Joanna Eleftheriou’s nuanced essays ask if one can ever truly go home again. Eleftheriou’s entries illuminate life at crossroads, handling Queens, New York, versus Cyprus; tradition versus modernity; and respect for the bonds of... Read More

A Mexican American girl progresses from kindergarten to graduation in 1960s and ’70s California in "Living Color", a collection of linked stories by Donna Miscolta. One of four children in a transient Navy family, Angie Rubio knows she... Read More

Fariha Róisín’s novel sings of building joy within sorrow and spins a gossamer reverie that clings to the consciousness. Taylia grows up on the Upper West Side as the less loved younger daughter of a mixed race family. Her father is... Read More

Strained from historical fact, "The Wasteland" is a fictionalized glimpse into the conflicted mind of T. S. Eliot. Starting with his time working in a bank and traveling to the publication of “The Waste Land,” the novel reads like a... Read More

Based on a true story, Matthew John Echan’s novel "God*s Will" probes religious fanaticism, and the suffering inflicted in its name. Fourteen-year-old Sam is told by his adoptive mother than he’s going to spend some time with his... Read More

Royal robes and palace walls hide treachery in plain sight in Helen Corcoran’s "Queen of Coin and Whispers". When Lia’s uncle dies, she inherits the throne of Edar. But her uncle’s rule was marked by selfishness at the expense of... Read More

R. B. Lemberg spins a world of singing gods, desert nomads, and magic humming in the wind in "The Four Profound Weaves", the first novella set in their Birdverse universe. Uiziya, a transgender woman in her sixties, is an aspiring master... Read More

In Helene Dunbar’s "Prelude for Lost Souls", a charming small town boasts spiritualism and secret societies. Every summer, St. Hilaire opens its gates and welcomes desperate tourists who are looking for answers from its psychic... Read More