"Jamestown, Alaska" is fast-paced and effective, blending the absurd and the cruelly twisted aspects of the committee’s plan. In Frank Turner Hollon’s "Jamestown, Alaska", a novelist receives a cryptic invitation to become the... Read More

The side-by-side layout of image and story enhances the work of both the book’s creators. While a collaboration between an author and illustrator is hardly new, writer Leon Rooke and artist/painter Tony Calzetta took an unusual... Read More

"The Migratory Moment" is an ambiguous pairing of childhood trauma and searing self-awareness. This is a work of sustained, raw intensity. "The Migratory Moment" by Marnie Holt Swenson is a hybrid book of poetry, dialogue, and paintings... Read More

Memphis minister Audrey Taylor Gonzalez’s first novel, "South of Everything", is a quintessentially Southern Bildungsroman that focuses on a young girl in postwar Tennessee as she navigates the spaces between black and white, the... Read More

Jake Travis distinguishes himself amongst other dynamic PIs in the genre via his pure zest for life, which often presents with a sensual edge. In "The Gail Force", the dangerously dashing Jake Travis is back, drawn into an intricate plot... Read More

Avery Cullins lives an unconventional life. His current “family” includes a live-in boyfriend and pet turtle, very different from the traditional Southern upbringing and family that he left so many years ago. But when Avery’s... Read More

In an artful book that questions reality and perception, Martha Beck offers a portrait of a woman at the brink of both despair and discovery. Diana Archer is a single, struggling mother who embarks to the Sierras Oscuras National Forest... Read More

Lena Gaunt, former professional musician, octogenarian, and heroin addict, lives in the suburbs of Perth. Once a renowned theremin player, she is given the chance to play at an electronic music festival, ending her retirement and... Read More