A woman’s attempt to avenge her sister leads to a fantastical adventure in Jeremy C. Shipp’s novel "The Merry Dredgers". Seraphina is a birthday party princess, a pet feeder, and the only person left who cares about her spirited,... Read More

In the thoughtful mystery novel "The Raptor’s Grasp", a university community comes together to find a murderer. In Freya Smallwood’s coastal California mystery novel "The Raptor’s Grasp", a local university community is tested by... Read More

In S. M. Beiko’s fantasy novel "The Stars of Mount Quixx", inner truths and love come to the fore in a remote, unusual countryside setting. Constance and Ivory are on a summer trip in Mount Quixx, where a mysterious fog has settled and... Read More

"Beyond the Next Village" is a nurse’s memoir about her transformative, extraordinary experiences in Nepal. American nurse Mary Anne Mercer’s sensitive memoir "Beyond the Next Village" is about the challenges of her life-changing... Read More

In the tragicomic novel "Poor Tom", a distressed man muses through a series of what-ifs on his way to a delayed coming-of-age. In Martin Drapkin’s novel "Poor Tom", a middle-aged man muddles through his relationships with the help of... Read More

Halloween meals mark the anniversary of a twin sister’s death in Sarah Gilmartin’s novel "Dinner Party". Growing up, Kate thought that people either wore their emotions on their sleeves or suppressed them. Her melodramatic,... Read More

In N. Prabhakaran’s postmodern short story collection "Diary of a Malayali Madman", people are touched by madness and constrained by the traditions and politics of their Indian societies. A man finds himself pressed into service as a... Read More

In Steven Heighton’s masterful posthumously published story collection "Instructions for the Drowning", men’s psyches are on display. These layered and intricate stories balloon out their denouéments until they are taut.... Read More