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Old Mother, Little Cat Merrill Gerber
Old Mother, Little Cat is a highly readable memoir of Gerber’s mother’s decline in health and how their relationship grew during this time, blended in with Gerber’s finding a kitten and her developing… 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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Pagan Babies Greg Johnson
From the fleeting optimism of Kennedy’s Camelot to the fearsome specter of the age of AIDS, this impressive, powerfully written debut novel follows the lives of two young people and their stormy relationship… More
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Ryan Seacrest is Famous Dave Housley
Mysterious, tender and sometimes frightening, these stories are fueled by the conviction that what moves us most in our lives are our deepest secrets, and that our most intense adventures in life are the ones we create… More
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Secret Lives Catherine Browder
Browder’s second collection is characterized by the wide range of narrative voices she brings forth–a bilingual Hispanic social worker, an immigrant Russian Jewish chemical engineer, a young Japanese… More
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Seeing Eye Michael Martone
A collection of short stories, most of them set in Indiana, focuses on the meddling of fact and fiction and includes a dozen satiric – but also sympathetic – tales written in the persona of Indiana’s… More
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Six Figures Fred Leebron
A disturbing novel of domestic unease, part thriller and part psychological drama, from a young American writer of exceptional talent… More
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Slipstream Rachel Manley
Slipstream is a shining portrait of one man’s – prime minister Michael Manley – enormous heart and undying spirit, and a testament to the ways in which courage and love can inspire us all to soar.… More
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Some Girls Kristin McCloy
Claire moves from New Mexico to New York City hoping to find independence and some direction for her life. It’s not until she meets her next door neighbor, the dazzling Jade, and begins to follow Jade’s lifestyle… 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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Suspects Thomas Berger
In Suspects, Thomas Berger invites us into the most American of towns: a manicured hamlet that’s not quite as safe as it once was but that is still inhabited by good, hard workers, friendly neighbors, and, of course,… More
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Monkeybicycle Issue 9 Steven Seighman
Issue 9 of this literary journal featuring both short stories and poetry… More
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Secret Lives Catherine Browder
Browder’s second collection is characterized by the wide range of narrative voices she brings forth–a bilingual Hispanic social worker, an immigrant Russian Jewish chemical engineer, a young Japanese… 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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Singing on the Titanic Perry Glasser
A collection of short stories published in the Illinois Short Fiction Series… More
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Still Pitching Michael Steinberg
Still Pitching is the coming-of-age story of growing up in New York in the ’50s revolving around Steinberg’s passion for baseball.… More
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Suder Percival Everett
Suder, Percival Everett’s acclaimed first novel, follows the exploits and ordeals of Craig Suder, a struggling black third baseman for the Seattle Mariners. In the midst of a humiliating career slump and difficulties… More
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Gonji: A Hungering of Wolves T. C. Rypel
GONJI, the demon-stalked warrior with the soul of his samurai forebears and the heart of his Viking mother, surges on through legend-haunted medieval Europe, seeking the key to his mysterious destiny…
His infamy—and… More
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The Arthur Leo Zagat Science Fiction Megapack Arthur Leo Zagat
Arthur Leo Zagat was one of the most versatile pulp writers in the 1930s-1950s, the author of more than 500 short stories in many different genres. His work appeared in most of the top science fiction, mystery, and adventures… More
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The Fred M. White Disaster Megapack Fred M. White
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) was a pioneer in many fields — the spy story, the detective story, and most especially the epic disaster story. His “Doom of London” series (1903), consisting… More
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Death Never Lies David Grace
The federal bureaucrat charged with stopping the importation of dangerous materials vanishes only days before approving a new list of prohibited substances. Homicide detective turned Homeland Security Agent Greg… More
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Then Beggars Could Ride Ray Faraday Nelson
For most of his life, Newton McClintok had lived in the Americal flapper era. He might have been an ancient Roman or a Victorian Englishman. He could have lived his life in any time or place he chose — or at least, an… More
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Dog-Headed Death Ray Faraday Nelson
Meet Centurion Gaius Hesperian; a reflective and compassionate member of Emperor Nero’s palace guard with a knack for detective work. (He’s considered rather odd by his fellow officers because he doesn’t torture … More
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The Space Patrol Megapack Eando Binder
Starting with the February, 1946 issue, every issue of Captain Marvel Adventures included a 2-page short story by “Eando Binder” (Otto O. Binder). All featured Lt. Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. These juvenile… More