Nicole Frail Books

Nicole Frail Books ✨Super Small Indie Press✨
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&You Press | Attic Ebooks | InkBridge Books Let’s just say, I have ideas. Very… POV driven. Growth is happening!

Hi, hello, my name is Nicole Frail, and you may know me from the twelve years I spent at Skyhorse Publishing and Sky Pony Press. Or you may know me from the ten years I’ve been editing for indie authors and querying authors and other clients via my small editorial business Nicole Frail Edits. And now, I’d like you to also think of me as the publisher of a (very super small) independent press. I in

tend to introduce multiple imprints under the Nicole Frail Books umbrella eventually: one for nonfiction, one for kids (because half of my heart belongs to children’s books), one for moms (because I’m a mom of three boys and I KNOW the struggle involved with trying to find just one second of free time for yourself, and to write a whole book in those moments… C’mon. I’d bow to you but my back hurts from carrying around my thirty-pound two-year-old). And all of them are very community driven. NFB officially launched its first title in November 2024. We started with a few anthologies, and those have been amazing. We introduced some new voices to readers. We’ve walked some debut authors through the editorial and publishing process. Since then, we've also published a good number of short story ebooks and a handful of novellas. Some full-length novels and nonfiction are also under contract. WE are doing it. WE as in, the community of amazing writers that I have stumbled into in the two-ish years that I’ve been more active online (thank you, bookstagram!). You are all talented, you are all driven, you are all impressive. And whether you want to pursue traditional publishing, you want a bit of hand-holding with hybrid, or you want to stick to the indie route, I want to support you. If you think you have a manuscript for me, visit nicolefrailbooks.com to view my submissions guidelines, and let’s keep on doing it!

09/07/2025

🎉100k Page Reads!🎉

We started enrolling select titles in Amazon's KU program in January of this year, and today we officially hit the 100k page-read milestone!!

Not bad for a small press in its first year that specializes in short reads, many of which are between 17 and 30 "digital pages." 😊

I wrestled with the idea of even touching KU, for all the obvious reasons, but in the end, I chose to let Attic's authors make the final decision for their individual titles.

At Attic Ebooks, every author is given the option to publish directly into KU upon launch, publish wide, or go back and forth as KU's window expires. So, some of Attic's titles are exclusive, and some are not.

With Amz/KU's latest announcement, which allows us to distribute enrolled titles to libraries, I'm thrilled that more Attic titles will have the opportunity to reach additional readers.

Thank you, readers and reviewers, for taking a chance on not only a tiny press publishing super-short stories, but also on this press's authors, many of whom are just starting out and are truly impacted by every read and appreciative of every kind word and review.

09/05/2025
Desi Stowe, Author's favorite quotes from Not As It Seems (part 1)!
09/04/2025

Desi Stowe, Author's favorite quotes from Not As It Seems (part 1)!

📆 Where will Nicole Frail Edits & Nicole Frail Books be in September?Tonight is the monthly Wilkes-Barre Women's Organiz...
09/04/2025

📆 Where will Nicole Frail Edits & Nicole Frail Books be in September?

Tonight is the monthly Wilkes-Barre Women's Organization for Networking meeting at Rodano's on Public Square. All are welcome!

The next meeting of MAMA'S BOOKed: NEPA Moms Book Club will be Monday, September 8, at Long Live Playtime , and we're currently reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. If you're local and want to join, message me and I'll invite you to our FB group!

Next weekend is back-to-back events, with the annual Luzerne Merchants Association's Fall Pumpkin Festival on Saturday and AlleyCrafts BOOKISH: Book Themed Craft Market on Sunday. I'll have paperbacks of NOT AS IT SEEMS on hand!

And then, on the 17th, I'll be live and taking questions and chatting in The Book Haven Tribe. Takeover starts at 10!

Hoping to chat with many of you about what you're reading and writing this month! ✌️💜📖

✨Say Hi to Catt!✨Please welcome to the talented Catti-Brie Kunkelman to the Nicole Frail Edits / Nicole Frail Books team...
09/03/2025

✨Say Hi to Catt!✨

Please welcome to the talented Catti-Brie Kunkelman to the Nicole Frail Edits / Nicole Frail Books team!

Catt is an undergraduate at King's College, Pennsylvania, and the plan is to have her by my side for two ✌ semesters.

Here's a little note from Catt! 😊

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Hello! My name is Catti-Brie Kunkelman, but everyone knows me by my nickname Catt. I am a junior at King’s College with a double major in Professional Writing and Business Management with a minor in Creative Writing. Some fun facts about myself are that my favorite color is dark blue, I love baking, reading, and writing, and I am a first-generation student.

My hope for the future is to work in the realm of the editing and publishing industry while also (hopefully) becoming an author myself. Another dream of mine is to start my own company, but I am taking baby steps with that ambitious dream.

I am very excited to work with Nicole Frail as an intern for her company. I am eager to learn whatever Nicole throws my way with open arms. This experience will open my eyes to the world of editing and publishing, and I am very grateful for this opportunity.

