Upcoming Releases

NOW AVAILABLE - The first installment in an original literary cycle by John Spencer. Set in 1970s Effingham, Illinois, Iron & Ashes tells the story of retired engineer Silas Vance, the scrapyard he keeps along U.S. Route 40 (the old National Road), and his determination to maintain an enduring standard in the face of technological progress. "Iron endures. Ashes remember."

Iron & Ashes: A Lyric Novellette of U.S. 40 by John Spencer

The second installment in the Iron & Ashes cycle expands upon the stories of Silas Vance, the engineer who measures accuracy by plumb line and physical tools; Rose Halvorsen, the attorney who uses language and law to measure truth; Arthur Vance, the son who stands as a silent witness; and the bankers, developers and others seeking to claim Silas' land.

John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet

This Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War poem will be joining our lineup of classic literary reprints. Published in 1928, John Brown's Body describes in epic verse the lives of major historical figures, ordinary soldiers, civilians and enslaved persons caught up in America's defining conflict.