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The Mermaid’s Call

by Alex Frazer

$16.99
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38 pages, June 2026.
Published by Penciled In

When the deep, mysterious “Baaaaoooo” from a conch shell echoes through the moonlit tides, it isn’t just any sound…it’s a mystical call to unite. A fretful whale is trapped in a tangle of unnatural debris, and his only hope lies in the magic of teamwork. Join Shelly, the mermom, her brave daughter Green Fin, and nine other merpeople on one night’s inspirational underwater adventure.

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Cross Body Lead

by Elie Axelroth

$18.00 at Bookshop.org

302 pages, May 2026.
Published by Scatterbrain Press

How far would you go to right an injustice? At a college campus across the bay from San Francisco, Billie Ochoa teaches Cold War politics and Cuban history. She is charismatic, unapologetic, resolute. Inspired by her dead father’s love for his Cuban homeland, she is a regular at a salsa dancing class at the local community center, and an advocate for the vulnerable, marginalized and exploited. But when one of her students, Evelyn Davis, needs her help, Billie gets more than she’s bargained for.

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ARTWORK

My Paintbrush is My Voice Cats, Cowboys, and Crickets As I See It An Undersea Book of Hours Black Birds on Thursday Pause on the Path

POETRY

The Silence of Stars Time Traveler Adieu Plane Snake The Palace of Broken Tenderness Haven The Eternal Life of Trees Foot Soldier The Last Honesty Falling Short The Sky Where the Sea Should Have Been Our Shared Breath Wild Divinity What Happens to Teenage Angst Time Zones A Lighthouse of Poetry Tornado Man Consider Star Walker I Got What I Came For Singing and Dying War & Whispers Through the Cosmic Mist Spirits Rock & Fire Marriage and Other Leaps of Faith LIFE Imaginary Burden Where Our Palms Rest A Poem of Miracles A Plague of Angels Crossing the Plateau Celtic Light Biting the Apple Tilting Point For The Day Naked Lady Who On Earth Wayfaring Stranger Border Songs Beauty Like A Rope Under Such Brilliance The Last Spelling Bee There Is Nothing Poetic About Fish The Space Between Things

LITERARY JOURNALS

Solo Novo 9 | Words Under Words, The Tassajara Poets Solo Novo 7/8 Psalms of Cinder and Silt Solo Novo 5/6 if&when Issue 4 if&when Issue 3 if&when Issue 2 if&when Issue 1

FICTION

21st Century Affairs Absence Is No Alibi Instructions for the Living How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All My Mother Died in the Phoenix Fire

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The Mermaid’s Call Want To Play With Me? The ABC's of SLO County Let It Bee Good Night San Luis Obispo Is this the place to Bee? Amazing Grace!

COOKING

From Artichokes to Nairobi

MEMOIR

Uncharted Adventures From Beloit to Clark Gable in Three Generations My Favorite 18 Holes The Bent-Handled Snowshovel A Life of Stories Memorable Labyrinths

HISTORY

The History of the Hotel Charlotta

TRAVEL

Getting to Paris Safaris With Steve French Lessons, The Art of Living and Loving Well

BIOGRAPHY

Interviews with Allen Ginsberg

REFERENCE

Are We There Yet? Successful Dating At Last!<br /> A Workbook for Understanding Each Other The Every Excuse in the Book Book<br /> How to Benefit from Exercising, by Overcoming Your Excuses