Jesus Is Delicious by Monica J. Casper FollowFollowFollow I was small when my mom and my sister, and I left a drafty old house in coal country for Chicago. We had tickets to Bozo’s Circus, which we’d only ever seen on TV. My dad had let us make the six-hour journey...
Lipstick by Norma Schafer FollowFollowFollow The tube is gold and metallic blue, scratched, tarnished, and well-worn. The removeable gold top has ridges with the raised edges now silvery, signs of its aging. I can still faintly read Estee Lauder stamped on the...
Dinner for Two Lovely People by Tracy Harris FollowFollowFollow You can tell when a binge is about to happen. Just as the sky darkens and the air grows thick with moisture before a thunderstorm, a binge starts with warning signs. Unlike a thunderstorm, however, a...
Glimpses by Anne E. Beall FollowFollowFollow A few months ago, I looked up and realized you were walking along the sidewalk in front of me. You walked as if you weren’t sure of yourself—not convinced you had a solid place on this earth. Your backpack had...
Contrapasso by Alexandra Fössinger FollowFollowFollow Contrapasso (poetry)by Alexandra Fössinger 2022 by Cephalopress Ltd13$USD/paperback plus shipping from Amazon978-1-8382206-2-4 Book Review by Anna Cavouras Italian poetess Alexandra Fössinger brings her perceptive...
But She is Also Jane by Laura Read FollowFollowFollow But She is Also Janeby Laura Read University of Massachusetts PressApril 28, 2023$16.959781625347145 Book Review by Abby N. Lewis Laura Read explores the microaggressions of sexism and the ripples caused by a...
To Rule the Desert by Monica Robinson FollowFollowFollow To Rule the Desertby Monica Robinson 2023 Published Independently$16ISBN: 9798362019624 Book Review by Violet James McMaster (she/they) I met Monica Robinson (@corvus.et.liber) through one of my favorite...
Book Development Webinar FollowFollowFollow We will be hosting a book development information webinar on Monday, June 5, at 7:30pm EST. Learn how you can move your work-in-the process to a published book. Our executive editor, Kim Brown will discuss how our editors...
An Echo in the Forest by Jennifer Dodge FollowFollowFollow It was a spur-of-the-moment camping trip. Normally, you plan your outdoor adventures well in advance. You want to gaze up at the stars and not hear the whoosh of a toilet flush nearby. Of course, there are...
Sex and Death by Leslie Tucker FollowFollowFollow I think about sex a lot lately and it’s because there’s so much death occurring all around me. I’m viscerally preoccupied with both, the death and the sex and I’m not certain if my morbid thoughts help me escape my...
