Justin is a young sales rep living in New York City and desperately missing his family back home. On a long weekend, one of his colleagues, Trevor, sensing his loneliness, invites Justin to join him at a cabin in the Catskills. Justin has had a...

Misconstrue by Denise Forsythe propels you straight into Cassie Nichols’ reality, and it is not a comfortable place to be. Cassie has been incarcerated for nearly four years for her husband Jake’s death. She’s stuck inside Palmer Women’s Correctional Facility, while her son, Lucas, is...

Echoes of Time by Anthony P. Mauro Sr. continues the story introduced in the Silent Sounds series, following Wes Marino as he returns to Manhassett Beach at seventy to reflect on the life that shaped him. The narrative moves between present-day observations and memories of...

The Lemon House Murders by Tucker May follows Francis, a nineteen-year-old young adult, who is sent to the Lemon House, an all-male rehabilitation center, by his religious parents. However, Francis is not a drug addict; his parents believe he has a different kind of “problem”...

Connie’s White World: Jazz Noir Stories by Sam Newsome is a collection of interconnected narratives that follow musicians, performers, and strivers as they navigate identity, ambition, race, and art in contemporary urban spaces. Structured like an album, the book opens with a framing idea that...

Luxuries and Lies by Long Temple is a thought-provoking story about the invisible labor and emotional endurance that often go unseen in the workplace. Mercedes is a hardworking woman whose work is taken for granted. When the company's leaders try to erase her name from...

The Best Part is a historical novel based on Alessandra and Chiara Tumolo's grandparents, Bepi and Gelmina. In remote villages outside of Verona, Italy, with the backdrop of World War 2 horrors, fascism, and poverty, their grandparents' love story came to life. Each chapter features...

Woman in the Park by Lucian Verus centers on Elena Barton and Joseph Holloway. She’s a twenty-five-year-old paralegal who dreams of a more creative life. He’s a divorced forty-something consultant whose life has been built on structure, order, and careful choices. They meet at a...

In King Herod's Treasure by Mark Akst, Mark Cohn is a retired hotel manager who has spent many years caring for his elderly mother. During this time, he had done little socializing as he mostly stayed indoors. He also developed an interest in Jewish history...

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...