Irish Timber

Irene M. Drago

Maine Authors Publishing 

Inspired by true events, Irish Timber is a standalone novel and a follow-up to Lavinia Wren and the Sailmakers. In the summer of 1931, Susie Rowley travels to Ireland with her cousin, a friend, and the undoubtable Eliza Willey Walker. Eliza convinces the band of Yankee scholars to investigate the wreck of her grandfather’s ship, the Alfred D. Snow. When Susie falls for Hugh Larkin, a medical student from County Wexford, their quest takes a detour. Later, she returns to Dublin and takes a job at the national library working for Dr. Richard Hayes. The librarian is soon drafted by Irish military intelligence, and Susie, a gifted linguist, is asked to join him to catch a German spy. As war engulfs their world, Yankee and Irish families alike demonstrate the power of love and the enduring value of Irish timber.

Wolf Pelt: Cold War in Greece, Love, and Trust Revealed

Steven James Hantzis

Alinet, LLC

In 1951, the newly established American CIA is getting its feet on the ground. A bankrupt British empire sells its cash-happy cousins a mole-ridden campaign to overthrow the Albanian communist government. The CIA called the operation BG/Fiend. Infiltration and logistics flow from Greece. Stavros returns to Greece after World War II and his service in the OSS as commander of a Greek operational group. During the war, he wreaks havoc on Germans, learns “the Greek way,” and falls in love with the captivating Dimitra. After the war, the CIA recruits Stavros to return to Greece, posing as an academic pursuing his PhD. His actual mission is to organize a “cultural influence group” and support logistics for Operation BG/Fiend. He and his love, Dimitra, now working with the Archaeological Society of Athens, share a deep and fraught relationship.

Destroy Me, Desecrate My Bones

Victoria Hood

Girl Noise Press 

A collection of essays, short stories, poems, and charts in Victoria Hood’s indelible voice, Destroy Me, Desecrate My Bones confronts raw desires, rock bottoms, measureless loves, and the viscera of all realms. Percussive, evocative language and experiments of form create a world of earnest uncanny as Hood takes stock of the desires of the living, the dead, the imagined, and the beloved.

Disturbing Visions

Carlos Perez 

Dizzy Emu  

Across eleven dark short screenplays, everyday settings--homes, beaches, suburbs, shopping centers--become stages for dread. These are not distant gothic castles or mythical realms. This horror lives in the living rooms, kitchens, garages, and playgrounds. It grows out of grief, jealousy, paranoia, aging, cruelty, and the quiet fractures within relationships. Some threats are supernatural. Others are painfully human. All are unsettling. Blending psychological tension with moments of visceral shock, Disturbing Visions explores what people are capable of when pushed too far--and what may be waiting when they push back. Once you begin reading, you may find it difficult to look at the ordinary world the same way again.

Black Veil, White Rose

Moe Claire 

12 Willows Press 

When a woman disappears during the harsh Maine winter, what begins as a search for a missing person soon reveals deeper tensions within the town. As the investigation unfolds, buried histories, smuggling operations, and fractured loyalties surface, forcing residents to confront truths many hoped would remain hidden. Set against the rugged coast of Downeast Maine, Black Veil, White Rose is an atmospheric, character-driven mystery that explores how isolation, family ties, and the weight of the past can shape a community—and how easily those bonds can unravel when secrets come to light.

Healing Chakras: Through Kundalini Awareness - Steps for Clarity, Courage, and Inner Strength

Donna Sewall Davidge

Sewall House 

This book educates the reader on the chakra energy systems along the spine with useful practices for awareness, based on the authors over 40 years of teaching yoga. The specific yoga practices and case studies are from Kundalini Yoga, though any type of yoga can be applied to the knowledge. Additional chapters explain how other yoga practices and meditation techniques apply to the chakras as well. Each chapter covers a chakra, with questions for the reader at the end of each chapter to journal on as a way to better understand applying the chakra system to personal physical, mental and emotional issues. The goal is better insight and understanding of the Self. All that is required is an open mind!

Gardening with Chickens

Lisa Steele

Homestead Living 

Finally, a chicken keeping guide that trains your flock to work with you. That’s right. With the 10th anniversary edition of Gardening with Chickens by Maine author and 5th generation chicken keeper Lisa Steele, you don’t merely tolerate chickens in the garden. You design the garden around them, turning their habits into your homestead’s greatest asset. For every gardener who’s lost plants to scratching hens, for every chicken keeper frustrated with destroyed beds, this book gives you the systems, plans, and plant guides you need to bring harmony (and abundance) to both garden and coop. Whether you’re new to chickens or a seasoned keeper, Lisa Steele brings a lifetime of insight to show you how to harness their energy, not fight it.

Hardtail Strat: Guitars, Heroin, Songs, and Stories

Peter Gallway 

Koehler Books

"A gritty and melodic memoir of a guitarist’s coming of age amid the electric pulse of the Greenwich Village and Los Angeles 1960s music revolutions, when he encountered legends like James Taylor, Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Ken Kesey. Written in the raw, lyrical rhythm of a songwriter, through poetry, music, and prose, 'Hardtail Strat' is an unputdownable story of music and madness, abuse and opportunity, loss and redemption—and the enduring power of song to set us free. “...as much as our lives and loves have crossed, I had no idea what was going on in the in-between spaces! Glad we’re both here! ” — John Sebastian, American singer- songwriter and musician

Looking for Kerouac

Mark Saba

Kelsay Books

In his fourth poetry collection, Looking for Kerouac, Mark Saba searches for hints that will assuage fear for a troubled world, highlighting personal experiences and memories of those who had offered him love and hope. Rather than become fatalistic, he gleans lessons from unpredictable nature and weaves them into his own life. He finds in these poems comfort in chaos, solid footing on shaky ground, and a will to keep moving forward in a life both palpable and imagined.

Clooscape the Poet 

Charles Cantalupo

Spuyten Duyvil

Clooscape the Poet recomposes stories about Koluskap, the most familiar and renowned figure in the Wabanaki oral tradition. He becomes the original storyteller in a canon of traditional tales and legends about him: retold time and time again in a myriad of ways and presenting him in a multiplicity of roles. The stories originate in Clooscape’s mind as memories, observations, visions, fantasies, dreams, and delusions. "The local, regional, and expansive tradition of Wabanaki storytelling, oral and written, connects history and prehistory, space and time, and people of all cultures at the heart of where they live. Clooscape the Poet lets more of us know that with pleasure." -- Kassahun Checole, Founder & Publisher, Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press, Inc.

Lucy Wonder: The Miracle Adventure of a Blind Kitty's Life

Donna Sewall Davidge

Sewall House

A true story of a born blind kitty from northern Maine who inspired those around her, her animal loving owners who never gave up on her, despite her challenges (and inspiration!) as an indoor outdoor cat. (with a rough start) This simple book is a story of embracing life and knowing in the end we are all the same, capable of love and being loved, accepting who we are and embracing it, with a little help along the way.