Shelley Jackson’s new novel is a postmodern puzzle-box that staggers and unsettles. Welcome to the world of Sybil Joines’ Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children.
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“Vanishing Twins” Dances Through A Non-Linear Storyline
Leah Dieterich’s writing is precisely executed and peppered with gorgeous prose, utilizing ballet metaphors to tell a personal and astonishing story. At times academic, the Soft Skull release is nonetheless captivating.
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Love, Life, and Letters: White-Knuckled Noir in “How To Set Yourself On Fire”
Able to fit 56 chapters into a meer 306 pages, Julia Dixon Evans still finds a way to foreshadow, develop complex character development, and still surprise readers in the end.
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“Animals Eat Each Other” Finds Sympathy in Shitty People
Elle Nash’s characters in her new book are neither good or bad, just twisted in a volatile threeway filled with obsession, manipulation and the ruins of love and sexuality.
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