Black Balloon Publishing imprint: 12 books

"Artfully explores themes of pain, desire, and the meeting place of the two, for a surreal, fairytale-esque accounting of what happens when we go to the darkest places within ourselves, and within others.” —NYLON Part fairy tale, part horror story, Northwood is a genre-breaking novella...

The acclaimed graphic novel that tells the tale of a mother, her son, forty-two endangered parrots, and a fierce search for redemption and a freer world.   When Daphne loses custody of her son, she is willing to do whatever it takes to get him back—even if it means enlisting the help of the wayward...

“Themes of guilt, Jewish identity, and the complex relationships among daughters, mothers, and grandmothers . . . expanded upon with humor and honesty.” —School Library Journal   A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice   In this...

Fifty-three of today's most esteemed writers answer the question, "What makes this bar better than all other bars?" "A reminder that no matter where you are in the world there is always a place nearby that feels like home." —The Paris Review A neighborhood bar can become as comfortable...

**"Robert Perisic depicts, with acerbic wit, a class of urban elites who are trying to reconcile their nineties rebellion with the reality of present-day Croatia. . . . The characters' snide remarks could easily sound cynical but the novel has a levity informed by the sense of social fluidity...

**Two bombs over Japan. Two shells. One called Little Boy, one called Fat Man. Three days apart. The one implicit in the other. Brothers. Named one of Flavorwire's best independent books of 2014, and winner of the 2013 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize.** In this striking debut novel, the...

**“Zaharieva packs several genres into one, including but not limited to pastoral idyll, sexual coming-of-age story, and feminist memoir. Ultimately, she presents life in all its messiness and possibility, vivid enough for the reader to almost taste.”-Publishers Weekly "This is powerful,...

The “inspirational” true story of a glamorous young life upended—and transformed—by a sudden brain trauma (Sacramento Bee).   A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of the Year   “Having just graduated from college, Krug and her dreamy French boyfriend, Claude, leave the flatlands of...

Finalist for the Believer Book Award for Fiction Named a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, New York Magazine, and more "A ravishing novel charged with the idea of the incommunicable." —The New Yorker Eleven-year-old Jane Grandison, tormented by her stutter, sits in the back seat of a car,...

A “sharply observed” collection of ten stories in which a character’s everyday life takes them on a journey of self-actualization and transformation (Toronto Star). In this striking debut collection, characters find unexpected moments of profound insight while navigating the monotony...

This debut novel is “full of madcap energy, swagger, and brinksmanship” (Fiona Maazel, author of Last, Last Chance). Rochester, New York, 1999: An arsonist is loose on the streets of a city in decline. Gone are the days of Rioting in the Vomit Cruiser, searching for a possible Tokyo Rocking...

Forty very short stories that reimagine the genre of crime writing from some of today’s most imaginative and thrilling writers “An intriguing take on crime/noir writing, this collection of 40 very short stories by leading and emerging literary voices—Amelia Gray, Brian Evenson, Elizabeth...