An impulsive decision forces a clandestine order to take protective measures in Paraic O’Donnell’s surreal novel "The Maker of Swans". For as long as she can remember, Clara... Read More

The discerning, masterful short stories in Morgan Talty’s "Night of the Living Rez" follow a Native community in Maine with power and precision. David, a Penobscot boy who... Read More

The third installment of the Vera Kelly mystery series, Rosalie Knecht’s "Vera Kelly Lost and Found" hits close to home as Vera travels the length and breadth of Southern... Read More

The incredible merges with the everyday in Kim Fu’s short story collection "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century". Puberty takes a fantastical turn for a group of teenage... Read More

If the ability to hold two opposing thoughts at the same time and still function is a sign of intellect, what are we to make of Raymond Antrobus’s depth of awareness,... Read More

The short stories collected in Jo Lloyd’s "Something Wonderful" are luminous, startling, and diverse. In them, characters search for meaning, value, and truth, often... Read More

In "The Kissing Bug", Daisy Hernández recounts watching her aunt die from a little known or understood disease. Years later, Hernández set out to learn more, and entered into... Read More

In this intimate, intense novel about a child’s perception of a vanishing way of life, seven-year-old M, thirsty for a way of learning about the world that her classroom... Read More

In Ruth Gilligan’s rich historical drama The Butchers’ Blessing, ancient traditions clash with the forces of modernity. In the 1990s, Una is the daughter of a Butcher, one... Read More

From the depths of the sea to neighboring planets, no destination is off limits in Anneliese Mackintosh’s thrilling feminist adventure novel. Solvig cannot be contained. Since... Read More

In Sarah Shun-lien Bynum’s “The Young Wife’s Tale,” the narrator asks, “But why should Eva think of those old stories? … Could enchantment take hold among the... Read More