Edmond Thornfield’s novel, Asterios and the Labyrinth (Mythos of Knossos), is a reimagined, action-packed mythological and historical story, set in ancient Krete (Crete) during the period of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization. When King Minos dies, his son Asterios succeeds him as the ruler...

In Damion Hamilton's quasi-autobiographical work of fiction, Weirdo, Damion spends his days inside a book warehouse where the production speed dictates his worth, then goes into the city each night carrying books and notebooks as he tries to pass within spaces that were never built...

A House Full of Strangers by Diana Stevan is a collection of two novellas and eleven short stories set in Winnipeg, Manitoba, during the 1940s and 1950s. The book focuses on landladies, their families, and the tenants who pass through their homes, offering a view...

Espresso Talks: The Woodbridge Italian Bakery by Ozzie Logozzo is an absolute masterpiece of observational storytelling. If you’ve ever sat in a local bakery, inhaled the scent of fresh flour and sugar, and just listened to the world go by, you’ll know exactly why this...

The Fixer: The Shape of Her by Ozzie Logozzo is one of those books that hits you with its intensity right from the very first page. It isn't just a story you read; it’s one you feel. I was completely floored by the prose here....

“The truth? It don't fit clean. Life don't work like no sermon or a newspaper headline. It's messy. It bleeds.” Life does these things and more, and messy can be an understatement as The Bible Of Blackwater County, a novel by Jenny Cafaro, clearly illustrates....

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...