Time Presents Itself: A Review of Bennett Sims’ Other Minds and Other Stories

Mallory SmartNovember 2, 2023

Bennett Sims, celebrated for his acclaimed works like "White Dialogues," skillfully crafts a captivating tapestry of surreal and absurdist narratives that will ...

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Unveiling the Supernatural: Nora Fussner’s ‘The Invisible World’ Conjures Eerie Excellence

Mallory SmartSeptember 23, 2023

Nora Fussner's debut novel, "The Invisible World," offers a captivating and atmospheric narrative reminiscent of the eerie charm found i...

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We Are Like The Dreamer: A Review of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Mallory SmartSeptember 10, 2023

Though we rarely speak of it today, humanity has always existed in a captivating world of superstitions full of myths of summoning shadows, broken mirrors, and ...

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Caught in Eternity: A Review of Izuki Suzumi’s Hit Parade of Tears

Ben DreithAugust 14, 2023

The 1970s and ‘80s in Japan were a time of profound change. The nation, after the war, had built itself up in the international eyes as an example of a high-t...

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Going Beyond The Curtain’s Illusion: a Review of Cardboard Clouds by Benjamin Niespodziany

Mallory SmartAugust 3, 2023

Prepare to embark on a surrealist odyssey of theatrical absurdity with Benjamin Niespodziany's remarkable collection of one-act plays, Cardboard Clouds, from X-...

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DR. D.T.R.’S BIRDS AREN’T REAL CURED MY PARAFEARMONIA: A TESTIMONIAL

Chase GriffinFebruary 21, 2023

"What the cluck? How can a book be medical? I don't know and I'm not going to ask any questions because D.T. Robbins scares me. In a good way! I wish to express...

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Random Occurrences

Mallory SmartJanuary 21, 2023

A Review of Jaded by Wilson Koewing   Think nothing of mind or spirit whilst reading Jaded. It is neither the time or place to do so. Instead, focus on...

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I Am Disappeared

Mallory SmartJanuary 20, 2023

A Review of The Craigslist Incident by Jason Fisk   “Women Seeking Men: I’m an 18-year-old female and I want to take a hit out on myself.” This is the ...

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Any Wish Fulfilled for the Right Price

Mallory SmartJanuary 17, 2023

A Review of Immoral Origins: A Suspense Thriller by Lee Matthew Goldberg   Welcome to a land full of gangsters, murderers, petty thieves, and mysterious ...

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The Reviewer: A Review of “The Novelist”

Teddy Duncan Jr.November 20, 2022

I clicked the power button on my laptop five times, holding it down for varying lengths, and determined that my laptop was, indeed, dead. I considered how much ...

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When I Was a Muse For Sin

Nicholas BoniNovember 20, 2022

A Review of Life of the Party by Tea Hacic-Vlahovic   Content Warning: This article contains references to body dysmorphia and eating disorders. &nb...

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Two Tongues: A Review of Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada

Nicholas BoniJuly 1, 2022

Language is a trident. Its three prongs are culture, community, and imperium. In Yoko Tawada’s brilliant novel Scattered All Over the Earth, translated from the...

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That Main Character Moment: a review of Bad Thoughts by Nada Alic

Mallory SmartJune 26, 2022

We all have bad thoughts sometimes and Nada Alic somehow manages to fit as many deviant thoughts she can think of in this enchanting debut collection of stories...

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A Review of The Distortions by Christopher Linforth

Alana M. KelleyJune 9, 2022

In The Distortions, Christopher Linforth explores the mundanities of life that continue to exist after war, where generational grief continues to linger. In the...

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A Perpetual Almost: A Review Of Ex-Members by Tobias Carroll

Dmitry SamarovMay 9, 2022

Set in a small and haunted New Jersey town, Tobias Carroll’s fourth book (and second novel) is a patchwork portrait that illuminates as much by what it leaves i...

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Not Tonight: A Review of Kelly McClure’s Something Is Always Happening Somewhere

Alana M. KelleyMarch 12, 2022

Kelly McClure doesn’t do subtle very well and with her newest novel, Something Is Always Happening Somewhere, she has no intention to. The blows throughout this...

