The emotions and experiences of a bereaved spouse are at the center of the concise, elegant poetry collection Searching for Clarity. Gene Zimmerman’s poetry collection Searching for Clarity explores the nuances of grief in spare,... Read More

"Fate Accompli" is an ambitious mythological novel that explores the role of fate in the lives of both gods and mortals. Keith R. Fentonmiller’s historical fantasy novel "Fate Accompli" is a humorous romp spanning time, fate, and... Read More

"The Happiness Thief" is a psychological thriller in which a woman confronts the truth about a horrific car crash. In Nicole Bokat’s psychological thriller "The Happiness Thief", a woman grapples with the mental fallout of her... Read More

Paula Bomer’s stark historical novel is set among the detritus left behind when the Berlin Wall fell. After World War II, Eva and her husband, Hugo, made the natural choice to live in the GDR, reasoning that communists saved him from... Read More

A heartwrenching and shocking work of historical fiction, Faysal Khartash’s "Roundabout of Death" focuses on the human cost of Syria’s civil war. Set in the coffee shops, apartments, and street corners of Aleppo and Raqqa, the... Read More

Barrett Swanson’s eloquent book "Lost in Summerland" combines personal essays, journalism, and travelogues into a memorable collection. The book opens with “Notes from a Last Man,” which at first seems to be an essay about spending... Read More

Happiness is a horror when you don’t believe you deserve it; so an immigrant learns in Yelena Moskovich’s daring literary novel, "A Door Behind a Door". Olga, who grew up on a struggling Soviet block, now lives in desperate love with... Read More

Verse and visuals meet, with spectacular results, in the graphic anthology "Embodied". Poetry is a visual medium, not just an oral one: the placements of words and blank spaces are often intended to appeal to the eye, and they affect the... Read More