Book II of the Unified States of Texas
A fractured republic. A missing sister. A checkpoint that won't let her through.
Everything on the shelf and everything still being cut from the slab. Pick your poison.
Four Books · A Fractured Republic
The flagship series. Book I — My Name it is Sam Hall — out now. Book II — The Psalm of Katie Hall — drops 5/5. Books III and IV — In the Pines and Dayspring — coming soon.
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Anthologies · Essays · Collaborations
Short stories published outside the Bolton catalog. Latest: Player Two — a high-stakes arcade tale featured in Insert Coin, the Raconteur Press anthology of retro-gaming adventures. Pockets full of quarters, real consequences, and a boss that won't go down without a fight.
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Drafts · Outlines · Half-Cooked Ideas
What's currently being written, revised, or stewing in a drawer. Subject to change, as all good things are. Peek behind the curtain and see what's coming down the pipe — including the stuff that doesn't look anything like the other shelves.
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Features · Pilots · One-Acts
Four features currently on the market — sports drama, psychological horror, paranoid thriller, and a heist. Some optioned, all ready to read. Shown here: The Last Season.
Read the Loglines →Picture Books for People Who Shouldn't Be Reading Them
Taco Jones is absurd. He writes picture books the way picture books probably shouldn't be written — and somehow that's the whole point. Two titles out in the wild: Shut Up, Dog! A True Story and Animals are Yummy: A History Lesson. Grab one. Gift the other. Explain nothing.
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Side Quests & Experiments
The catch-all for everything that isn't a novel or a script — experiments, side projects, collaborations, and the occasional weird idea that demanded a home. Things aren't always what they seem here. That's the point.
Take a Walk →Get early copies of upcoming Bolton releases weeks before they hit the shelves. In exchange, you promise an honest review on release day — good, bad, or ugly. No sugar required. If you love the Unified States of Texas, if you read fast, if you can tell the truth in public, there's a seat at the table.
Apply to the ARC TeamWhat's currently being written, revised, or stewing in a drawer. Each one is alive on the desk right now — shifting, growing, occasionally fighting back. Subject to change, as all good things are.
A Novel
a mythic campaign of vengeance
A devoted mother, left for dead after cartel violence destroys her family, rises as the legendary La Llorona and unleashes a mythic campaign of vengeance against the empire that took everything from her.
A Novel
gods, assassins, and the system that hunts them
Living in secret as a mortal man, Thor is pulled back into a covert world of gods and assassins after his family is massacred — forcing him onto a revenge path that could bring down the very system he once enforced.
A Novel
the first book in a new series
When the Rapture shatters the world during his niece's birthday party, a U.S. Air Marshal must fight through riots, wreckage, and the first wave of martial law to gather his scattered loved ones before civilization gives way to chaos.
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Back to HomeFeatures, pilots, and specs on the market. Some are already optioned, some are looking for a home, all are ready to be read. If you're a producer, manager, or agent — reach out. If you're a reader, enjoy the loglines.
