Fruit Fly by Josh Silver PB 8-4-2026

Go gay. Go sad. Go dark.

Pull up a chair by the window, let the sea air settle, and get ready to lose yourself in a thriller that doesn’t play nice.

Meet Mallory Maddox. Once a literary sensation, now buried under seven long years of writer’s block. Her spotlight is fading fast, and she’ll do just about anything to feel it again. She needs a story. A big one. And fast.

Enter Leo. A struggling addict, sleeping under bridges, trading sex for survival. He’s vulnerable. He’s enigmatic. And to Mallory, he’s exactly the raw material she’s been waiting for.

Because the world needs Leo’s story right now. And Mallory believes she’s the one who deserves to tell it. Really, when you think about it, it’s her story. She’s the one writing it down, after all.

But secrets have a way of surfacing. And soon, more than just Mallory’s career is on the line.

This one is razor-sharp. A domestic thriller that digs into ambition, appropriation, and just how far a person will go for the perfect ending. If you devoured R. F. Kuang’s Yellowface or Yomi Adegoke’s The List, this belongs on your shelf.

A fresh new release in trade paperback, and a proud pick for our Maine stories and LGBTQ+ shelves. Dark, twisty, and impossible to put down.

Come browse, linger a while, and let us help you find your next unputdownable read. The tide waits, but this story won’t wait for anyone.

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