Stirring the Sheets
Review Stirring the Sheets was shockingly good, and more tenderhearted than I could have expected. The novella follows Emmett, an aging mortician grieving the loss of his wife of 49…
Dear Laura
Review Dear Laura is an emotionally harsh novella about grief and trauma. The story follows a young girl who witnesses the abduction of her best friend and first love, an…
Hardboiled & Hard Luck
Review Hardboiled & Hard Luck is a collection of two novellas that share a theme of grief and loss. Both stories read like a gentle goodbye as each narrator explores…
Our Wives Under the Sea
Review Our Wives Under the Sea is a grotesquely beautiful literary horror novel. This book didn't contain the blood and gore of so much of the horror genre, but instead…
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes
Review I've struggled to gather my thoughts on this book, because I am quite a big fan of Eric LaRocca, he's easily one of the best emerging authors writing horror…
We Can Never Leave This Place
Review We Can Never Leave This Place is a phantasmagorical masterpiece, a surreal nightmare about an imaginative girl trapped in lockdown at home with her mother. The world is in…
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Review And Every Morning is a poignant little novella about an aging man and his grandson. Noah's grandfather is aware that he has Alzheimer's, and he recounts his memories to…
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir
Review I think one of my favorite things is stumbling into a graphic novel and finding a gem. This unassuming little graphic novel made me cry, but it also made…
Another Brooklyn
Review I first encountered Jacqueline Woodson through her bite-sized memoir, Before Her, earlier this year and I was so in love with her prose that I knew I needed to…
Klara and the Sun
Review Klara and the Sun is a quiet little novel about an AI and the girl that brings her home. Klara is an AF, an artificial friend, programmed to serve…