A possessed snake targets members of a Florida community in the fantastical, experimental fantasy novel Shallcross: Painted Birds. Charles Porter’s natural, fresh fantasy novel Shallcross: Painted Birds blends ancient mysticism with... Read More

A creative woman uses writing as a balm for her trauma in the encouraging novel "Gajarah". In Somia Sadiq’s rich literary novel "Gajarah", a Pakistani woman reclaims her story after violence. Emahn is inspired to write a book whose... Read More

The subsistence existences of those who contend with harsh environments and harsher government policies are the focus of the illuminating novel "Desert Rites". In Xuemo’s historical novel "Desert Rites", Chinese villagers struggle... Read More

In Joanna Howard’s sardonic novel "Porthole", a famed director is forced to seek rest following the death of her star. Yacht-raised by an uncle who cycled between young women and filmed it all, Helena learned to master classic film... Read More

"The Ineffable Geometry of Light" is a lavish and inquisitive novel whose heroes reveal the curiosity and vulnerability of all sentient beings. Motivated by personal trauma and a yearning to answer some of the most profound questions... Read More

A perceptive novel built on stark contrasts, "Indelicate Deception" is about the complications of parental love. A yearning girl investigates her parents’ broken relationship in V. S. Kemanis’s emotive novel "Indelicate Deception".... Read More

The traumas of war are handled with nuance in the historical novel "The Sooner You Forget", about coming home and reconciling oneself to the past. Christopher Bensinger’s wrenching historical novel "The Sooner You Forget" is about an... Read More

An expansive novel with a varied cast, "Fox Creek" is about plantation life in the South. In M. E. Torrey’s riveting historical novel "Fox Creek", Black and white people on a plantation experience and enact racial prejudice and... Read More