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Gracefully braiding together macrohistory, family history, and personal narrative, Adriana E. Ramírez traces these parallel stories of upheaval in a sweeping portrait of a country and family in flux.

“A novel in twenty-six alphabetical chapters set in the dark side of early twentieth-century Vienna”– Provided by publisher.A novel in twenty-six alphabetical chapters set in the dark side of early twentieth-century Vienna

A vibrant debut story collection-poignant, unflinching, and immersive-masterfully moving between sharp wit and profound tenderness, Guatemalan Rhapsody offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of an ever-changing country, the people who claim it as home, and those who no longer do.

A story of redemption, City of Clans captures the resiliency of the human spirit and explores hidden truths of masculinity, sexuality, and self against the gritty, glimmering backdrop of post-2008 Pittsburgh.

Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sara Tantlinger explores the poignant relationship between nature and horror in her debut fiction collection.

Abandoned in a cemetery and raised in a funeral home, Mystery James, who can see and smell the supernatural, must solve the mystery of a priceless heirloom stolen from her family’s business.