Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay I appreciate a finely crafted short story and the eleven stories in this collection easily meet that criteria. For a debut collection, Emily Doyle displays…
Category: Fiction
Harper Perennial’s 2026 Olive Editions
Harper Perennial Review by David Starkey Olive Editions is an annual series of small-format publications of eight of top science fiction and fantasy titles on Harper Perennial’s list. For mass…
Born Lucky by Sarah McElwain
Rain Mountain Review by Walter Cummins A question hovering over Sarah McElwain’s entire novel from the very first sentence is whether the unlikely named Evening K. Titlebaum will be granted…
Wither by Dan Warner
Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay Wither is likely to cause nightmares for readers who view AI with suspicion or fear. The CEO of Regression is an arrogant Elon Musk-like character…
Wounded Boarders: Stories by George Singleton
Dzanc Review by David Starkey I knew George Singleton for a couple of years back in the early nineties. We were both untenured instructors at a small state university in…
Heather by Caitlin Mullen
Celadon Review by Walter Cummins Caitlin Mullen’s Please See Us received the Edgar first novel award in 2021. Whether Heather will follow with similar affirmation from mystery judges is still…
The Kindness of Strangers by Emma Garman
Summit Review by Walter Cummins I was more than half way through The Kindness of Strangers before I realized Emma Garman’s real subject in this novel, the uncertainty of identity.…
Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive: Stories by Alison Gadsby
Guernica Review by Brian Tanguay Competitive or recreational swimming is a tableau for most of the nineteen stories in this collection, along with family conflict, failed love and humanoids with…
Python’s Kiss: Stories by Louise Erdrich
Harper Review by David Starkey Louise Erdrich occupies one of those rare and coveted positions among contemporary authors: like Ann Patchett, Colson Whitehead, Jonathan Franzen, the late Hilary Mantel, and…
Land by Maggie O’Farrell
Knopf Review by David Starkey When I finished reading Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel Land, I thought of an Aboriginal Australian proverb that roughly translates as “Land is the story of…