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Pump Fake Press Book Spotlight – The Butcher and the Butterfly (2025)
Mostly written in New Orleans – A wearied boxer turns his back on a chance at a world championship to search for his estranged brother
Pump Fake Press Book Spotlight – Wild Bill Rides Again (2023)
Highlights – 2026 Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Legacy Book Award and 2026 Finalist for the Kirkus Reviews Indie Book Award for Thrillers and Mystery
Read CANDYLAND – the new Pump Fake Press book by Jim Antonini
What others are saying about CANDYLAND: “… Few writers manage to make setting feel like a character, but Antonini pulls it off here…” “… dialogue
What Others are Saying about CANDYLAND – the New Novel from Pump Fake Press
From BookTrib – August 17, 2026 “…a novel that captures a very specific time and place with such vivid detail that readers will feel like
Wild Bill Rides Again named a finalist for the Kirkus Indie Book Award
Pump Fake Press is excited to announce that WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN by Jim Antonini was named a finalist for the Kirkus Indie Book Award
New Book Alert – Coming later this summer – CANDYLAND – the new book from Jim Antonini
CANDYLAND is noir fiction and follows the merrymaking of a close-knit group of friends through the pool halls and night clubs of the thriving music
WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN named Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist
Pump Fake Press is excited to announce that WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN by Jim Antonini was a category finalist in the prestigious Eric Hoffer Book
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – The Eve of 2026 Opening Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – Two Days until Opening Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – Three Days until Openings Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – Five Days until Opening Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long
The new book – Sometimes Orange is Almost Gold – grabs silver medal at literary awards event
Pump Fake Press is excited to announce that the new book – SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD – won a silver medal in the Non-Fiction
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