A rebel trying to survive in a dystopian world must find a secret way out of the forbidden city. The annual Thanksgiving Macy's Parade turns into a wild rodeo as the balloons come to life. The nearing end of the world urges Professor Atherton to...

A Ribbon of Sand by Mike Shannon is a gripping coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of a small island off the coast of South Carolina in 1982. Fifteen-year-old Ash Howe is unique in his neighborhood. He has long hair, loves heavy metal music, and...

Jack was a respected emerald dealer before venturing to Africa, where he lost everything and had to start afresh. His hopes are on his friend Itzhak, who is an emerald dealer in Brazil. Itzhak had immigrated to Brazil from Vienna in the thirties after things...

Frankie starts making unusual breakthroughs in her research on the brain activity of animals to the surprise of both her friends and her colleagues. They do not know that she has an interesting gift that allows her to communicate with the animals and insects she...

Grasslands by Shekhar Khatri exists exuberantly beyond the reach of literary classification. It’s a novel like no other: with roots in magical realism, absurdist fantasy, mythology, the epic, and fairy tales, Khatri’s story defies categorization in stunning and often mind-expanding ways. Grasslands’ protagonist, whose name...

Potty Talk is a short story by Valerie Allen that explores the little details that can make or break a relationship. While cleaning a restroom, Daine overhears two women talking about their divorces. One of the women, Iris, discloses that after leaving the courthouse, she...

Flotsam by Patricia Boomsma is a murder/mystery, crime story that takes place in the Pacific Northwest and sheds a spotlight on the mysterious yet regular disappearances of women on both sides of the Canadian/American border, especially indigenous women. Kelly Flynn is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney...

The Die by Jude Berman introduces Darah, who joined a group at HastinSys after taking refuge in California before it declared itself a separate nation. The group of close friends shared a home, and what began as friendship ended up becoming a family. Darah is...

Her conflicts with Po Tsai were increasing, and this one happened when Mogu discovered she was the only one being paid in opium. Mogu picked up the weapons and stood her ground, and at this point, she was determined to become the greatest pirate in...

Creely Nash was only fourteen years old when she decided that she was tired of her miserable mother, Blossom Nash, and her unhappy life. She hopped on a train out of Palm Springs and never looked back. Thirty years later Creely was a drug runner...