In My Daughter Natasha: Discovering Life’s Hard Truths One Street at A Time, Artie Dimanche chronicles a week-long journey undertaken by Arthur, a college professor, and his precocious five-year-old daughter, Natasha, as they traverse their city, exploring everyday locations and discovering profound life lessons. The...

Lights Along the Interstate by Adam Fike is a compact yet expansive novella set along miles of a rumbling cross-country bus route. Through a cast of vividly imagined characters, Fike constructs a deeply human tapestry, with each thread weaving a new reflection on fate, memory,...

Higher Love by Joanne Kukanza Easley is a deeply moving family drama that explores how secrets echo through generations, and how love, especially the kind that doesn’t give up, can still heal the deepest wounds. Set in 1986 Austin, this emotionally charged novel introduces us...

Consumed in Capital City by N.G. Avant is a raw and resonant debut novel that blends political drama with a deeply personal story of growth, ambition, and emotional reckoning. Calista Caldwell lands her dream job in the heart of Capital City's political machine, but the...

An Old Soul by M. Kevin Hayden is a gripping narrative centered around Isaac André, a young African American who feels lost in his life in 1996 Chicago. Working at a video rental store, Isaac struggles with feelings of displacement, family responsibilities, and the quest...

Dana Gradaya Farrell's If It Wasn’t for the Orange Grove intricately weaves the lives of two women, Ula and Elizabeth, as they struggle with love, identity, and challenges from social norms in late 1980s Florida. Ula, a talented cook and seamstress, works in the Montgomerys’...

Two Souls by Maksim Haretski, newly translated by Olya Ianovskaia, is a powerful existential and political novel that vividly captures the turmoil of early 20th-century Belarus. Originally published during the Russian Revolution and long suppressed for its bold critique of Bolshevism, the story follows Ignat...

Villages by Robert Inman is a heartfelt and deeply human novel about Jonas Boulware, a young war veteran who returns to his Southern hometown of Copernicus after being physically and emotionally scarred in the Middle East. He struggles with memory loss and PTSD, and, on...

Chick Singer by Lorraine Devon Wilke is a heartfelt, emotionally nuanced novel about music, motherhood, and the complicated legacy of dreams deferred. Libby Conlin once chased rock-and-roll stardom in the 1980s but now lives a quieter life. That is until her recently divorced daughter, Bridget,...

Real Aussies: John’s Heartbreak by Jezbon is a raw and heartfelt coming-of-age journey set against the nostalgic backdrop of late 70s and early 80s Sydney. John, a successful car salesman and devoted father, is on the brink of securing the dealership that symbolizes everything he's...