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The Stone Cutter: A novel of Petra in Ancient Arabia

by Brock Meier

A young sculptor enters the fast-track of the art world in Petra (ancient Arabia), but family secrets of death and abandonment leave an ache for belonging. His progress is entangled in the arms of a brilliant songstress and a devastating injury deals the final blow to his ambitions. His quest to resurrect his ruined career takes him to the very ends of the earth, seeking a mysterious and powerful object buried beneath centuries of myth. The quest’s price?…more than he can possibly imagine. His l... more

Frank's Shadow

by Doug McIntyre

We leave shadows, not footprints. Newlywed Danny McKenna’s honeymoon ends abruptly when he learns his father has died, uncannily, on the same day as his hero, Frank Sinatra. Returning home to his knotty Irish American family, Danny is confronted with a painful truth—while he knows everything about the famous singer, his own father is a mystery. Tasked with giving a eulogy for a man he hardly knows, Danny sets out to uncover his dad’s past—an immigrant’s tale of mid-twentieth-century America an... more

Flight of the Monarchs

by M. H. Reardon

When Jeremy Hill returns to his hometown of Pacific Grove, California, in the summer of 1967, the small town is gripped with curiosity. Having disappeared for eleven years following the tragic night he was found standing over his abusive father’s dead body, knife in hand, Jeremy sparks a rush of memories, longings, and regrets for Celia, his childhood best friend, and three of their early classmates. What follows is a summer of reconnections and self-discovery amid the cultural revolution of a c... more

Songs By Sumnima

by Veneeta Singha

The novel is an account of Selo’s world and her circle of companions. An inferred chasm between the hinterlands and city life foreshadows much of their lives and imminent maturity. The cultural life of daily living and migration stands as a lost guardianship.

A Lot of People Live in This House

by Bailey Merlin

A Lot of People Live in This House follows introvert Rachel; after a devastating loss, she arrives at the house on the hill alone as her partner Job attends a meditation retreat in India for two weeks to unpack his own grief. She’s greeted by housemates who smile, bring her cups of tea, and seem happy she’s there. She hates it. Not long after, Job is trapped in India by a virus that’s grounded just about every plane in the world. As she falls apart, her new housemates rally to find a way to get ... more

Black Seagull

by Rinat Klein

Unravel the captivating family secrets of a Russian Jewish immigrant family in Israel in "Black Seagull," a gripping family saga with a thrilling mystery at its core. Embark on a captivating journey through generations as "Black Seagull" unveils a mesmerizing family saga filled with long-buried secrets. This gripping tale unravels the complex web of relationships, cultural tensions, and clandestine mysteries within a Russian Jewish immigrant family in Israel. Follow Tamara Atias, a single mo... more

Sovereign Citizen: Solitude

by B.F. Galligan

Loss is gain if it is possible to deconstruct what remains behind, to rebuild anew. Can the Sovereign Citizen survive the evaporation of humanity and the collapse of all nations into him, the sole survivor? He can. But first he must overcome the grief of trauma and discard the need for answers. More will be out there for him as the reconstruction evolves. He must see the story of humanity, self and civilization through what is absent once there is nothing left to study. There can be no evol... more

THAT YOU REMEMBER

by Isabel Reddy

In 2019, Aleena Rowan, adrift in the wake of a failed marriage, receives a box of her father's desk diaries from the years he worked as a coal executive. She expects to find nothing more than the cost of business lunches and meeting notes. Instead, she finds a mysterious name, Sara, scrawled on a slip of paper in her father's handwriting. Frank Rowan meets Sara Stone while fishing on a frigid January day, and sees her again waiting tables at Otter Creek’s only restaurant. It is 1970, and Fr... more

Project Boing;)

by Brian W. Robinson

It's 2012, before fake news, the cryptocurrency crash, the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Internet still feels like a hope-filled meritocracy where people anywhere in the world can realize their dreams. But changes are stirring at Boing;), in the heart of Silicon Valley. Once the world's largest Internet portal, the company is facing an existential threat from search and social media companies, as people shift their online time from portals to Google and Fa... more

Paradise Confronted

by menalcus lankford

This fantasy novel gives a continually inventive, comic and surprising picture of an afterlife for modern readers—specifically the psychological-spiritual-religious trials encountered by well-meaning modern pilgrims to move beyond the stage of admission at the paradise gates and actually reach heaven itself. To do that they must learn to transcend their various Earthly limitations and gain a larger vision of what human life is and could be. Here they will discover a few animals admitted in th... more

Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts

by Claire Donato

In the disquieting stories of Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts, a fractaled Claire Donato contemplates grief and disgust in heterosexuality, deconstructing the romance myth and the illicit fantasies which reflect our haunted selves. These fictions are populated with Lynchian characters, draped in memory and the subconscious mind, who imagine their way out of the painful limits of their world: a turtle retreats into its shell and becomes a real girl. A porn addict turns into a baby boy in the arms of hi... more

Glory Unbound

by Deborah L. King

Shackled to a controlling boyfriend by gold bracelets locked on her wrists, will she ever learn to live on her own terms? Chicago, 1984. Glory Bishop wishes to feel safe in love. Rescued by her unwanted fiancé from her abusive mother’s violence, the seventeen-year-old warily moves into his wealthy mom’s luxurious house to get away. Overwhelmed and confused by the kindness and grace her host shows, Glory struggles to know how to behave. Blossoming in the new environment where she is treated... more

Glory Bishop

by Deborah L. King

A sheltered church girl. A quiet, secret rebellion. Can she become the person she wants to be? In 1983 Chicago, Glory Bishop yearns to be normal. Under the strict thumb of her abusive and zealous mother, the anxious teenager finds relief in stolen moments and kisses with her boyfriend. But when she provides him an alibi against another girl’s disturbing accusation, she catches the eye of the preacher’s son – the twenty-seven-year-old youth minister. After her beloved joins the Navy with no... more

Please Write

by J. Wynn Rousuck

Two anthropomorphized dogs with distinct personalities, Winslow and Zippy, navigate the trials of life and loss in their human family through hilarious and heartfelt letter exchanges with "Grandma Vivienne." As their owner's life undergoes upheaval, these four-legged companions provide comfort, humor, and unexpected wisdom, showcasing the transformative power of connection, patience, and unyielding love… from dogs.

The Spearfisherman

by Ric Szabo

Steve Chambers is in need of better friends when he commences university. One will be Jason; virtuous, stalwart, and a gentleman. Together they play rugby, spearfish, and watch each other’s backs as they negotiate the highs and lows of first-year students in their prestigious, old-fashioned college. Then there will be Natalie; intelligent, big-hearted, and as devoted as a girlfriend can be. Two of the best friends a person can have. With a past like his, Steve will need both to pull him thro... more

Spoilers: Essays That Might Ruin Your Favorite Hollywood Movies

by Carlos Greaves

Superman tries to apply for a Green Card but doesn't have the proper documentation from his home planet. The Little Mermaid writes a tell-all book about her struggle to fit in with her new siren-skeptical royal family. And an increasingly unhinged J. Edgar Hoover opens an FBI investigation into a counter-cultural rabble-rouser by the name of Forrest Gump. These are just a few of the scenarios explored in this raucous collection of essays from frequent New Yorker and McSweeney’s contributor Carlo... more

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