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Congratulations to Virgina Watts!

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As the kitchen slowly fills with acrid smoke, Hannah considers the details of last night’s dream. All her dreams are similar. They begin with the vultures from Disney’s movie The Jungle Book: Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and Dizzy, those adorable guys with their shaggy haircuts and Liverpudlian accents. Hannah suspects she giggles in her sleep as the dream gets underway and the feathered quartet exchange their famous banter: Whatcha wanna do? I dunno. Okay, but whatcha wanna do?

This is when Hitchcock enters belly first, and just like that the mock-Beatles birds have blood red eyes, growl like wolves, sprout dripping talons, and hideous, dagger beaks. Hannah shivers just thinking of them. In the dreams, she searches for and locates herself far below, standing in the middle of a cornfield row. She is shading her eyes, looking skyward toward the row of birds, her body no bigger than a black ant on a picnic table. When the birds screech and launch, spears sailing earthward, Hannah starts sprinting.

Protected black vultures take center stage as the inaugural characters in Old Scratch Press member Virginia Watt’s captivating collection of short stories, ECHOES FROM THE HOCKER HOUSE. Much like the inhabitants of Watt’s literary world, these vultures malfunction, their settings turned unusually high. The reasons elude comprehension, shifting the focus toward adaptation and navigating life amid circumstances deemed fundamentally unendurable.

Resonating with the challenging yet beautiful landscape reminiscent of the middle of Penn’s woods (Pennsylvania), Watt’s tales unfold amidst mountains, trees, rocks, and coal. Attaining a ripe old age or seeking easier horizons are both exceptional occurrences. The hill country folk within these stories cherish their wooded towns, embrace the eccentricities of their neighbors, hold onto their faith, love their country, and confront their struggles head-on.

KIRKUS loves Watt’s book!

ECHOES FROM THE HOCKER HOUSE, a National Book Award nominee, is now available on Kindle, with the paperback set for release on 11/20/2023. Secure your copy at the pre-order price from Devil’s Party Press today!

Anthony Doyle (OSP Poet) Featured in August’s Kirkus Reviews

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Congratulations to Anthony Doyle, whose dystopian sci fi novel was chosen for inclusion in the August Kirkus Reviews magazine!

To have a book chosen by Kirkus for their magazine means that they think the book is worth your precious reading time.

Could Anthony Doyle be the next George Orwell?

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During the month of August, order Hibernaculum at the pre-order price and receive a free copy of the Hibernaculum Spa brochure! A collectors item, signed by the author, that you won’t want to miss!

https://devilspartypress.com/product/arriving-july-2023hibernaculum-by-anthony-doyle/

And, just as an FYI, I read this book when it was submitted to us, I read it to edit it, and I read it a few more times after that. I was captivated by the book every single time. If you, like me, loved1984, A Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, you will also love Hibernaculum. It’s just that good.