Baltimore, MD – Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press is proud to announce the release of All That Remains, the debut novel by Connecticut-based author Jane Darby, available on May 13, 2025. The novel offers a poignant and compelling exploration of the complexities of grief, loss, and family dynamics. 

All That Remains delves into the lives of Anna and Richard, a Manhattan couple who are struggling to cope with the violent death of their adult son. As they navigate their vastly different grieving processes, their marriage begins to unravel, revealing long-buried secrets. The couple’s journey of healing takes unexpected turns when they meet two young people grappling with their own traumas. Over a shattering weekend, Anna and Richard are forced to confront their darkest fears and face devastating truths about themselves and each other. 

“Jane Darby’s debut novel is a powerful testament to the emotional depths of loss and the healing power of vulnerability,” said Kevin Atticks, Apprentice House director. “We are thrilled to bring this gripping and beautifully written story to readers.” 

All That Remains is now available for pre-order and will be released May 13, 2025. 

About the author: 

Jane Darby’s short stories, essays, and articles have appeared in Lynx Eye, Washington Square Review, Storyglossia, Feminine Collective, New York Runner Magazine, and This One Has No Name. Recently she worked as a creative consultant and researcher for the documentary film, The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher. All That Remains is her first novel(la). She lives in rural Connecticut. 

About Apprentice House: 

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process. 

As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion. 

Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.   

Writer and researcher Amy Mackin will release her debut novel, Henry’s Classroom: A Special Education in American Motherhood, on May 6, 2025.

Henry’s Classroom follows one mother’s tenacious commitment to ensure the best outcome for her child while revealing a larger story of ineffective systems that are failing millions of families across America.

“It’s a love story, a story about raising children with disabilities, and a beautifully written story about a mother’s quest to ensure that her son receives the education he deserves.” —Linda Murphy Marshall, author of Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery.

Available wherever books are sold.

Description:

Over 7 million students ages 3-21 across the United States receive special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Amy Mackin’s son, Henry, is one of them. As she navigates the medical, social, and educational systems that are designed to help families like hers, she discovers that staffing shortages, budget restrictions, ineffective communication practices, and a resistance to innovative ideas all threaten her son’s ability to reach his full potential.

Henry’s Classroom takes readers on Amy’s often frustrating, sometimes funny journey with her son—from the initial stages of a developmental delay, through early intervention, eventual diagnosis, and Henry’s challenges within the public education system—until they finally turn away from traditional structures and create something new instead. As much a work of cultural criticism as it is a memoir, Henry’s Classroom argues that an expanded, more flexible vision of American schools and workplaces is essential for our society to realize true equity and inclusion.

About the author:

Amy Mackin writes at the intersection of education, cultural history, public health, and social equity. Her work has appeared in outlets such as The Atlantic, Chalkbeat, The Washington Post, Witness, and The Shriver Report. She earned her MA in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts and her MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Over the last several years, she has held leadership roles in the public health, science, and higher education sectors. Amy loves the fickle weather and spectacular landscapes of New England, where she resides with her family and always at least one friendly feline.

About Apprentice House:

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process.

As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion.

Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.

Jean Ende, celebrated for her award-winning short stories, now captivates audiences with her first full-length novel, Houses of Detention.

Set in the Bronx, N.Y., the novel follows the Rosen family, a multigenerational Jewish family that escaped persecution under the Nazi regime to build a new life in America. Their hard-won stability is shaken when Rebecca, a rebellious teenager, finds herself in the Bronx House of Detention, forcing the family to confront secrets, struggles, and survival in a changing world.

“Houses of Detention is a story that not only reflects Ende’s upbringing but is also relatable to many different audiences,” said Kevin Atticks, director of Apprentice House Press.

Mark your calendars for May 2025—Houses of Detention will be available on Amazon!

Description:

So, what’s a nice girl from a good family doing in a place like the Bronx House of Detention? Like all immigrants who flee persecution, when the Rosens escaped the Nazis they thought life in America would be perfect. And for a while it seemed like it was. The men started businesses and provided comfortable homes with a mink stole in every hall closet, the women served abundant helpings of high carb food and offered Nobel-worthy diplomacy and grandma preserved traditions while finishing a bottle of whiskey every week. But then cracks began to appear and the whole structure became shaky. American born, teenager, Rebecca, pushed boundaries so far the family story suddenly included the police and juvenile justice system; her father, a formerly revered Talmudic scholar mourned his loss of status in this money-grubbing society, and a woman with stricter religious beliefs married into the family causing near catastrophic rifts. Although the shadow of the Holocaust in always present, this is frequently a humorous book. People who eat frozen, pre-packaged bagels are condemned, Cossacks with fiery swords who once burned peasant villages are now Bar Mitzvah waiters carrying flaming cherries jubilee, the blonde chippie who’s dating the synagogue president has a poodle-shaped purse that barks in French and no one understands how WASPs can wear leather loafers without socks. This book has enough twists and turns and turmoil to make anyone, from any group, immigrant or Mayflower descendant, cry, Oy Vey!

