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  • The Memory Palace cover image
    $16.95

    In 2066, memory has become a service. And for a society shaped by a long-forgotten era of repression-now politely called the Security Period-the Memory Palace offers reassurance in exchange for trust: perfect recall, curated identity, the promise that nothing meaningful will ever be lost. Obe Wise, a writer nearing the end of his life, knows better than to believe this. And yet, when the Palace opens a door for him, he steps through-drawn by memories that feel newly alive and a friendship he thought had already reached its end.

    The Memory Palace is a novel about men and friendship, about aging and endurance, and about the quiet search for truth in a world designed to smooth it away. As Obe follows memory deeper into forbidden territory, he begins to suspect that the answers he seeks cannot be preserved, retrieved, or managed-and that the most important inheritance has been beside him all along. The novel asks what survives when memory is controlled, how love between men endures as systems evolve, and whether the future of humanity depends not on what we save, but on who we trust to carry it forward.

  • The Catacombs: A Novel cover image

    William Demby

    $17.00

    A gripping and genre-defying novel by a rediscovered great of twentieth-century Black American writing, about what it means to be a writer at the dawn of a new era

    First published in 1965, The Catacombs is a metafictional account set in early 1960s Rome, where the author had returned to study art history after serving on the Italian front during World War II.

    African-American expatriate Bill Demby narrates his attempts to write a novel about his friend Doris, who is living in Rome and employed as one of Elizabeth Taylor's handmaidens in the filming of Cleopatra. Utterly dependent upon Doris for the development of his novel, he is both a participant in and observer of her life as she enters into an affair with an Italian count. Bill Demby's growing emotional and artistic involvement in the tumultuous affair of his character-friend leads him on an existential quest for the meaning of truth and fiction, both lived and created, in a world torn by the social upheaval of the early sixties.

    Interrupted constantly by headlines from television and newspapers, slipping in and out of fiction and metafiction, The Catacombs is a time capsule from an era on the brink and a novel unlike any other.

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    by Kwame Mbalia

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    Paperback Release- September 15, 2026

    The award-winning author of the best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy has created a secret world where kids can wield magic by summoning the power of their ancestors

    What do you get when you combine Kwame Mbalia's incredible imagination and world-building talent with trains, history, and ghosts? Nothing less than middle grade magic.

    On his twelfth birthday, Jackson "Jax" Freeman arrives at Chicago's Union Station alone, carrying nothing but the baggage of a scandal back in Raleigh. He's been sent away from home to live with relatives he barely knows. But even worse are the strangers who accost him at the train station, including a food vendor who throws dust in his face and a conductor who tries to steal his skin.

    At his new school, Jax is assigned to a special class for "summoners," even though he has no idea what those are . . . until he accidentally unleashes an angry spirit on school grounds. Soon Jax is embroiled in all kinds of trouble, from the disappearance of a new friend to full-out war between summoning families.

    When Jax learns that he isn't the first Freeman to be blamed for a tragedy he didn't create, he resolves to clear his own name and that of his great-grandfather, who was a porter back in the 1920's. By following clues, Jax and his schoolmates unlock the secrets of a powerful Praise House, evade vengeful ghosts, and discover that Jax may just be the most talented summoner of all.

    A unique magic-school fantasy from the best-selling and award-winning author of the Tristan Strong trilogy has just pulled into the station.

  • We the Urban 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar: Affirmations for the Soul cover image
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    For gentle reminders on self-love, inner growth, and seeing yourself with kindness, this empowering calendar offers daily encouragement and comfort.

    Each colorful page of the We the Urban 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar: Affirmations for the Soul showcases a quote emphasizing empathetic self-acceptance from Willie Greene, creator of the beloved We the Urban community on Instagram. 

    Features include:
    * No single-use plastic
    * Page size 4.606" x 4.606"
    * Box size 5.118" x 1.339" 
    * Recyclable chipboard easel backer for desk or tabletop display
    * Printed on FSC® certified paper with soy-based ink
    * Full-color tear-off pages
    * Back of pages are blank for notes or shopping lists
    * Day/Date reference on each page
    * Combined weekend pages
    * Official major world holidays and observances
    * Inspiring quotes on self-love from Willie Greene, author of Not Sure Who Needs to Hear This, But . . .

