In J. M. Sidorova’s propulsive fantasy novel "The Witch of Prague", a girl unravels political scandals amid discoveries of her own mystical abilities. In the late 1960s in Prague, Alica is on the cusp of adulthood. Craving independence... Read More

Bar Fridman-Tell’s aching and alarming novel "Honeysuckle" is part star-crossed love story, part allegory about human attempts to effect dominion over nature. Eight-year-old Rory is distraught when his older sister, Wynne, outgrows... Read More

"The Returned Child" is a foreboding, lush fantasy novel in which teenagers navigate the mysteries of their home. An ancient evil stalks the woods of rural Maine in Levi Peltier’s chilling horror novel "The Returned Child". There is... Read More

In the enigmatic, realm-crossing fantasy novel "Of Gods and Men", a battle of good against evil germinates. The god of darkness sets his sights on conquering Earth in Harrison F. Kraus’s epic fantasy novel "Of Gods and Men". Across the... Read More

Concerned with the tension between belief and evidence, "Beneath the Verdant Veil" is an intriguing speculative novel. In Veronica Thorne’s thrilling science fiction novel "Beneath the Verdant Veil", a tropical basin’s unusual... Read More

Poignant and ethereal, the fantasy novel "Mancala Moon" follows a man’s quest for intergenerational understanding in the mysterious woods. With hints of magical realism, Asa Bowers’s fantasy novel "Mancala Moon" follows a young man... Read More

A scientist faces down determined AI systems in the Arctic in the musing thriller "Nicholas". In Michael Shaffrey’s engaging techno-thriller "Nicholas", the collision of automated surveillance and human-scale problem-solving drags a... Read More

Conjuring a version of New York City that is as magical as the fairy world beneath it, "The Loudest Place on Earth" is an amusing fantasy novel. In Ken Ziegler’s rollicking fantasy novel "The Loudest Place on Earth", New York’s... Read More