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Wild Geese

by Kristine Morris

A trans woman confronts her uneasy past when her former girlfriend makes an unexpected visit in Soula Emmanuel’s intimate, provocative novel "Wild Geese". Phoebe is a thirty-year-old Irish graduate student in Copenhagen. Halfway... Read More

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Valid

by Eileen Gonzalez

An elderly, closeted trans woman makes a final stand against fascistic AI in Chris Bergeron’s novel "Valid". When Earth was rocked by environmental decay and recurrent pandemics, David, an AI designed to be “humanity’s best... Read More

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Silhouettes and Shadows

by Eric Patterson

Who doesn’t like a good secret history? In "Silhouettes and Shadows", Adam Steiner takes a look at a pivotal moment in the musical life of David Bowie, the 1980 album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). Coming between Bowie’s... Read More

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Jewel Box

by Elaine Chiew

The tales of E. Lily Yu’s brilliant, sparkling collection "Jewel Box" are fantastical, rich, and strange. They brim with imagination and insights and are diverse when it comes to geography and cultural details. Here, inanimate objects... Read More

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Lilith

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Roaring through a divine origin story with righteous feminist fury, "Lilith" demands a revision of what many think of as the truth. Lilith was not made for Adam—they were made for one another. Once, Adam knew this. But he began to... Read More

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