In Jackson Ellis’s provocative science fiction novel "Black Days", a despondent Vermont man’s inspired plan leads to disaster, raising questions about the consequences of... Read More

In Alcy Leyva’s novel "the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life", sixteen-year-old Maji’s New York world is falling apart, and he sets out to sea in search of a... Read More

The emotional, provocative stories collected in What’s Next? concern the apprehension that accompanies change. There is one echoing question in the throes of... Read More

In Jonathan Howland’s soul-searching novel "Native Air", Pete and Joe are kindred spirits whose relationship is fascinating and complex, almost like a marriage. Together, they... Read More

"Dancing with Langston" is a powerful novel about the rewards and the realities of following one’s dreams. A visit to an elderly relative turns a mourning woman’s life... Read More

When it comes to glaciers, Dr. M Jackson is a linguistic sorcerer, making you fall in love by proxy with the geological memory-keepers. In the early pages of "The Secret Lives... Read More

"Darling Girl" is an often engrossing and heartbreaking story of neglect. Terry H. Watkins’s novel "Darling Girl" follows a girl through her dysfunctional childhood and toward... Read More

The secret life of the spotted salamander unfolds as April anticipates her special role in their yearly migration from underground habitats beneath the forest floor to nearby... Read More

In fifteen-year-old Cyndie’s Appalachian hometown of Greenfield, West Virginia, coal companies carry a lot of clout. When she and her best friend, Ashley, learn that... Read More

Richard Jarrette’s wanderlust in the natural world does not require a compass. He treks a starlit path favoring one foot and then the other, attentive and inquisitive.... Read More

A next generation cli-fi fantasy, "Polly and the One and Only World", by Don Bredes, introduces fifteen-year-old Polly Lightfoot and her raven, Balthazar, both on a mission to... Read More