Saint Monkey by Jacinda Townsend
I scrawled a note in the front cover of Saint Monkey: “Makes me feel like my love is precarious.” That doesn’t sound so good, except that it perfectly encapsulates the author’s abilities. Jacinda Townsend...
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
London, 1884. Nathaniel Steepleton ekes a meager living as a governmental employee, a telegraphist at the Home Office. His days tick off routinely one after the other until the mysterious arrival of a golden...
Trash Market by Tadao Tsuge
Trash Market reads like a sudden spotlight in a dark basement: Tadao Tsuge’s lurching manga stories illuminate the dregs of post-war Japan with characters haunted by their inability to adapt socially and financially to...
Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto
Set in the isolated, fictional village of Kulumani in Mozambique, The Confession of the Lioness explores the conflict between the encroaching modern world and the traditional world embraced by the villagers. Interwoven stories by...
Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu’s Time Salvager is a rapid-fire thriller set in a dystopic future defined by rust, decay, and absolute corporate hegemony. It’s the 26th century, and mankind has finally done it. We’ve finally rendered...
Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America
All you need to know is the names of the writers in order to realize that Manhattan Mayhem will be one of your favorite collections of mystery short stories. Mary Higgins Clark, the doyenne...
Beautiful Mutants and Swallowing Geography by Deborah Levy
An introduction by Lauren Elkin tries to bring clarity and order to these two novels, the first of Deborah Levy’s published novels. The primary theme that resonates throughout all of Levy’s work — not...
Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen
If for some reason you find yourself on Bing, and you Bing Joshua Cohen, you’ll see three different people with the same name: a writer, a philosopher, and a Los Angeles OB/GYN. These may...
Coup de Foudre by Ken Kalfus
Odd, weird, satirical, funny, and compassionate are just a few of the words that describe the 15 short stories and one short novella with which Ken Kalfus has blessed his readers in Coup de...
