Sharon Frances’s ASH & FEATHER soars on its powerful emotions, playful language, and evocative black-and-white art.

Bonnie Solomon’s PEARLY GATES spins a playful, zany conceit into a moving story of community-building and love.

Fletch Fletcher's JOYPUNKS is a sharp, gritty novel that examines predetermined mortality through the lens of addiction and friendship. Packed with booze, drugs, and existential...

Genevieve Morrissey's THEA is a heartwarming historical novel with believable characters who are easy to root for in spite of—or perhaps because of—their stubbornness and...

A lush romance in the classic style of 20th-century Latin America, Edward Stanton’s FRAIL BLOOD evokes writers like Isabel Allende while failing to avoid some...

Kevin Barry O'Connor's SHAKE THE JAR blends action-thriller, a little science fiction, and history into a compelling story.

ROBOT: A Deadly Love Story is an entertaining and well-constructed near-future fable. Under the guise of a sci-fi romance, Cathy Parker examines what it means...

A deeply personal memoir of struggle, Ryan McDermott’s DOWNRIVER: Memoir of a Warrior Poet is a valuable addition to the corpus of veterans’ voices in...

Intellectually ambitious and stylistically dense, Mark Seinfelt's A MEAL FOR A MINOTAUR AND FIVE COMPANION ESSAYS is a demanding read best suited for those prepared...

Wendy Gee’s FLEET LANDING is a gripping, percussive procedural framed by the structural violence of capitalism and racism in modern America.

Dense and dramatic yet heartfelt and relatable, Melissa K. Magner's OF THE SUN AND SEA is both a beautiful fantasy adventure and a poignant metaphor...

I.S. Noah's PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES FROM OUTER SPACE! (A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY FAIRY TALE) contains many lively passages, but it could benefit from more judicious...