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You signed up — which means you're our kind of trouble.
The kind that still believes a book can change the temperature of a room. Welcome to The Conjuring List: one short note a month, no spam, no selling your name. Just word from a small press with an outsized voice. We publish a little, on purpose — we'd rather tell you something true than something often.
And this is a two-way street. If you ever want to talk back, hit reply — a real person reads it. Tell us what you're reading, what you wish someone would publish, what kept you up too late.
A look inside Done With the Bullshit — no spoilers, we promise
Our debut is Done With the Bullshit by Sara Richard — a raw, funny, take-no-prisoners memoir-and-field-guide for anyone tired of auditioning for their own life on the dating market. The whole con, in one sentence: you're not the product being sold — you're the customer, and you're the prize.
We won't give away the story. That's Sara's to tell, and she tells it without flinching. But here's the shape of it: eight chapters with titles that read like dares — "Your Worth Isn't Measured in Blue Bubbles," "Texting Games: The Sport Nobody Wins" — in a voice that's equal parts best friend and fire alarm. And it's secretly two books in one: the memoir that makes you laugh, bound to a 46-page workbook with 40+ exercises for readers who want to do the work, not just nod along.
It's for the reader who's done begging for scraps and ready to set the table themselves. If that's you (or someone you'd hand a book to), take a look:
Calling all manuscripts
Here's the part where we ask you for something. Wizard Press is reading.
If you've got bold nonfiction or memoir with a spine — a strong first-person voice, an argument underneath, and a sense of humor about the whole business of being alive — we want to hear about it. What gets our attention: the writer who says the thing out loud. The book a reader presses into a friend's hands. If it would change how someone sees themselves, and it makes us laugh at least once, it's our kind of book.
How to query: send a short note to [email protected] — who you are, what the book is in two or three sentences, and why you're the one to write it. A sample chapter is welcome but not required to start. Please don't send originals or sole copies; queries are read on a non-confidential basis. We can't reply to every note, but we read them all.
One more thing
We're a small house, which means you're early. The people on this list will be the first to know when the next title is real, the first to get a look behind the page, and the first we ask when we need a reader's eye.
Thanks for conjuring with us.
— The desk at Wizard Press