dina!

Jeffrey Perso’s novel Water Bodies (featured in Embark, July 2017) is being published by Black Rose Writing and will be released on March 7. Copies are available for pre-order through the publisher and on Amazon. Wonderful news, Jeffrey!

Mary Portser has signed with literary agent Chris Kepner of The Kepner Agency, who contacted her after reading the opening of her novel Squawk in the April 2018 issue of Embark. Congratulations to both Mary and Chris on this excellent news!

Bill Mesce’s novel MEDIAN GRAY (featured in Embark, July 2017) has been named a quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition. In addition, the Nov/Dec 2018 issue of Ragazine published his essay “The Magician’s Trick,” on John LeCarré and Sebastian Junger. The anthology Gateways: A Collection of New Writing from Alumni of the Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA in Creative Writing came out in December and included an excerpt from Bill’s 2015 novel A Cold and Distant Place. The anthology Triumph: Stories of Victories Great and Small comes out this month and includes Bill’s short story “Ante Meridiem.” Finally, his short story “10-11” will appear this spring on The Broken Plate. Congratulations on all this good news, Bill!

December 2018

Derek Heckman—author of A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a story entitled “Eight Tips for Living with the Monster Under Your Bed” published by Wigleaf. Congratulations, Derek!

Andrea Caswell—author of ESCAPE FROM PROVIDENCE (featured in Embark, October 2018)—had a short story called “The House on Hemlock Lane” published in Issue 35.2 of Louisiana Literature in November 2018. Congratulations, Andrea!

November 2018

Judith Haran—author of THE ICE-MAKER’S DAUGHTER (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had an essay called “De-composure: A Meditation on Burial” published by The Dark Mountain Project. Congratulations, Judith!

Meagan Lucas has sold her novel Song Birds and Stray Dogs (featured in Embark, July 2018) to the Main Street Rag Publishing Company, which will publish the book this coming Spring. In addition, her short story “Voluntary Action” was chosen by Wiley Cash as a Judges Choice finalist in the 2018 fiction competition hosted by Still: The Journal and was published in their 28th issue. Wonderful news on both counts, Meagan!

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—had a story called “Family Again” published in the Amsterdam Quarterly in September. In December, her story “Crossing Borders” will be published in the Winter 2018 issue of the Valparaiso Fiction Review. Congratulations, Jo-Anne!

October 2018

Sarah Pascarella—author of BENEFICIARIES (featured in Embark, October 2017—has had a short story called “Patty” published in the journal Booth. The story is an excerpt from a graphic novel that she is collaborating on with her uncle, Rick Stromoski. Congratulations, Sarah!

Emily Wortman-Wunder—author of TERRAIN VAGUE (featured in Embark, April 2018)—wrote a story called “Endangered Fish of the Colorado River” that has won the Conium Review’s Innovative Short Fiction Contest. It will be published in Volume 7 of the Review. She has also had essays accepted by the Cold Mountain Review and the Kenyon Review Online. Congratulations, Emily!

Siân Griffiths—author of SCRAPPLE (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had a collection of short fiction entitled The Drum, Like the Heart, Keeps Faulty Time selected for publication by Bull City Press. The volume will be forthcoming in Spring 2020. Her essay “The Gun That Won the West” is featured in the current issue of Prairie Schooner. Lastly, one of her flash fictions, “Everyone Fails,” is forthcoming in Lost Balloon and will be released on October 24. Congratulations on all this good news, Siân!

Dallas Woodburn—author of GHOST FINGERS (featured in Embark, January 2018)—signed earlier this year with literary agent Mark Gottlieb at Trident Media Group, who then sold her debut YA novel, The Best Week That Never Happened, to Month9Books! The novel is scheduled to be released in 2020. Congratulations on this wonderful news, Dallas!

Bill Mesce—author of MEDIAN GRAY (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has sold a collection of his short works, Tides, to Unsolicited Press. It will be published next year. Congratulations, Bill!

Jim Ross—author of COLDWATER REVENGE (featured in Embark, October 2017)—has just signed a contract with Regal House Publishing, which will be publishing his debut novel, a historical thriller titled Hunting Teddy Roosevelt. Congratulations on this achievement, Jim!

