In Kavita Bedford’s novel "Friends and Dark Shapes", a bereaved woman struggles to determine her place in the world. After her father’s death, a woman moves into a borderline questionable Sydney neighborhood with three housemates.... Read More

In his heartwrenching novel "The Book of Otto and Liam", Paul Griner traces the hard-fought healing of a school shooting victim’s father. The story is told through short snippets and vignettes. It starts on an anniversary of the event,... Read More

In the fantasy novel "Hall of Skulls", a young man works to save his true love and to achieve eternal wisdom. Jamie Eubanks’s intricate, inventive fantasy novel "Hall of Skulls" combines cosmic futurism with a timeless tale of love and... Read More

An all-LGBTQ+ Dungeons and Dragons group finds the drama of their latest campaign bleeding into the real world in the novel "The Cleveland Heights LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club". Every Thursday night, magic and mayhem play... Read More

In "For the Love of Cod", Eric Dregni goes on a quest to discover why Norway—with its long, dark winters, reserved citizens, and no native word for “happy”—often tops the “Happiest Country in the World” charts. Eager to... Read More

Intimate and informal, "The Vulnerable Man" is an inviting book that encourages the healthy confrontation of emotions. Thomas Anderson’s empathetic book "The Vulnerable Man" uses journal entries to illustrate regulating emotions in... Read More

In the entertaining middle grade mystery novel An Encrypted Clue, teamwork, brainwork, and generosity of spirit are fundamental to the solutions of more than just math problems. In David Cole’s chapter book An Encrypted Clue, a group... Read More

“Haven’t we all chewed / through something tough and survived?” asks poet Kayleb Rae Candrilli in their collection Water I Won’t Touch, an intimate exploration of gender. Candrilli’s writing is poised yet vulnerable, always... Read More