Intimate, captivating, and poignant… Enthrallingly irresistible tale… A richly crafted, poignant tale, Samuels’s novel charts one man’s struggles with depression and past trauma. Cyril Parks, a very successful stand-up comedian, has always struggled with sadness and memories of a traumatic… Read More ›
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THE SIMPLER: Book III of The Riven Country Series by Renée Carrier
Tasteful, elegant, and complex… Masterfully drawn. Carrier’s third installment in The Riven Country Series spins a tale of love, obsession, and madness, winding through the streets of Paris to a demesne in Ireland, and Devils Tower in Wyoming’s Black Hills…. Read More ›
The Perfection of Fish by J.S. Morrison
A zany, darkly humorous, and perfectly executed literary SF tale… Gender wars, corporate chicanery, sibling love, family ties, trauma, regret, and yearning are the themes of Morrison’s outstanding debut, a tale of gender wars set in futuristic America. It’s near-future,… Read More ›
Knock on Wood by Leslie Tall Manning
A flawless tale of love, greed, and betrayal… Award-winning Manning takes the reader on an unsettling and surreal journey into a young boy’s life who emerges from coma a different person. After a drowning incident, Billy Baker’s life changed forever…. Read More ›
Kaliko on the Shoals: A Novel by Emma Renault
An intriguing read… The engrossing latest by Renault follows the story of a young woman struggling with past trauma, grief, and identity issue. Unable to deal with her past issues, eighteen-year-old Kaliko drops out of college and moves back to… Read More ›
Starwallow: Book II of The Riven Country Series by Renée Carrier
A quiet and hopeful literary tale that marvelously explores the meaning of life, friendship, and family… Carrier has outdone herself as she returns with this heartwarming second installment in The Riven Country Series that plunges readers back into the… Read More ›
Behind the Locked Door by David Herstle Jones
A deeply satisfying tale… Dedicated to his older brother, who died of a fast-moving cancer as a young man, David’s magical and sweeping tale focuses on a young attorney’s remarkable journey of fulfillment as he gains insights into the true… Read More ›
Conduits: The Death of Jinx Jenkins by J. Ryan Sommers
A truly remarkable tale… Sommers’s second book that starts with the suicidal death of Jinx Jenkins is an engrossing, whimsical drama—part superhero tale, part metaphysical speculation, and part satire. The people of the Green Valley are losing their life… Read More ›
Conduits: The Ballad of Jinx Jenkins by J. Ryan Sommers
A lyrically written, eloquent tale… an adventurous ride over a vast landscape of the imagination! Sommer’s impressive debut dashes through a surreal valley as humans, ghosts, jinxes, gods, devils, heroes, and a pygmy Big Foot come together and form… Read More ›
Guesthouse for Ganesha by Judith Teitelman
A poignant story of love, loss, and survival… Set against the backdrop of the European Holocaust, Teitelman’s impressive book displays her penchant for revealing the darker side of the human heart. It is 1923 when seventeen-year-old Esther Grünspan arrives in… Read More ›