Phases is a story that shows Nick's life from when he was young and felt out of place. It starts when he joins music school, meets Dara, and later meets Naia at a birthday party. After Naia disappears, Dara and Nick go to look for...

In Teri M. Brown's novel, Peg, Unhinged, Peg and her husband have split. He left her. She credits the decline of her marriage to many things – his lack of contribution, both emotional and financial – but also to her change of life. Her son...

Orlando Chavez's Portrait of a Hollow Man follows a man who ends up trapped in the same routines, glued to technology, and mentally checked out from the world around him. He wakes up early, goes through his phone, eats breakfast, takes care of his aging...

Perfect Cadence by Tamar Anolic is an engaging story about ambition, loyalty, and the uncertain journey toward artistic success. Set in the late 1970s, the novel follows Gunnar Erickson and his best friend, Shep Townsend, as they leave Nebraska for Los Angeles, carrying only their...

Prayers on the Shower Door by Phyllis McNaughton follows Therese, a woman determined to recover her lost childhood memories. On the surface, she has built a beautiful life for herself. She has a secure marriage to Paul, a great job as a social worker, and...

How does a suburban community respond when it uncovers a predator hiding in plain sight, operating within the very school system meant to protect its children? In Pinned, Rebecca Chianese reflects on the dissonance between a community’s desire to safeguard its children and its instinct...

Palomino Denouement by Tank Gunner is a war story with a difference. Captain Grady Allen is, in many ways, the perfect infantry officer: brave, committed, a leader from the front, and utterly ruthless in performing his duty for his country. He served with great distinction...

Pax AI: The Dawn of a New American Governance by JC Anderson is a daring piece of speculative fiction that explores the seductive and terrifying possibilities of a world governed not by humans but by an artificial intelligence created to eliminate corruption and chaos. In...

Priscilla Speaks by Kirk Ward Robinson is a powerful and poetic coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of rural hardship, familial abandonment, and the search for meaning in the margins. The central character is born into a world marked by her mother’s addiction and societal...

Pillars of Creation by Carlos Nicolás Flores follows Yoltic Cortez, a young Chicano college dropout, as he embarks on an existential journey along the Texas-Mexico border, questioning faith and identity, and searching for meaning in a world where God seems absent. After witnessing a traumatic...