In "Off the Rails", Burrowes recalls how she and her husband thought they were living a near-perfect life—until their fifteen-year-old daughter, Hannah, became addicted to opioids and her life spun out of control. Theirs is a nightmare... Read More

History and human drama collide in Leonid Yuzefovich’s "Horsemen of the Sands", a wonderful tangle of relationships, religions, and realism. The volume consists of two novellas—“The Storm,” set in a Russian elementary school and... Read More

In his atmospheric, evocative "The Perfection of Things", Peter Nash uses a small canvas to frame far larger themes. Neurasthenic American professor Adam Rebeira has come to Petrópolis, Brazil, in hopes of finishing a... Read More

Moving to her grandparents’ old neighborhood of Alberta Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta—a walkable hub to family and cultural spots—was an easy decision for Carissa Halton and her husband, Mat, even if the area was low income. Their... Read More

Kimberly Lojewski’s short stories meld the ordinary and the fantastical with a dark, melancholic edge. The collection is often delightfully subversive. Written as modern fairy tales, most of the stories center on a female protagonist;... Read More

In Seth Rogoff’s melancholy novel, "Thin Rising Vapors", a man tries to step out of time in the year-round solitude of a remote Maine summer home. Monkish, Thoreau-quoting Abel is revealed only after his death by apparent suicide, when... Read More

Kristin Bartzokis’s "(Extra)Ordinary Women" features ten contemporary stories of women who’ve been through hell and back. The hardships they endured are related with their firsthand input and a steady authorial tone. Each chapter is... Read More

An inquisitive boy follows a trail of paper clues into a shadowy building in a wordless early-morning adventure full of friendship, surprises, and the dawning of a new day. Beautifully layered watercolor paintings capture the mystery and... Read More