SELECTED REVIEWS

To the Woman in the Pink Hat by LaToya Jordan

"This novella packs a powerful punch for something so succinct. It doesn't flinch from the dark places science will go if left unchecked, but there is also warm compassion and, above all, hope. To the Woman in the Pink Hat is a heavy and often confronting read with lovely sparkles of light scattered throughout, a wonderful addition to the shelf of anyone with an interest in social politics, race theory, or feminism."

– Joelene Pynnonen, Independent Book Review

I Will Find You Even in the Dark by Jessica Landry

"I've been following Jess Landry's work since she first came onto the scene, and she's one of those impossibly gifted writers who started at the top and then just kept getting better."

– Lisa Morton, multi-Bram Stoker Award-winning author

Azeman or, the Testament of Quincey Morris by Lisa Moore-Smith

"A fresh new take on one of the many enigmas of Dracula— just what is Quincey Morris's story?"

– Kim Newman

Red Skies in the Morning by Nadia Bulkin

"Red Skies in the Morning by Nadia Bulkin is ingenious, funny, infuriating, disturbing, scary, heartbreaking. It's a story that only she could write."

– Paul Tremblay, author of Horror Movie

The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

"The Nga'phandileh Whisperer is mythic and ancient, feverish and insistent, lyrical and atmospheric, eerie yet enchanting—an enticingly strange exploration of the power of sound by a poetic storyteller."

– Ai Jiang, Nebula and Bram Stoker and Hugo Award finalist of A Palace Near the Wind and Linghun

NOVIC by Eugen Bacon

"Novic is a beautifully disturbing gem."

– TKentWrites.com

The Attic Tragedy by J. Ashley Smith

"Ashley-Smith debuts with a gorgeous, melancholy coming-of-age novella about girlhood and ghosts. … This eerie, ethereal tale marks Ashley-Smith as a writer to watch."

– Publishers Weekly

Pomegranates by Priya Sharma

"Pomegranates reimagines the classic Greek myth of Demeter, Persephone and Hades, but it's much more than that. It's an expansion of the myth, which at the same time feels intimate, bringing the Gods to a level of a (very) dysfunctional family operating in a modern world firmly in the thrall of climate change...Priya Sharma does more in 101 pages than most writers can do in 500."

– Jamie Mollart for BSFA

The Bone Lantern by Angela Slatter

"This is a joy to read. Slatter's prose is as always rich, dark and can in a few sentences tell you a great deal about a character or situation. There may be facets of each story that sound familiar, but each here feels itself like a unique tale and yet manages the clever trick of sounding like it's always been a folk tale; even if the focus and messages actually have modern audiences in mind."

– Run Along the Shelves

A Voice Calling by Christopher Barzak

"Christopher Barzak is a master of subtle hauntings. I'm not sure how he managed to make this story both charming and very creepy, but I can still feel the chill up my spine."

– Theodora Goss, author of The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter

His Unburned Heart by David Sandner, edited by RJ Joseph

"Sandner presents a tender examination on the nature of grief as a literary icon speculates on her lover's demise and the strange effort to recover the last physical remnant of her dead poet. Compelling and very moving prose."

– Tim McGregor, author of Wasps in the Ice Cream and Eynhallow

Hollow Tongue by Eden Royce, edited by RJ Joseph

"…equal parts beautiful and grotesque, with prose so alive it practically leaps off the page. Hauntings both familial and societal are deftly interwoven in this stylish and atmospheric Southern Gothic that feels truly contemporary—and the mystery behind safe box 236 will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the story's terrifying and shocking conclusion."

– Catherine Yu, author of Direwood

Stay On the Line by Clay McLeod Chapman

"This book is a literary punch to the heart."

– New York Times

Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

"Morris (Elegies of Rotting Stars) quietly dazzles and disquiets in this weird horror novella...Poetic and grotesque imagery (a dead body is described as "a limp assembly of limbs, heavy with the absence of story") drives the novella's horror, with fluid narration fostering a sense of disconnect and dread."

– Publishers Weekly starred review