Trigger warnings for descriptions of racial violence, including lynchings; sexual assault and violence; attempted suicide, […]
The Operator, by Gretchen Berg
In the early decades of telephone service, switchboard operators would literally connect callers with phone […]
Still Life with Bones, by Alexa Hagerty
Trigger warning for brief descriptions of state-sponsored terrorism, torture, and rape. Alexa Hagerty pours out […]
Weyward, by Emilia Hart
Trigger warning for domestic violence and rape. People have always looked at the Weyward women […]
The Snow Hare, by Paula Lichtarowicz
Trigger warning for rape. As she lies dying, Lena drifts through time. She sees her […]
The Magician’s Daughter, by H.G. Parry
Life on Hy-Brasil, off the west coast of Ireland, is nearly idyllic. Biddy would say […]
The Blue Window, by Suzanne Berne
Early in Suzanne Berne’s troubling family portrait, The Blue Window, Marika tells her daughter that […]
The World and All That It Holds, by Aleksandar Hemon
Pinto, the son of a Jewish apothecary in Sarajevo, was made for gentler times. He’s […]
Nights of Plague, by Orhan Pamuk
Nights of Plague, by Orhan Pamuk and faithfully translated by Ekin Oklap, transports us more […]
All the Broken Places, by John Boyne
Trigger warnings for domestic violence and child abuse. Gretel Fernsby has a secret, one that […]