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New Release: ALTing in Japan

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With the goal of helping educate the masses, we at Verdant Angle Press have decided to branch out in to the realm of non-fiction. Our first non-fiction release is a rather niche category, but one with which we have ample firsthand experience–nearly a decade of it, in fact: ALTing (or “assistant” language teaching) in Japan.

ALTing in Japan: Zero to Classroom Hero is available right now in digital (PDF) format here. Digital is the cheapest option to get a great, in-depth resource on teaching English in Japan, chock-full of information, advice and classroom activities. Alternatively, the book is also available in print on the Amazon marketplace of your choosing. While this version is more expensive, it is printed in full color on the best quality paper robust enough to withstand however strong a pen or highlighter you choose to throw at it.

We hope that any new, prospective, curious, or stuck English teachers will take a look at this book and gain the knowledge and inspiration to take their craft of language teaching to the next level.

Irons in the Fire

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The time has come, I think, to finally break the silence. Heaven knows it’s been a while.

We’re working, in our way, on too many projects. Too many prospects. We are a brain overflowing with unharnessed inspirations gushing out in myriad directions. We have a sizable book in the raw :.Edison.:, part commentary on recent times and part Lit-RPG, following a rather unlikable addict of a sort in his insatiable quest to ride the bleeding edge of Progress. It’s big. It’s niche. It’s exhausting. It’s the second novel set in the city of Antwood.

Speaking of Antwood… in my attempt to explain what became of Miss Elena Parker and her (haunted) dollhouse at the conclusion of The Smith, I started a short story which accidentally turned into a 16k word novelette. (If anyone is interested in reading it, drop us a line. We are currently contemplating just where and how to publish it… it might have to wait for an anthology.)

There are (prominently) two inchoate tales knocking on my door at odd hours, taking turns according to the weather. Missing Embers (working title) will be the second book in the Lamp Land series, featuring a new character in addition to our returning heroine, Verdigris, and a click toward noir.

The other tale, Sanitation Run (working title), once more takes us into the city of Antwood and into a new pair of (running) shoes. The protagonist, Vale, comes to the forefront of my mind every time I put on my headphones and step outside for a run. Music propels her, and the narrative is driven by a soundtrack that copyright law will prohibit us to anything more than hint at. This snag makes me angry. YouTubers and Vloggers can use snippets of song and video for the purposes of commentary in accordance with “Fair Use” provisions, but heaven forbid a novel contain a single line from a song. So we’ll make it into a game and drop heavy-handed clues within each chapter and see if the reader can’t divine the song which served its basis.

We’re nothing if not unique.

Peace be with you.

Lamp Land Release

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Great things are coming May 1st.

It’s been so long (and so long again) and now it’ll be here oh-so soon.

Lamp Land is a tale of a young girl (Verdigris) who ventures inside an ancient djinn’s lamp to partake in a mission of (unknowingly) dire consequences.

What is it like inside a djinn’s lamp? You may ask. Verdigris will tell you it’s hot and rather sandy.

What is the true nature of this metallic scarab in the girl’s possession? It’s arcane and just as alive as it is seemingly inanimate.

Lamp Land features (8) primary illustrations hand-drawn by the artist Bradley Kachnowicz specifically for this work.

Lamp Land is coming May 1st in print and eBook formats.

It’s a quick and snappy adventure the whole family can enjoy.

Digital Frontiers

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SHELL is now available in eBook format!

If you’re still on the fence, pop on over to the product page and check out the first 7 plus chapters or so in the eBook “Look Inside” feature. (Yes, the chapters are short and snappy, as befitting the tale.)

Physical, concrete objects are in our opinion far superior–they are safer, let’s say, from corruption. They’re easier on the eyes, and there’s nothing quite like assembling your own library in your home.

That said, digital formats take up infinitely less space, are received instantaneously, and are more convenient for the majority of people in this day-in-age. In this case, they are also much cheaper and more “economical” (if slightly less, in our opinion, pleasurable).

So SHELL has broken into the digital space, as will Lamp Land when the time comes.

This spring, yes, as we turn the final screws…

Still Beating

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After months I’m here to provide a long overdue update. What on earth is it that we’ve been doing? To put it simply: writing. We’ve been writing.

The final build process for SHELL (coming Summer 2021!) will commence this December. Until then we’ve been penning away at the draft of our fourth book, The Smith (release date TBA), and lemme tell ya that one’s a whopper. The Smith is a book about things lost and things found and other things just showing up unannounced. But why talk about The Smith when SHELL yet slumbers? We’re getting ahead of ourselves here.

SHELL is a tale of homogeneity and what happens when an alien substance is introduced into a comatose body. The body is a city, you see, a finite vessel being filled with something infinite. This grave imbalance poses many problems, as you can imagine.

More on SHELL next time, when I promise to be much more timely and a lot less cryptic.

Until then… Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel… what does it mean to you?