A fluffy baby penguin tries again and again to use his wings for flying like the petrels, albatross, and other arctic birds, but nothing seems to work—until he takes a leap of faith and tumbles into the sea. Beautiful watercolor... Read More

Shattering melancholia and desire and cobbling together fresh wonders from the pieces, the stories of Sarah Pinsker’s speculative "Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea" emit appealing weirdness. In these odd and alluring... Read More

Lucy is not allowed to have a pet, but that doesn’t stop her from embarking on a surreal adventure with a smoky, swirling, translucent shadow cat that appears one night through her bedroom wall. Translated from its original Swedish,... Read More

In this charming retelling of the the parable of the Good Samaritan, the Blues and Yellows were always distrustful of one another—until Midnight Blue fell from his bike by the roadside. No one would help before Lemon came along. A... Read More

In the Iraq edition of wartime for American soldiers, fear of being blown to pieces by hidden explosives frequently loses out to the wiliest enemy of all—boredom. This is the wartime footing—six years in an M1A1 Abrams tank—that... Read More

"Buddhism for Western Children" is a dreamlike literary novel that journeys into the psyche of cult living from the perspective of a child. Daniel’s parents, Ray and Cleary, bring him to Avadhoot Master King Ivanovich’s farm in Maine... Read More

Ben Gwin’s complex debut novel is based around a fictional reality television sensation, "Clean Time", that has catapulted various interested parties—from pharmaceutical corporations to rehab centers—to unimaginable wealth. For a... Read More

Kfoury is an obvious intellectual, both intense and direct in his narration. A wide and diverse range of topics are discussed in Mario Kfoury’s "Coffee Shop University", a deep examination of the major questions that have occurred to... Read More