Young’s novel in stories explores seemingly ordinary lives as they intersect with the truly extraordinary. The characters, haunted by trauma, scarred by heartbreak, are connected through their common afflictions–a bond, in the book, that transcends kindred, culture, even time. Is it true, then? Are we all connected?… read more
“I’m human and so I’m often grossed out by myself, by my thoughts and actions, and scared of what people will think. But I’ve also found—through trial and error—that the best place for me to get to in a story is that gruesome little ledge.”… read more
Olivares’ narratives theorize how we can exist and act in the world given how we conceptualize the uneasy state of our bodies… read more
This short story collection is inspired by the heady mix of sex, celebrity, and sinisterness inherent in the metropolitan cities of the 1980s… read more
Set in Oklahoma, the stories in this collection are sharp, precise, and surprising… read more
Brian Booker’s excellent collection of stories presents an ambiguous modern world where characters live shadow-lives of alienation… read more
John McManus’s new collection Fox Tooth Heart is a gripping, often tragic meditation on the vast distance between inner life and outer expectations… read more
At its best, Kirstin Valdez Quade’s new collection of stories, Night at the Fiestas, sidesteps cliché but keeps the grandeur of her setting by transposing it to her characters—people big as myth, opaque as Scripture… read more
Syms’ fallible crew may not be the wisest and self-knowing of creatures, but they’ve got endurance to spare…. read more
“Eccentric and precise, The Woman Who Borrowed Memories assembles twenty six stories from Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson…”… read more