  • Hew Locke: Passages cover image
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    An in-depth look at the innovative career of an artist renowned for his multimedia explorations of colonial and postcolonial power
     
    For the past thirty years, Guyanese British artist Hew Locke (b. 1959) has used strategies of appropriation to reveal and upend the visual codes of imperialism. Incorporating sculpture, photography, drawing, and found objects, Locke’s oeuvre has been described as a “postcolonial baroque” that deconstructs and reimagines deeply entrenched iconographies of British sovereignty. This richly illustrated catalogue showcases the full spectrum of Locke’s practice, bringing together distinct bodies of work that scrutinize the visual language of empire and colonialism’s present-day legacies of global market capitalism, migration, and diaspora. Essays from leading curators, critics, and scholars of contemporary art situate Locke’s work within the context of colonial and postcolonial history and theory, reveal how his use of nontraditional materials―including cardboard, fabric, beads, sequins, and readymade toys―enables the artist to reflect on his Guyanese-British heritage, and consider how the artist’s dense, highly textured, and multilayered works fuse vernacular and formal traditions.
     
    Published by the Yale Center for British Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
     
    Exhibition Schedule:
     
    Yale Center for British Art
    (October 2, 2025–January 11, 2026)
     
    Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
    (February 13–May 24, 2026)
     
    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
    (June 21–September 13, 2026)

  • Pachinko (Deluxe Limited Edition) cover image

    Min Jin Lee

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    A limited hardcover deluxe edition of the modern classic Pachinko—named one of the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century—following four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fighting to control their destiny in 20th-Century Japan.

    Features:
    * New hardcover jacket with special effects
    * Four-color specially designed endpapers
    * Specially designed foil stamped case
    * Four-color stenciled edges
    * Ribbon bookmark

    History is seldom kind. In Min Jin Lee’s acclaimed and magisterial novel, four generations of a poor, proud immigrant family fight to control their destinies while exiled from their homeland.

    In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant—and that her lover is married—she refuses to bend to his will. Instead she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home and reject her son’s powerful father sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through generations.

    Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of one of Japan’s finest universities to pachinko parlors and the criminal underworld, Lee’s complex and passionate characters—resilient, fierce women, devoted sisters, bright sons, fathers shaken by moral crises—survive and flourish against the indifferent arc of history.

  • 2026 Buzzed Adult Spelling Bee: Black History Month Edition - March 1 @ 4 PM CST
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    IT'S YEAR FIVE YA' LL! 

    Join us for the 5th Buzzed Adult Spelling Bee presented by Babe Events and Kindred Stories, sponsored by the Ten to One Rum and the Third Ward Cultural District!

    EVENT DEETS

    When: Sunday, March 1 @ 4 PM 

    Where: Eldorado Ballroom (2310 Elgin Street, HTX, 77004)

    How: There are two different ticket options. If you would like to attend and enjoy the show, purchase your ticket as an attendee. If you would like to contest as the spelling bee champ, grab your ticket as a contestant. Both tickets come with two drinks. THIS EVENT IS FOR ADULTS (21+) ONLY! 

    Tickets are final sale and non refundable. You will not be allowed to transfer tickets. 

    ABOUT THE SPELLING BEE 

    Contestants will be asked to spell words that speak to the theme of Black History Month, including slang and AAVE, over the course of four rounds. If you misspell the word, you are out!  As the words get harder, you might be able to Phone a Friend or Battle to earn your place back into the competition. Fun and music-filled, this event is for folks looking for something BLACKITY BLACK to do on a Sunday night! 

    Be mindful that you don't have to participate in the Bee. We definitely need an audience! 

    Contact lanise.harris@gmail.com or chanecka@kindredstorieshtx.com for more details.

  • Say So: A Dark Mafia Romance cover image
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    From best-selling author B.B. Reid comes a sizzling romance set in shadows and glamour.

