“Let’s Kill All the Lawyers.” Well, Maybe Just One.

Maybe somebody was taking Shakespeare too literally. The first book of Marian Allen’s projected mystery series begins with a hit-and-run. The victim: an assistant district attorney with a vast wealth of people who, at the very least, didn’t mourn his passing.

Bar Sinister (A Spadena Street Mystery)

Juss — Injustice H. Chocolate (named and raised by hippies) — questions the usefulness of her Life Coach work and hires a secretary to prove its importance. Prim and efficient Kerry Dashingly can hardly wait to tell his wife that his latest secretary temp job is in a miniature castle in a neighborhood of Disneyesque architecture. Kerry hasn’t even begun when he gets a call from his hapless cousin, Abby: A man she openly hated is dead, and the police found unspecified evidence in the back of her car. Juss immediate attaches herself to the problem, determined to help, even if it kills her.

Spadena Street is a two-block Storybook Style neighborhood with a past as corporate housing for privileged employees of a now-defunct factory. Some of its mysteries are connected to that past, some are connected to the characters of the people who lived there or live there now. Some are connected only by the networks of the current residents. Some just are.

Available in print and for Kindle.

For Poetry Lovers, and People Who Think They Don’t Love Poetry

December 12, 2019 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

Per Bastet is delighted to present our first full volume of poetry by Dirk D. Griffin: WAR & PIECES. Those already familiar with Griffin’s work know his poetry is both lyrical and muscular. Those not already familiar with his work are in for a treat!

Read more about Dirk and this book here.

Purchase WAR & PIECES in print and/or for Kindle here.

Not a Bar Joke. Well, Kind of a Bar Joke

June 16, 2019 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

Per Bastet Publications is proud to announce our latest publication: the Southern Indiana Writers’ Group’s latest anthology.

Apollo and Athena Walk Into a Bar: (Art Meets Science)

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Centuries ago, back when the Old Gods first fled the Mortal Realm . . .” Apollo and Athena, fallen god and goddess, respectively, of the arts and the sciences, linger in the shadows of the bar where Neptune regales his patrons with jokes. Also lurking in these writings are, among other wonders, a congenial vampire-detective who, with Ben Franklin, courts a lovely automaton that blows poison kisses; a grieving colonist on Mars grappling with meaning and religious doubt; a trio of canoe-transporting raccoons; a young woman mathematician approaching the mystery of her absent father, the notorious Romantic poet Lord Byron; and a Walden-carrying, Hoosier Everyboy trying to map the Alaskan wilds.

Available in print and Kindle editions.

Per Bastet Acquires Popular Memoir!

June 3, 2019 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

When the rights to Joanna Foreman’s popular memoir THE KNOW-IT-ALL GIRL became available, Per Bastet snapped them up. We’ve had our eye on this one for some time, and are delighted to add it to our catalog.

Unlike some books by former members of groups, this is no screed or rant. Yes, there was pain. Yes, there was disillusionment. Yes, there was devastating loss. But there was also joy, friendship, and emotional enrichment. In her memoir, Joanna Foreman navigates through her conviction that she knew it all to her present free contentment. This memoir, told with humor and deep emotion, takes you inside the life of a “JW” and out again, with the help of a guide you’ll feel is confiding to you across the table of a comfortable restaurant.

“I don’t know exactly when I started falling out of The Truth, but I remember the precise moment when, way up high in a tree, I made the decision to get in.” (Chapter 6) ~*~ “You think you have lifetime friends in the Organization? Try leaving.”(Chapter 8)

Available in print and for Kindle.

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She’s Ba-ack!

May 17, 2019 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

Marian Allen’s first published novel has long been out of print. Now, with a new cover, a new title, and a little internal tweaking, it’s back by popular demand.

The Wolves of Port Novo

Elderly priest of Holy Sweet Micah, Aunt Libby, leaves her parish in a huff and walks into danger. Not from the tough young mercreature who robs her, not from the pragmatic waterfront restaurateur who gives her the briefest possible shelter, but from fellow priests.

“Reaver” priests, mercenary and cynical, have driven all true priests out of Port Novo and plan to expand their power as far as possible. One old woman isn’t going to stand in their way.

Or so they think.

Available in print and Kindle versions.

Night is Day for New Release

April 25, 2019 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

Per Bastet Publications is delighted to release the latest from T. Lee Harris: A new Byron Peale adventure!

San Francisco, 1890. Byron Cyrus Peale is a vampire, but he is far from the most dangerous person in town. A ruthless Shanghai ring is abducting citizens and visitors alike, selling them to ships’ captains who need crew and don’t care where they get them. Peale faces danger from all sides. Floyd Kaetin – A tough, savvy police captain who knows Peale’s secret and wants to use his supernatural abilities to break up the ring. Zhao Conguyn – Owner of the Golden Rain Pavilion Saloon who isn’t aware of his friend’s secret, yet unknowingly threatens to expose it. Ignatius Dulmage – A young police inspector, charged with acting as Peale’s minder. He takes his task seriously. Claire Ashford – The beautiful widow who threatens to invade his heart — with dire consequences. And the crimps who mistake him for just another warm body.

Available in print and Kindle editions.

RIVERWALK CHAMELEON Wins Best Thriller!

October 11, 2018 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

Congratulations are in order for Joanna Foreman, whose RIVERWALK CHAMELEON won the 2018 Imadjinn Award for Best Thriller Novel! We knew it was a winner when we read the manuscript!

RIVERWALK CHAMELEON is available in print and Kindle editions through Amazon and in multiple formats through Untreed Reads. It’s also available electronically through your library.

Congratulations, Joanna!

Eight New Releases Since Last Update!

August 7, 2018 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

Per Bastet Publications is pleased to announce eight new titles in our catalog, some from authors already with us, and some from names and faces new to our pages.

In order of publications, we proudly present:

Confabulating With the Cows: Wit, Whimsy, and Occasional Wisdom from Perry County, Indiana: 1992-94

by Brett Sanders

Herding Cats and Other Alien Creatures: The Indian Creek Anthology Series, Volume 21

by the Southern Indiana Writers

Tanglewood Lane

by Michele Hubler

Three Finger Exercises

by Andrea Gilbey

Lonnie, Me, and. . . .: A Short Story Collection

by Marian Allen

A Cat for All Seasons

by Jen Selinsky

The Belle Starr Chronicles

by Katina French

Indiana’s Strange and Unusual Haunts

by Jacob and Jenny Floyd

For more information on these and all our other publications and writers, visit our Books & Authors page.

Ride On! New Book Celebrates the Horse/Human Bond

September 9, 2017 / MasterKen / 0 Comments

Per Bastet Publications is proud to announce the release of Janet Wolanin Alexander’s memoir, AT HOME ON A HORSE IN THE WOODS.

If you’ve ever been owned by a horse, or if you’ve ever dreamed of that joy, this is the book for you. Laced with humor, infused with wonder, down-to-earth and inspirational, this collection of essays tells of Alexander’s life-long connection with horse, at first imaginary, at last real. Alexander found all she hoped for and more AT HOME ON A HORSE IN THE WOODS.