Portland micropress Friendly Monster sets September 29 release for Autumn Bettinger’s Belladonna

The independent press will launch Bettinger’s illustrated flash-fiction and microfiction collection with a Portland release event on publication day.

Portland’s Friendly Monster Press will release Autumn Bettinger’s Belladonna on September 29, pairing short-form fiction with illustrations by the author. The independent publisher’s official announcement gives the exact publication date, ISBN 978-1-967814-02-2 and Portland launch details. Its book page identifies

Bettinger as the author and links to the preorder. A retailer’s edition listing lists the matching ISBN as a paperback due the same day. The press has also announced a publication-day event at No Preference Coffee in Portland, scheduled for 6 p.m. local time. The publisher’s announcement gives the date and venue;

readers should check with the organiser for any last-minute changes. Friendly Monster is a small Portland press, making this a locally rooted release alongside the week’s larger comics launches. Headline image: official book cover; source and credit: Friendly Monster Press.

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