If it hadn’t been for the war, Grace Baxter would never have been able to […]
This is a Bust, by Ed Lin
Robert Chow is not a happy man. When he joined the New York Police Department […]
The Hideout, by Egon Hostovský
Egon Hostovský’s The Hideout, originally published in the mid-1940s, is another Central European novella rescued from obscurity […]
The Epiphany Machine, by David Burr Gerrard
Along with the quest to find one’s purpose in life, the next biggest challenge a […]
The Widow Nash, by Jamie Harrison
Of all the unconventional lives created for fictional heroines, I don’t know if anyone has […]
Devastation Road, by Jason Hewitt
The period shortly before and after Germany surrendered in 1945 was violently chaotic. Some troops […]
The Shadow Land, by Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Kostova’s The Shadow Land is another deep dive into history, though not so deep as […]
We Eat Our Own, by Kea Wilson
Inspired by the making of and controversy surrounding Cannibal Holocaust, Kea Wilson’s disturbing We Eat Our Own is […]
An Unrestored Woman, by Shobha Rao
In An Unrestored Woman, Shobha Rao tells a series of stories about characters that brush each […]
The Story of a Brief Marriage, by Anuk Arudpragasam
Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage captures the same feeling of ponderous mindfulness of L’Étranger […]