https://pressroom.prlog.org/pelekinesis/ About Pelekinesis - Pelekinesis is a book publishing company with a focus on emerging authors and artists. By creatively embracing the evolving publishing paradigm and utilizing modern distribution platforms, Pelekinesis puts the interests of the independent author first. https://www.prlog.org/12943767-innovative-author-peter-cherches-uses-chatgpt-to-create-texts-based-on-goya-painting.html Several days after the release of the natural-language artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, writer Peter Cherches fell into its rabbit hole. Wanting to test its applicability to creative writing, he began to experiment.Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:54:26 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12758774-circa-by-adam-greenfield-named-2018-foreword-indies-book-of-the-year-awards-finalist.html Today, Pelekinesis is pleased to announce Circa by Adam Greenfield has been recognized as a finalist in the 21st annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:52:25 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12755155-the-best-microfiction-anthology-series.html The Best Microfiction anthology series makes its worldwide debut on April 17, 2019. This new series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:43:15 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12664471-new-podcast-the-inland-valley-art-literature-show-now-available-on-itunes-and-on-the-web.html The Inland Valley Art and Literature Show is an audio podcast with a literary focus for the Inland Empire and surrounding areas. You can subscribe to this community supported podcast through iTunes, Google Play, and directly on the web.Fri, 15 Sep 2017 13:30:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12656767-pelekinesis-book-club-discount-program.html Pelekinesis is happy to announce a new book club program to help promote community and introduce groups of people to some wonderful authors. Through this new program, we're offering discounts on select Pelekinesis titles for use in your book club.Mon, 07 Aug 2017 08:19:17 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12639838-calls-for-submission-is-the-debut-collection-of-short-stories-by-selena-chambers.html Pelekinesis is pleased to announce the release of Calls for Submission, a collection of short stories from Selena Chambers.Mon, 15 May 2017 08:52:13 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12580023-peter-cherches-sings-monk-and-mercer-at-cornelia-street-cafe-on-october-9.html On Sunday, October 9 at 6pm, Peter Cherches will present a program of the music of Thelonious Monk with his original lyrics and the songs of Johnny Mercer with new vocalese at New York's Cornelia Street Cafe. He'll be accompanied by Lee Feldman on piano.Tue, 16 Aug 2016 06:05:40 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12575872-pelekinesis-announces-new-editions-of-three-books-by-susan-weinstein.html New editions of three groundbreaking novels by acclaimed author Susan I. Weinstein are to be released by independent publishing house Pelekinesis.Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:13:19 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12533927-the-tanglelows-childrens-book-series-by-greg-mcgoon-coming-march-2016.html The journey starts with "Traveling the Twisting Troubling Tanglelows' Trail"Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:22:59 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12524388-heibergs-twitch-is-new-short-story-collection-from-robert-wexelblatt.html Fourteen very different stories about the variety of human conditions, the scope of thought, and the diversity of experience.Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:24:10 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12520071-mercerized-peter-cherches-sings-johnny-mercer-with-twist-cornelia-street-cafe-march-13.html On Sunday, March 13 at 6PM, jazz vocalist, lyricist and fiction writer Peter Cherches will present a tribute to Johnny Mercer at Cornelia Street Cafe, accompanied by Lee Feldman on piano.Tue, 05 Jan 2016 03:44:51 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12512844-stumbling-out-the-stable-is-exciting-debut-fiction-from-sean-pravica.html An irreverent trip down the turbulent backroads of early adulthood.Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:41:44 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12492797-steampunk-paris-by-selena-chambers-and-arthur-morgan-coming-september-2016.html A full travel guide featuring photographs, maps, charts, and colorful descriptions.Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12486009-closing-the-book-travels-in-life-loss-and-literature-by-joelle-renstrom.html Personal essays that rely on various works of literature as a catalyst for grief, as well as a means of pushing past grim realities to begin envisioning life reconstructed.Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:17:57 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12467737-the-underwater-typewriter-is-new-collection-of-poems-from-marc-zegans.html Poems that traverse brutal terrain through which light, bent and at times nearly occluded, passes kaleidoscopically.Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:31:21 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12459515-noted-fiction-writer-peter-cherches-to-sing-jazz-at-beyond-baroque-on-september-18.html Publishers Weekly called him “one of the innovators of the short short story.” Former U.S.Tue, 26 May 2015 16:13:58 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12458956-burnt-is-western-noir-tale-from-author-and-filmmaker-tim-kirk.html A dark, multi-generational drama that follows three interwoven stories through a century of intrigue, murder, and good daughters of bad guys.Sun, 24 May 2015 05:58:20 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12435335-fingerless-named-foreword-reviews-2014-indiefab-book-of-the-year-awards-finalist.html Today, Pelekinesis is pleased to announce Fingerless by Ian Donnell Arbuckle has been recognized as a finalist in the 17th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards in the LGBT Fiction category.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:42:21 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12435322-cold-earth-wanderersnamedforeword-reviews2014-indiefab-book-of-the-year-awards-finalist.html Today, Pelekinesis is pleased to announce Cold Earth Wanderers by Peter Wortsman has been recognized as a finalist in the 17th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards in the Science Fiction category.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:33:19 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12410673-mr-abobaziz-the-nancy-by-edward-beardsley-is-graphic-tale-told-in-137-drawings.html A wonderfully inventive graphic work that began life as a storyboard for a film, was transformed into a graphic novel, and is presented now in paperback form.Sun, 04 Jan 2015 19:22:24 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12409159-cold-earth-wanderers-named-one-of-foreword-reviews-top-10-sci-fi-books-of-2014.html Foreword Reviews has posted its list of top Fantasy/Sci-Fi books for 2014 and "Cold Earth Wanderers" by Peter Wortsman is deservedly included.Sat, 27 Dec 2014 06:46:33 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12387400-cold-earth-wanderers-by-peter-wortsman-pelekinesis-2014.html A science fiction novel set in a vertically-focused society where an underground group dares to venture sideways.Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:32:29 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12323790-the-non-conformist-arts-convention-announces-july-26th-2014-event-in-pomona.html An alternative arts convention dedicated to the exploration and celebration of regional art and artists, comics, zines, and local graphic works will be presented at the dA Center for the Arts.Thu, 15 May 2014 08:08:48 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12323170-pomona-to-by-david-allen-takes-an-alphabetical-tour-of-fascinating-city.html This engaging series of newspaper columns from Inland Valley Daily Bulletin columnist David Allen provide an entertaining picture of Pomona, California, captured in 26 snapshots.Wed, 14 May 2014 05:15:17 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12263407-fingerless-by-ian-donnell-arbuckle-is-compelling-novel-featuring-transgender-protagonist.html This dramatic story examines the frustration and confusion in her life and also offers an insightful and compassionate exploration of gender, relationships, family, and friendship.Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12222435-for-lack-of-diamond-years-by-caroline-beasley-baker-is-an-idiosyncratic-collection-of-poems.html A collection of poems that mingle together according to an intuitive sense of what's next, what's gone before, so that in a loose, impressionistic way a story of sorts is told.Tue, 12 Nov 2013 07:59:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12203173-pelekinesis-publishes-innovative-ebook-of-outtakes-by-peter-cherches.html Fiction writer Peter Cherches had an interesting idea about what to do with the takes on the cutting room floor.Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:38:42 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12183737-petrichor-is-cerebral-and-adventurous-novel-by-david-scott-ewers.html "Petrichor" is a well-paced black comedy with hints of science fiction running through its interwoven storylines.Tue, 30 Jul 2013 05:27:02 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12135270-bugs-of-the-future-primitive-is-fine-art-colouring-book-from-artist-ian-pyper.html A collection of stylized black and white drawings of imaginary bugs meant to be colored in.Mon, 13 May 2013 15:51:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12076783-peter-cherches-new-book-lift-your-right-arm.html The five sequences of Peter Cherches' "Lift Your Right Arm" are minimalist novels of sorts — thought-provoking, mostly deadpan prose that is often darkly humorous.Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:47:04 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11960256-new-book-of-fantasy-tales-about-an-adventurous-minstrel.html Follow the adventures of a minstrel named Finbar as he travels around the countryside telling his stories. Tala Bar tells this tale in nine vignettes, discrete stories that paint a vivid and compelling work.Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:05:00 GMT