Bookshots: 'Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned…' edited by Conrad Williams
Review by Dean Fetzer
An anthology of stories about objects found in a dead letter office or misdirected mail — and what happens when the wrong person opens it.
Bookshots: 'Asking for It' by Louise O'Neill
Review by Cath Murphy
If you're a parent, I might advise you to buy this for your daughters, but actually it would do more good if I begged you to buy it for your sons.
Bookshots: 'The Dig' by John Preston
Review by Leah Dearborn
In the summer of 1939, widowed Edith Pretty decides to excavate the earthen mounds on her property at Sutton Hoo in the hope that they may contain treasure.
Bookshots: ‘Relief Map’ by Rosalie Knecht
Review by Freddie Moore
A look inside Rosalie Knecht‘s novel debut.
Bookshots: ‘The North Water’ by Ian McGuire
Review by Max Booth III
A look at Ian McGuire's chilling 'The North Water'.
Bookshots: 'Burning Down the House' by Jane Mendelsohn
Review by Cath Murphy
Brilliant writing and divinely bonkers plotting.
Bookshots: 'Hap and Leonard' by Joe R. Lansdale
Review by BH Shepherd
A concise review of "Hap and Leonard," a collection of short stories from Joe R. Lansdale.
Bookshots: 'The Remnants' by Robert Hill
Review by Stephanie Bonjack
A cast of characters representing the end of a once-vibrant isolated community live out their lives in yearning, discovery, and determination.
Bookshots: 'Margaret the First: A Novel' by Danielle Dutton
Review by Leah Dearborn
Margaret Cavendish lives within a series of contradictions. At first cripplingly shy, she rises to great infamy for her wild fashions and ideas.
Bookshots: 'Knockout' by John Jodzio
Review by Christopher Shultz
Entertaining, heartfelt short stories about morally-dubious people doing morally-dubious things.
Bookshots: 'Innocents and Others' by Diana Spiotta
Review by JS Breukelaar
'Innocents and Others' reads like a runaway train, where between arrival and departure, time and place unspool in a never-ending landscape of damage done.
Bookshots: 'The Folly of Loving Life' by Monica Drake
Review by Leah Rhyne March 8, 2016
In Monica Drake's collection, "The Folly of Loving Life," we watch a family's descent into madness...and their ultimate survival...which is weird, and sad, and hard, and amazing.
Bookshots: 'Perfectly Broken' by Robert Burke Warren
Review by Cath Murphy
An excellent character driven story about the aftermath of almost-fame and learning to be a decent parent.
Bookshots: 'Square Wave' by Mark de Silva
Review by Christopher Shultz
A not-so-dystopian dystopian debut novel with a literary bent.
Bookshots: 'Seeing Red' by Lina Meruane
Review by Leah Rhyne February 23, 2016
A look at a Spanish-language novel, translated into English, that celebrates the love of words and sight and all things beautiful.
Bookshots: ‘The Blood Strand’ by Chris Ould
Review by Dean Fetzer
A detective from England returns to the Faroe Islands after his father is found unconscious in his car. Looking for answers about his past, he gets involved in solving that riddle and a murder.
Bookshots: 'Lovecraft Country' by Matt Ruff
Review by BH Shepherd
A concise review of 'Lovecraft Country' by Matt Ruff.
Bookshots: 'Interior Darkness' by Peter Straub
Review by Christine J. Schmidt February 16, 2016
This short story collection will linger in your head long after you've put it down.
Bookshots: 'Cities I’ve Never Lived In' by Sara Majka
Review by Freddie Moore
A look inside Sara Majka’s debut story collection.
Bookshots: 'A Collapse of Horses' by Brian Evenson
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky February 11, 2016
A collection of horrifying literature and literary horror.
Bookshots: 'December Boys' by Joe Clifford
Review by Max Booth III
Jay Porter returns in Clifford's follow-up to 'Lamentation'.
Bookshots: 'The Final Programme: The Cornelius Quartet 1' by Michael Moorcock
Review by Leah Dearborn
A bit of camp, but worthwhile reading for science fiction fans who want to trace the progression of both the author and the genre he partially helped to form.
Bookshots: 'A Decent Ride' by Irvine Welsh
Review by Brandon Tietz
Irvine Welsh returns to Edinburgh, the home of "Trainspotting," with a new novel featuring one of his most iconic and beloved characters — 'Juice' Terry Lawson.
Bookshots: 'Why We Write About Ourselves' edited by Meredith Maran
Review by Freddie Moore
20 writers get personal about why they expose themselves and others for a good story.
Bookshots: 'The Cowboy Bible' by Carlos Velázquez
Review by Christine J. Schmidt
Velázquez's Mexico is portrayed as both terrifying and hilarious in this translation of his collection of short stories.
