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Whispers Beneath The Soil
Some stories don't disappear when the land is taken.
They wait.
When something unexpected surfaces in the soil of a quiet Allendale farm, it stirs memories of a vanished place called Dunbarton and the lives once rooted there. Through the steady presence of Marion and Kitty Weathersbee, and a child learning to listen, the past begins to press gently against the present. Long-buried stories ask to be remembered.
Shaped by family memory and imagination, Whispers Beneath the Soil honors home, loss, and the quiet ways the land holds what we leave behind.
What is taken may be gone—
but what is remembered remains.
A Little Girl Named Sad
Sometimes brutal, often funny, A Little Girl Named Sad is a frank and startling account of the damaging imprints left behind on children raised by parents with addictive behavior. This novel, based on a true story, is about a little girl and her narrative of the difficult trials encountered while growing up with teenage alcoholic parents. This journey will take readers from the bluebonnets of Texas, snow banks in Illinois, and into the beautiful forests of Oregon.
EATING PIG FEET IN THE DARK
Embracing beautiful sunny days as well as cloudy days did not make Geraldine sad. She loved rainy days. She embraced them all. Waking up and seeing daylight was a blessing. The title, Eating Pig Feet in the DARK, only a few would understand. EATING PIG FEET IN THE DARK is a touching memoir steeped in reflections of growing up in the deep rooted history of the Gullah Geechee culture while living in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
WALKING WITH BOW AND HEART: IN AN AGE OF STONE
This is a story of a young "Stone Age' man named Day Moon. His father's generation discovered the bow and arrow, thus it has been a common tool in Falling Water Village for many winters. Day Moon loves to explore, he believes there are far away lands, villages and animals that none of his people have ever seen, and he is curious, where does the sun rest at night? With traveling gear, weapons and good intentions, he follows the setting sun.
Enjoy Day Moon's many action filled adventures exploring west...then home again, only to find his own village in peril.
THE BOXER 2: DO NO EVIL
A young man, stumbling through the backlands outside a small Georgia town, forcing his aching broken body to rise and move on each time he falls, losing all sense of direction as he slips in and out of consciousness, trying desperately to evade those who hunted him, those who killed his friend, and now wanted him dead.
A man, pleading with his daughter to cast aside her fears of them losing their freedom and possible their lives, in aiding a badly hurt stranger in urgent need of medical help. Wanting so much to walk away from it all, he weighs the consequences, knowing that if caught by those in pursuit, this stranger would not live.
A woman, seeking justice for the murder of her husband, pitting her wits against the powers of organized crime, determined to make them pay for forcefully depriving her of lover and friend, and robbing her daughter of a father she would never know.
EATING PIG FEET IN THE DARK
Embracing beautiful sunny days as well as cloudy days did not make Geraldine sad. She loved rainy days. She embraced them all. Waking up and seeing daylight was a blessing. The title, Eating Pig Feet in the DARK, only a few would understand. EATING PIG FEET IN THE DARK is a touching memoir steeped in reflections of growing up in the deep rooted history of the Gullah Geechee culture while living in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Turiya Press is dedicated to publishing original literary fiction, masterful works in translation, and nonfiction rooted in philosophy and spirituality. Our mission is to champion writing that unites artistic excellence with cultural and linguistic depth, offering readers books that illuminate the subtleties of human experience across languages and traditions.
New & Forthcoming
In this luminous collection, Jegadeesh Kumar brings together stories that traverse continents and states of mind: moving from the quiet stretches of America to the wind‑struck islands of the Maldives, from the layered textures of India to speculative worlds shaped by imagination. With prose that is rich, precise, and quietly philosophical, Jegadeesh reveals the subtle tensions and fragile hopes that define the human condition. His mastery of narrative craft allows readers not merely to observe these worlds but to inhabit them fully. Each story opens a door into a realm where emotion, memory, and wonder converge with striking clarity.
‘A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders, our contradictions, our endless quest for understanding. Good stories do not resolve the mysteries of the human spirit but rather describe and expand up on those mysteries.’
Tim O’Brien
