In "The Gamesmaster", Flint Dille shares his experiences writing cartoons, novels, and full-length films for some of the best-known children’s entertainment properties of the... Read More

Daniel Ben-Horin’s black comedy "Substantial Justice" concerns humanity’s best and worst traits. In the 1980s, Spider makes an honest living as a mechanic and distracts... Read More

Abigail Tarttelin’s "Dead Girls" is an ultra creepy, occult-tinged horror story. Focused on a missing girl, it shows that the wild places of childhood are not all magical and... Read More

Plastic is an unputdownable dark comedy, full of strong commentary on the times and sparkling LA scenes. Frank Strausser’s novel, "Plastic", is a delicious, caustic comedy of... Read More

A bit of a fish story (if fish were replaced with political fisticuffs), Frank Capra’s "Cry Wilderness" follows a fictionalized Capra to a wilderness cabin in the high Sierra... Read More

"Through the Bookstore Window" is a bold exploration of lives joined by history. The story features Gina Perini, an exile in San Francisco, whose life as a bookstore manager... Read More

This satisfying crime thriller is elevated by its twisting writing and snappy dialogue. Douglas Light’s fast-paced "Where Night Stops" is a well-executed thriller that... Read More

Oscar Wilde called gay love “the love which dare not speak its name” when homosexual relationships were illegal, stigmatized, and taboo. "The Night Language", by David... Read More

A great memoir offers the-rest-of-the-story appeal, and when the CIA, 9/11, waterboarding, whistleblowing, scapegoating, coverups, and federal prison all factor in, the page... Read More

The narrative challenges notions of sanity and fidelity, justice and loyalty, with regularity and to fascinating ends. For Grant and Ava, married life is electric—right up... Read More

On the day that seventeen-year old Quinn’s father dies, Quinn is hit by a car. The accident is minor, but Quinn feels no pain—he never does. Quinn feels no physical pain... Read More

"Vow of Celibacy" is a funny and smart exploration of sex, love, and every woman’s road to body-positivity. In Erin Judge’s "Vow of Celibacy", heroine Natalie is a woman on... Read More