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    Check out the current and upcoming works from Mellizabethan Era Press!

bottoms up - coming 2026

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Over the last fifteen years, ETHAN CARLSON has slowly succumbed to a life of colorless routine. After the death of his father, he hid himself away in books, struggling to find purpose after the paralyzing trauma. Not even winning the lottery had the power to pull him out of his grief. 

But when the infamous LUKE SHAW suddenly reappears in their small town after ten years away in the big city, everything changes. Luke is tall, fit, and unmistakably handsome, but his return is fraught with animosity. As an openly gay man, he’s confronted with hostility from bigots and childhood bullies who are intent on making his life miserable. 

When Ethan steps up to defend him from the worst of them, it leads to a tentative but genuine friendship. The more they interact, the more Ethan finds himself drawn to Luke in a way he never could have anticipated. There’s just one problem — Ethan isn’t gay. Or, at least he didn’t think he was. 

Coming into sexual awareness at thirty-five has its challenges, but navigating his first romantic relationship with a man is surprisingly easy. Can he expect his happiness to last? Forced to confront his deepest fears, Ethan struggles with anxiety and insecurity about what might change after coming out to his friends, and whether or not he truly has a place in Luke’s life.

Your Death, my life - tbd

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Iimmortal dan - on hiatus

It's been four years since the Zombie Apocalypse destroyed human civilization. Billions of people were either killed or turned into one of the blood-thirsty monsters doomed to plague the earth, killing any human left alive.

A band of misfits attempts to survive together at the end of the world, forming new friendships and family ties in a compound built by their leader years before the fall. But the sudden arrival of a strange new survivor threatens to upend all of their progress.

He's an amnesiac they found in the woods, covered in blood and wearing nothing but a few scraps of clothing with the name tag 'Dan' as the only clue to his identity. There's something off about him, and the longer he stays around, the more it seems that he's not entirely human.

When he walks away without a scratch from a freak accident that should have killed him, fears rise among the colonists now that it seems Dan is immortal. No one knows what to make of his mysterious past or his unusual powers.

But Dan discovers early on that he's not the only one with unnatural talents. Their leader, Jonathan, has been keeping a secret for over twenty years—he knew that the Apocalypse was coming. And now, he's seen something else on the horizon, and he doesn't know if he'll be ready for it in time.

The colonists are forced to make a choice: stay hidden away behind the walls of their Colony for the rest of their lives or go out and fight to take back their world. Strange developments come out in the case of Dan's identity, the truth about the zombie virus comes to light, and nothing will ever be the same again.

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FAQs

  • They’ll be available through most major retailers online, as well as Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.

  • It was kind of fun. Thanks for asking!

  • If I can make enough money to feed my cats and still have time to sit down and write, you betcha. It just might take another few years for something to come out… (buy my book plz)

  • Literally hundreds upon hundreds of thousands. Just like any self-respecting cat person.