Black Annis Books

12/01/2023

These short stories are haunted by the destructive, often cyclically so, destructive power of love and fantasy, coming February 14th but available for pre-order now:

The daughter of the Last American Cowboy is tasked with putting her late-father’s ashes to rest, but has plans of her own. A woman wakes up after the first night with her lover to discover she’s birthed a pile of maggots. The ghost of Hans Christian Andersen haunts a young girl. These short stor...

25/12/2022

IN A HOUSE DEMOLISHED BY THE WIND travels from YouTube to a cancer support group; from a café to a grocery store; from an open field to a prison in the mind, and from a crumbling house to an internet hotel. Available for pre-order:
https://pumpernickelhousepublishing.com/store/p/pre-order-in-a-house-demolished-by-the-wind

25/12/2022

In the first issue of Half-Light, explore worlds where the tree’s carry guns, the houses are split in two, and the abandoned metropolis of Opolis, the once-rival of cities such as Las Vegas. Coming in January, available for pre-order now:

In the first issue of Half-Light, explore worlds where the tree’s carry guns, the houses are split in two, and the abandoned metropolis of Opolis, the once-rival of cities such as Las Vegas. Men rise to the ceiling, brothers are born as just halves, and your body unknits itself. Explore the margin...

17/12/2022

In A House Demolished by the Wind by Rosalind Goldsmith now available for pre-order:

COMING JANUARY 15th IN A HOUSE DEMOLISHED BY THE WIND is a collection of short short stories, each one distinct but connected to the others. Some pieces are realistic, some fantastical, and some a blend of the real and the imagined. All deal with people in the here and now, from a drug addict on t

17/12/2022

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17/12/2022

Issue One of Half-Light now available for pre-order! Explore worlds where the tree’s carry guns, the houses are split in two, and the abandoned metropolis of Opolis, the once-rival of cities such as Las Vegas.

In the first issue of Half-Light, explore worlds where the tree’s carry guns, the houses are split in two, and the abandoned metropolis of Opolis, the once-rival of cities such as Las Vegas. Men rise to the ceiling, brothers are born as just halves, and your body unknits itself. Explore the margin...

24/11/2022

Hi all! Black Annis Books and the other Pumpernickel House imprints can now all be found at

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30/07/2022

New workshop lineup settled, a sit-down with Aimee Seu and a review of her book Velvet Hounds from University of Akron Press and a spotlight on Sanjay R Singhal, Author : https://www.pumpernickelhouse.com/crumbs/next-workshop-line-upaimee-seu

Hello all! We’ve got our line-up all settled for the Fall Workshops!

28/07/2022

"G.R. Tomaini's The Rainbow Cantos is a wild and exuberant romp through the annals of literature from the distant to the recent past" -Chris Barzak

https://www.pumpernickelhouse.com/books/p/the-rainbow-cantos-two-attempts-at-q***ring-the-canon-by-gr-tomaini
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The Rainbow Cantos is a collection of two works q***ring western canon, featuring Kiss Me, Ahab and Gayowulf. Kiss Me, Ahab: There's mischief afoot at Sargasso State College. Alcibiades loves Ahab, but Ahab is-- gasp! --straight!? What's to be done but turn to Oberon, King of the Fairies,