The Orchard by Joseph Kinnebrew is a haunting and ambitious work of literary fiction. We find ourselves in a symbolic, often surreal meditation on morality, sin, and the soul’s pursuit of grace. It is structured through layered metaphors and an abstract narrative style, as the...

The Hag Stone by W. J. Small, set in late medieval England, reveals societal forces that frighteningly still shape women’s lives in subtle, systemic, and sometimes deeply personal ways. Cecily Heaton has just received news of her husband Ellis’s death on the battlefield of Calais....

In The Toffee Man and the Kingdom of Ends, L. K. Quinn has taken a controversial and sensitive subject as seen through the eyes of the child who experienced molestation by a close family member. The story revolves around April Smart, her parents, stepdad...

Beka Wueste's The Unsent Letters of Lucy Prior is a literary novel narrated through a series of letters. After Lucy Prior passed away, her brother-in-law, Nate Prior, hired the death administrator, Art Burleson, to correctly distribute her possessions to the members of her family. Art...

“You cannot teach what you do not know. You cannot know what you never learned.” Time and experience can be the best teachers, but it takes a willingness to learn. The Two Olive Martini, a novel by Lance T. Weil, is a perfect example of...

The Painted Sand by Joe Esposito is a supernatural thriller set in a hospice, where a woman named Ruth forms an unlikely connection with a mysterious figure known as Mortimer, who is actually Death in disguise. He brings a special painting into her room, reflecting...

Tortue Du Soleil by S.E. Filomeo is set on the breathtaking French Polynesian island of Rangiroa, a place steeped in love, romance, and passion, where every sunset carries the promise of timeless desire. For Maia, her job at the Hotel Tortue Du Soleil is just...

The Ruby Demon by Oscar O'Rourke is a surreal and emotionally charged literary novel that follows a boy named Jack on a haunting journey through a warped version of the American Old West. In a landscape painted with horror, drama, and poetic intensity, Jack's experiences...

The Bat is the second book in The Red Grouse Tales series by Leslie Garland. When a group of friends gathers at the local inn, one of them starts telling stories from their childhood. The narrator, Tom, recalls his summer holidays in school, spent swimming,...

The Wake of Expectations by Javier De Lucia is a raw, hilarious, and heartfelt coming-of-age novel set in the analog haze of the 1990s. Calvin ‘Cal’ McShane is poised for a perfect future with his dream college on the horizon, and his parents just won...