Carl Wooton—author of JULES AND MATTHEW (featured in Embark, October 2018)—has had a busy year. In August, he self-published Harmony’s Song and Other Stories, a collection of previously published pieces, two of which were recognized among the 100 Best Stories in American Magazines at the time of their publication. He also had three short stories published: “Across the Bed” and “Status Update” in Blue Lake Review, and “A Boy in the Woods” in the Scribes Valley Publishing anthology of new fiction, Take a Mind Trip. This month, a second chapter from his novel, entitled “Something Awful,” was accepted for publication by 34th Parallel Magazine. You can find out more about all of his publications on his website, carlwooton.com. Congratulations on these many accomplishments, Carl!

September 2018

Sharon LaCour—author of DOLORES COUVILLON (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has had a story called “The Hermit Crab” published in the August 2018 issue of the Arkansas Review. Congratulations, Sharon!

Janet Garber—author of THE PARIS NOVEL (featured in Embark, July 2018)—has had a comedic science-fiction story called “Shishkosh” published in Space Squid. Her essay on tackling New York Times crossword puzzles, “Puzzling,” will appear in the New York Times in March 2019. And her essay “Exiled in Paris” will appear in the Fall 2018 issue of Colere, a publication of Coe College. Congratulations, Janet!

August 2018

Judith Haran—author of THE ICE-MAKER’S DAUGHTER (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a scholarly article published in the Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies called “The Nuremberg Trials Project at Harvard Law School: Making History Accessible to All.” Congratulations, Judith!

July 2018

Jonathan Freeman-Coppadge has signed with literary agent Chris Kepner of The Kepner Agency, who will be representing Jonathan’s novel The World Is Mine (featured in Embark, April 2018). Chris first encountered Jonathan’s pitches in #DVpit and then read the first chapter in Embark before requesting the full manuscript and eventually making an offer. Congratulations to both Jonathan and Chris on this wonderful news!

Bill Mesce—author of MEDIAN GRAY (featured in Embark, July 2017)—is in the process of signing with the academic publisher McFarland Books for a book celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Sam Peckinpah’s controversial Western The Wild Bunch. Bill’s novel Four Days to Trinity was published this month by Endeavour Press. He also recently signed with Unsolicited Press for Collected Works by the late playwright, poet, and fiction writer Sean Michael Rice; the book will come out this September. Congratulations on all counts, Bill!

T. M. De Vos—author of YEAR OF WOMEN (featured in Embark, October 2017)—has received the Paper Darts short fiction award, judged by the writer Carmen Maria Machado, for her story “The Wrong Sort of Woman.” She has also had a short story called “Blue Whale” published in Tinge Magazine and was a semifinalist in The Same’s fiction contest, with publication pending. Congratulations on these accomplishments, T. M.!

Anna Scotti—author of L.A. WINTER (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had a poem called “Tanager” reprinted recently in Lunch Ticket. A selection of her poems has been awarded an Honorable Mention by judge Patricia Smith for the Pablo Neruda prize; these poems will appear in the Fall 2018 issue of Nimrod International Journal. Anna’s unpublished collection, Bewildered by All This Broken Sky, was named a finalist for the 2018 Louise Bogan Award offered by Trio House Press. Two of her poems, originally published in The Comstock Review, appear currently at isacoustic*.  Her poem “Then Fall Again” will appear in an upcoming issue of The New Yorker. Several of her stories will appear in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, beginning with the November/December issue, on sale in October. Congratulations on all this good news, Anna!

June 2018

P. K. Adams is releasing her historical novel The Greenest Branch this month! The opening of this novel, which is set in the 12th century and tells the story of Hildegard of Bingen, Germany’s first female physician, was featured in Embark in October 2017. Congratulations, P. K.!

 May 2018

Derek Heckman—author of A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a story called “On Ethics in Monster-Making” published by The Furious Gazelle. Congratulations, Derek!

Judith Haran—author of THE ICE-MAKER’S DAUGHTER (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has written a blog post for Harvard Law School called “Voting with Your Feet? Better Check Protocol First,” an addendum to the HLS Scanning Nuremberg series. Congratulations, Judith!

