Lock draws from ex-slave narratives for this evocative novel set within American history. Norman Lock’s American Novels series engages creatively with nineteenth-century literary classics. In the fourth novel in the series, "A Fugitive... Read More

The stories in this collection are funny, often poignant, and not easily forgotten. The thirteen coming-of-age stories in Scott Gould’s terrific collection, "Strangers to Temptation", share a common narrator remembering his teenage... Read More

With its resourceful, resilient heroine and vibrant narrative, "Bread of Angels" offers an engrossing new look at a mysterious woman of faith. Tessa Afshar’s "Bread of Angels" broadens the biblical account of Lydia into a novel of... Read More

This is an amusing reminder that there is plenty of hardship in raising children, but there is good fun in it, too. Alex Shahla’s "Lying to Children" is a work of connected, humorous fictional anecdotes, some affectionately... Read More