In Mary G. Thompson’s empathetic novel "One Level Down", a woman forced into a child’s body fights to escape her father’s simulation. Escaping Earth’s overcrowding and irreparable environmental damage, colonists encounter disease... Read More

In Natalia Theodoridou’s haunting novel "Sour Cherry", women are entrapped by the gluttonous monstrosities of their sons and husbands. To elucidate her husband’s abuse, a mother tells her child a story about a cursed lord. She begins... Read More

In Shubha Sunder’s novel "Optional Practical Training", an Indian immigrant tries to make a home in the US. After completing her undergraduate degree, Pavrita begins teaching physics at a school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, extending... Read More

In the face of global political events, connected people are set on different paths of self-discovery in the thoughtful thriller "The Gales of Alexandria". Ehab Elgammel’s political adventure novel "The Gales of Alexandria" zeroes in... Read More

The surprising, alluring short stories of "I, No Other" subvert conventional expectations in both subject matter and narrative format. Innovative and provocative, Yarrow Paisley’s "I, No Other", is a collection of unconventional short... Read More

An evocative historical novel that celebrates distinctive individuals in the Depression-era South. In Mark Mustian’s riveting historical novel "Boy with Wings", a man’s strange birthmark and winged appendages force him to live as... Read More

A multilayered text that revels in creation, speculation, and critique, "Sage’s Multiverse Mini-Series" is a challenging and delightful science fiction collection. Written with flair, Karima Vargas Bushnell’s speculative novel... Read More

Em J Parsley’s "You, From Below" is a surrealist novella in which an Appalachian town is destroyed by a massive sinkhole. After Mission disappears, You starts climbing into the mountains to deliver the letter in their pocket; it... Read More