The Widows, Jess Montgomery, Minotaur Books – Every writer knows that idea that won’t leave you alone, that book that begs to be written.
Ellen Birkett Morris
Ellen Birkett Morris is an award-winning, multi-genre writer based in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is the author of LOST GIRLS, a short story collection, which Kirkus Reviews called "A varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form."
Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, Fiction Southeast, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Upstreet, among other journals. https://ellenbirkettmorris.ink/index.html
The Collector’s Apprentice by B A Shapiro
The Collectors Apprentice, B A Shapiro, Algonquin Books – Art, history, romance, murder, and a cast of characters that includes Henri Matisse, Gertrude Stein, and Picasso propel B.A. Shapiro’s latest novel, The Collector’s Apprentice.
Sally Koslow’s Another Side of Paradise: The Fitzgerald-Graham Romance
Another Side of Paradise, Sally Koslow, Harper Collins – Already an experienced writer, having worked as a journalist and editor-in-chief of McCall’s Magazine, Sally Koslow found herself out of a job.
The Mutual UFO Network by Lee Martin Looks at Relationship Complexities
The Mutual UFO Society, Lee Martin, Dzanc Books – In Lee Martin’s latest short story collection, The Mutual UFO Network, he explores delicate moments of connection and alienation between strangers, neighbors, parents and children and strangers.
Novelist, Short Story Writer Nick White on Form, Place and Character
Sweet and Low, Nick White, Blue Rider Press – Writer Nick White bring his southern sensibility and experience as a gay man to bear on his telling stories that will stay with readers long after they close the covers of his books.
Debut Novelist Gale Massey Offers Portrait of Perseverance
The Girl from Blind River, Gale Massey – Gale Massey’s debut novel, The Girl From Blind River, is a coming of age story that revolves around illegal gambling and small-town corruption in rural New York.
Lee Martin’s The Mutual UFO Network Focuses on Rich Characters
The Mutual UFO Network, Lee Martin, Simon & Schuster – In his latest short story collection, The Mutual UFO Network, Lee Martin focuses his lens on seemingly regular people in small towns and peels away the layers until we see even the most difficult characters in their full humanity.
Awayland Creates a Geography of the Imagination
Awayland, Ramona Ausubel, Random House – A mother fades into the mist, a lonely Cyclops tries online dating, a young boy looking for direction takes a job in Turkey and ends up comforting a grieving widow, mummified animals robbed from Egyptian pyramids offer their “thanks.”
Christmas in July Embraces Formal Challenges
Christmas in July, Alan Michael Parker, Dzanc books – In his latest novel, Alan Michael Parker tells the story of the Christmas Danzig, a thirteen-year-old with terminal cancer
Write for the Pleasure of It Advises Coster
Halsey Street, Naima Coster, Amazon – Naima Coster’s debut novel HALSEY STREET is a story of estrangement and reconciliation that follows the effects of gentrification on the life of a family and the Brooklyn neighborhood where they reside.