Jane Deon—author of FIERCE COUNTRY (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has had a story called “Goodbye July” published in the second issue of Manzano Mountain Review. Congratulations, Jane!

April 2018

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a story called “The Nymphs at the Vagabond Motel” published in the Poydras Review. Congratulations, Jo-Anne!

Sandra Miller—author of THE JOURNEY ITSELF (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has had one of her blog posts, entitled “How Writing Fiction Can Free Physicians,” reposted on the popular medical-social site KevinMD.com. Congratulations, Sandra!

William Reichard—author of SUN, MOON, STARS (featured in Embark, January 2018)—is having a book of poetry published by Brighthorse Books later in 2018. The collection, entitled The Night Horse: New and Selected Poems, will include selections from his first five books of poetry as well as new work. Congratulations, William!

Peter Selgin—author of THE WATER MASTER (featured in Embark, April 2018)—has recently published a book on the art of writing first pages, entitled Your First Page (Serving House Books, 2017), which has also been the subject of a weekly column on the writer Jane Friedman’s website. It will certainly be of interest to novelists submitting to Embark!

Kenneth Robbins—author of SKUNK: AN AMERICAN LIFE FROM CONCEPTION TO COMMENCEMENT (featured in Embark, April 2018)—will have his one-character play, The Audition, produced in London in July 2018. This will be the first time his play has been performed in the UK. Congratulations, Ken!

Jeff Perso—author of WATER BODIES (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had another chapter of that novel accepted by the Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal. The chapter, entitled “Now, Lend Me Your Horse,” will appear in Twisted Vine‘s forthcoming issue. Congratulations, Jeff!

Derek Heckman—author of A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a story, titled “Accidents,” published in the latest issue of The Collapsar. Congratulations, Derek!

January 2018

Dallas Woodburn—author of GHOST FINGERS (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has won Yellow Flag Press’s Cypress & Pine Fiction Award for 2018 with her debut short-story collection, Woman, Running Late, in a Dress. The collection will be released in March. Congratulations, Dallas!

Siân Griffiths—author of SCRAPPLE (featured in Embark, January 2018)—has a story called “Wooden Spoons” in the current Cincinnati Review, as well as an essay in the current Indiana Review. Congratulations on these accomplishments, Siân!

Bill Mesce—author of MEDIAN GRAY (featured in Embark, July 2017)—recently signed with the UK e-publisher Endeavour Press for his novel Four Days to Trinity, a suspense thriller touching on themes of race, intolerance, and the cultural divide currently plaguing the U.S.  Additionally, his short story “The Drowned Man” was just accepted by The Valparaiso Fiction Review for publication this summer. Congratulations, Bill!

Mahmud Rahman has had a chapter of his novel THE FICTION FACTORY published at The Write Launch. The opening of this novel was featured in Embark in October 2017. Congratulations, Mahmud!

November 2017

Jo-Anne Rosen—author of A MAP OF THE MIND (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has had a story called “The Dude Who Stole Her New Shoes” published by the online literary magazine Five on the Fifth. Congratulations, Jo-Anne!

October 2017

Karla Stover has sold her book Wynters Way to BWL Publishing, Inc., a Canadian publishing house. The opening of this novel was featured in Embark in October 2017. Congratulations, Karla!

Madelyn Bennett Edwards has released her debut novel, Catfish, about a young girl growing up in Louisiana in the 1960s. The opening of this novel was featured in Embark in October 2017, and you can find out more about where to buy the book on Madelyn’s website. Congratulations, Maddy!

Jeff Perso has been named a Finalist for the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Novel Prize, for his book WATER BODIES. The opening of this novel was featured in Embark in July 2017. Congratulations, Jeff!

Bill Mesce—author of MEDIAN GRAY (featured in Embark, July 2017)—has recently had two books published: a novel, Legacy, released by Impress Books, and a nonfiction book called The Rules of Screenwriting and Why You Should Break Them (McFarland). Next month, the online literary magazine Ovunque Siamo, which publishes fiction and essays relevant to the Italian/American, will be running his short story “Furlough, November 1944.” Lastly, the site Shore Scripts, dedicated to the craft of screenwriting, has run three of his essays. Congratulations on all of these accomplishments, Bill!