Making sense of a loved one’s suicide can be exceedingly challenging, with every memory scrutinized for clues. Left-behind items are often given more significance in the midst of sorrow, and family histories are plumbed for evidence of... Read More

In Heather Fowler’s second short fiction collection, People With Holes, the nexus of each story is a hole of some sort, whether literal or figurative. Mixing erotica and magical realism in several of the stories, Fowler explores the... Read More

When Paul Simon wrote, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls,” he undoubtedly had not met Richard Sharp, whose “prophets” find other means—and places—to impart their messages. The Duke Don’t Dance,... Read More

Set just one year after the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, this novel echoes Devil in the White City in its historical richness and the fact of a mysterious murder central to its plot. Told through the eyes of an industrious... Read More

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.—Martin Luther King, Jr. This is just one of the many inspiring quotes, accompanied by inspiring... Read More

Lost in the Florida Everglades, suffering from extreme sunburn and drinking only what water she can filter through her underwear, Professor Brenda Johnson, the protagonist of "The Cuban Affair", wonders who is after her and why. She is... Read More

On Saturday morning, February 27, 1943, workers on the day shift at Bearcreek, Montana’s Smith Mine had been on the job for barely a couple of hours when something went terribly wrong. Suddenly, the author writes, “men battled... Read More

Imagine the intrigue, subterfuge, family secrets, and epic battles that occur between royal families and political factions. Now imagine that this drama takes place beneath your local park and the perpetrators are small animals. Welcome... Read More