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,...

David “Davey” Karoll, a therapist in New York, is among a handful of spouses of the city’s heroes, superhumans born with an H-gene, often women. Led by SolaRae, Davey’s wife, the heroes run a tight schedule as they are not only the city’s guardians, but...

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...

Liberty Landing by Gail Vida Hamburg begins with the story of Gabe Khoury, a determined young immigrant who arrives in the Midwestern town of Azyl Park with little more than resolve and a fierce will to survive. Once a displaced young man stepping off a...

She Was Here: The Marginalia of Rossana Averni by G. C. Marti is an exploration of the aftermath of a gifted teenager’s hospitalization following a suicide attempt. Set in Venice, the story unfolds over eight days, focusing on three of Rossana’s teachers as they...