We couldn't be more pleased with the support we're receiving for this collection! 🖤🖤Just a reminder: although there are ...
09/03/2025

We couldn't be more pleased with the support we're receiving for this collection! 🖤🖤

Just a reminder: although there are historical stories in here, there are also some wonderfully eerie contemporary reads, too.

Who would like a peek inside the paperback?

Drop your favorite ~gothic~ emoji below for a yes!

🌛🖤NEW RELEASE!🖤🌜The sixth book in the &You Anthologies series is now available! Celebrate gothic fiction in all of its f...
09/02/2025

🌛🖤NEW RELEASE!🖤🌜

The sixth book in the &You Anthologies series is now available!

Celebrate gothic fiction in all of its forms with NOT AS IT SEEMS, edited and arranged by Courtney Umphress.

✨ Featured stories and authors include ✨

"Of Sound Mind" by Caroline Baccene
"Sleep Sound and Wake Nane" by Rosie Beech
"The Owl and the Shrew" by Sarah Bjork
"Wretched Children" by L.M. Copeland
"Ultraviolet Night" by Jesse Ramon Ferreras
"The Widow of Winthrop House" by Sarah Kennedy Keys
"Duskwood Hollow" by Cora Laine
"The Woman in the Window" by Edmund McKenzie
"A Killer Dream" by yesenia monique
"Everyone's Polite, But No One is Nice" by Derek Moreland
"Manor of Memories" by Elizabeth Faye Moxen
"Marin" by Katherine Rea
"The Lady of the House" by Constance Renfrow
"The Hollowing" by Grace Silva-Ortiz
"The Birthday Party" by Elizabeth Torres
"Remember Us" by Meranda Tuttle
"The Stroke of a Pen" by Roxanne Werner

Available in ebook and paperback wherever books are sold.

Thank you to Plunge into Books Tours for organizing today's release day blitz on Instagram.

If you'd like to join our book tour for this title later this month, please contact Plunge into Books Tours.

09/01/2025

🖤 Tomorrow . . . 🖤

NOT AS IT SEEMS
A Gothic Anthology

Edited & Arranged by Courtney Umphress

The sixth book in the &You Anthologies series.

Get your ebook for a special preorder price of $2.99 USD tonight!

Paperbacks will be available this week, as well.

The perfect read to set the tone for the upcoming fall season. You don't want to miss this one!

✨New Release!✨A standalone short story from Allison E. Crisostomo! A purrfect tale, all year-round.This ebook is availab...
08/31/2025

✨New Release!✨

A standalone short story from Allison E. Crisostomo! A purrfect tale, all year-round.

This ebook is available at all of your favorite retailers.

Plus, if you submit proof of order, you'll receive TWO FREE STICKERS!*

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France, 1963.

After losing out on the opportunity to be the first cat to make it to space, Jaclyn can't help hoping for another chance. When she hears her erstwhile rival is out of the picture, she rushes to a nearby French village in search of answers—and a fast track to the stars.

Along the way, she runs into a street cat with his own humble dreams and finds that her lofty ambitions may not be so dreamy after all.

With the help of an old friend, she interprets the events in her past through a new lens, which leads her to realize that maybe the adventure she seeks could be a lot closer to home.

And maybe she doesn't have to take this journey alone.

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Cover: Christine Cover Design

*US only. Link to claim stickers is in comments.

08/26/2025

🏕️🌄 COVER REVEAL! 🏕️🌄

Today, the NFB Street Team is excited to help Alyssa Feliciano reveal the cover for the novella, THE HIKE TO HIGHER GROUND, available from Attic Ebooks, an imprint of Nicole Frail Books, on September 9, 2025.

Cover by

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SUMMARY

Needing clarity and a new plan, Leah heads to Moab, Utah, seeking God's voice and direction, but instead finds herself stranded on the mountain during a flash flood.

Meanwhile, Pierce sets out to clear his head with a hike, only to end up rescuing a woman and sharing his tent and limited supplies while they wait for the rain to slow.

One storm, one tent, and one night are about to change two lives.

🏕️🌄💙

Preorder today!

Join the NFB Street Team for early reads and to be part of a community focused on helping authors get the word out about their new books! Nicolefrailbooks.com/street

🏕️ HIKE… ARC sign-ups will be announced shortly!

💫Coming Soon!💫SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF CONFIT by Allison E. Crisostomo releases in TWO days!Reminder! If you preorder an...
08/26/2025

💫Coming Soon!💫

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF CONFIT by Allison E. Crisostomo releases in TWO days!

Reminder! If you preorder and you're in the US, send proof of preorder to the author and you'll receive two F-R-E-E stickers via snail mail!

This short story ebook will be available wide on Thursday!

I'll be there with my brand-new Gothic anthology! Plus ~possibly~ a local author in tow. 🥰 Can't wait!!
08/22/2025

I'll be there with my brand-new Gothic anthology! Plus ~possibly~ a local author in tow. 🥰 Can't wait!!

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