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In this haute couture-noir novel, T/James Reagan, author of Famous For Nothing, provides his post-Empire vision of the New York fashion scene.Reagan's novel explores all of the taboo subjects plaguing the fashion industry- racism, underage models, eating disorders, pervy photographers, human trafficking, unfair payment practices, and predatory castings.Empire Waste follows Andrew Lorrie, a disgraced fashion designer, who finds himself unemployable after a disastrous Spring/Summer fashion show. With no other option, Lorrie accepts a job designing a competitors ready-to-wear line. As the line progresses, Lorrie begins to notice that the models who are arriving for castings and go-sees are disappearing. No longer willing to idly stand by while the fashion industry destroys more girls, Andrew becomes devoted to saving these "replaceable" models. Lorrie confronts the industry as well as his own demons in a fast paced and introspective meditation on creation, pain, and exploitation.Empire Waste plays out as a fashion satire, as well as an exploration of New York City and the rules of the fashion industry.Reagan's Empire Waste proves to be a deeply personal exploration of a man living in a post-Empire world where nearly everything is disposable.

Lovetrust is a post-Empire campus novel about love and distance.Told through first person narrative, blogs posts, letters, and lyrics, Reagan's Lovetrust creates a literary collage of a group of young students as they search for true connection on their campus.Written while the author was still in college, Reagan's first novel gives a complete view of at the broken way the current generation gives and gets love.Part romantic comedy, part campus novel, and part coming of age tale, Lovetrust follows Kurt Jones as he attempts to connect with the women in his life during his junior year of college.Lovetrust is populated with characters grappling with their need for connection. Noni is searching for her missing brother, Gerard is searching for a talent he can turn into an identity, and Kurt is searching for a girl whose online journal has convinced him that she's his soulmate.Fans of Bret Easton Ellis' Rules of Attraction, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned will be thrilled by this contemporary campus novel.

Hot Blonde Girls With Heavy Eye Makeup tells the story of two sisters- Jillian, and Kendra. Jillian is hot and blonde, while Kendra is a social justice warrior. Jillian runs a pizza place/ bar/ salon called Blondies, while Kendra doesn't really do much of anything. When Blondies refuses to serve a group of brunettes, Kendra's life goal becomes to destroy her sister's business. We follow Jillian as she attempts to keep Blondies running, her employees happy, and her sister at bay. The book eventually becomes the female version of the bloods vs. the crips, where the brunettes go to battle against the blondes. Told in a bold, unique voice, HBGWHEM presents a darkly humorous look at female entrepreneurship, sisterhood, and the disturbingly common trend of the loudest voices getting the most attention.

Publishers note: This is a stage play, and not a novel. T/James Reagan has adapted August Strindberg's classic play, Miss Julie, for a new generation. Moving the setting from a Swedish estate to the office of a cable news anchor, Reagan updates the searing back-and-forth dialog, and transforms the story into an exceptionally current and unflinching take on American life at the start of 2020.In what's being described as a "pandemic play" Reagan's version of Miss Julie adds another layer to Strindberg's tale of extreme emotions and swinging moods.When it becomes clear that the coronavirus will spread rapidly across America, John, a cable news anchor, is desperate to get back on air to deliver the unfolding developments. To do this, he needs the approval of Christine, his program director, and Julie, the head of the cable news station. As the night progresses, each character confronts their fears and failures, while wondering what the future will look like. Miss Julie 2020 addresses the new complications of workplace romance, the controversial tactics used by news organizations to get attention, and the precarious balance of our public and private lives. Reagan creates a play where each character is neither hero nor villain, and the complexity of gray areas is fully explored. Ready for the stage, and demanding to be performed, MISS JULIE 2020 is the theater event of the year.

Beach House Burning is a novel about being in your 30s, life not turning out how you hoped, dealing with who you've become, and wondering when it's time to give up on a friend. While serving as a sequel to Reagan's first novel, Lovetrust, a reader can pick this book up without having read a page of Lovetrust and will still have a full experience.Set a decade-and-a-half after Lovetrust, Beach House Burning finds Kurt Jones reconnecting with his friends from high school. During this reunion, each friend reveals that their life hasn't turned out how they thought it would. The only one who achieved their childhood dream is Levi Banes, who's now a Spotify-famous country music star. With the profits from his constant touring, Levi has purchased a beach house, and his idea is for everyone to spend a couple months in this house on the New Jersey shore as a "summer vacation" where they can address what's dragging them down. In the days following the dinner, one-by-one, each character shows up at the beach house, and what follows is a summer of introspection, arguments, and self-discovery.Exceptionally current, ambitiously told, and completely fearless, Beach House Burning is a return to the notion that a novel should be "word from the front" showing us how we live, while serving as a snapshot of a of a specific time for future generations.