Gaijin, by Jordan Okumura There is no one way to process grief. We’ve all heard of Kubler-Ross’ five stages, but the process is as personal and unique as the people dealing with it. There…
Love, or The Witches of Windward Circle by Carlos Allende It is difficult to fault someone for seeing the world as an absurd, capricious place. Many of us are brought up under or around strict…
The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert by Rios De La Luz review by Sara Khayat The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert (102 pages) , Rios de la Luz’s debut collection of stories, is…
The Women, by Ashley Farmer Ashley Farmer’s The Women (Civil Coping Mechanisms 2016) is many things: the result of unpacking and repacking research, a careful methodical exposure of the subjugation of women, a call…
The Sky Isn’t Blue, by Janice Lee Bear with me for a moment. Have you ever been in group therapy? Group therapy has a stigma, partially deserved and largely undeserved, for being this boring,…
Crepuscule w/ Nellie, by Joe Milazzo Have you ever approached a task that you were unsure you could complete? Not because of time, but because of tools? When I was presented with Crepuscule w/…
The Strangest by Michael J. Seidlinger The Strangest is a clever 21st century reimagining of the existentialist classic, The Stranger by Albert Camus. Michael J. Seidlinger (most recently the author of The Face of Any…
“Digby’s Hollywood Story”, by Thomas Fuchs In an age of literature written for television and movies, an age of sequels and reboots, and an age of selfies, one wonders at the cultural relevance of…