The second question is where people start to feel seen.
Conversation books built on one idea: the second question is where people start to feel seen. Ten editions, 280 questions each, every one with two follow-ups and a cue for the listener.
ASK
What is something you were good at as a child that nobody asks about anymore?
FOLLOW
When did you last do it?
Who noticed, back then?
NOTICE
Whether the answer comes quickly or needs a moment to find.
Fiction and nonfiction from Inkylines Press
Biographical historical fiction, military fiction, romance, fantasy, and short practical nonfiction. Most of the catalog reaches print between September 2026 and early 2027.
The Kintsugi Series
Broken things, mended visibly, and worth more for the seam.
Literary fiction · 2 volumes · Coming soonThe Major Taylor Trilogy
The fastest man in the world, and the country that would not let him ride.
Biographical historical fiction · 3 volumes · Available nowThe Pearson Trilogy
Three generations, one name, and what it cost to keep it.
Historical fiction · 3 volumes · Coming soonThe Compass and the Crucible
Matthew Henson, the man who reached the top of the world and was told to stand behind it.
Biographical historical fiction · 5 volumes · Coming soonThe Winkfield Trilogy
Jimmy Winkfield, the last Black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, and the long road that followed.
Biographical historical fiction · 3 volumes · Coming soonBlack Sands of Suribachi
Iwo Jima from the men history photographed around. Brutal honesty without one ounce of disrespect.
Military historical fiction · 4 volumes · Coming soonThe Six Triple Eight Saga
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, and the women who cleared the backlog nobody else could.
Military historical fiction · 4 volumes · Ebooks available nowThe Freeman Legacy Saga
Seven books, one family, and the Buffalo Soldiers who founded Liberty Grove.
Historical fiction · 7 volumes · Ebooks available nowThe Jubilee Novels
Love on the Black Gulf Coast, where the water gives and takes in equal measure.
Historical romance · 6 volumes · In progressThe Promised Ground Saga
The Mississippi Delta, 1919 to 1929. Six books about holding onto land that was never meant to be yours.
Historical fiction · 6 volumes · Coming soonThe Invisible Trade: The Ellison Files
A forger invents an agent in 1944. Seventy years later, the agent is still alive on paper.
Espionage · 10 volumes · In progressThe Lightbound Saga
Eight books about the keepers of the first light and the four refusals of grief.
Young adult fantasy · 8 volumes · Coming soonThe Deuce Four Trilogy
The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea, 1950, told from the record.
Documentary historical fiction · 3 volumes · Ebooks available nowThe Names She Kept
Ida B. Wells across six books, beginning in Holly Springs.
Biographical historical fiction · 6 volumes · In progressThe Robeson Quintet
Paul Robeson in five books, with the river running beneath every city he stood in.
Biographical historical fiction · 5 volumes · In progressThe What To Do When Series
Short, practical books for the moment you are actually in.
Nonfiction · 3 volumes · Available now