“Leave Them Wanting More”: Gay Degani Interviews TENDER CUTS Author Jayne Martin

Jayne Martin, author of the collection of tiny stories, Tender Cuts (Vine Leaves Press, 2019), is hailed as “A badass … More

NO GOOD FOR DIGGING, Dustin M. Hoffman’s second story collection from Word West Press, reviewed by Joaquin Macias

No Good for Digging, by Dustin M. Hoffman. Missoula, Montana: Word West Press, December 2019. 110 pages. $12.50, paper. In … More

“mother, child : art doesn’t help,” an excerpt from Lance Olsen’s novel MY RED HEAVEN

Set on a single day in 1927, My Red Heaven imagines a host of characters—some historic, some invented—crossing paths on the streets … More

Clancy McGilligan’s 2019 Prize-Winning Novella HISTORY OF AN EXECUTIONER, reviewed by Erica Chamberlain

History of an Executioner, by Clancy McGilligan. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, January 2020. 117 pages. $20.00, paper. Warning: Spoilers … More

Melissa Duclos’s Debut Novel BESOTTED, reviewed by Genevieve Shuster

Besotted, by Melissa Duclos. Brooklyn Heights, New York: 7.13 Books, March 2019. 248 pages. $16.99, paper. Melissa Duclos’s Besotted tells … More

WHISPERS IN THE EAR OF A DREAMING APE, a horror short story collection by Joshua Chaplinsky, reviewed by Avery Cook

Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape, by Joshua Chaplinsky. Clash Books, October 2019. 174 pages. $13.95, paper. Joshua … More

UNDOLL, a YesYes Books National Poetry Series debut collection by Tanya Grae, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez

Undoll, by Tanya Grae. Portland, Oregon: YesYes Books, September 2019. 104 pages. $16.20, paper. After finishing a book, it’s not … More

Layla Saleeby on SOFT FRUIT IN THE SUN, Oliver Zarandi’s debut story collection from Hexus Press

Soft Fruit in the Sun, by Oliver Zarandi. Hexus Press, September 2019. 168 pages. $19.99, paper. Despite its focus on … More

Rayanna Pinnock on LIKE WINGS, YOUR HANDS, Elizabeth Earley’s sophomore novel

Like Wings, Your Hands, by Elizabeth Earley. Pasadena, California: Red Hen Press, October 2019. 288 pages. $17.95, paper. The relationship … More

“Samples from a Wichita Mountains Ontology,” a hybrid haunting by Seth Copeland

    One summer a man fell while rappelling in the Narrows//We could hear him moan up on a cliff/his … More

“The Over/Under: A Triptych,” fiction by Melissa Benton Barker

  1. The Solid and the Vapor I was sitting on the sofa in my yoga clothes when the phone … More

FURIES: THUS SPOKE, O’Brian Gunn’s first novel in a series, reviewed by Ann Davis-Rowe

Furies: Thus Spoke, by O’Brian Gunn. Denver, Colorado: Spaceboy Books, March 2019. 370 pages. $14.95, paper. 2019 brought no shortage … More