Dragons stir at the turn of the century in Joann Sfar’s entertaining, absurdist graphic novel "The Dragons of Paris", which builds on a cheeky alternate history of the City of Lights. The centuries-long war between humans and dragons... Read More

In Lindsay A. Franklin’s mind-bending fantasy novel "The Restitching of Camille DuLaine", teenagers are on a mission to save storytelling and those they love. In this captivating sequel, story spheres have begun to fracture familiar... Read More

A boy plays a parental role for a baby kaiju in E. C. Myers’s adventure-minded chapter book "Kaiju Gaga". On a trip to the Museum of Media, a boy drifts away from his class and visits an exhibit called Monster Movie Mania. There he... Read More

In Dana Diehl’s haunting short story collection "The Earth Room", spectral women are alienated from themselves and others. In “Daughter,” a woman births a floating ghost daughter following a pregnancy where “Things happened... Read More

A queer fantasy novel that brings literal magic to the theater, Molly Ringle’s "The Quicksand Theatre Company" is an original take on fae legends. The third standalone in an interconnected series, the novel returns to Eidolonia, an... Read More

Picking up after a novel set two thousand years prior, T. C. Kraven’s Of Death & Desires doesn’t miss a beat in continuing the star-crossed story of Hades and Persephone. After a multimillennial search, Persephone is found in... Read More

Dark academia meets enemies-to-lovers themes in Jaclyn Rodriguez’s debut novel "A Vow in Vengeance". Fifteen years ago, as punishment for a failed uprising, a decree was made by the three immortal kings: the elves, seraphs, and druids... Read More

A gothic fairytale with nods to “Beauty and the Beast,” Amanda Linsmeier’s "A Dance with Death" explores the overlap of love and grief. The three Bell sisters have seen their shares of loss—of their parents, their home, and the... Read More