For roughly 100 years, landowners across Scotland forced their tenants off the land. Although economic […]
The Silver Bone, by Andrey Kurkov
In the mad, violent days of the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War, Samson Kolechko […]
Parasol Against the Axe, by Helen Oyeyemi
Hero Tojosoa is used to doing things she doesn’t really like. Honestly, it’s a wonder […]
Wolf at the Table, by Adam Rapp
Trigger warnings for references to child sexual abuse, murder, and suicidal ideation. In Wolf at […]
Mother Doll, by Katya Apekina
Zhenia is content with her life as Katya Apekina’s emotionally stunning novel, Mother Doll, opens. […]
Unnatural Ends, by Christopher Huang
Sir Lawrence Linwood’s unlamented death summons his three adopted children from Peru, France, and London […]
The Rumor Game, by Thomas Mullen
Thomas Mullen dives deeply into the gray area between good and evil in The Rumor […]
The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years, by Shubnum Khan
Shubnum Khan’s powerful, hypnotic novel, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years, floored me. I feel […]
Hazardous Spirits, by Anbara Salam
The traditional Christian wedding vows include provisions “for better or worse, for richer or poorer, […]
The Bullet Swallower, by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
The Sonoros, we learn early in Elizabeth Gonzalez James’s violent meditation on the sins of […]