From the author of Breathless in Bombay and Third Eye Rising comes an intensely engaging novel about life, family, friendship, … More
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“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
Haunted Passages: An Excerpt from ANGEL HOUSE, a coming-of-age horror novel by David Leo Rice
After crossing a vast inland sea in an ark called ANGEL HOUSE, Professor Squimbop docks on a distant shore. As … More
A Hawk in the Woods, a supernatural road novel by Carrie Laben (An Excerpt)
When newscaster Abby Waite is diagnosed with a potentially terminal illness, she decides to do the logical thing… break her … More
A Haunted Passages Excerpt from A Spectral Hue, a horror novel by Craig Laurance Gidney
For generations, the marsh-surrounded town of Shimmer, Maryland has played host to a loose movement of African-American artists, all working … More
An Excerpt from the Novel THE COLOR INSIDE A MELON by John Domini
Risto—Aristofano Al’Kair—is a rarity in contemporary Italy, an immigrant success story out of Africa. Born in Mogadishu, he’s earned … More
“How Hazel Tried to Kill the One Good Thing,” an excerpt from the novel HAZEL by David Huddle
Hazel never completely moved into Forrest’s apartment. She kept paying her rent in graduate housing, but she left more … More
“Encampeth,” a novel excerpt for Haunted Passages by Pam Jones
Encampeth Once, when ET was a kid, a stranger came into the house. It was not a break-in; how could … More
Excerpt: My Shadow Book by Maawaam (Edited by Jordan A. Rothacker)
Editor’s Preface: In the summer of 2011 I discovered Maawaam’s being in a box. The form his being took in … More