Novels about war, like novels about all-boys schools, are usually as much about male bonding as they are about war or growing up. In this regard, Tatamkhulu Afrika’s Bitter Eden, which is set in a series of WWII POW camps, fits the mold. Read More
In less than five pages of Lake Thirteen (Soliloquy), Greg Herren yanks you into a tale of fear and love....
In Jean Roberta’s collection of eleven historical erotic short stories, The Princess and the Outlaw (Lethe Press), readers will encounter...
As lgbt superhero teams proliferate, it only makes sense to showcase lgbt villains too; this fun compilation of stories sets...
Many of the characters in The Days of Anna Madrigal may be from the past, but they fully inhabit a contemporary world. Maupin’s Tales of the City novels are nothing if not a reflection of the times in which they were written, and Anna Madrigal is no exception. Read More
The Laboratory of Love, Patrick Roscoe’s first collection of fiction in over a decade, offers a series of stories that...
To those lucky saps who find themselves in possession of The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy (Liveright Publishing): be...
Palmerino is definitely a novel of allure: the seductions of history, literature, and especially biography are at its core. Read More
John Stewart Wynne’s The Red Shoes, set in contemporary New York City, is a beautifully dark queer re-visioning of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale of the same title. Read More
Lamb often leaves his characters on a limb right before changing perspectives, and so we want to read further because of the most basic--and essential--reasons: we need to know what happens next. Read More
