One rebellious college student’s study of the Middle Ages parallels his tumultuous journey into adulthood. The Book of Changes, by Jack Remick, is a compelling coming-of-age novel with a keen sense of character and place. It’s the... Read More

Goldstein emphasizes the theme of doing well by doing good, through many characters, even the criminals—though many of the characters are criminals at some level. Ken Goldstein is a Silicon Valley insider’s insider, and this ripples... Read More

"Mistress of the Solstice" is a superior fantasy novel with a strong flavor of romance and myth. The protagonists are both archetypically mythic and achingly human. Anna Kashina cooks up a captivating blend of ancient myth and modern... Read More

Encounters with serene landscapes, ordinary occurrences, and thoughtful rural people ignite a desire to search within oneself and connect to the world. From an author regarded as crucial and distinguished among Australian poets of his... Read More

Evoking masculine, dangerously intimate, polished surfaces, "Straight Razor" reveals libidinous encounters, elegies, and satires on careerism in poetry. San Francisco-based Randall Mann, author of Complaint in the Garden and Breakfast... Read More

Sharing the seemingly ordinary setting of the Midwest, these short stories turn simple and normal into weird, melancholy, and wonderful. Christopher Merkner has a deeply weird sensibility, and it makes his short fiction a pleasure to... Read More

Bewilderment, frustration, and despair keep the men in these stories on edge with only brief moments of hope to move them forward. Male protagonists in crisis comprise the majority of heartrending short stories in Jacob White’s debut... Read More

Devens challenges readers to avoid the typical knee-jerk reactions that characterize so much of human thought and behavior. Richard Todd Devens, in "Rational Polemics", tackles what he finds irksome and senseless in the current cultural... Read More