It’s September 11, 2001, and Zelda is in New York City with her best friend and business partner, Charlie, to pitch potential funders for their website, a virtual pawn shop. While having breakfast in a diner, they run into Zelda’s…
Chris Castellani’s latest novel, Last Seen, offers a virtuosic account of the intersecting lives of four missing young men and their loved ones across decades. Part murder mystery, part ode to lost youth, part love story, Last Seen delivers a…
One Way (Silent Clamor Press), by Hélène Hérault, translated by Liza Tripp, is a compelling, noirish novella built around a one-way correspondence between Béatrice and the husband she left. Used to being in control, he has no way to respond…
When Daphne Kalotay first heard actor-author Julia Whelan narrating an audiobook back in 2018, she instantly became a fan. As she listened to Julia’s other notable performances (Gone Girl, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and more), Daphne dreamed of Julia narrating one of…
Brothers Michael and Derek Haddad are trained in Greek and Latin studies. They know a thing or two about Homer’s Odyssey. Both enjoyed Christopher Nolan’s new film adaptation, the actors’ performances, and recommend seeing it, especially in IMAX. But is…
Crissa-Jean Chappell’s Never Leave Me Alone is a fast-paced YA thriller set along Florida’s Space Coast, where social media fame, economic struggle, and high-risk stunts collide. The novel follows Birdie (Riley-Jane), an urbex Instagram daredevil drawn into a deadly online…