The earnest, spirited essays of "Queer Communion" highlight the contradictions and unexpected blessings of squaring queerness with Christianity in Appalachia. Herein, thirteen authors muse on family ties, shifting identity, and rejecting... Read More

Obsessive sleuths crack criminal cases in the delightful and subversive queer crime anthology "Crime Ink: Iconic", a sharp, often satirical collection centered on the intersection of queerness and mystery. In “The Prophet Daniel,” a... Read More

In Katie Moore’s moving historical novel "Under the Pink Triangle", gay men navigate Dachau in 1942. Manny and Rudi are imprisoned in Dachau, forced to wear pink triangles, because they are gay. They form a deep connection with one... Read More

A sheltered princess is forced into the spotlight when an ancient enemy resurfaces in Samantha Shannon’s epic fantasy novel "Among the Burning Flowers". A sound like thunder rolls through Cárscaro, the seat of Yscalin. Draconic beasts... Read More

Julie Marie Wade’s shrewd and winsome memoir Other People’s Mothers is about the gendered conventions of her 1980s and 1990s Seattle girlhood. Nine chapters, covering Wade’s life from the ages of six to thirteen, center... Read More

A fourth grader adopts a creative way to remedy the gulf between how she feels inside and how others perceive her in Julie A. Swanson’s insightful novel "North of Tomboy". No one in Jess’s Northern Michigan rural family, church, or... Read More

In Lee Ann Walling’s insightful novel "The Salt and Light Express", a grieving woman undertakes a solo road trip that opens her to the transformative power of relationships. Chris drives her Winnebago from Delaware to Utah with the... Read More

Both eerie and lighthearted, the novel "When Shadows Burn" ties mysteries from the past into contemporary small-town disappearances. A man investigates the haunted house from his childhood in Todd Brown’s supernatural thriller "When... Read More