An immersive adventure story set during the American Civil War follows four travelers as they escape toward the Western territories.
Deserters
read more
Acre Books Blog
A Thousand Souls
A collection of fourteen stories interweaving the lives of three generations in the remote town of Neptune, Vermont.
Ará’lúèbó
A layered exploration of the immigrant identity through the voices of multiple Nigerian American characters.
Common Disaster
A remarkable debut collection that chronicles the experience of anxiety and anguish in the face of COVID-19.
Range of Motion
A tender, wrenching, and comic novel that follows two twin boys from infancy to the cusp of adulthood.
Special Election
With his tenth book, celebrated author Brock Clarke once again demonstrates his mastery of the story form.
Terminal Surreal
This unflinching poetry collection follows the author’s diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The Dalai Lama’s Smile
In eight short stories, travelers and locals become entangled in situations that send their moral compasses spinning.
Defiant Acts
Drawing on the author’s experiences, this debut novel follows an interracial blended family living in Chicago in the 1990s.
Scream / Queen
A debut poetry collection drawing on horror-movie tropes to examine the body—both its traumas and its possibilities.