Böcker utgivna av Vital Narrative Press

In the sequel to 2016's Only The Holy Remain, Detective Frank Calhoun springs back into action after a social worker and a rookie police officer are murdered in Chicago's East Garfield Park. Flanked by his new partner Fred Lions, while also battling remnants of his father's recent conviction, Frank chases down clues across the city as he begins to assemble pieces of the case. With mounting pressure from his girlfriend Gloria, as well as the Assistant State's Attorney striving to make a career off the case's headlines, Frank must keep his head on straight as he attempts to find the killer and navigate the pitfalls of the blue religion.

In 2016''s The Unlikely Tale of the Royal Elite Squad, D.A. Alston introduced us to four super-powered teens looking to save their city. In the sequel, the girls are back in action and looking to come out on top as new problems arise. Libby Gray is struggling to put on a brave face while dealing with serious issues at home. Kenzie strives to overachieve even as she combats the overwhelm of leading the group. Adeema must fight through Islamaphobia as she looks to find her place in the world. And Janais learns a shocking secret about her family and must keep herself together in order to fight on.When a new opponent starts to attack the art community across their city, can our super-powered teens regroup and regain their advantage to keep everyone safe? Or will their new fiery foe be too hot to handle?

Calliope Thessaly is a teenage writer, bound to a beautiful home inside her beloved polis of Auburn due to her strict parents, Pan and Demeter. When her father announces a move to neighboring Griffin, Calliope is granted a little more freedom to explore, an opportunity she takes full advantage of, although she comes to find many of its pretentious inhabitants intolerable. Stress from the move reveals the cracks in her family and the discovery of a mysterious box reveals the city's dark past and provides Calliope with an opportunity to keep history from repeating itself.

Sankara Olama-Yai's debut collection serves as a beautifully-written tribute to his father and a welcome entry into his unique style of poetry, as he explores themes of war, depression and African pride.

This collection of poetry wends its way around the crises of the early 20's: identity, relationships, and sexuality. Written by a queer Latinx femme, these poems are a late coming-to-age amidst the backdrop of mental illness. Take this collection as an offering: a new way to understand small nights bathed in love and loss.