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The Ledger
A freedman named Elijah Cross finds a leather-bound ledger in the red clay of the Natchez Trace — a book containing 412 souls still bound as property in ink.
When his mother's ghost appears, Elijah learns that freeing the dead will require him to read every name aloud.
A Reconstruction ghost story about the language of ownership, and what it takes to unmake it.
202 pages · 5.5" x 8.5" · Also available as an instant e-book and a narrated audiobook.
Adapted from The Ledger, free to watch in full.
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Four ways to read it.
EPUB
E-book
The full novel-length expansion of Strange Fruit Episode 1. Delivered instantly as an EPUB, readable on any e-reader, phone, or tablet.
$6.99
Paperback
Paperback
The full novel-length expansion of Strange Fruit Episode 1, printed and shipped to your door — free U.S. shipping included. 5.5" x 8.5" trade paperback.
$26.99
Printed on demand, just for you — arrives in about 10 business days.
Hardcover
Hardcover
The full novel-length expansion of Strange Fruit Episode 1, in a durable case-wrap hardcover — free U.S. shipping included. Same 5.5" x 8.5" trim as the paperback.
$35.99
Printed on demand, just for you — arrives in about 10 business days.
Audiobook
Audiobook
5 hours 40 minutes of narration, the full unabridged novel of Strange Fruit Episode 1, read in the Strange Fruit narrator's voice. Delivered as a single chaptered M4B — 38 chapters with real markers, so any player resumes where you left off.
$16.99
Free preview
Hear it before you buy it.
The full audiobook runs 5 hours 40 minutes and is available above. This preview is free to stream.
Audiobook — first listen
Ninety seconds of the opening of Chapter One, “The Road Walking Him”, in the narrator's voice.