In "Red, White, and Dead Again", New Mexican native and former private eye Jeffrey A. Friedberg delivers a compelling sequel to Red, White, and Dead, his first thriller featuring Jack Vance, a skilled detective and fighter. Forced into... Read More

College student Dave Morehead is a “straight young man living in a gay old city” in Jeffrey Hickey’s candid coming-of-age story. Set in the 1970s and 1980s, "Morehead" follows the education of a twenty-one-year-old man who arrives... Read More

Scott Middlemist’s debut novel follows Arthur Logan, an Iraq War veteran whose experiences in that war have shoved him out of sanity and into PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder); every hour, it seems, is weighted with war memories so... Read More

Is it considered voyeuristic to enjoy reading other people’s love letters? Maybe, but it generally involves a bit of stealthy snooping. Some folks have done it, usually by sneaking a peek when the writer or recipient of those letters... Read More

For US soldiers in Vietnam, the whoosh of a helicopter propeller was at times one of the best sounds in the world. The copter carried news from back home—letters filled with everything from important updates to the comforting mundane... Read More

In the small town of Pine Tree, New York, sixteen-year-old Danielle Walkerman struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved mother, who died in a car accident. Although surrounded by her loving family—her father, Big John; her... Read More

For many readers, and even some of the painters among them, abstract art prompts often-heard complaints like, “my kid could do that!” To these skeptics, abstract art is the ultimate in impractical ventures, making a title like... Read More

The protagonist of John A. Schmidt’s fantasy novel, "Nepenthes", is extraordinarily content for a man with no companions or memory of his past. Initially unnamed, he spends his time munching on fruits and nuts, learning to climb the... Read More