Ain't No Way This Is Real: Began as Brothers, Ended as Strangers by Maximiliano Moreno Sastre is a poignant story about two boys whose amazing friendship ultimately ended in pain. From the moment they met in ninth grade, the boys clicked. Despite their differences, they...

Mountain View by Otis West is a literary coming-of-age novel steeped in nostalgia and quiet melancholy, set in 1980s suburban California. Returning home for the summer after his first year at Berkeley, Colin finds himself adrift in a sea of fading friendships, unresolved feelings, and...

There's a Glob on my Wing by Marion Joile Lincoln tells the story of her daughter’s sexual abuse. Lincoln describes how her daughter struggled emotionally from the time she was very young. Even when she was just two and a half years old, she showed...

Until the Walls Come Down by Gal Podjarny is a deeply layered literary novel set in modern-day Israel, where grief, identity, and history collide. After losing her parents in a terrorist attack, Tammar is thrown into another crisis when she learns her childhood home is...

Missing From Me by Kathleen Stone is a moving coming-of-age novel set in the summer of 1975, where two emotionally isolated children form a deep, life-altering bond. We’re with Daisy Nicolazzi, who is fifteen and burdened by body image issues and family pressures. She finds...

Oscar Danielsson, nicknamed ‘Old Man’ by his fellow students, is a typical teenager. Well, almost typical, Oscar has ADHD. From Monday to Saturday, his life is one tedious cycle of going to school, then spending the rest of the day and night in his room....

Based on Zen principles, A Cup of Zen is a collection of 21 captivating flash fiction stories by Kai Tsukimi. A weary traveler encounters a kindly old man and discovers what's been dragging him along on his journey. An inquisitive young boy is full of...

Beneath the Swamp’s Shadow is a moving historical novel by Lumbee author Kelvin Ray Oxendine. It is an evocative revisiting of the thrilling events that led up to the Battle of Hayes Pond in 1958, between the Lumbee/ Tuscarora Native American communities and the Ku...

Fablenoir: Book 1 of the Grimdark Fairy Tale Epic by Vic Sinclair is a hilarious yet morbid tale about fairy tale land’s most well-known characters. Policeman Jack Slade, aka The Giant Slayer, has a problem, and it's about more than just his addiction to magick...

In When the Tamarind Tree Blooms, Elaine Russell introduces us to Geneviève Dubois, or Viv, as she likes to be called, at a pivotal moment: her departure from the orphanage she has called home for fourteen years. Disillusioned and angry over a broken promise about...