About the author:

Jean Ende is a native NYer who is trying to exorcise her background by writing fiction influenced by her Jewish family in the Bronx, NY. A former reporter for daily newspapers in Westchester, NY and Jersey City, NJ, she was a press secretary in the NY City government and for several political candidates. When she left politics, Jean spent several years doing communications work for public service organizations which led to her decision to go over to the dark side. An English major with a degree from CCNY, Jean got an MBA from the Columbia University School of Business. She became a VP at a major commercial bank, wrote for business magazines and taught marketing in college management departments. Jean has had two dozen short stories published in print and online magazines and anthologies in the US and England and her work has been recognized by major literary competitions. This is her first novel. Jean and her dog now live in Brooklyn which is a foreign country to anyone from the Bronx.

About Apprentice House:

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process.

As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion.

Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.

On April 29th, 2025, dive into the gritty underbelly of Portland, Oregon with A. Molotkov’s new crime thriller, “A Bag Full of Stones”.

In 2019 Portland, Oregon, someone is targeting immigrants – someone who calls himself The Corrector. Fueled by the hate filled rhetoric and right-wing violence on the rise in a post-2016 America, The Corrector sets out to cleanse the city of all those he blames for his problems. His steps are dogged by Detectives Brenda Smith and Dmitry Volkov. When Iranian college student Azar Bayat is kidnapped, it becomes a race against the clock – will Detective Smith and Detective Volkov catch The Corrector before he makes his next kill? Will Azar outsmart her kidnapper? Or will The Corrector succeed in his hateful mission? Molotkov writes about the hatred bubbling over in America with the deftness that only someone who has truly experienced it can in this riveting novel set against the animosity of present-day America.

“Insanity is America’s default mode. And justice, like sports, is about scoring points. Taste it all in this savvy, thought-provoking detective novel about ghosts in which a Lesbian and a Russian immigrant are the investigators and an Iranian exchange student must confront her kidnapper. Ay, ay, ay: it is all a farse,” said Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American, and Latino Culture, Editor of Restless Books (where the novel was a finalist)

“In A Bag Full of Stones,” A. Molotkov has rendered a complex world that is as tender as it is dangerous. The multitude of voices in this novel are both human and monster, both flesh and ghost. Through the eyes of these characters, Molotkov shows us a society unsettled by violence, hatred, dishonesty, and political strife. Yet a path through these myriad narratives is forged with determination, love, and our undeniable need for connection with others. Rocked with tension, mystery, and unexpected twists, “A Bag Full of Stones” is a new take on the crime genre, one that readers won’t want to put down.” said Brittney Corrigan, author of The Ghost Town Collectives.

Description:

“A Bag Full of Stones” is a literary crime story that examines right-wing violence in 2019 America. Immigrants and minorities are the vehicle of humanity that animates the novel. Naseem Nazari is an elderly engineer from Yemen, his partner Yasmin Haddadis Palestinian, while Sania Jamison is an American Muslim and Azar Bayat is secular social sciences student from Iran. Detective Dmitry Volkov is a Soviet immigrant embroiled in his own gambling issues and sliding into crime. Detective Brenda Smith is distracted by her new relationship with Mary, a vet assistant. The book investigates the volatile mix of political views and strata in Portland, Oregon, and contrasts the choices characters face based on their background and degree of privilege. Will Azar outwit her kidnapper and survive?

About the author:

A. Molotkov is an immigrant writer. His poetry collections include, “The Catalog of Broken Things,” “Application of Shadows,” “Synonyms for Silence” and “Future Symptoms“. His novels, “A Slight Curve” and “A Bag Full of Stones” are forthcoming in 2025. His album, “Can You Stay Forever” was released in 2001. He co-edits The Inflectionist Review, loves to take photographs with dogs and mirrors, and plays + the Armenian duduk in his free time. In the late 1990s, he was part of the San Francisco multi disciplinary group, Discord Aggregate.

About Apprentice House:

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process. As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion. Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.

William’s “poetic and suspenseful” memoir, The Parts of Him I Kept: The Gifts of My Father’s Madness, hits shelves on April 27^th, 2025.

