A World of Slanted Light by Marvin Brauer is a delightfully clever and warm coming-of-age story set in the harsh environment of 1960s coal country in Congress, West Virginia. Marty Barber is a sensitive fifteen-year-old growing up in a town committed to their one industry...

Munyori and Johannes In 72 Hours by Crystal Charlotte (CC) Lane follows the intersecting lives of Munyori “Yori,” a driven PhD student, and Johannes “John,” a Greek American contractor, over a fast-paced three-day period in the American South at the turn of the millennium. Yori...

Inferno by Alan Cohen follows a protagonist who is trying to make sense of herself and her place in the world. At the centre of the narrative is Nancey Reese, a quiet young nurse whose ordinary life slowly opens into something much larger and more...

The Tin Merchant’s Riddle by Steve Reinhart combines historical intrigue, religious exploration, and mystery into a compelling narrative. Set against England’s rich historical backdrop, the story follows detectives, scholars, and religious figures as they pursue a potentially world-changing manuscript: the Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea....

TJ Fuller’s Some Stupid Glow is a journey into the deep parts of our minds and desires. Through masterful extended metaphors and poetic language layered with meaning, the collection reveals how the human mind works in mysterious ways, with each layer unfolding every time you...

Elysian's Son by Douglas S. Reed is set in a future ruled by the Unified Sovereign Alliance, where David, a nearly blind boy, lives inside the domed city of Mekhane. After questioning official doctrine at the Academy, he is selected for the Cultivation Project and...

In The Walker by Robert E. Kearns, Mr. McCabe has retired at the age of 61. He had given his life to one company where he had worked all his life. He is a shy person who has never married, so he is all alone....

Kelly River’s Elizabeth of Rosepath is an immersive, captivating, and skilfully crafted historical novel, set in a fictional medieval kingdom. When the king dies, a power struggle ensues for the throne. Elizabeth, 16, is a servant in Rosepath Castle, serving Lord Leo and Lady Eleanor,...

Give Me You by Kay Sloan tells the story of Hilda, an older Jewish woman who increasingly feels invisible. Living in her son Gabriel’s home, she notices the gradual ways her independence is diminished, such as the casual dismissals, the small exercises of control, and...

Marie Jeanette Delaney leaves her life on a Derbyshire farm and follows François Deschamps to Paris, where he becomes her husband. But life in Paris is worse than anything she could have imagined, and when her controlling husband starts abusing her, she finds comfort in...