Scroll Press

Scroll Press is pleased to announce our newest title: Selected Stories from Scroll in Space: 2003-2013.

You can order this new title from your local bookstore or Amazon.com.

Some of these twenty-six stories are humorous and others are tragic, yet all convey the challenges of being human and attest to the resilience of the human spirit. There is a wide range of genres: fictionalized reportage, memoir, dramatic monologue, science fiction, fantasy, travel narrative and horror. From a story of the beauty of aurora borealis to the terror of a fisherman trapped in his net to speculation of entangled particles being used to create a man with dual awareness, characters celebrate life and confront death. These well-crafted stories are poignant because the writers draw readers into their respective worlds to reveal deeper truths.

“Reading this collection is like dining at an international bazaar—but instead of sampling exotic foods, the reader feasts on a variety of voices genres, characters, and artifacts. With settings as diverse as China and Canada, Kenya and Norway, Russia and the Caribbean, there is something here for everyone.”
—Andrea M. Penner, poet & author of When East Was North

We are not currently accepting new manuscripts. We will be reviewing proposals in June and July 2013. Please read our submission guidelines. We look forward to reading your work during our next review period.

Remembering the Future is now also available as a Kindle ebook from Amazon.com. Get your copy here.

Our newest release is Mark Shegelski’s Remembering the Future, a collection of fourteen science fiction stories that explore many universes, time travel, and seemingly impossible situations. Suppose you had an experience that you know is impossible. You witness an event and time runs backward to where it started. You remember the future.

Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids writes:

Fascinating, inventive stories from a stunning new talent. You’ll remember these futures.

Dr. Mark Shegelski holds a Ph.D. and is a full professor in Physics at the University of Northern British Columbia. His current research area is in quantum mechanics. Currently, he lives in Prince George, British Columbia with his wife. This is his first novel. Click on his site to learn more about him and to find out about his upcoming readings and book tour:

You can buy Mark Shegelski’s Remembering the Future from your local bookstore or online (U.S. price: $17.95; Canadian price: $19.95). For more about Mark Shegelski, click on the link to the author’s website in the right hand menu. After you read Remembering the Future, please write a review of the book and post it on Amazon and feel free to post your comments and communicate with Mark Shegelski on the author’s website.

Rebecca Bradley’s The Lateral Truth: An Apostate’s Bible Stories will make you laugh out loud. She is the author of the Gil Trilogy and numerous short stories, has worked as an archaeologist and teacher and lives in Calgary.

Was Moses really such a great liberator? How did a thug as thick as Samson get to be a hero? Wasn’t the miracle at Bethesda about as merciful as pulling wings off flies? The fifteen stories in The Lateral Truth follow selected biblical themes through to their illogical conclusions, building on questions the author was never brave enough to ask in Sunday school.

Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Rollback says:

Rebecca Bradley is a fabulous writer, and The Lateral Truth is a witty and clever skewering of Bible stories. Funny and fresh—a much-needed antidote to rampant fundamentalism. Enjoy!

Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress thinks that:

With skill, wit and a keen nose for a good story, Rebecca Bradley reminds us that sacred cows must never be milked too seriously.

You can buy Rebecca Bradley’s The Lateral Truth from your local bookstore or online (U.S. price: $15.95; Canadian price: $17.95). For more about Rebecca Bradley, click on the link to the author’s website in the right hand menu. After you read The Lateral Truth, please write a review of the book and post it on Amazon and feel free to post your comments and communicate with Rebecca Bradley on the author’s website.

Scroll Press is a literary press that publishes collections of short stories, novels, and literary essays, including travel writing. We invite submissions from new and established authors.

Our first release is R. Patrick’s Prisoner’s Under Glass. This is a magical novel for young and adult readers alike:

Rachel Windover is in Venice with her parents. She’s supposed to be on vacation. So far the airline has lost her luggage, she has fallen out of a gondola in the middle of a scenic cruise, and now she has this churning sensation in the pit of her stomach; it’s the feeling she gets when something is about to go really wrong.

They should never have gone into that souvenir shop. Then her father wouldn’t have gone all glassy eyed and goofy after meeting Lilah, the hauntingly beautiful owner. He wouldn’t have ordered dozens of her strange souvenirs for his shop back home, and Rachel’s mother wouldn’t have disappeared.

Now Rachel must deal with the horrible secret inside one of the souvenirs. It is a secret that forces her to embark on a journey that will take her and her best friend Sam halfway around the world and under it, into a realm swarming with sea witches and dark magic. But there’s an even deeper magic waiting in the caverns beneath the sea. It could bring her powers she never imagined. It could bring back her mother. It could restore all the prisoners under glass. All she has to do is survive.

You can buy R. Patrick’s Prisoner’s Under Glass from your local bookstore or online (U.S. price: $17.95; Canadian price: $19.95). For more about R. Patrick, click on the link to the author’s website in the right hand menu. After reading Prisoner’s Under Glass, do write a review of the book and post it on Amazon and feel free to post your comments and communicate with R. Patrick on the author’s website here.

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