Books like The Fortune Teller, by Gwendolyn Womack, makes me seriously wonder whether literary/historical thrillers have […]
The Sworn Virgin, by Kristopher Dukes
In early twentieth century Albania, there is only one way for a woman to live. […]
The Stopping Place, by Helen Slavin
Helen Slavin’s The Stopping Place is a horror novel, at least for women readers. It isn’t […]
After the End of the World, by Jonathan L. Howard
After the universe was “unfolded” at the end of Lovecraft & Carter, Emily Lovecraft and Dan […]
Strangers in Budapest, by Jessica Keener
Will and Annie might be at loose ends in Budapest, but the elderly man they […]
But What Does It All Mean?
I always begin my workshops for upper division English students with an exercise to help […]
The City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty
It’s never easy to suddenly find oneself in the middle of a centuries’ old tangle […]
Wonders Will Never Cease, by Robert Irwin
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, by Robert Irwin’s Wonders Will Never Cease repeatedly demonstrates that fiction […]
Deadly Cure, by Lawrence Goldstone
Lawrence Goldstone’s Deadly Cure begins with one of the worst things that can happen to a doctor. […]