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A quietly moving story shaped less by violent spectacle than by the deep-seated ache to be understood “Once, long ago, I was in love. And I was loved.” In The Era of Penumbra, the third title in Yona Katz’s The Rise of Penumbra series, certainty has begun to unravel for Asha, Yusra, Kadmiel, and Ranan. […]

An understated yet powerful collection of poetry that highlights the importance of leaning on faith in God to get through hard times Finding My Way: One Man’s Spiritual Quest for the Divine Presence is Marc A. Crowley’s deeply personal exploration of life lived amid faith and all the ups and downs along the way, with […]

Most suspense novels hand you a heroine the whole world is staring at. Catherine Steadman does the reverse. Her latest gives us a woman so thoroughly overlooked that she could vanish from her own street and the neighbors might notice nothing but the silence where her cat used to be. That quiet cruelty, the slow […]

For sale: financial freedom. Price: everything. How much of yourself would you trade to finally be free? And would it still feel like freedom when you get there? In Debt, Wade Parrish explores these questions and more through the actions and private thoughts of a high-achieving couple who would do anything to secure the life […]

A freelance journalist covering a Quebec poetry festival is pulled into a dark web of intrigue and murder that may be his last story. In Lonely When You’re Dead by Roy Chaney, a Boston journalist seeking his next big story is assigned to cover the raucous atmosphere of the Quebec City Poetry Festival, but when […]

There is a particular kind of dread that Lisa Jewell does better than almost anyone, the dread that hides inside ordinary domestic life. A school run. A pub lunch. A stray dog trotting out of the bluebells. It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell opens on exactly that sort of quiet, sunlit afternoon, and […]

Lyrically stunning and psychologically thrilling stories that blur the lines between reality, the imagination, and all the realms in between Lauren T. Davila’s debut short story collection The Patron Saint of White Menageries depict financial and social desperation, complex identities, and life-altering circumstances and decisions—all set against Hollywood and Los Angeles’s glitzy backdrop. Blending the […]