The Teacher Inside Me by Anthony Auswat is about obsessive love and embracing your true identity. Liam is in love with his high school teacher, Mr. Hilton, who’s happily married and completely oblivious to it. Being a closeted gay and crushing on someone you know...

Herb Guggenheim’s The Nothingness Imperative is an unconventional work of speculative fiction that blends science, memory, and existential humor. At its heart is Skip Gershwin, a weary adjunct professor whose life is as cluttered and frayed as the canvas shopping bags he hauls to class....

In The Room at the End of the Hall by Susan McCormick, Dr. Michael Baker is a respected surgeon at Cascadia Medical Center and a strong contender for the coveted chairmanship. Michael’s ambitions are complicated by his mother, Margaret McGillicuddy, who struggles with alcoholism and...

Wetion by James Allan Krause, a professor and writer, is the first book in a trilogy, crafted over 20 years. The story mixes historical fiction, family history, allegory, music, and themes of Canadian identity. The main character, Addy, explores his family’s migration from Saskatchewan to...

In Unquiet Forest by Juliet Rose, an elderly woman named Margaret Blankenship intentionally set a building ablaze but was saved by firefighters. Margaret insisted they allow the structure to burn down, claiming it held evil forces. A group of eight children aged thirteen to fifteen...

Bittersweet as Angel's Fruit by Bennie Russchen documents Ethan's diary in the year 2090. The world is on the brink of collapse due to human activity, which has negatively impacted nature. Earth has become uninhabitable due to numerous disasters such as pollution, climate change, shortage...

What Light Was by Shawn Callaway Hays and Stephen Callaway Hays is an epic retelling of the life, times, and work of early nineteenth-century poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Through a dialogue between noted twentieth-century American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife,...

Brigham’s Brides by D.W. Plato is a historical fiction novel about the complex and often misunderstood world of early Mormon polygamy. Told primarily through the perspectives of Mary Ann Angell Young and Louisa Beaman, the book offers an emotional exploration of the lives of women...

It Will Last Longer by Tara Sanders Brooks revolves around Viv Klein, a guilt-ridden freelance photographer living in LA. Viv's life and career are both shattered after her snapshot of a dead Hollywood waitress goes viral. What initially started as a form of artistic expression...

Have you ever come across something like an old quilt or photo and thought, “What’s the story behind this?” In The Recollection by Cherie Dargan, college teacher Gracie MacNeill wonders the same thing about a Crazy quilt that once belonged to her mother. Instead of...