Origins: The Compound is a gory, gritty fantasy adventure in which a headstrong young man grapples with his sense of duty in the face of unrelenting malevolence. In Noah Kempton’s fantasy novel Origins: The Compound, an orphaned boy... Read More

Erica McKeen’s "Tear" is a hair-raising horror novel in which patriarchal dismissals of capable women fester across generations. During the long winter of her senior year of college, in the lone basement room of a nondescript rental... Read More

A girl in snowy Canada dreams of returning to Kunming, China, to visit her grandfather in this latest addition to the musical picture book series. The volume focuses on the pipa, a popular Chinese folk instrument; a CD and a download... Read More

Kiki Petrosino collects poetic, honest, philosophical vignettes in "Bright", an investigation into the etymology of the term for lightness as it pertains to the effects of colorism and the unintended consequences of inhabiting a body... Read More

Over the course of more than a hundred microstories, "Plain Air" outlines the stuttering lives of the inhabitants of Winesburg, Indiana. Winesburg is the definition of a flyover town. It even has the contrails to prove it. But when the... Read More

Dark and supernatural forces affect many lives in Alla Gorbunova’s novel It’s the End of the World, My Love. Russia is a vast, contradictory place. For all its natural beauty and cultural traditions, its troubled history often causes... Read More

Rubén Degollado’s resonant novel "The Family Izquierdo" maps three generations within a Mexican family on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. A family tree orients the reader among the book’s large, mixed ensemble, whose members are... Read More

Roy Dennis is a UK wildlife conservation pioneer; in the past six decades, he has been particularly active in reintroducing birds of prey, including ospreys and white-tailed eagles. In the essays of "Mistletoe Winter", his excitement... Read More