Romance gives way to reality, and vivacity to human fragility in this novel about rebuilding a family after a loss. The novel that won Paul Cavanagh the spot as the first-ever Lit Idol hits the international stage. "After Helen" is a... Read More

A haunted mansion with an intelligent personality propels this eerie tale set in New Mexico. In "Smoke Dreams", Donald Willerton teeters on the brink of historical and horror fiction, creating an eye-opening escapade for the uninitiated.... Read More

Cannon’s testimony details Marxist philosophy on war and what socialists can take from it to counter the American capitalist majority. "Socialism on Trial", by James P. Cannon, offers explanations to those who question the efficacy of... Read More

Jessica Levine has crafted a lyrical and realistic examination of the complications and exhilarations of romantic entanglements. "The Geometry of Love" asks whether stability or passion is more important in a relationship, as a love... Read More

Joseph masterfully navigates the complexities of her world’s political landscape with a balance between character development and dramatic action. In "Resurrection", the exciting next volume in the Alterran Legacy series, Regina M.... Read More

Combining journals and research, prewar voice and postwar voice, gives this ode to a father’s legacy a unique perspective. Fire from the Sky: A Diary over Japan, by Ron Greer and Mike Wicks, is a multidimensional look at one man’s... Read More

What Klaber does so well throughout is keep front and center the hinge upon which this story swings: Lobdell’s ambiguity about her gendered and sexual self. Only the train was late the day Lucy Ann Lobdell left home in order to live... Read More

The stirrings of war from Britain’s former colony arrive like ripples across the Atlantic to the Bell Inn in the port town of Southampton, England. Tom and his cousins, Rachel and Judith, find their family’s quiet inn frequented by... Read More