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3/26/25, 12:30pm

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Zero O’Clock

For sixteen-year-old Geth Montego, zero o’clock begins on March 11, 2020. By June, she wonders if it will ever end.

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Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean

A pan-Caribbean anthology of original short stories culled from the very best entries to the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

And Then Came the Blues: My Story of Survival on Both Sides of the Badge

After being shot ten times by her fiancé and left for dead, Katrina Brownlee miraculously survived and became a decorated NYPD detective, a mentor, and founder of a nonprofit support group for at-risk women.

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before August 5, 2025.

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