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This suspenseful slice-of-life second-chance love story explores grief, loss, and taking down a mob boss. “My best friend and first love who drowned fifteen years ago is alive and works for a criminal businessman?” When Christopher does a quick favor for a fellow attorney by attending a hearing in his place, it’s supposed to be […]

A young woman stands in the frozen-food aisle of a small Idaho grocery store with an empty basket and a twenty-dollar bill going limp in her hand. She has been in the country a matter of weeks. She has a fiancé who has taken her passport, a bruise the size of a chrysanthemum across her […]

Mrs. Earline Baker arrives for her weekly reading in her Sunday best, plum nails, silver curls fresh from the beauty shop, and a palm-shaped bruise across one cheek. It is the second one in two months. Nobody mentions it. The great-aunt of the house sends the teenage reader out on an errand, then explains to […]

An evil goddess wages war on an unsuspecting land in this epic fantasy that argues for the great power of love. Fortress of Wind, the third novel of Christian Cura’s on-going epic fantasy series, jumps into the action right away. With evil goddess Malsumi back in power, worshipped by shadow mages and loyal followers like […]

A deeply original collection of short stories revealing a realm of possibilities unbound by the natural and supernatural When it comes to fantasy, science fiction, and other stories that venture beyond realism, worldbuilding plays a significant role. This poses a particular challenge for shorter fiction, but one consistently, skillfully, and variably managed by Australian author, […]

She comes home from the bar at one in the morning with a container of leftovers, climbs the stairs, and finds her twin sitting in a chair by the window with the light on and her eyes open. She says her sister’s name. Nothing. She says it louder, turns the chair, takes her by the […]

During freshman week the new students are sent to the physical education department, told to undress, and photographed naked from three angles with small metal pins taped along their spines. It is described to them as a posture study. It has been done to every entering class since 1880, nobody will tell them where the […]