The Kissing Number by Louise Furley poses a haunting question: What if your family is determined to hurt you and ensure that you never succeed? Should one still hold on to love and loyalty, or walk away to survive? Colipatra Cassidy dreams of transforming the...

Estate: To My Once Dear Child by J. Andrew Shelley is a darkly comic literary novel that digs deep into the emotional mess that comes with inheritance. We're with Timothy as he inherits his late mother’s estate. He thinks it’s going to be a simple...

The Pentacle by Marieke Lexmond brings The Madigan Chronicles to a powerful and emotional close, drawing together the tangled threads of magic, family, and fate. As the Madigan women grapple with the aftermath of prior battles, the search for the Pentacle becomes the final test...

The Shylmahn Migration by David R. Beshears is an alien invasion novel that's equal parts war story and philosophical thought experiment. We find ourselves on Earth whilst it is under siege by the Shylmahn, a race of explorers who don’t see themselves as conquerors, just...

Bogie & Bemis by Bryn Roar is a middle-grade novel that artfully blends magical realism with heartfelt storytelling. Set across contrasting landscapes—Appalachian Maine and gritty New York City—the book tells the story of Humphrey “Bogie” Balsam, a towering, gentle young man emotionally frozen in childhood,...

Rowboat by Daran Marcella is a spare, aching novella that shows all the emotional wreckage of a life unraveling. It's a story that's told through a series of nonlinear, poetic fragments, and we find ourselves following a young man as he spirals through illness, addiction,...

George Petersen brings readers a fascinating thriller with The Summer of Haight. It's the year 1967. Longfellow is one of the most respected attorneys in San Francisco. When his best friend, Jonathan, an internationally renowned psychiatric researcher, seeks his help in writing his will, Longfellow...

Andrew Herold's Starving Things is not a standard haunted house story. While the decrepit Holt House, with its associated history of violence and disappearances, certainly provides the atmospheric backdrop of gothic horror, the monster in this case is far more psychological and sinister. The novel...

Blood Runs Deep by Bill Halamandaris is a political thriller that follows Theo James Alexander, a seasoned Senate investigator, who is called to Naples, Florida, after the mysterious death of his uncle. He is pulled into a web of corruption involving high-profile politicians and powerful...

American Calamity: The Continentals by Edward S Pocock III continues the story of Moore and his allies as they tackle a post-apocalyptic world unlike anything they ever imagined. Readers delve deeper into a fractured, post-EMP America where survival is brutal and morality is all but...