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A young soldier is taken down a maze of stairs into a windowless room beneath a desert military base. There is a drain in the floor. One wall is a sheet of dark glass with a spout set into the middle of it. She is told to stand on the drain, cross her arms over […]

A self-help playbook that encourages daily practice with approachable, optimistic guidance Author Karin Kiser is no stranger to the self-help genre, and her experience is evident in her newest offering, Happiness Unleashed: Your 90-Day Playbook for a Life of Meaning and Happiness that Lasts, where she emphasizes a daily practice of “mood boosters” and “pattern […]

At a day care on an ordinary residential street, the children are out on the playground at dawn. They climb the ladder, go down the slide, and climb the ladder again, and every one of them is crying while they do it. One has been sick down the front of his jacket and is still […]

A woman is being driven home from a faculty party by her husband. She has done something wrong, although it takes him several minutes to explain what: the pause before she said his name when she introduced him, which he demonstrates by stretching it out, longer and longer. She apologises. And she apologises again. The […]

An introspective memoir about life’s setbacks, successes, and the moments that define us Beyond the Veil is a deeply honest memoir that invites readers not only to pause but also to look back and reflect on their own life experiences. It encourages them to consider the struggles, choices, relationships, and defining moments that have shaped […]

In the wings of a literary festival, a sound technician is feeding a flesh-coloured cable up the back of a novelist’s dress. The cable is far too long. The battery pack slips, drops, and swings towards the floor, so she ends up kneeling at the author’s feet to retrieve it while the author looks past […]