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Medicine Burns Adam Klein
Klein’s debut fiction collection brims with images of boys and men who just don’t fit in. They have acne; they are drag queens; they have club feet; they are social misfits; some even have AIDS. His variety… More
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The Dark Corners Robert J. Tilley
Robert J. Tilley’s THE DARK CORNERS collects 7 classic fantastic crime stories, including: “The Dark Corners,” “Fiends and Neighbors,” “The Devil and Mr. Wooler,”… More
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Sticky Kisses Greg Johnson
An unexpected phone call from her estranged brother, Thom, propels Abby Sandler from her staid life as a teacher in Philadelphia to Atlanta, where over the ensuing holiday season, as Thom’s chaotic, eclectic… More
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Separate Hours Jonathan Baumbach
An honest and elegant (if not slightly disturbing) imagining of the way truth becomes elusive in long-term relationships. Separate Hours is a love story about the betrayal of love.… More
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Quintet David Blum
Quintet presents compelling portraits of five artists known and loved by aficionados of classical music: the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the conductor Jeffrey Tate, the violinist Josef Gingold, the pianist Richard Goode, … More
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Singing on the Titanic Perry Glasser
A collection of short stories published in the Illinois Short Fiction Series… More
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Teacha! Gerry Albarelli
Gerry Albarelli’s TEACHA! STORIES FROM A YESHIVA chronicls a year in the life of a non-Jewish teacher and his students at a wild Hasidic yeshiva in Brooklyn.… More
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Love and Will Stephen Dixon
20 well-crafted tales. Highly charged, insistent, often expressing themselves in gritty urban vernacular, his narrators emerge as ironic, sensitive, self-deprecating losers and loners.… More
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Stealing the Fire Jane Ciabattari
This collection of stories by award-winning writer Jane Ciabattari introduces a strong, original voice with a wide-ranging understanding of human nature. In fierce lyrical language, she explores the aftershocks… More
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Meeting Rozzy Halfway Caroline Leavitt
An inspired story of growing up ordinary–and extraordinary–in the Boston suburbs. Meeting Rozzy Halfway follows a family falling apart at the seams when one daughter descends into madness and the second… More
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Rock and Rol Heaven Tom Boyle
A trio of uncollected stories from early in TC Boyle’s career, Rock and Roll Heaven shows all of the qualities that have people excited about Boyle from the beginning–great ideas, dazzling writing full… More
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Out West Fred Leebron
Taking a job as a night desk clerk at a seedy San Francisco hotel, ex-convict Benjamin West meets up with Amber, an L.A. fugitive on the run after torching her ex-boyfriend’s apartment, an encounter that leads … More
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Make Me Work Ralph Lombreglia
Short stories by the author of Men Under Water show thoughtful, conflicted protagonists pushing for balance in their personal relationships and finding hints of meaning in the acutely perceived oddities of contemporary… More
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Moonshine Susan Dexter
From losing his master’s chickens to burning down the mayor’s house, young wizard-to-be Tristan’s adventures always seem to go wrong… until a talking cat named Thomas adopts him! Together,… More
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The Gods Hate Kansas Joseph J. Millard
The invasion began with meteor strikes in Kansas. When the investigating team disappears, it signals the start of an alien invasion of Earth. At first, a number of humans are enslaved and forced to build a rocket aimed… More
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Homicidal Holidays Donna Andrews et al.
The sixth volume in the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Macavity award-winning “Chesapeake Crimes” series includes stories by: Barb Goffman, Rosemary and Larry Mild, E. B. Davis, Shaun Taylor Bevins,… More