Stories told through history and the publication of literature have always been biased. From censorship through religious organizations to dominant point-of-views, there are stories preserved throughout time—and stories that have long been neglected.

Founder Shay Miranda came to historical fiction through study, travel, and constantly asking herself: who was in this room, and what lives did they lead? Her life has spanned across fifteen countries and four continents, and through every archive, museum, port, monastery, and city, the same absence revealed itself. Too many pieces of human history had been lost to time. flattened into the margins. Certain cultures were treated as foundational to civilization; others, as the stepping stones to achievement.

Memoria House was created to refuse that narrative.

We publish historical and contemporary literary fiction guided by research, humility, and collective memory. We believe that history must remain human in scale. We are not interested in wars, dynasties, and political ruptures, but in the private lives unfolding beneath them: the teacher preserving a forbidden language, the translator safeguarding a manuscript the institution deemed unworthy, the teenage girl trying to save her village from famine, and the mothers who have sung songs to their children for generations to come.

History is our most valuable resource because it demands clarity.

To study the past is to recognize the continuity between past and present: the ways power take hold of a community, the ways cultures endure, and the ways ordinary people shape the world despite every attempt to erase them. Literature cannot repair history’s violences, but with them, we can refuse to forget.

Our inaugural project, Ink & Epoch, brings this philosophy into serialized fiction: episodic historical stories published with the pacing of contemporary television. In the years ahead, Memoria House will expand into a broader publishing program, including a curated classics line, original print catalogue, and an ongoing serial fiction program.

The work ahead is archival as much as artistic.

To publish a story is to decide that it should endure.