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There’s Something Beautiful Here: A Review of C.E. Hoffman’s Sluts and Whores

Alana M. KelleyMarch 4, 2022

As Sex and the City meets an episode of Black Mirror, we follow a myriad of eerie narratives throughout C.E. Hoffman’s text Sluts and Whores. Though seemingly o...

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A Review of Trish McDonald’s Paper Bags by Alana M. Kelley

Alana M. KelleyFebruary 22, 2022

Trish McDonald’s Paper Bags is aptly titled. The text gradually unpacks the effects of deep-rooted wounds, measured suffering collected through complacency and ...

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Reliable Forms of Thirst: A Review of Paul Cunnigham’s FALL GARMENT

Ben DreithFebruary 22, 2022

How many metaphors are made between writing and the creation of clothing?  Social fabric, spinning a yarn, the weave of the text, stitching poetics—they seem as...

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The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Mallory SmartDecember 6, 2021

I don’t know what happened in 2021 because I’m still trying to process 2020.  Yet here we are at the end of it getting ready to welcome 2022 in hopes that thing...

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A Review of The Persistence of Instability by Patrick Trotti

Alana M. KelleyNovember 30, 2021

Patrick Trotti’s The Persistence of Instability addresses addiction in all manifestations. Both substance abuse and abuse of the self are consistently present t...

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Don’t Panic: A Review of “Everything Is Totally Fine” by Zac Smith

Mallory SmartNovember 29, 2021

You can write a long book full of witty metaphors. You can rip off dead writers that graduate students write massive essays about. You can use a nature trope or...

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A Review of Grace Agnew’s Sanctuary

Alana M. KelleyOctober 22, 2021

Grace Agnew’s debut dystopian novel analyzes a concept at the very core of modern life, highlighting the results of a neglected climate crisis. In the post-Anth...

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STANDING UNDER THE TREE: A REVIEW OF LEAVE SOCIETY BY TAO LIN

Keegan SwensonOctober 22, 2021

There are two ways to approach reviewing this novel. The first would be a look at the term autofiction, trying to address the failures in Lin’s work as well as ...

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Nothing In Life Matters: a review of This Is What Happens When You Leave Me Alone by D.T. Robbins

Mallory SmartSeptember 7, 2021

I’m getting beat up over here trying to decide if everything is lame and pointless or if that's just a condition of my being a millennial. And if something is p...

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To Remove Devastation From Our Minds: A Review of Emory Easton’s Mother Can You Hear Me Now?

Alana M. KelleyAugust 28, 2021

Emory Easton’s Mother Can You Hear Me Now? is a chronological celebration of life. Bittersweet and tender moments, unfathomable love, and traumatic loss; Easton...

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Night Cruising: A Review of Whimsy by Shannon McLeod

Nicholas BoniAugust 21, 2021

Whimsical—anything but. Whimsy Quinn, the ironically named anxiety-hero of Shannon McLeod’s 2021 novella Whimsy, is a middle-school English teacher and a wom...

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Real and Raw and Mutual: A Review of Emilly Prado’s Funeral for Flaca

Alana M. KelleyJuly 31, 2021

Bittersweet and erupting, Funeral for Flaca is a nostalgic memoir must-read for the aging millennial; A nodding anthem for everyone who grew up in the early 200...

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Each Analytic Entitled Pestilential Essayist Choke: a Review of Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos, edited by Justin Isis

Ben DreithJuly 17, 2021

“The wasteland of the 20th century is nothing less than a reliquary. Those that came before us have left in their wake an empire of exquisite jewels.”       ...

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THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES A BODY BEARABLE IS THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF IT: A REVIEW OF A DOOR BEHIND A DOOR BY YELENA MOSHOVICH

Keegan SwensonJune 26, 2021

“Below, a current azure bright / Above, a golden ray of sun… / Rebellious, it seeks out a storm / As if in storms it could find peace!” Sail by Mikhail Lermont...

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