Wesolowski is especially skilled at utilizing the setting to enhance his naturally suspenseful story. Inspired by the podcast Serial, Matt Wesolowski weaves a dazzling fictional mystery in his book Six Stories, told in the form of... Read More

A unique portrait of a time and place populated by fearless people, this reimagination of an uncommon woman is powerful. Elizabeth McCourt Tabor was a nineteenth-century legend who married a silver magnate and gained notoriety for her... Read More

This dramatic gay-teen story of forbidden love intertwines themes of gangs, divorce, teen pregnancy, and transcendent love. In David-Matthew Barnes’s "Fifty Yards and Holding", two young men from different worlds find love and security... Read More

Intertwined narratives tell of adventures in Africa while also detailing internal struggles with drug use. Justin Chapman’s travel memoir "Saturnalia" tells two intertwined stories. One is the travelogue of a young American writer... Read More

Perkison’s strong storytelling grabs us from the first sentence and doesn’t let go until the final page. In "The Do-Nothing", Brannon Perkison weaves a story of loss, betrayal, and determination through the eyes of a teenage boy... Read More