Flexible Press

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST. WE DON’T EMAIL OFTEN, AND WE WILL NEVER EVER SELL YOUR EMAIL TO ANYONE, EVER.


Coming 4/2/2024

A culinary journey that will transform your taste buds and ignite your passion for cooking.

Coming 8/6/2024

A young single mother is trying to raise her son in an uncertain, and ever shifting, world.

Coming 9/10/2024

Noreen is haunted by the memory of her aunt who committed suicide. Can she stop history from repeating itself?


New for 2024

 Waiting for Al Gore

a novel by Bob Katz

A wonderful comic novel, and a wry commentary on the difficulty of herding (environmentalist) cats.
— Peter Behrens, author of Carry Me

New in 2023

Downlanders

A novel By Frank HAberle

... both real and imagined, a place mythical in its beauty, desolate and haunting.
— Esther Alix, Author, Stories of Gabriel

COMPOSITIONS ON COMPASSION AND OTHER EMOTIONS


Poetry, essay, and art by Bob McNeil

…a magnificent collection of poems, essays, short stories, and brilliant illustrations from his enormous body of work…
— H. VICTORIA HARGRO ATKERSON, PUBLISHER, PRODUCER, AUTHOR, WRITER, AND ACTIVIST

 A very
Innocent Man

A novel by Edward Belfar

...Twisted redemption story perfectly mirrors the well-earned cynicism of our times. Highly recommended.
— KATHY FISH, AUTHOR OF WILD LIFE: COLLECTED WORKS

SILENCE

Stories BY ENGIN AKYÜREK

TRANSLATED FROM TURKISH BY DOINA L. KOVALIK AND ATIYE ERDEN

[The reader] is immersed in the stories and lives of its characters by Akyürek’s masterful story telling ... which makes the stories pure joy to read.
— GUSZTAV DEMETER, CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY

WHAT THE
MOON DID

BY JESSICA BARKSDALE INCLÁN

In ‘What the Moon Did,’ decades pass, characters grow up and grow old—and some die—while secrets inch closer and closer to revelation.
— SCOTT HEWITT, COLUMBIAN

 Hot novels, new voices

 
Emil DeAndreis has gifted readers with a wonderful meditation on what it means to be imperfect, starring the ideal poster child: San Francisco.
— ZACK RUSKIN, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
 
A wildly creative new novel, the absolute perfect chord of magic, a wifely ghost, a bit of shamanism ... all set against the backdrop of a Greenwich Village blues club.
— CAROLINE LEAVITT, AUTHOR OF WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
 
Head back to Providence circa 1967 for a gripping exploration of the lives of three adults struggling with questions of who they are and who they’re meant to be.
— SIX BOOKS PERFECT FOR BEACH READING: HUGH MINOR, RHODY READS
 
The novel’s powerful exploration of repression, sexuality, trauma, and identity is uncomfortable, tragic, messy, and real.
— Kirkus Reviews
A masterpiece of literary fiction by an author with a genuine flair for a truly engaging originality...
— Midwest Book Review
...Elisa Sinnett has summoned a glittering darkness, bleak, beautiful, mesmerizing and utterly unforgettable.
— JUNOT DÍAZ, PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
...Joanna Acevedo is an unflinching portraitist with a wicked sense of humor.
— JOYCE CAROL OATES, WINNER OF THE PEN/O. HENRY AWARD, THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, AND THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARD

Award winning stories from
the immigrant experience

 

Oromo Witness is the story of one man’s journey from fighting for freedom in Ethiopia, to prison in Somalia, to a refugee camp, and finally to St. Paul, Minnesota.

A truly American tale.

 

To make a new life in America, a woman must first make history. This is her story.

 

Anthologies with a cause

Home

An Anthology

In this collection of Minnesota-focused short stories, memoir, and poetry, 28 authors explore hope and loss, promises kept and promises broken in their own personal search for home.

All profits go to Alliance Housing, a Minneapolis non-profit dedicated to making it possible for individuals and families to create homes for themselves, regardless of income and background.

Lake Street Stories

AN ANTHOLOGy

Lake Street cuts across Minneapolis from west to east, from the urbane to the urban to the blue-collar.

All profits go to CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio), a linguistically and culturally relevant resource and service nonprofit.

22 under 22

Young people speak!

Short stories, poetry, and essays from 22 people under 22 that asks:

What worries you?
What angers you or delights you?
In other words, what’s on your mind?

All profits got to Model Cities, a St. Paul non-profit working to provide social and economic prosperity by providing access to opportunities that stabilize and develop families and communities.

Flexible Press, LLC, Minneapolis, Minn., is a traditional book publisher dedicated to supporting authors, communities, and mission-driven non-profits through story. find out more, and sign up for our email list.


Books sales are powered by Bookshop, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores.