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The last two years have been difficult for many people, and we at Annorlunda Books are no exception. As a tiny indie press, we did not have a lot of spare capacity, and the last two years have overwhelmed us. We have made the difficult decision to scale back operations. We will not be publishing […]
Annorlunda Books only had one release this year… but it was a great one! And it is an award-eligible fantasy novella. Lagoonfire, by Francesca Forrest, was released March 3, 2021. Publisher’s Weekly says “this evocative and ultimately uplifting story is sure to please” – and we definitely agree! Decommissioner Thirty-Seven, the enigmatic protagonist from The Inconvenient […]
What if gods could retire? What if sometimes, humans helped those gods along to retirement? What if there was an entire government bureaucracy that helped gods retire? That is the world of the Polity, the setting for Francesca Forrest’s new novella Lagoonfire, which is out today! Decommissioner Thirty-Seven, the enigmatic protagonist from The Inconvenient God, […]
Let’s start with the fun part: I looked back at the collection of public domain stories that I have formatted over the years, and I picked a great spooky story to share for Halloween. The Four-Fifteen Express, by Amelia B. Edwards is a great classic story. Check it out! And if you enjoy it, you […]
Lagoonfire, Francesca Forrest’s novella that continues the story of Decommissioner Thirty-Seven, who we first met in The Inconvenient God, is now available for pre-order! Set in a world in which gods can be decommissioned but humans must take care to conform with the beliefs of the Polity, Lagoonfire follows what happens when a god Thirty-Seven […]
It is time for another gorgeous cover! Lagoonfire, by Francesca Forrest, continues the story of Decommissioner Thirty-Seven, the decommissioner of fading gods that we first met in The Inconvenient God. Thirty-Seven may have botched the decommissioning of Laloran-morna, the former god of ocean waves… and now he is suspected to be the source of a […]
Nontraditional: Life Lessons from a Community College, by Nan Kuhlman, is now available for pre-order! In this collection of linked essays, Kuhlman introduces us to her students, many of whom are “nontraditional”—returning service members, laid off factory workers, and a range of other people who never thought they might be “college material.” “Nontraditional” also describes […]
This year was our fifth year publishing books—and we celebrated in the best possible way, with a great line-up of new releases. We published two books in the science-fiction and fantasy genres that are award-eligible: Arctic Adagio, a novelette by DJ Cockburn, is a gripping mystery and a cautionary tale about an all too plausible […]
We’ve got another great cover to share! This one is for Nontraditional: Life Lessons from a Community College. Nontraditional will be out next March. Here is the fabulous cover Susan Lavoie designed for it: Nan Kuhlman is an author, freelance writer, and part-time community college professor. This collection of linked essays introduces us to her […]
What happens when an average boy (who happens to have antlers on his head) and an ordinary girl (who loves the thrill of the chase) fall for each other? Can two teenagers navigate a magical world they don’t fully understand? The Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Fairy King, a novella by HL Fullerton, is […]