The Deixis Press Occasionally - Issue #65
spring has sprung
Hwæt!
I allowed this newsletter to hibernate over the winter and have been shy about resurrecting it, because the obvious thing I have to say is that my own book1 is coming out tomorrow.
I do not enjoy self-promotion; over on my own personal Substack2 I toyed with trying to write a weeklyish article about writing and the process of writing ahead of the launch. Unfortunately, I’m not particularly good at writing when I feel I have said enough (which is probably why my book is a novella), and I don’t enjoy creating Content For Content’s Sake (which is one of many reasons why I am not an influencer).
But I’ll go ahead and rip the bandaid off and say that tomorrow, 19 March, sees my very own Six Mile Store birthed into the world. As I mentioned, it’s a novella at around 120 pages, but one reviewer said it made her feel like she was in a Tarantino film. Perfect, actually—that’s pretty much my intention with it.
I’ve done a “meet the author” interview at Crime Fiction Lover, and I think there will be a few other bits online soonish too, including articles, listicles, reviews, and maybe even some press if I’m lucky. I’ll be recording an interview with Talk Radio Europe in April, I’ll be on the Your Life In Film podcast at some point in the coming weeks, and I’m doing an in-person launch/reading/signing at the Faulkner County Library on Monday 6 April at 5:30pm. So I guess that’s decent self-promotion.
Ah, anyway. Next time: more about other books in 2026 from Deixis Press, including:
* A relaunch AND and a new book from Adam Saint!
* A new Sammy & Facey book from Siôn Scott-Wilson!
* A new book about the Bristol Channel Floods of 1607 from Chloe Turner!
* And a collection of short stories from Marc Joan!
All very much in the works, and coming to you later this year.
Sorry to bother you with self-promotional stuff. I promise that I hate it more than you do.
Yours,
Angel
You can pre-order directly from the press at https://deixis.press/books/p/six-mile-store if you’re in the UK. Otherwise please see https://linktr.ee/ambelsey for other ordering options.
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