"A Possibility of Whales" is charming and sweet as it explores personal identity, life changes, love, and, of course, whales. Nat—short for Natalia Rose Baleine Gallagher—is the daughter of a movie star who doesn’t know who her... Read More

Opposites attract in "The Secret Science of Magic", a charming and witty story of individuality and what brings people together. Joshua is an indecisive, magic-loving teenager. On the brink of being thrust into a world he isn’t ready... Read More

From its very first outrageous sentence, Paul Noth’s "How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens" is hysterically funny. An evil grandmother, an oblivious father, an absent mother, and a group of siblings with various odd skills and... Read More

"Fox Magic" is the emotionally harrowing story of Chance, a twelve-year-old girl struggling to deal with the suicides of her two best friends. The three had made a suicide pact, but Chance ran away at the last minute. Now she feels not... Read More

In Jessica Levine’s absorbing and entertaining "Nothing Forgotten", a middle-aged woman’s past intrudes upon her present, despite all of her efforts to leave it behind. Anna Stark leads a calm, seemingly happy life in California. She... Read More

Humans “imagine every adoption of their behaviors to be an advancement. I see it otherwise, as downdrift, the seepage of traits across species.” So posits the Archaeon, the 3.8-billion-year-old creature who narrates Johanna... Read More

In this side-splittingly funny action mystery, a retired wrestler becomes embroiled in a strange kidnapping case. An old wrestling buddy calls on “Hammerhead” Jed Ounstead for a favor. It seems someone has kidnapped his pet snake for... Read More

Ari and Itche have been friends since childhood, when they bonded over their feelings of ill-fittedness at summer camp. Now in their twenties, they’d like to add some sparkle to their lives, and if love is the way, so be it.... Read More