Coming Soon Archives | ELJ Editions

Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship

Apr 11, 2026 | Coming Soon

DNA testing and evolving adoption laws are blowing up family secrets. This groundbreaking anthology, curated by B.K. Jackson, with a foreword by Libby Copeland, features 28 intimate essays by acclaimed and emerging writers that probe the profound impact of encountering unknown close relatives. These poignant stories demonstrate the healing power of truth at the same time they raise the question: what does it mean to be family?

Gizzards & Hearts: Stories

May 10, 2025 | Coming Soon

In Gizzards & Hearts, characters teeter on the edge of collapse, clinging to hope in a crumbling world. From a mother in isolation to boys chasing time travel, each story explores desperate acts, fleeting grace, and the fragile struggle to see ourselves—and each other—for who we truly are.

Pretend I’m Not Here

Oct 5, 2024 | Coming Soon, Featured, Short Fiction

Pretend I’m Not Here features characters struggling with sex, identity and meaning in a world collapsing around them. Everyone is longing for something—the beloved, a newborn child, even annihilation. Cities burn, protests rage, isolation intensifies. A motif of masks and costumes runs throughout as characters experiment with who they are and struggle for connection in an absurd world. Though bleak, many of the stories end with a moment of dark optimism.

Dying Man in Living Room

Oct 5, 2024 | Coming Soon

After five months alone, Greta Fox steps out on Christmas Eve to attend a cryptic “living exhibition” called Dying Man In Living Room. Wandering Manhattan without her phone, she’s pulled into a night of strange encounters and self-reflection in this sharp, darkly funny meditation on privilege, paralysis, and possibility.

How Far a Night Can Reach

May 28, 2024 | Coming Soon, Featured

How Far a Night Can Reach follows six characters whose lives intertwine after a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at an Irish pub. What begins with music, tension, and a kiss unfolds into a surreal, year-long journey of shifting relationships, unexpected reunions, and the strange ways we search for connection.

I Will Judge You from Your Roommate

May 28, 2024 | Coming Soon, Featured, Short Fiction

A vibrant new short story collection from Fatima J. Alharthi exploring the fundamental question of identity: who am I? These stories challenge collectivism while embracing the beautifully imperfect nature of being human. From Saudi Arabia to the Aegean Sea, Kenya to Syria, the restless drive to anchor the self transcends geography.