The Parts of Him I Kept is an intimate account by Williams of the profound nature of her father’s schizophrenic delusions, the isolating stigma he shouldered, and the exceptional insights he shared. In the tradition of Michael Greenberg’s Hurry Down Sunshine and Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road, Williams investigates the limits of our medical and cultural understanding of schizophrenia while chronicling the burden, heartache, and privilege of caring for those who fall far from the tree. Told in a series of vignettes, Williams shares a raw, unfiltered view of her life, the profound affect mental illness can have on a family, and the great capacity we have for love.

“Many children raised by a parent with severe mental illness struggle to describe the seemingly indescribable, often contradictory burden of both loving and fearing the most important person in their life. But in The Parts of Him I Kept, Natasha Williams explores that and more. Her achingly exquisite memoir takes us on a journey through complex trauma and unexpected tenderness…” said John Sibley Williams, Author of Skin Memory and The Drowning House.

“What elevates The Parts of Him I Kept to being a timeless memoir is Williams’ ability to draw the reader into a vivid and lyrically rendered world… she takes us on a journey that is poignant, hilarious, and yes, at times dangerous, even deadly. But in the end, Williams asks us to rethink the limit to what love can endure.” said Daisy Foote, Author of Bhutan and Horton Foote: The Road to Home.

The Parts of Him I Kept: The Gifts of My Father’s Madness is available wherever books are sold.

Description:

One cold night in April, Natasha’s father drove his car into the frigid water of New York Bay with her two-year-old half-sister in the backseat. She was the one to walk him past the column of hungry reporters demanding an explanation. The headline in The Daily News read: Back from a Watery Grave. But Natasha’s experiences growing up with her schizophrenic father in the gritty New York City of the 1970s are not so easily captured in a single headline. How could she possibly convey the power of her father’s love in the face of this tragedy? The Parts of Him I Kept is an intimate account of coming of age in the face of a father’s schizophrenic unraveling. In the tradition of Michael Greenberg’s Hurry Down Sunshine and Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road, Williams explores the limits of our understanding of schizophrenia and chronicles the burden and privilege of caring for a mentally ill family member.

About the author:

Natasha Williams has worked as an adjunct biology professor at SUNY Ulster in the Hudson Valley of New York and as a consultant for the International Public School Network, coaching science teachers. She has an MA from the University of Pennsylvania and, in the summer of 2020, she accepted a spot with the Bread Loaf School of English and attended the Bread Loaf Writers Conference in 2023. Excerpts of The Parts of Him I Kept, forthcoming Spring 2025 from Apprentice House Press, have been published in the Bread Loaf Journal, Change Seven, LIT, Memoir Magazine, Onion River Review, Writers Read, Post Road, and South Dakota Review.

About Apprentice House:

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process.

As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion.

Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively. 

In his highly anticipated debut novel, Baltimore native Art Young invites readers on a thrilling journey to the beach, capturing the spirit of summers “downeyoshun.” Drawing inspiration from the beloved local phrase, Young weaves a compelling narrative that follows Sally, a precocious child genius, as she navigates her formative summers in Ocean City, Maryland.

Through vivid storytelling and memorable characters, Young paints a nostalgic yet exhilarating portrait of seaside adventures, making his novel a must-read for anyone longing for the magic of summers on the shore.

“This book strikes a perfect balance of nostalgia and adventure, creating a story that truly connects with readers,” said Kevin Atticks, director of Apprentice House Press.

Mark your calendars for April 22nd, 2025 to grab your copy of Art Young’s Downeyoshun—available on Amazon!

Description:

Little Sally is a genius. When she grows up, she wants to be a mathematician, a carpenter, a teacher, and an Olympic Gold Medal swimmer. Her mother has other plans, and will emotionally and physically abuse her to fit those plans. After all, she only wants what is best for her child. But Sally has a friend named Marie and others who love her, and their goal is her happiness. They are all at the little resort destination of Ocean City Maryland. “Downeyoshun” is a not-always sentimental vacation to the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s. Bring your swimsuit.

About the author:

Baltimore born, the author is a U.S. Navy / Vietnam / Agent Orange veteran and cancer survivor. He was once “with it” as a carny in a traveling gadget show, and has worked as a fire extinguishing systems installer and serviceman, route delivery sales for a brewery, flexographic press operator, licensed boiler plant engineer, and storyteller. He much prefers the last.

About Apprentice House:

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process.

As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion.

Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively. 

Sometimes, we know the least about those we love the most.  

When Virginia DeLuca’s sixty-year-old husband walked out saying he wanted babies, everyone had a theory. He already knocked someone up. Nervous breakdown. Brain tumor. 

