The strange and surreal take center stage in Kristen Gleason’s beguiling short story collection "The Wallet and Other Thefts". The characters are often confused or detached, estranged observers of garden workers or weddings. In “The... Read More

In Dennis McFadden’s charming short story collection "Lafferty, Looking for Love", an Irish ne’er-do-well gets himself into all sorts of trouble. Lafferty is disinclined to overlook potential damsels in distress to whom he might... Read More

G. G. Silverman’s dark, inventive story collection adapts horror and fairy-tale tropes to explore motherhood and the repercussions of misogynistic violence. Women’s bodies herein are imperiled by sadistic men and acts of... Read More

Scrappy women are taunted by the abuses and violence of their pasts in Grace Spulak’s blistering short story collection "Magdalena Is Brighter than You Think". In the title story, a teenage girl is haunted by her brother’s ghost; she... Read More

The short stories collected in M Lin’s encompassing book "The Memory Museum" concern the conflicts and commonalities experienced by Chinese nationals, who reflect upon the past, travel abroad, emigrate, or remain within their home... Read More

Couples seek commonalities to bridge their cultural differences and people seek self-understanding in the musing short story collection "Scarlet Yearnings Beyond First Glance". In Scarlet Ibis James’s diverse short story collection... Read More

Modern men search for personal meaning in the musing short story collection "New to the Game". In Mark Schoedel’s quirky, ambitious short story collection "New to the Game", men talk about their injuries, their families, and baseball.... Read More

The poignant short story collection "King the Wonder Dog" is infused with retrospective melancholy. In Eleanor Lerman’s compelling short story collection "King the Wonder Dog", free-spirited artists, musicians, and wanderers of the... Read More