In Motive Black by Adam Scott Huerta, in a world where gender is a Color and misgendering is punishable by disassembly, Simon, a rare "Natural" with a male body, must navigate the treacherous landscape of Safe Dome Austin. With his Safe Spaces revoked after yet...

An Empty House Doesn’t Sneeze by David Scott Richardson transports readers to a vividly depicted 1943 Pacific Northwest, where the specter of World War II looms large but is filtered through the innocent yet perceptive lens of 15-year-old Scotty Johannsen. Richardson deftly weaves together the...

Toquuxla by James N. Brenna is a captivating narrative that transports readers to the dawn of human exploration in North America, particularly Montana. At the heart of the story is Toquuxla, or Toq, a young man who ventures into a world different from the one...

Being lonely is harsh; it can happen to the young and old alike. Often, though, it is a choice. Scott Semegran's novel, The Codger And The Sparrow, indicates that loneliness is self-inflicted at times. For Hank O'Sullivan, life has been reduced to killing time in...

The Heron Legacy by Leona Francombe revolves around Charles Fontaine, who is deeply connected to his past in the Belgian Ardennes, cherishes his uncle Theodore's teachings about their ancestral lands, including Blancheron Castle and its folklore, and has always been fascinated by the legend of...

Morris Hoffman’s Pinch Hitting is a novel about America’s favorite pastime. Joe Skelton is dying, and he tells a story in his sleep while his wife writes his words. Harold Fungo, whose transformation from a ballpark janitor known as “The Joltin’ Janitor” to a baseball...

This Is My Worst Nightmare: Please Be Nice To Me is a work of fiction in the literary and slice-of-life genres penned by author Sofia Pires Baquedano. The plot follows Sunny, a high school teacher in her late twenties, as she copes with her best...

The Harvesting of Haystacks Kane by Steve Schlam is the profound story of Haystacks Kane, a 607-pound professional wrestler. Haystacks was a big guy with a kind heart who liked the more delicate things in life. An avid butterfly collector, he was used and preyed...

Literary writing and humor writing mesh together just as perfectly as the two unlikely protagonists in Starman After Midnight by Scott Semegran. Big Dave, a plumber by trade and conservative by political labels, spends his evenings enjoying a few brews on the patio with his...

Wrinkled Rebels by Laura Katz Olson chronicles the enduring friendship between six college friends who strengthened their relationship through political engagement during the 1960s and 1970s. Six decades are covered in this epic trip, starting in their idealistic undergraduate years and ending in their 80s...