Many of the elegant stories in Joann Smith’s debut collection turn on moments of sudden insight. In “Phlebotomist’s Day” a … More
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“What’s Missing?”: Benjamin Kinney on the Quest for Identity in Shawn Rubenfeld’s THE EGGPLANT CURSE AND THE WARP ZONE
Joshua Schulman is a modern-day Pac-Man: powering his way through a path he cannot predict, all while being haunted by … More
GOLDEN GATE JUMPER SURVIORS SOCIETY, a 7.13 Books fiction collection by Ross Wilcox, reviewed by Rachel Rueckert
Ross Wilcox’s recent collection of stories, Golden Gate Jumper Survivors Society, presents some of the most delightfully strange fiction I’ve … More
PORTRAIT OF SEBASTIAN KHAN, a 7.13 Books debut novel by Aatif Rashid, reviewed by Mahnoor Khan
Portrait of Sebastian Khan is a coming-of-age novel of great intrigue by Aatif Rashid. Sebastian, a mixed ethnicity Muslim, is … More
Melissa Duclos’s Debut Novel BESOTTED, reviewed by Genevieve Shuster
Melissa Duclos’s Besotted tells the simultaneously building and unraveling love story of two queer women expats in Shanghai, Sasha and … More
NOT EVERYONE IS SPECIAL, Josh Denslow’s debut fiction collection, reviewed by Michael A. Ferro
If there’s one resounding message to be found in Josh Denslow’s debut collection of stories, Not Everyone Is Special, it’s … More
LIKE A CHAMPION, stories by Vincent Chu, reviewed by Rebekah Daniel
Like a Champion, by Vincent Chu, is a collection of short stories that could be written about your next-door neighbor. … More
THE GLAMSHACK by Paul Cohen
I fear the praise I want to give Paul Cohen’s debut novel The Glamshack might end up hurting its sales. To say The Glamshack is unlike … More