Fourteen-year-old Charlotte starts over with her mother in a new town in Washington’s Cascade Mountains—the same town where her estranged father, Larry, lives. While... Read More

"Cold Blood, Hot Sea" showcases the effects of climate change on a particular industry, presenting a range of opinions and attitudes. Charlene D’Avanzo’s "Cold Blood, Hot... Read More

Description and dialogue balance to bring both the rounded characters and the Rocky Mountain setting alive in this tale of danger, death, and intrigue. Chuck Bender, newly... Read More

This earnest paean to the backbreaking work of farming and those who do it looks intently at what legacy that life can bring. Set in a rugged scrap of Utah, this first novel... Read More

A skillful braiding of subplots and flashbacks spins the yarn of an aging cowboy on an existential journey. Charlie Quimby’s "Monument Road" is a modern-day Western saga not... Read More

Essays try to uncover the hidden, evolutionary nature of human behavior. In Evolved: Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind, author and amateur naturalist Maximilian Werner creates a... Read More

Short story collection filled with dynamic prose and genuine characters amid rugged Idaho landscape. In the opening story in this robust collection of ten, “Where I Am …... Read More