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Desert Sonorous

by Lee Polevoi

Dislocation, family strife, and the desire to escape the familiar are the driving forces in these stories mostly set in an arid landscape. In this prize-winning collection of stories, Sean Bernard explores themes of dislocation and... Read More

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The Game for Real

by Monica Carter

Weiner’s book requires the abandonment of expectations and the willingness to delve into the lines between reality and unreality. As Czech Modernist writer Richard Weiner would have it in his provocative and existential exploration... Read More

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Retold

by Michelle Anne Schingler

A tried-and-true religious story retold with creativity, joviality, contemporary language, and a feisty travel companion camel for Jesus. Episcopal priest Steve Lipscomb offers up a lighthearted novelization of the life and times of... Read More

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Down

by Anna Call

Psychological as well as physical horror elevates this sci-fi thriller to a disturbingly exciting level. Mo Rees, employee of the BathyTech mining company, gets the adventure he always craved when the dashing scientist Armin Savage-Hall... Read More

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The Lizard Princess

by Allyce Amidon

Examining society through the lens of a fairy tale, this fantasy quest lends a hand toward making our contemporary world a little better. Fairy tales are quite often relegated to the realm of children. And while they might make for good... Read More

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The End of the World Is Rye

by Gregory A. Lowe

Leviticus, Gabriel, Cognitive Dissonance, and other supernatural deities populate this witty, apocalyptic fantasy. The End of the World is Rye follows a well-crafted group of characters who are either personified deities or ideas such as... Read More

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