Horror Is Visceral in Andy Davidson’s Southern Gothic ‘The Hollow Kind’
Andy Davidson’s The Hollow Kind blends southern gothic, folk, and Lovecraftian horror to create a multi-generational tale about greed, grief, and familial love.
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Debut ‘The Novelist’ Is Among the Best Books About Addiction
Jordan Castro’s debut The Novelist is a relatable and humorous study in the economy of plotting, ironic description, and the addictive nature of the self.
Debut Novel ‘The Wild Hunt’ Sets a Celtic Legend on the Loose
The uncontrollable violence of the natural and the supernatural in Celtic Legend take to the wing in Emma Seckel’s debut novel The Wild Hunt.
‘The Rabbit Hutch’ Is a Triumphant, Character-Driven Debut
Tess Gunty’s vibrant, esoteric debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, is a devastating story about searching for life and meaning in a dying Midwestern city.
In ‘All Your Children, Scattered’ a Rwandan Family Picks Up the Pieces Post-Genocide
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s All Your Children, Scattered, is a compact, trance-like meditation on the unintended effects of love and survival in the Rwandan diaspora.
Debut Novel ‘The Sturgeon’s Heart’ Navigates Tricky Currents
Poet and short fiction writer Amy E. Casey’s debut novel The Sturgeon’s Heart explores identity through hiding within life’s tricky currents.
Julia Armfield’s ‘Our Wives Under the Sea’ Is a Brilliantly Submersive Tale
Julia Armfield’s Our Wives Under the Sea seamlessly blends mystery, gothic horror, dual narratives, looping time, and multiple genres into an enchanting whole.
Andrew Lipstein’s ‘Last Resort’ and the Hellish World of Publishing
Andrew Lipstein’s Last Resort takes the business of publishing to the very edge of the writer’s limit.
Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads’ Contemplates Something Harder Than Being Alone
Breaking form with his latest work, Crossroads, Franzen has not written a social novel. He has written an Antisocial Novel.
Belarusian Fiction ‘Red Crosses’ Creates Story with Confusion
With its deliberately disjointed narrative shifts, is Sasha Filipenko’s Belarusian fiction Red Crosses a story of memory or memory of a story?
Peynado’s Debut of Short Stories ‘The Rock Eaters’ Defamiliarizes the Familiar
Pulsing with imagination, Brenda Peynado’s short story collection, The Rock Eaters, is a bold statement of intent from an emerging voice worthy of the hype.
William Gay’s Posthumous ‘Fugitives of the Heart’ Wanders Far from the Path of Reason
In William Gay’s posthumous ‘Fugitives of the Heart’, we find a dark coming-of-age tale of youthful lust tinged with comic relief.
