Cloistered, Unsolicited Press. Feb. 17, 2026. Order from the publisher

Award-winning author Liz Kellebrew debuts a short story collection of Mobius strip plots and shapeshifting points of view, where isolation amplifies connection and Ouroboros rules a reality stranger than dreams. With crackling, sensual, cinematic prose, Cloistered is a surreal journey through self-destruction and into self-transcendence. Kellebrew’s stories are a series of gentle detonations that will break open your expectations, dissolve the limits of your perception, and leave you deliciously perturbed. For fans of Clarice Lispector and Can Xue.

Early praise for Cloistered:

“Kellebrew’s stories are peak fever dream, thrumming with surrealism and longing, driven by characters who, refusing to settle, explode off the page and out of what restrains them. Fresh and wild and inventive. I was wowed by their psychedelic vibrance then crushed by their wide-winged humanity and hope.” ーKerry Donoghue, author of Mouth

“The imagination is a dangerous and beautiful thing and Cloistered explores this powerful intersection perfectly. This collection of flash fiction displays an incredible range of genres, styles, and voices spanning surrealist, dystopian, and fabulist stories to adult fairytales, psychedelic daydreams, and narrative microfiction. Forget what stories used to be. Liz Kellebrew’s bold collection dares to show you what stories could be.” ーJackson Bliss, author of Dream Pop Origami and Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments

“Liz Kellebrew has a gift of conjuring entire frenzied worlds in a single page, a single image, even a single singular sentence. This breathtaking collection of flash fiction sparks, larks, and veers, gifting readers a universe where the fantastical and the mundane are resurrected comic, harrowing, and wonderfully strange.” ーRoss McMeekin, author of Below the Falls andThe Hummingbirds

“Like Russell Edson or Barry Yourgrau, Liz Kellebrew astounds with her shockingly sensorial flashes of fiction. These pieces puzzle and delight with dream logic. I got a huge kick out of them.” ーRyan Boudinot, author of Broken Utopia and Blueprints of the Afterlife

The River People, Unsolicited Press. Order from the publisher

“A sensitively crafted history of pioneers and immigrants for American history enthusiasts.” – Kirkus Reviews

A Literary Hub Notable Small Press Book of 2025 and a CLMP Members’ Most-Celebrated Book of 2025.

The River People by Liz Kellebrew is a haunting and lyrical exploration of 19th-century westward expansion into the Pacific Northwest. Through the intertwined journeys of Marilla, John, and Walter—each navigating rivers that serve as both roads and unforgiving forces—the book weaves together fiction, historical documents, memoir, and poetry. As these characters face hardships and triumphs, their choices and loves reverberate through generations. Kellebrew delves into the myths and realities of migration, revealing the harsh lessons the West has to offer. This powerful, evocative story of love, loss, and survival exposes the relentless nature of the land where nature shows no mercy.

Early praise for The River People:

“Profound and moving, Liz Kellebrew’s The River People is a miraculous collage of history, memory and imagination. With rare and clear-sighted grace, Kellebrew examines the intersecting lives of her ancestors, their journeys of survival and resilience, love and transcendence. Kellebrew’s deep compassion and her gorgeous prose create characters so vividly alive that it is impossible not to love them. I can’t remember when I last read a work this beautiful.” – JoAnne Tompkins, author of What Comes After

“When the river takes you,” writes Liz Kellebrew in this exquisite work of compassionate genius, “you will know.” Unflinching, insightful, and utterly original, Kellebrew’s The River People lays bare wounds and truths on an incantatory journey flowing deep into the heart of ourselves. – Eliza Tudor, author of Wish You Were Here

“Kellebrew honors everything she touches. She is an innovative storyteller, guiding her readers further into the river’s depths with each page. If you are seeking lyrical, meditative prose that defies genre, look no further.” – Lauren Davis, author of When I Drowned

“Kellebrew layers historical accounts, stories, and personal reflection in prose that courses with the assuredness of a river through time and perspectives, resulting in a lyrical and engaging account of family in the mid-19th century Pacific Northwest.” – Gail Folkins, author of Light in the Trees

“The delicate construction of The River People makes me love it all the more—a kaleidoscopic portrait of Western Expansion, it is at once intimate and interrogating.” – Sarah C. Townsend, author of Setting the Wire: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis

“Reading Liz Kellebrew’s The River People is like taking a ride down the river itself. Sometimes gentle and other times roaring, its lyricism and mixed forms carry your heart through the flow of time. Run, don’t walk, for your copy now!” – Sarah Cannon, author of The Shame of Losing

Water Signs, Unsolicited Press, 2022. Learn more from the publisher or Buy from Bookshop.org

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