A violent, urban, first-person account of how an aged, cynical killer finds purpose, passion, and love in a harsh world. "If Jack Had" is a pulp-noir novel set apart by the cynicism and dry humor of the narrator, charismatic dialogue,... Read More

Hippies, criminals, con men, and cult leaders all want a piece of what Harry has discovered in Northern California gold country. Take a little northern California history, add a touch of Christopher Moore and a large dash of Elmore... Read More

Alongside a portrayal of mobsters clinging desperately to their masculinity, Yates reveals the nonsense of violence and revenge. The assassins: two hit men from North Carolina. The target: a Hoosier farmer named Yorkie Goodman. The... Read More

Delusions, ancestral obsessions, and a winsome collection of characters fuel this funny yet poignant meditation on the human condition. Short-story virtuoso Robert Garner McBrearty succeeds in transitioning to novel-writing with The... Read More

Eddie’s everyman persona amplifies this entertaining tale of what happens at the juncture between the familiar and the unknown. Edward Lanning, the twenty-seven-year-old son of a Ford dealership owner, is having a quarter-life crisis.... Read More

Evocative, metaphorical prose delivers this story of a writer’s suicidal depression interrupted by a child and the haunting voice of ancient fables. In a single summer day in Sycamore, Iowa (pop. 897), Cole Seatstone, writer, father,... Read More

An inspiring mother-daughter tale set in the Civil Rights era Deep South, with religious overtones and headstrong characters. Sanderia Faye’s Mourner’s Bench is an impressive first novel, set between 1964 and 1965 in Deep South... Read More

Journalism and politics in a 1970s Mexico replete with petro dollars, corruption, and murder of the voiceless. "Death in Veracruz" is the first of Mexican journalist Héctor Aguilar Camín’s novels to be translated into English. First... Read More