“Why bother? Why not just enjoy life as it is? In a hundred years, I’ll be dead, and all that struggle and pain, and whatever else it took to make it big, would have gotten me exactly as deep into the ground as everyone else...

An outcast at 15 years old, Julia becomes entangled in her new friend’s suicidal ideation. Desperate for acceptance and easily manipulated, Julia allows herself to be pressured into taking her own life, not fully grasping the gravity of the situation until it has already begun....

In Your Biggest Fan, Jeremy Rosenholtz depicts the psychological undoing of the main character, who happens to be an unnamed, middle-aged high school teacher. The man develops an unhealthy obsession with a contemporary pop star. He even addresses a series of letters to this well-known...

In A Cage for Magpie, EM Pope introduces readers to a hauntingly moving tale that explores grief, loss, and the psyche of a young girl dealing with the loss. Set against the chilly backdrop of Missouri, the story centers on young Maggie Mae DuVane—affectionately called...

Pompey Hollow Road by Julie Oleszek is a poignant literary novel set on a tobacco plantation in the 1800s, exploring the unlikely friendship between privileged seven-year-old Charlotte Worthington and Simone, a young slave girl. Despite warnings from Simone’s older friend, Rachel, Charlotte’s kindness gradually breaks...

To Seek For Eldorado is an adventure drama by Sam Holloway. It's the 1960s. Lazlo Jar grew up in an old farmhouse near Kentville, Ontario, in a humble home. When he turned fifteen, Lazlo fell in love with the daughter of the new preacher in...

Eternal Damnation is a short story collection by Eric Larsen. A young boy gets back at his bully during a baseball game but then worries if he has sinned. A man fondly remembers an encounter with a beautiful young woman from decades ago. On a...

PJ Piccirillo's The Indigo Scarf is a well-researched and well-crafted gripping historical novel. It was inspired by the true story of two slaves who fled with two white women into the Sinnemahone wilderness along the Upper West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in...

Marigold Downe by Kyra Blackwell is a historical fiction novel that immerses readers in the life of a young woman navigating the complexities of societal expectations, family obligations, and personal identity. Set in the late 19th century, the novel follows Marigold as she embarks on...

Squid Season by Maithy Vu is a uniquely written story told in rhyme. In this coming-of-age poem, four twenty-somethings journey on the sea, searching for an elusive squid. Although August, Solomon, Winnie, and Camelle are acquainted before the adventure begins, learning their backstories and relationships...