How do you live when the ghosts of the past are so unforgiving? One can only hope to find relief in the numbness that grows from a disconnected reality. Austen is a musician travelling west to play his songs there. He lives in a world...

For the Love of a Child by Jenny Twist is a collection of five short stories that really get to the heart of what it means to be a mother. Instead of sticking to one vibe, the book jumps around—some stories feel very modern, while...

In Pictures of My Desire by Caroline Goldberg Igra, art historian Emily Wolf pursues her career in the high-stakes New York art world. She catalogues a collection from a reclusive sultan. Then she meets Nate Fried, an employee in an auction house, who is looking...

Jackdaw Affliction by S.G. Hyde is the survival story of a man who battled with illness and trauma. The story follows Billy Cooper, a man with cerebellar ataxia, a rare degenerative illness. Billy lived his life fighting this disease and its effects. It all begins...

Happisad Memories by M. P. B. Clairette is the story of a woman whose life falls apart after she loses her baby to stillbirth. She goes back home carrying a kind of grief that nobody around her really understands. People say the wrong things, some...

When Virginia “Ginny” Carmichael, a nurse in Atlanta, Georgia, flees from her wealthy and abusive partner, Jacob Hudson, with their young daughter, she knew it would be no easy task. Jacob is not only obsessed with her but also very manipulative, easily convincing those who...

Death and All That Follows by Javier Piñol Serra follows twins Sara and Nico as they return to their hometown of Santa Magdalena after their mother’s sudden death. Sara is all business. She is a lawyer who is always moving toward the next goal, while...

“Professionals don’t have feelings, don’t have thoughts. They don’t have an autonomous life outside their function.” Perhaps some don't, but the professional in Fabio Amabili's novel, There's A Young Man Dressed In Blue, is a human being first and foremost. The protagonist is Avvocato Floriani,...

In Lonnie Busch’s The Anything Room, after his son Kenny leaves home, widower Martin Moffett moves into a small bungalow. There, he discovers a concealed doorway in a spare room that leads into a living moment from the past where his late wife Noreen still...

Conniption Creek by Earl L Carlson tells the story of the unfortunate residents of Conniption City, a town built in a valley that functions like a "topographical Venus flytrap." The village was founded by swindlers who lured prospectors with fake gold, leaving only the feckless...