NEW FROM STILLHOUSE PRESS

We’re delighted to announce the release of three novellas — yes, three! We loved these books so much, we couldn’t publish just one! Click each cover to learn more.

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wINNER: KRISTINA TEN, PLAY DEAD

Stillhouse Press announces the winner of our 2024 Prose Contest: Horrific! — Congratulations to Kristina Ten’s short story collection, “Play Dead” which was selected as the winner! Read more about Kristina and this collection here.

Our judge had this to say:

“The stories of “Play Dead” delight in trickery…Its collective narrative voice is somehow one of comfort, of solace; it might even evoke feelings of nostalgia - if you were raised in The Twilight Zone.” —Joe Vallese

Honorable Mention to the Runners Up!

  1. Alyson Mosquera Dutemple, “The Marvelous Freaks of Nature”

  2. Adam Klein, “Against Life”

  3. Wendy Wimmer, “The Handbook of Doomscrolling”

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Stillhouse Press is an independent book publisher based in Northern Virginia. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and anything else that couldn’t find a home in big publishing. We are drawn to the strange, the transcendent, and the risky. We are looking for work that pushes the boundaries of narrative, of the lyric, or just boundaries in general.

As a student and alumni-led teaching press, our primary aim is to provide educational opportunity through applied experience in the art of craft publishing — the act of soliciting, acquiring, producing, and marketing work from independent authors — in an effort to forge lasting relationships and foster the growth of the greater literary community.

Staffed entirely by students and alumni of George Mason University’s MFA and BFA programs in coordination with Watershed Lit. To learn more about our mission and our student staff, click here.

Est. 2014