This comprehensive rundown of the great names in astronomical detection makes for compelling biographical reading. "Starlight Detectives" throws light on the lives of many of... Read More

Lush, tactile descriptions and impressionistic scenes bring alive this historical novel about an author of supernatural fiction. Violet Paget (whose pen name was Vernon Lee),... Read More

“69752. That was his phone number … he had it tattooed there, on his left forearm, so he wouldn’t forget it. That’s what my grandfather told me. And that’s what I grew... Read More

Historians will agree that ‘progress’ is as American as apple pie. What constitutes progress, of course, is always a point of contention. In "The Body Politic", Jonathan D.... Read More

“Wandering is better than place sometimes, than home, than destination,” writes Michelle Latiolais in the opening story of "Widow". In wandering, this particular widow can... Read More