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Embark Literary Journal

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A Literary Journal for Novelists: embarkliteraryjournal.com Founding Editor, Ursula DeYoung: ursuladeyoung.com

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · 4w ago

CREATURES OF HABIT, by Embark contributor Jennifer Yeh, will be published by @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social in March! A woman sees life in a new way after befriending an amphibious man who crawls into her window on the day of her ex’s engagement party. Preorder a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/crea...

Creatures of Habit: A Novel

A woman learns to see her future in a new light with the help of an amphibious man who crawls through her window the day of her ex’s engagement party in this coming-of-middle-age novel for fans of The...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Embark contributor Catherine Bator has now published her debut novel, A GOOD, HARD SLAP. In this Jazz Age psychological thriller, a young stenographer in Hollywood gets entangled in the murder of her studio’s biggest star. Buy a copy here! store.bookbaby.com/book/a-good-...

A Good, Hard Slap

Gracie Perkins and six other stenographers at Kaplan Talking Pictures know the film company's most popular star has been murdered, something the moviegoing public will never know. The studio will ...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

BODIES IN ARABESQUE, a novel by Embark contributor Terri Lewis (@terrilewis1.bsky.social) based on her years as a working ballerina, will be released in March by She Writes Press! Preorder a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/bodi...

Bodies in Arabesque: A Novel

For fans of Meg Howrey, a coming-of-age story of two ballerinas, friends and rivals, whose choices after getting pregnant—one before Roe v. Wade and one after—affect their friendship, careers, and lif...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE, a collection of stories by Embark contributor Robert Garner McBrearty, published by @unmpress.bsky.social, has won the 2026 New Mexico Book Award for best short story collection! Pick up a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Problem You Have: Stories

The Sisyphean characters in The Problem You Have may not be pushing a giant rock up a hill, but they are unlikely to ever get where they are going. Yet despite knowing that, they push on and work with...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Embark contributor Nancy Foley has had an essay published in Oldster Magazine about a meaningful cross-generational friendship with a painter more than forty years her senior, and the way it influenced her work as a novelist. Read it here! oldster.substack.com/p/my-last-vi...

My Last Visit with Bob

Nancy Foley recalls a meaningful cross-generational friendship with a painter more than 40 years her senior, and the way it influenced her work as a novelist.

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Embark contributor Karen Wilfrid has had an essay published in WBUR's Cognoscenti (@cogwbur.bsky.social)! Check it out here: www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

If you think 'Toy Story 5' was triggering for parents, try being a teacher

"When I began teaching seventh grade English in 2012, my students were early Gen-Z-ers who said, 'Yolo!' and still knew how to read an analog clock," writes Karen Wilfrid. "Today, the digital natives ...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Embark contributor Robert Funderburk has had a story called “Martin and Bull” published in the second volume of the anthology OUR BEST WAR STORIES, published by @middlewestpress.bsky.social. Pick up a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/our-...

Our Best War Stories: Prize-winning Poetry & Prose from the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards, Vol. 2

Packed with MORE THAN 60 PRIZE-WINNING WORKS of WAR POETRY, SHORT FICTION, and NON-FICTION from TODAY'S WARS! Plus bonus supplementary materials, including writing prompts and insights from prize-winn...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

THE HEALER OF CORKY ROW, by Embark contributor Virginia Ryan, is now available from @seacrowpress.bsky.social! The novel tells the story of a young Irish healer who is banished to America to atone for her role in her father’s death. Pick up a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Healer of Corky Row

A mystical journey through family, tradition, and survival in a changing America.In 1908, Irish healer Nuala Conneely arrives in a struggling Massachusetts mill town carrying the Book of Knowledge and...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Embark contributor Therese Doucet has reopened her independent publishing imprint, Strange Violin Editions: @sv-editions.bsky.social. The press is open to submissions, and she will prioritize those that mention a connection with Embark! Find out more info here: strangeviolineditions.com/submissions/

Submissions

The press is coming back from hiatus and is now open to submissions of new manuscripts. Unagented manuscripts only. Send up to 50 pages of completed fiction or nonfiction, a book proposal with samp…

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Embark contributor @ksherbrooke.bsky.social has published her fourth novel, THIS MUCH IS TRUE, with @sibyllinepress.bsky.social! A woman recognizes her daughter’s future father-in-law as a central player in a trauma from her own high-school days. Buy a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/this...

This Much is True

A mother faces an impossible dilemma as her daughter's future hangs in the balanceOn her fifty-eighth birthday, Veronica Harmon feels blessed-with a fulfilling veterinary career, a wonderful marriage ...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

EXALTED OBJECTS, by Embark contributor @janedietzelcairns.bsky.social, has been published by the independent press History Through Fiction! Based on true events, the book centers on an ambitious 19th-century railroad tycoon and his eccentric brother. Buy a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/exal...

Exalted Objects

Editor's Pick - BookLife - "Brothers, magnates, and responsibility power this smart, humane historical novel."A railroad tycoon must choose between his brother's freedom and his own ambition-before on...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

The debut novel of Embark contributor Robert B. Miner, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, will be published by Simon Six, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in 2027. This propulsive thriller examines America’s disturbing obsession with guns. Preorder a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/thou...

Thoughts and Prayers: A Novel

The characters in Robert Miner’s extraordinary debut novel all share America’s obsession with guns—and are willing to go to extremes to remake the world in their own flawed images. Thoughts and Prayer...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

IMPERFECT LIKENESS, a novel by Embark contributor Dan Sato (@tellthestory.bsky.social) that's based on the life of the pioneering Japanese-American photographer Frank Matsura, will be released this month! Preorder a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/impe...

Imperfect Likeness: The Legend of Frank Matsura

It's 1901 and, much like today, immigrants are the engine that drives the industries of America. A Japanese nobleman of the samurai class with terminal tuberculosis-escaping an arranged marriage and r...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

We're thrilled to announce the release of our 25th issue! Click below to read the openings of ten riveting, unpredictable, extraordinary novels, by some of today's most talented up-and-coming writers! embarkliteraryjournal.com/issues/issue...

Issue 25, October 2026

Editor’s Introduction As I reviewed the ten novel openings featured in this issue of Embark, I was struck by an underlying theme, though each opening, as always in our selection process, was chosen…

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

LINE OF FLIGHT, by Embark contributor Evelyn Herwitz, will be released this fall by Koehler Books! In World War I, a woman from a Jewish community in Worcester, Mass., travels to the Western Front in Europe to find her missing daughter. Pre-order a copy here! – www.barnesandnoble.com/w/line-of-fl...

Line of Flight

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

HIDEAWAY, by Embark contributor Monica Goertzen Hertlein, is now available! A young fugitive in the distant future escapes from a spaceport and travels to a remote rural outpost, where she finds a new life that may be threatened by her past. Buy a copy here! – buy.bookfunnel.com/altafvn0bf

She wanted a hideaway. She found a home.

Mary’s worst decision yet, stealing from corrupt law enforcement, could land her in jail long enough to grow old. She flees the spaceport streets for a remote rural outpost hoping for refuge with Finn...

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Embark Literary Journal@embarklitjournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I AM AGATHA, published by @avidreaderpress.bsky.social, is Embark contributor Nancy Foley's debut novel and has received glowing praise from @npr.org reviewer Maureen Corrigan! www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...

Move over, Mr. Ripley. 'I Am Agatha' is a delightfully duplicitous debut

Nancy Foley's deviously-plotted novel centers on an aging artist in New Mexico. Brutally dismissive of anyone who disagrees with her, Agatha is a perfectly engaging (if unreliable) narrator.

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