    Ocean Kilpatrick has starred in many wet dreams.
    As for best friends Hunter Parrish and Coby Perry, he's become their worst nightmare.
    When Coby is sold to the mafia prince to settle her brother’s debt, Ocean vows to take what he's owed and then some.
    Obviously, he's never heard that trouble comes in two because Hunter has made a vow of her own—to rescue her twin flame or die trying. She’ll burn down Ocean’s world and dance on the ashes before letting him take what’s hers.
    But Ocean isn't just the heir to the Fola. He's a master manipulator.
    Every move the friends make, he's two steps ahead, and the game won't end until he says so.

    Say So is a standalone romance compiled from the original serial and revised to be enjoyed as a full-length novel.

  • VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Sisters In Suspense - Virtual Mystery Panel - January 26 @ 6:30 PM
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    Let's celebrate a few of the who's who of Black women mystery writers! 

    EVENT DEETS

    When: Monday, January 26, 2026 @ 6:30 PM CT

    Where: Virtual! Sign up and we'll send you the link to the Zoom. 

    How: RSVP ONLY to get the link to the Zoom! RSVP WITH BUNDLE to get a copy of each of the authors' book and support the bookstore!

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

    Valerie (V. M.) Burns is a mystery writer whose novels and short stories have been finalists for the Agatha, Anthony, Edgar, and Next Generation Indie Book Awards. She is the author of the Mystery Bookshop, Dog Club, RJ Franklin, and Baker Street Mystery series. Valerie is a member of Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, and the Crime Writers' Association. She is also an adjunct professor in the Writing Popular Fiction Program at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA. Born and raised in northwestern Indiana, Valerie now lives in the southeastern United States with her two poodles. Connect with Valerie at VMBurns.com.

    Valerie Wilson Wesley writes mysteries, novels and children’s books. She is the author of the Odessa Jones Mysteries including A Glimmer of Death (2021), A Fatal Glow (2022) and A Shimmer of Red (2023). She has also written nine mysteries in the popular Tamara Hayle Mystery series, including When Death Comes Stealing, named by Time magazine as one of the 100 best mysteries and thrillers. She has written three stand-alone novels and two paranormal romances under the pen name Savanna Welles. Her books for children include seven titles in the Willimena Rules! series and the Afro-bets Book of Black Heroes co-written with Wade Hudson. Her novels and mysteries are published in Germany, France and the UK and her nonfiction has appeared in journals including Poe Studies History, Theory Interpretation 2023.  She is a former executive editor of Essence magazine. Wesley is a proud member of Crime Writers of Color (CWoC), Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

    Carolyn Marie Wilkins is a practicing psychic medium, a Santeria priestess, and a professor at Berklee College of Music Online. An accomplished jazz pianist and vocalist, she has toured South America as a Jazz Ambassador for the U.S. State Department. She is a member of Crime Writers of Color and Sisters in Crime New England. When she is not writing, performing, or offering Reiki to students at Berklee, Carolyn maintains a private practice in healing and mediumship. She lives in the Boston area and can be found online at CarolynWilkins.com.

    ABOUT THE MODERATOR

    Dr. Michelle Watts is a native Houstonian and humanities educator who is committed to using humanist literature to bring diverse groups of people together to find common ground. Over the years, Dr. Watts has taught a full range of students – from Kindergarten to graduate school- and delights in her students’ achievements and efforts to effect substantive change in the world around them.

    Mount Holyoke College which was fertile ground for her interests and activism and while there, she began her lifelong journey with the theory and practice of Black feminism. After graduating from Mount Holyoke College, Michelle returned to Houston to study American Literature and Culture at Rice University, where she earned both a Master’s and Doctorate. She went on to teach at Miami University in Oxford, OH and the University of Cincinnati. While at Miami, she was recognized as an Honored Professor for her ‘remarkable commitment to students.’ She has extensive experience in the public sector where she has worked to advance educational equity and social justice causes in youth-serving organizations. She is currently at work on a research project on African American children’s and young adult literature, and is the New Member Coordinator for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Houston Chapter.

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