Akashic Books
Akashic Books is an independent book publishing company based in Brooklyn, New York. It publishes literary fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, poetry, and children's books, and is known for its "Noir" anthology series set in various cities around the world.www.akashicbooks.com
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Oct 13, 2026
Carol MitchellGUEST
I love it.
Carol MitchellGUEST
The way the process went is that the publisher, which is Akashic Books, they asked me for ideas of what I would like to see on the cover.
Carol MitchellGUEST
And because there's a lot of ideas around death in the book, and people tend to associate vultures with death, And there is a story that involves vultures.
Carol MitchellGUEST
I thought of wanting to do that.
Carol MitchellGUEST
And then the beautiful colors that they came up with in the background are amazing.
Carol MitchellGUEST
So the book is available wherever books are sold.
Carol MitchellGUEST
If you go to the Akashic Books website, you can pre-order the book.
Carol MitchellGUEST
It's coming out on November 3rd.
Brett VargoHOST
It was a book that captured that heady year in the life of the young man, the 13-year-old boy who was shipped off to boarding school and was thrust into the very English freak show while the outside world erupted in a tech- technicolor world of music, art, and fashion.
Brett VargoHOST
Now, here's a spoiler alert, despite the title, spiritually, he may have never left 1967, but Father Time is undefeated, and Stranded in the Future, which is the title of the second installment of his delightfully surreal self-portraits, is now out, newly published from Akashic Books.
Brett VargoHOST
Now, Stranded in the Future picks up in 1968 and drops us off in 1978, shortly after the formation of Robin's seminal band, The Soft Boys.
Brett VargoHOST
These were s- formative years filled with a lot of firsts, and weaves a new cast of colorful characters into his story, most notably two central figures, the well-known musician referred to in the book as Mr.
Karen E. OsborneGUEST
... you know, uh, in the, in their queue.
Karen E. OsborneGUEST
So I went and looked and sought a different publisher, but I stayed in touch with Johnny Temple at Akashic Books and, and I interviewed some of their authors on my podcast and just had a good relationship with him.
Karen E. OsborneGUEST
He was, he was good to me, and I tried to still be good to him and good to the company.
Karen E. OsborneGUEST
So when I contacted him and said, "I'm writing this sequel and I really need my rights back," he said, "Sure."
David Heska Wanbli WeidenGUEST
I'm an editor at University of New Mexico Press as sorta, as sort of a side gig, and I edit a series called Native Edge.
David Heska Wanbli WeidenGUEST
We've got some books coming out there, but the one I'm real excited about, I'm editing from Akashic Books, where I'm not an editor.
David Heska Wanbli WeidenGUEST
It's called Native Noir, and I have a short story in there.
David Heska Wanbli WeidenGUEST
It's a collection of fifteen short stories by the top Native American writers in the US trying their hand at crime stories.
David Heska Wanbli WeidenGUEST
So it's called Native Noir, and it's coming out from Akashic Books in fall of twenty twenty-seven.
David Heska Wanbli WeidenGUEST
And I think it's gonna be a really cool collection of short stories to have.
David Heska Wanbli WeidenGUEST
And then beyond that, for me, I am kind of hazily starting on my next novel, which will not be a Virgil Wounded Horse novel set, you know...
BrentHOST
Rick, of course, of bands like Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Obits, etc.
BrentHOST
This book came out late last year on Akashic Books, and it's a beautiful book.
BrentHOST
Sounds like you have picked it up, Ryan?
RyanHOST
oh yeah
Julie HenricusHOST
Her short story, Rowboat, included in the book, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Julie HenricusHOST
She's also published Palm Springs Noir from Akashic Books and Pen on Fire, A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within, a Los Angeles Times bestseller and winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Best Book Award.
Julie HenricusHOST
Crazy for You, published in Orange County Noir, was included in USA Noir Best of the Akashic Noir series.
Julie HenricusHOST
Her short story has been published in Coolest American Stories, Crime Reads, Oyez Review, Literary Hatchet, Rock in a Hard Place, Broad River Review, and Dark City Crime and Mystery Magazine.
speaker_8HOST
Yes.
speaker_7HOST
This book was published by Akashic Books, and it was released earlier this year on May fifth.
speaker_7HOST
And on its face, you know, it sounds like a straightforward comedy bit.
speaker_8HOST
Right, just a quick laugh.