7.13 Books
USA – Novels, SS, Literary Fiction, Humor, Debut
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7.13 Books is open for submissions, looking for new and emerging, even debut authors.
7.13 is an author-run, independent press that publishes primarily debut authors of adult literary fiction. While run by fellow writers, 7.13 is a traditional publisher.
“Run by authors for authors, 7.13 Books is committed to making beautiful works of literary fiction and offering a publishing experience that’s respectful to and even reverent of first-time authors.”
As a publisher, 7.13 Books aspires to be a partner in getting writers started on their lives as authors.
Submissions
Unsolicited submissions welcome. No agent required.
7.13 is currently reading submissions for publication in 2026 and beyond. They publish 2-5 books a year. 7.13 is looking for writers who have not yet published a book of literary fiction. Query first.
7.13 is looking for novels and short-story collections that the Big Five seem to have lost all interest in.
Not looking for: YA, Middle Grade, New Adult, multi-book Science Fiction and/or Fantasy series, and Romance. 7.13 Books publishes Adult Literary Fiction.
*There is a $5 reading fee, but that seems fair. In the old days we had to buy paper and envelopes and stamps. Besides, it keeps the unserious out.
7.13 titles for 2025/2026
– My Mother’s Boyfriends by Samantha Schoech
– He Morgue Keeper by Ruyan Meng
– Spiral Jetty by Chaim ben Avram
– Darling Clementine by Rae Cline
– Stickman by Jihoon Park
Acquisitions
Spiral Jetty by Chaim ben Avram (Fiction) – A tale of love and exile across fractured borders, told through a journal shared by a Palestinian Canadian storyteller, a Jewish American poet, and their Ramallah-based confidant.
Darling Clementine by Rae Cline (Fiction) – An atmospheric fable of lost faith in the vein of Mary Gaitskill, from the author of The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals.
Stickman by Jihoon Park (Fiction) – An alienated Korean-American Uber driver’s writerly obsession with a school shooter threatens to unravel his already precarious life. By UC Santa Cruz PhD of Literature candidate Jihoon Park.
Meet the Editors
Leland Cheuk (Publisher) – Just another Brooklyn-born indie publisher, Leland Cheuk is an award-winning author of three books of fiction, most recently the novel No Good Very Bad Asian.
Kurt Baumeister (Acquisitions Editor) – Kurt is an acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books and holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. Kurt’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Rain Taxi, and others. His debut novel Pax Americana was published by Stalking Horse Press.
D. Foy (Editor) – D. Foy is the author of the novels Made to Break, Patricide, and Absolutely Golden. His stories, poems, and essays have appeared in Guernica, Literary Hub, Salon, and others. He is an editor at 7.13 Books.
Publisher Spotlight: Leland Cheuk
The one and only Leland Cheuk’s work has been covered in Buzzfeed, The Paris Review, VICE, San Francisco Chronicle, and has appeared or is forthcoming in pubs such as NPR, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, among others.
Letter from the publisher
Is your story like mine?
Have you been plugging away for years trying to find that enterprising, attentive, well-connected literary agent who will magically whisk your manuscript to an editor at a Big Five?
Are you losing hope?
Increasingly, the Big Five prefer the blockbuster genres. That’s why independent and university presses have proliferated to fill the gap.
See if your book fits in with these 7.13 titles.
7.13 Books
121 South Wilson Ave., #305
Pasadena, CA 91106
USA
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