This debut novel defies genres while delivering humor and oddball characters. In "The Facades", fabulist author Eric Lundgren has created an imaginary urban environment that includes a missing opera singer, an evangelist preacher, and a... Read More

This complex and thoroughly satisfying book tells of a time when womanhood was repressed, yet the repository of wisdom and secret knowledge gave them dignity. Diane Lefer has dipped her pen in fire to create the story of a brilliant,... Read More

The constant presence of the past adds intrigue to this part travelogue, part detective novel, set in Italy. Posing as an American buyer of antiquities to help the Italian police bust a ring of thieves, translator Rick Montoya finds... Read More

This novel exposes the battle between moral restraint and emotional expression. Overshadowed by a powerful wife, a man puts his writing career on hold, relocates to Brussels at her request, and then engages in a passionate affair with... Read More

Intriguing premise and deeply involved relationships between characters open a new perspective on self and gender identity. In her first published novel, award-winning short story writer Laura Krughoff takes a risk by tackling some... Read More

Crisp and visual imagery, brisk and humorous dialogue—this novel’s prose will capture the attention of those interested in San Francisco’s hippie history. Michael Castleman’s "Killer Weed" is a nostalgic remembrance of the... Read More

Master of dialogue, Robert Inman’s new novel is insightful, engaging, and swiftly paced. Robert Inman’s most recent book, The Governor’s Lady, delves into the dynamic political arena. It moves at a rapid, intoxicating pace. As a... Read More

To subvert happily-ever-after, this poet populates his verse with grim Grimm characters and sprinkles in some dark humor. Ron Koertge—fiction writer, recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts... Read More