"The Night Child"’s gentle dealings with heavy subjects highlight the fragility of the human mind. "The Night Child" is a powerful, heart-wrenching psychological tale that examines a teacher’s mental breakdown. Just as school breaks... Read More

Ronin’s is a series that holds fast to the notion of true love and the classic ideal of a rescuer. "Always Red" hinges on the idea of love conquering all and being worth any cost. Veronica, called Red, has just had a devastating... Read More

Claire’s self-image underscores the notion that anyone could be a violent psychopath. "My Pet Serial Killer", by Michael J. Seidlinger, is an unsettling and deeply graphic thriller focusing on the overlap between sex and violence.... Read More

Interwoven with the stark realism of the novel are hints of a fairy tale. Simultaneously bleak and hopeful, Michael Köhlmeier’s "Yiza" traverses the expansive landscape of human suffering as seen through the eyes of displaced migrant... Read More

Characters are savvy yet vulnerable, and their continual quests for hope in the midst of darkness are appealingly inspirational. Jaime Jo Wright’s "The House on Foster Hill" blends the past and present in a gripping mystery that... Read More

Slim, feverish, and grim, the novella eulogizes the darkness of Germany’s history. How well do you know your neighborhood? The earth beneath you? These two questions lead to the cultivated, dream-state prose of Wolfgang Hilbig’s "Old... Read More

At its center is a dirge for the Israel of secular Labor and idealism. "How Long Will Israel Survive?" provides an in-depth look at a society that is said to be rotting from the inside out. Gregg Carlstrom argues that the State of Israel... Read More

Jerome Cardano may not have specifically discovered quantum theory, but his work on probability and binomials helped make it possible. In The Quantum Astrologer’s Handbook, Michael Brooks explores the Renaissance mathematician’s life... Read More