An observant girl navigates adolescence in a vibrant neighborhood in Chelene Knight’s coming-of-age novel "Junie". In 1933 in Vancouver, Junie and her mother, Maddie, move to the East End, a neighborhood teeming with life and color.... Read More

A newspaper clipping ignites a widow’s search for the truth in Sam Shelstad’s mystery novel "Citizens of Light". Colleen has been going through the motions since the death of her husband, Leonard. While on shift at the call center,... Read More

Over the course of more than a hundred microstories, "Plain Air" outlines the stuttering lives of the inhabitants of Winesburg, Indiana. Winesburg is the definition of a flyover town. It even has the contrails to prove it. But when the... Read More

In Eugen Bacon’s multifaceted and disarming short story collection "Chasing Whispers", women and other beings are caught up in whirlwinds of emotion. In “Chasing Whispers,” a young woman is interested in dating, but being with her... Read More

"The Nobodies" is a compulsive psychological thriller that concerns the dark, obsessive side of women’s friendships. A childhood friend’s return reawakens buried feelings in Alanna Schubach’s thriller "The Nobodies". From their... Read More

"Still, the Sky" is a labyrinthine poetic epic that fleshes out a resilient and multifaceted mythological brotherhood. The Greek myths of Icarus and the Minotaur are reimagined in Tom Pearson’s poetic epic "Still, the Sky". Toggling... Read More

An experiment in creating meaning, "Let Go" is a compelling wordless novel about accepting change. A man is escorted from his former office on a snowy, windswept night in Mark Huebner’s wordless novel "Let Go". An unnamed man packs his... Read More

A prodigal son comes home in the wake of tragedy in Jabbour Douaihy’s compelling novel "The King of India". After several years and a storied life abroad, Zakariya returns to Lebanon. Surrounded by an air of melancholy, he interacts... Read More