Tortoise Books

Set in diverse locations, including Chicago, Georgia, and Florida, Wilson's stories offer a series of snapshots of almost every moment of adult life, from high-school graduation to retirement. Set in...

May, 1970. A two-person Soviet crew approaches the moon, ready to accomplish the greatest feat in human history--provided they can overcome their own petty jealousies, and the unforgiving harshness...

American Sfumato: A Novel in Nine StoriesAuthor: Vojislav PejovicPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: October 29, 2019Number of Pages: 194 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

After growing up with an alcoholic mother and an intermittent stepfather, Alex pines for connection, even as he sabotages his life with substances, and substitutes one failed relationship for the...

A teenage girl victimized by assault and prejudice. An office worker holding on to his boss's cat after a failed workplace romance. A father struggling through a ceremony for a son lost in combat. A...

This collection features 28 short stories.Author: Joe KapitanPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: Oct 23, 2018Number of Pages: 264 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Dick, a blunt and bawdy Philly sports fan, finds himself in an assisted living facility following a stroke. Determined to regain his independence, he does daily laps around the grounds with his quad...

Author: Ignatius Valentine AloysiusPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: May 12, 2020Number of Pages: 418 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948954117ISBN-13: 9781948954112

These compelling stories offer a detailed look at a part of the country many Americans only glimpse through an airplane window from 30,000 feet--the small towns of the rural Midwest. The characters...

An unadulterated look inside the lives of those hardest hit by the Great Recession, Steve Passey shows with great clarity that when all else fails, it's our relationships that keep us afloat, even if...

A hypnotic soft-boiled detective novel about love and guns and memory.Author: Joseph G. PetersonPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: Dec 15, 2017Number of Pages: 222 pagesLanguage:...

In Another SunAuthor: William AutenPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: May 26, 2020Number of Pages: 312 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948954109ISBN-13: 9781948954105

In That Number: One Woman's March from the Streets of Protest to the Halls of Power (and Beyond)Author: Regan BurkePublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: Oct 06, 2020Number of Pages: 260...

April, 1972. Three legendary astronauts embark on man's boldest space voyage yet--a yearlong mission to fly past our nearest planetary neighbor, Venus. Island of Clouds, the first full-length novel...

Tyrone-the part-aesthete, part-meathead narrator of Stuart Ross's hilarious debut-has a problem. Several problems, in fact: a girlfriend who never stops sleeping with other guys, an obsessive side...

A mother recovering from an abortion in a Borscht Belt rental. An eccentric aging landlord, haunted by a mysterious death. A grief-stricken Hasid. A scheming real estate agent looking for her break,...

With pathos and insight, each of the sixteen accomplished authors--among them Lynn Freed, Karen Bender, May-lee Chai, Gina Frangello, Cris Mazza, and Amina Gautier--featured in Love in the Time of...

Author: Avner LandesPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: March 09, 2021Number of Pages: 416 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948954141ISBN-13: 9781948954143

Morning Will Come (New Chicago Classics)Author: Billy LombardoPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: January 21, 2020Number of Pages: 198 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Jax, a cover model, has had half her face destroyed in a bomb blast. Drowning in whiskey and self-loathing, she must rebuild her life now that her beauty is gone. Part love letter to New York, part...

Drawn, written, and designed by Dmitry Samarov.--Page facing title page.Author: Dmitry SamarovPublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: Sep 10, 2019Number of Pages: 264 pagesLanguage:...

In his late thirties, John Julius Reel left his native New York for Seville, hoping to reinvent himself, find his voice as a writer, and cast off the shadow of his famous father. When his girlfriend...

The local bar--the true, no-frills, nameless dive bar--offers its patrons a refuge, a place to express their doubts, dreams, regrets, and failures. Here they can escape or celebrate life; tell tall...

Andy's a bartender in North Austin in the late 1970s. For years, he's been slinging beers to corrupt cops and fat Zenith employees, but given the neighborhood's ongoing decline (and his own serious...

Itzel's 13th birthday party starts in just about the unluckiest way possible-with her dad having a heart attack. In those frantic moments, the piñntilde;ata and the frosted sheetcake and the...

A mysterious man appears suspended in the air above a major American city. A foul-mouthed posse of machete-wielding scoundrels wreak havoc on a small-town mayor. A cocaine-addled boxer starts a...

This irresistible collection of stories brilliantly skewers the close-to-rich and not-so-famous of 21st century America. With keen yet kind perspective, Kaltman revels in the triumphs and travails of...

Mike Kovacs is an economics professor who's trying to get over a bitter divorce. He's barely on speaking terms with his only child. And he's just killed two bicyclists in an inebriated hit-and-run at...

The Beast In Aisle 34Author: Darrin DoylePublisher: Tortoise BooksPublication Date: 28-Sep-21Number of Pages: 290 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948954575ISBN-13: 9781948954570

The Bronx. It's America at its most vibrant and chaotic; it's also where one foster care caseworker--a would-be white savior from New England, a twentysomething kid prematurely jaded by the...