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Our Winter Monster

by Ryan Prado

A couple experiences the futility and horror of trying to outrun their problems in Dennis Mahoney’s horror novel "Our Winter Monster". Holly and Brian rumble toward a ski resort to salvage their scattered partnership. A blizzard is on... Read More

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The Cannibal Owl

by Ryan Prado

The spirit of perseverance is given wings in Aaron Gwyn’s touching coming-of-age novella, "The Cannibal Owl". Levi was raised in the rough-and-tumble Arkansas territory in the first decades of the nineteenth century. His unexpected... Read More

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Elephants in the Hourglass

by Kristen Rabe

Nuanced, wise, and enthralling, "Elephants in the Hourglass" is Kim Frank’s extraordinary memoir about her adventures investigating the plight of Asian elephants in northeast India—inquiries that run alongside accounts of personal... Read More

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Mutual Interest

by Meg Nola

In Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s scintillating historical novel "Mutual Interest", an unconventional arrangement leads to business success in post–Gilded Age New York. Determined to escape the confines of upstate New York,... Read More

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R.U.R.

by Peter Dabbene

Humanity’s experiments with artificial life backfire in the science fiction graphic novel "R.U.R." In search of a low-cost workforce, an island factory creates an AI that looks and acts like a human being and is capable of completing a... Read More

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