The Alehouse at the End of the World, by Stevan Allred. Portland, Oregon: Forest Avenue Press, November 2018. 334 pages.…
MADAM VELVET’S CABARET OF ODDITIES, a flash fiction collection by Nancy Stohlman, reviewed by Hillary Leftwich
Madam Velvet’s Cabaret of Oddities, by Nancy Stohlman. Boston, Massachusetts: Big Table Publishing, October 2018. 104 pages. $15.00, paper. If you’ve…
PERPETUA’S KIN, a novel by M. Allen Cunningham, reviewed by Laura-Gray Lovelace
Perpetua’s Kin, by M. Allen Cunningham. Portland, Oregon: Atelier26, September 2018. 336 pages. $17.00, paper. There are books that take…
Fiction from OUR COLONY BEYOND THE CITY OF RUINS: “The Sea Captain’s Ghost” by Janalyn Guo
Entering the city of Boris from the sea, the Sea Captain’s Ghost notices a mollusk on the back of his…
“Mon Cher Apollinaire”: Jordan A. Rothacker’s Death Day Letter to the Father of Surrealism
November 9, 2018 Mon Cher Apollinaire, It has been one hundred years to this day since…
Micah Zevin Reviews Ruth Danon’s New Poetry Collection, WORD HAS IT
Word Has It, by Ruth Danon. New Delhi, India: Nirala Publications, March 2018. 85 pages. $22.99, hardcover. The word has…
GUIGNOL & OTHER SARDONIC TALES, Orrin Grey’s third short story collection, reviewed by Maxwell Malone
Guignol & Other Sardonic Tales, by Orrin Grey. Petaluma, California: Word Horde, October 2018. 220 pages. $15.99, paper. “Upstairs,…
ALL THAT MAN IS, David Szalay’s fourth novel, reviewed by Ray Barker
All That Man Is, by David Szalay. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, October 2017. 368 pages. $16.00, paper. British author David…
Erin Flanagan Reviews Jamel Brinkley’s Debut Story Collection, A LUCKY MAN
A Lucky Man, by Jamel Brinkley. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, May 2018. 264 pages. $26.00, hardcover. Absent fathers abound in…
Two Poems by Kyle Harvey
Glacier —for Danny Rosen and Jack Mueller We are the sea and we rise with the break off slide-in of…
Two Poems by Jill Khoury
For Weeks I Have Been Waiting for Something Pleasant to Write About But to no avail, so I clipped some…
Four Poems by Tony Mancus
All the Things Your Head Can Be your head is a pew, you drape its curve. your empty palm, pass…