DeLuca, a psychotherapist, spent decades helping clients cope with sudden losses and dramatic changes—and now it’s happened to her. She was left with the mystery of the ending and the need to forge an unfamiliar path. 

If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets is an unflinching exploration of love and relationships from a woman who ultimately found that life can expand in unanticipated ways. 

The book will be available April 22nd, 2025.

About the author: 

Virginia Deluca is a writer and psychotherapist. She is the author of the award winning novel, As If Women Mattered. Her essays have appeared in the Iowa Review, The Writer, and The Huffington Post. She lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. 

About Apprentice House: 

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process. 

As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion. 

Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.  Learn more at apprenticehouse.com. 

In Nick and Lorraine Were Lovers, David C. Metz tells stories of everyday people with compassion, humor, and a clear understanding of the human condition.

“A collection of elegant and open-hearted stories.”—Kirkus Reviews

“There are no gimmicks in this exceptional collection of stories written with a clear-eyed understanding of the way our own decisions, regrets, desires, and hopes, and those of the people we encounter along the way, loom over our lives for better and for worse. These characters feel like friends and relatives, past and present, a family or regional history of fully imagined, flesh and blood people pushing themselves toward and away from each other for good and bad reasons they mostly don’t quite comprehend until damage is done and fates are sealed. Just like real life. A sparkling debut collection whose characters will stick with you long after you’ve put the book down.” –Dave Housley, author of The Other Ones, Looney, This Darkness Got to Give, and others.

Description:

There are no superheroes in Nick and Lorraine Were Lovers, just ordinary people caught in moments of crisis as they get on with their lives. A middle-aged corporate lawyer confronts a painful childhood memory in the wake of the George Floyd protests. A college student is on a mission to rescue his former lover from herself. A single mother is haunted by the suicide of her daughter. In a small Midwest town in the 1950’s, a boy plays “Army” with his friends and discovers the meaning of loyalty. These are some of the characters you will meet in these stories by David C. Metz. People whose stories—funny, sad, poignant—Metz tells with compassion, humor and a clear understanding of the human condition.

About the author:

David C. Metz’s stories have appeared in several literary magazines, including The MacGuffin, New Plains Review, Bull, Valparaiso Fiction Review and Perceptions. Originally from Illinois, he lives with his wife in Damascus, Maryland.

About Apprentice House:

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process. As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion. Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.

Baylor University graduate student Olivia Taylor will release her debut novel, Welcome to the Paradise Motel, with Apprentice House Press on April 22nd, 2025.

A modern twist on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Welcome to the Paradise Motel follows Beatrice Bright, an ambitious young journalist whose world is turned upside down when her high school rival, Ben Constant, returns to their hometown in Florida.

“A light, charming story of best friends in a small Florida town who navigate conflicting relationships, careers, and values on their journey to love.” —Kathleen Anderson, author of Jane Austen’s Women: An Introduction

Available wherever books are sold.

Description:  

Welcome to the Paradise Motel is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing set in Florida. Quick-tempered Beatrice Bright has carved out a niche for herself as a small-town reporter for the Paradise Post. Unfortunately, the biggest news in her tiny beach town is that her old rival, Ben Constant, is moving back and bringing his depressingly successful video game company along with him. After Ben’s arrogant re-entry into Paradise, Bea is convinced he hasn’t changed for the better. She and Ben reignite their rivalry in the midst of parades, interviews, holiday parties, and hurricanes. Fed up with the years of romantic tension between them, their friends at the Paradise Motel try to trick them into revealing their feelings for each other. But when one of their friends is slandered, Bea and Ben must face up to their feelings and work together to reveal the truth.

About the author:

Olivia Taylor grew up in Fernandina Beach, Florida, which has a healthy population of pirates and community theatres. In college, she lived in a motel-turned-dorm that inspired the Paradise Motel. She now lives in Waco, Texas, where she is a graduate student at Baylor University and one of the editors of the Mark Twain Journal. She enjoys painting, cozy videogames, and exploring local coffee shops. Her poetry has appeared in The Avalon Literary Review, The Lamp, and Living Waters Review.

About Apprentice House:

Apprentice House is the nation’s first and largest entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and foremost, to educate students about the book publishing process.

As a program within the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland, it is driven by student work conducted in four courses: Introduction to Book Publishing, Manuscript Acquisitions and Development, Book Design and Production, and Book Marketing and Promotion.

Students in these courses serve as staff in Apprentice House’s acquisitions, design, and marketing departments, respectively.