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Ghost :: Seeds incorporates elements of magical realism and myth to explore and trouble conceptions …

In Jewel Box: Stories, the strange, the sublime, and the monstrous confront one another with …

In Julie Benesh’s About Time, a memoir in poems, there is well-disguised tension. Julie Benesh’s …

Is Sophie’s Choice a true story? Styron based his novel on his memory of a …

Ship Fever: Stories, by Andrea Barrett One of my favorite National Book Awards selections in …

These Charming People, stories by Michael Arlen In the period just after World War One, …

Now in paperback. In Natural History: Stories, Andrea Barrett completes the beautiful arc of intertwined …

“…and my edges began to dissolve into the rising dark” The Ledger of Mistakes In …

The Alcove Chapbook Series Prize released its first chapbooks from WTAW Press The Rise Of …

Why remember the dead? About The Ledger of Mistakes “Why remember the dead?” poet Kathy …

About Small Pieces Small Pieces is a collaboration between novelist Micheline Aharonian Marcom and writer …

For this week’s Litstack Rec, we’re revisiting And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, …

Soon to span the U.S. from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, the romance-only bookstore, The Ripped …

For this LitStack Rec, we are celebrating Short Story Month by singing the praises of …

An elevated beachside read in the Outer Banks Bookshop Mysteries series. Murder on Mustang Beach …

For this LitStack Rec, we’re revisiting James Tate Hill’s engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man’s …

A Story Deepened by a Poetic Sensibility Ocean Vuong’s 2019 novel, On Earth We’re Briefly …

LinesmanS. K. Dunstall*Ace BooksRelease Date:  June 30, 2015ISBN 978-0-425-27952-6 The Best Books are Timeless. Is …

For #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three memoirs that portray a range of women’s lives, from mid-century …

Happy International Women’s Day! We’re so proud to celebrate this month and this day with …

Three Great Short Story Collections for Women’s History Month For #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three classic …

LITSTACK’S FEATURED AUTHOR REVIEW The GiverLois LowryPublished in 1993 from Bantam Books This post has …

This month, we’re taking some time to celebrate women; the female characters in our favorite …

The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love …

The sensibility of this singular actor may have its push and pull, but among the …

That Hideous Hat Does a Lot of Work in the Story Flannery O’Connor’s short story, …

In their latest writing contest, Dictionary.com spotlights some haunting prose We love Dictionary.com for the …

From dressing up for Halloween, to donning appropriate period attire for the local Renaissance Festival, …

Wesley Chu is a master at taking what in other hands would be complex, convoluted …

Welcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This …

For lovers of the fairy-tale tradition, from Mental Floss, a collection of fairy tales beyond …

my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby’s, my name on his tongue, …

Edges Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press LLC Release Date:  April 2, 2019 Space is unimaginably …

Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator …

Mecha Samurai Empire Peter TieryasAce/Penguin Random HouseRelease Date: September 18, 2018 (USA)ISBN 9780451490995 Mac is a …

Earn It! by Cinders McLeod (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017) Teaching children financial literacy—knowing how money …

The City of Lost Fortunes A Crescent City novel Bryan Camp Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release …

The ‘Burg Series Kristen Ashley Titles: For You, At Peace, Golden Trail, Games of the Heart,   The Promise Hold …

The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro Alfred A. Knopf Release Date:  March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-27103-7 …

Raven Stratagem (Machineries of Empire, Book 2) Yoon Ha Lee Solaris Release Date:  June 13, …

The City & the CityChina MiévilleDel ReyRelease Date:  May 26, 2009ISBN 978-0-345-49751-2 I enjoy exploring …

Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, and likely it’s …

Roar (Stormheart #1)Cora CarmackTor TeenISBN-10: 0765386313 In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power …

The Standard GrandJay Baron NicorvoSt. Martin’s PressRelease Date:  April 24, 2017ISBN 978-1-25010-894-4 It’s rare when …

The Last Good Man Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press Release Date:  June 20, 2017 Oh …

Borne Jeff VanderMeer Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date:  April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-3741-1524-1 Jeff …

A Conjuring of Light Shades of Magic, Book 3 V. E. Schwab Tor Books Release …

Skullsworn (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series) Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: April 25, …

Yvain: The Knight of the Lion M. T. Anderson Illustrations by Andrea Offermann Candlewick Press …

Brother’s RuinIndustrial Magic, Book #1Emma NewmanTor.comRelease Date:  March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9396-8 It’s probably not politically …