Title: Thursday’s Child Author: Joseph Wurtenbaugh Genre: Literary Fiction This is an epic story, seasoned with mystery and romance, of how Adele Elizabeth Jansen’s life transforms slowly but irrevocably after meeting author, poet, polymath, and unrecognized genius, Thomas Newcombe.
Title: The Woman in Green Author: Larry Lockridge Genre: Literary Fiction The Woman in Green is the final installment in Lockridge’s Enigma Quartet series. The four novels can be read independently, but there are connections, similarities, and related themes.
Title: The Beasts of Electra Drive Author: Rohan Quine Genre: Literary Fiction / Horror Aptly titled, The Beasts of Electra Drive tells the story of a video game designer’s revenge on the “Dreary Ones,” the corporate leaders at Bang Dead Games, the company where he worked until recently.
Title: The Dog in the Hollow Author: Will Lowrey Genre: Literary Fiction Clarence Crandall lives a solitary life of lonely contemplation in a small cabin buried in the depths of the forest. When he finds a gravely injured dog named Goose outside his door, the pair forge an instinctive bond.
Title: Common Sense & Other Tales of Disillusionment Author: AJ Saxsma Genre: Literary fiction Common Sense & Other Tales of Disillusionment by AJ Saxsma is a compelling collection of short stories that delves into the intricate nature of human life.
Title: Intimate Fractures: The Aftermath of a Rape Author: Wagih Abu-Rish Genre: Literary fiction In Intimate Fractures: The Aftermath of a Rape by Wagih Abu-Rish, Mustafa, a Palestinian student, has just started to adjust to his life at Duke University and is newly dating a spirited girl named Zeina.
Title: Growth and Change Are Highly Overrated Author: Tom Starita Genre: Literary Fiction / Humor / Satire This story is one of not-coming-of-age, the opposite of the classic Bildungsroman plot. Instead of Lucas James accepting responsibility, this is the irreverent, somewhat crass, and humorously self-absorbed story of a young man who won’t grow up, even when… Read More Growth and Change Are Highly Overrated – Editorial Review
Robert Earle’s admirable new collection of short stories ‘tells the stories of women everywhere from New Mexico to Melbourne. They are young and old. Their lives are the landscape of the heart.’ As described by the publisher, that is an ambitious undertaking for any writer – especially perhaps for a male writer – and… Read More She Receives the Night – Book Review
*Guest book review contributed by 125 Pages.* The Summer That Melted Everything: A Novel by Tiffany McDaniel Published by St. Martin’s Press on July 26, 2016 Genres: Family Life, Literary Pages: 320 Format: Kindle Source: Netgalley Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984: the year a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. The year he became friends with the devil.… Read More The Summer That Melted Everything – Book Review
–Guest post contributed by Jack Messenger- ‘The past does not exist, so it cannot hurt me.’ How many desperate people, I wonder, have muttered some such mantra under their breaths in the hope they can stop brooding about things dead and buried? The trouble is, of course, very few things are dead and buried.… Read More Gnarled Bones – Book Review
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