Paolo G. Grossi’s The Kaminsky Symphony is a riveting and compelling novel that begins in 1913, in Italy, and continues through the political upheavals in Russia in 1917, and briefly through WWI. The principal character is Maestro Carlo Alberto Mandelli, Count of Castagnino, Milan. In...

Your Pace or Mine by Kim Stephenson is a romance centered around running and, in particular, marathon running and the LGBTQ community, which is often marginalized or left out of sports altogether. The characters take the reader on a journey of training for the London...

When King Madrick I and Queen Fionella of Masor decided to walk into the woods to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary, they had no idea it would be their last. The news of their demise, a few weeks later, leaves their kin—Prince Madrick II and...

The Sacred Band of Thebes by Glenn Rabney and Bart Baker is a colorful, action-packed graphic novel that highlights an elite group of Theban soldiers formed around the 4th century BCE. The concept was first introduced by Plato, who suggested that soldiers who were also...

Queer as Folk Tales by James Penha has interconnected and standalone stories that rewrite global folk tales, myths, and original narratives through a queer lens. Spanning Indonesia, China, Norse mythology, and European fairy tales, the book follows characters who move between everyday life and magic...

Glen Branson has moved back to his hometown. It’s just before Christmas, and the villagers are busy preparing the town for the festive season. Keen to be part of the community, Glen joins in. His long-time best friend and bakery owner, Julie, puts him to...

In The Artist Instance by Faruk Brbovic, during the winters, Anela Foster paints impossible patterns—doorways that threaten reality’s fabric, capturing loops with precision from angles that are hard to attain. She is under the illusion that she is painting a nightmare. Then Elysia Harrington enters...

Suck Suck Suck is a diverse collection of seven surreal short stories by Brandt Scheidemantel. A young teen meets the new girl at church, but soon develops an unhealthy obsession with her and takes over her whole life. When an accountant loses his debit card...

Patrick MacCork’s Secrets in the Fire follows Cindy as she grapples with her mysterious past. Just when she thought she had found some semblance of normality, she found herself forced to face the ghosts of her past, threatening to take away everything she had built...

A Life in Too Many Margins by S.E. Thomson is a bittersweet LGBTQ+ story of a young person torn between their birth gender and their absolute certainty that they were male, not female. David is also plagued by several pain-filled disorders and conditions, such as...