Announcements & Events
Audio rights for Mina Ikemoto Ghosh’s folkloric debut Numamushi: A Fairy Tale have been sold to Scribd.
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover design for Mika Ikemoto Ghosh’s debut adult novella. Design by Kimberly Glyder with art direction by Christine Neulieb.
Lanternfish Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of Mina Ikemoto Ghosh’s debut novella, working title Numamushi, for publication in Fall 2023.
Caitlin Chung will join Samantha Mills and Hana Lee for the May 2024 SF in SF literary salon, moderated by Cliff Winnig.
Lanternfish Press Editorial Director Christine Neulieb will participate in Broad Street Review’s upcoming industry panel “With your powers combined” during BSR Book Week 2024.
Lanternfish Press will be exhibiting at the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Diego June 28-July 1 at Booth 2534H. Our featured author will be M.M. Olivas, author of Sundown in San Ojuela.
by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
“With this mesmerizing novella, first-time author Ghosh eloquently explores themes of trauma, self-sacrifice, and redemption.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred)
Burned by napalm as an infant and adopted by the guardian spirit of a river, Numamushi spends the first years of his life catching frogs to eat and learning to shed his skin like his serpentine father. Then one day, a lonely man moves into the abandoned house next to the river, and curiosity for all things human awakens in Numamushi.
This mysterious man shares Numamushi’s penchant for eating frogs but also carries the scars of war, a love of the written word, and knowledge of the secret history of the house and its river. When he begins teaching Numamushi to read and write, the growing friendship between them opens an unexpected path to metamorphosis–and healing–for them both.