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See the Cover for Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl by Lauren E. Osborn

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See the Cover for Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl by Lauren E. Osborn

Lauren E. Osborn‘s Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl is the winner of the 2024 Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize, and is set to be published by Dzanc on May 12, 2026. It is now available for pre-order.

Upon announcing the prize in December 2024, Dan Wickett, Dzanc’s co-founder and founder of the Emerging Writers Network said of the short story collection, “The title of Lauren Osborn’s collection leads you to the works inside Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl. Insects and girls and women drive every one of the stories in this exciting collection. Osborn utilizes each odd scenario to dig into the human condition. This collection nicely continues Dzanc’s publishing of story collections full of surprises and scenarios one rarely finds in stories today.”

Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover, which was designed by Jenny Eickbush, along with a Q&A with the author about how the picture-perfect cover was created.

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See the cover for Discipline by Larissa Pham

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See the cover for Discipline by Larissa Pham

Larissa Pham follows up her essay collection Pop Song, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, with her debut novel, Discipline. The book will be released by Random House on January 20, 2026, and is now available for pre-order.

In the novel, the main character, Christine, is on a book tour for her book, which is a thinly veiled revenge fantasy based on a relationship she had with a former professor. Her world is turned upside down when he reaches out after years of silence and invites her to visit him on a remote island off the coast of Maine.

Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover of Discipline, designed by Rachel Ake, alongside a Q&A with Pham about crafting her enchanting debut and the elegant mystery the cover alludes to.

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See the covers for Unnamed Press’s three lead debut titles

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See the covers for Unnamed Press’s three lead debut titles

Thank You, John by Michelle Gurule, Sister Creatures by Laura Venita Green, and Zone Rogue by Michael Jerome Plunkett will all be released this Fall, within a month of each other, from Unnamed Press. The indie press has selected three debuts to be their lead titles for the season instead of building their promotion around established writers. Here at Debutiful, we love that notion, and below we have a combined Q&A with the three debut writers to showcase their exciting and gorgeous debut covers designed by Jaya Nicely.

All three titles are now available for pre-order and more information about each writer and book can be found below.

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See the cover for Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez

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See the cover for Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez

If you’ve been watching Debutiful’s social media recently, you may have already spotted the cover for Mayra in a recent summer book mail hype post. If you haven’t, get ready to be blown away.

Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez is a modern, gothic horror set in the swampland of Florida. Gonzalez, who hails from Hialeah, Florida, introduces readers to two estranged friends who reunite in a house in the Everglades. What follows is an unsettling and propulsive journey into the madness of friendship all while being haunted by their very surroundings.

Set to release on July 22, the book is available for pre-order. You can read stories and previous work by Gonzalez that has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, BOMB Magazine, Kenyon Review Online, and Taco Bell Quarterly, among others, on her website.

Debutiful is pleased to reveal the cover, designed by Andreea Dumuta, of Gonzalez’s debut alongside a Q&A with the writer to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the cover came to be.

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See the cover for Extinction Capital of the World by Mariah Rigg

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See the cover for Extinction Capital of the World by Mariah Rigg

Mariah Rigg‘s debut story collection, Extinction Capital of the World is one of Debutiful’s most anticipated debut books of 2025. The ten-story collection is set in present-day Hawai’i, weaving together tales of love, yearning, and sorrow. They offer a glimpse into land shaped by colonization and are odes to a breathtaking ecosystem constantly at risk of destruction.

The debut story collection is set for an August 5, 2025 publication from Ecco Books and is available for pre-order now!

Debutiful is ecstatic to offer readers a first look at the Vivian Lopez Rowe-designed book cover, provided to us by the publisher. Take a look below and read a Q&A with the author about how the book cover was designed.

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