Jonathan A. Taylor’s "The Rites of Passage" is marketed as the first in a series of novels; it also ably stands on its own. The story follows Jamie Goldberg from elementary school to college, as he grows from an abused boy into a... Read More

Strange and magical, "Lights on the Sea" follows a retired couple to the outer reaches of their unfulfilled dreams. Once, Mary Rose and Harold Grapes planned to sail around the world with their son, Dylan—but that was before they lost... Read More

Heroines of Avalon weaves the ancient stories of British Isles goddesses and heroines together in a feminine, melodic assembly. Ayn Cates Sullivan’s "Heroines of Avalon and Other Tales" is a beautiful mythology collection focused on... Read More

In Elliot Reed’s captivating "A Key to Treehouse Living", William Tyce narrates the unusual and personalized glossary of his troubled young life. William was abandoned by his parents and transferred to the custody of an eccentric... Read More

Melanie Hobson’s "Summer Cannibals" is a vibrant, vicious family portrait in which three adult daughters come home. The family matriarch, Margaret, has summoned everyone to rally around her very pregnant daughter, Pippa. The girls’... Read More

Well-rounded and dramatic, "Atlas of Men" dives into deep and controversial subjects. David Sklar’s compelling novel "Atlas of Men" is based on real-life events, and is filled with surprises and complex relationship dynamics. Robert... Read More

Beneath a New Jersey sky, a young girl with the deck stacked against her falls in love with the weather. Years later, feeling an odd fit with her PhD program at MIT, she heads north to try her hand at television meteorology, whirling... Read More

A carefully annotated, definitive edition of a long-lost William S. Burroughs work, The Revised Boy Scout Manual is a scathingly humorous, often uncannily prescient guide to revolution. Burroughs was the purveyor of a bizarre,... Read More