PS First AnthologyComing this Fall from PS Books: the second Philadelphia Stories anthology, a collection of reader and editor favorites. We want to hear from you! Click on the following categories to vote for your favorite: (1) fiction, (2) essay, or (3) poetry.
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elise juskaPhiladelphia Stories is pleased to announce the Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction. Award: $1,000. Judge: Elise Juska, author of One for Sorrow, Two for Joy. Submission period: June 15-October 15. Submissions open! Click HERE for details.
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Excerpt from the Novel Monkey See
by Walt MaguireIn the next house he could see that the good professor's wife had gone up to bed. The professor himself seemed to be stalling in the kitchen, weakly filling ice trays. He kept meaning to climb over and see what happens behind the upstairs curtains, but he resisted, not wanting to risk trouble with the human police before he had a chance to complete his plans.
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The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl by Marc Schuster
$13.95
Marc Schuster's colorful debut novel, The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl, paints a riveting portrait of a divorced mother whose quest to be everything to everyone exposes the dark secrets of America’s suburbs.
“Witty, acerbic and wholly relatable. A deft portrait of addiction and motherhood." – Kelly Simmons, author, Standing Still
“Hilarious!” – Harold William Halbert, editor, The Newspaper Reader
"An uplifting and really funny book!" – Tom Powers, contributor, Small Press Reviews
$13.95
Broad Street by Christine Weiser
$13.95
Christine Weiser’s debut novel follows the fictive all-girl underground rock-group, Broad Street, through the highs and lows of struggling for success in the male-dominated Philadelphia rock scene.
“Weiser's now given birth to Broad Street, the terrific Philadelphia rock roman a clef…Weiser, who has already completed a sequel, is a real writer who gets Kit's interior voice down in clean, concise prose.” – Philadelphia Inquirer
“Broad Street is about a female rock group, but actually it’s about more than that…It is an intense, touching and sometimes depressing look at what it takes (the commitment, the cold heart and the focus) to get to the top.” – Book Club Forum Reviews
$13.95
