In Elisabeth Rhoads’s brooding psychological thriller "Haggard House", a sheltered religious boy meets his free-spirited match, unlocking a door to the past where trauma and truth lie hidden. It is 1859 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,... Read More

In Maya Arad’s epistolary novel "Happy New Years", an Israeli immigrant writes annual Rosh Hashanah letters to her friends back home, masking the reality of her life in the US. From 1966 to 2016, Leah writes to women from her... Read More

Be Steadwell’s novel "Chocolate Chip City" is about gentrification and protest. It is also a hymn to Black love, Black queerness, and Black spirit that pulses with the joy of existence. The Jones sisters—Ella, Jasmine, and... Read More

The character-driven narratives collected in "Flies in Amber" grapple with lived complexities and the shadows of history. Jonathan Land Evans’s short story collection "Flies in Amber" examines the intricate dance between history and... Read More

A high school crush-turned-romance faces adult complications in the exciting contemporary novel "The Side Project". In Laurel Osterkamp’s romance novel "The Side Project", two reserved writers have complicated family lives that act as... Read More

Evincing insatiable curiosity on global sociopolitical topics, "The Gospel" is a vast, opinionated essay collection. Jako Depo’s eclectic essay collection "The Gospel" weighs in on contemporary job interview techniques, transportation... Read More

"Born in Space" is a lush science fiction allegory for the strength of a mother’s love and the unbreakable bonds of family. Jeremy Clift’s epic science fiction novel "Born in Space" is about the human costs of space colonization and... Read More