Author: David Heska Wanbli Weiden Published: August 2020Genre: Literary fiction, thriller, mystery Virgil Wounded Horse, half-breed, mixed-blood, iyeska, a man living reluctantly in two worlds. A for-hire enforcer on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation, Virgil struggles between his Lakota upbringing and the scars left by the tragic deaths of his mother and sister. Responsible now…
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
Author: Silvia Moreno-GarciaPublished: July 2019 Genre: Historical Fantasy Winner of the 2020 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, is a spectacular combination of 1920s Mexico and the Mayan mythological text, Popol Vuh. The fourth novel from author, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow introduces us…
Rosewater
Author: Tade ThompsonRelease Date: November 2016 (original publication) Genre: Science Fiction British author and psychiatrist, Tade Thompson’s stories and shorts have been critically acclaimed worldwide. His debut novel, Rosewater, won both the Nommo Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the U.K. It was also a finalist for…
A Lost Bone
A Lost Bone is the first chapter of a children’s novel I wrote for my college finals. The characters are based on my two wonderful dogs, Paxton and Kip. Hope you enjoy 🙂 Part One It was a quiet afternoon at 221B Barker Street. My friend, Mr. Paxton, and I have lived here for the…
The Vanishing Half: A Novel
Author: Brit BennettRelease Date: June 2020 Genre: Historical Fiction, Family Saga Twin girls inseparable since birth suddenly find their lives split in two. Growing up in a small black community in Louisiana, Stella and Desiree Vignes run away at sixteen to escape the suffocating rules of their world. Neither could have predicted their sudden separation….
The Book of Longings: A Novel
Author: Sue Monk KiddRelease Date: April 2020Genre: Historical Fiction Ana, the wife of Jesus of Nazareth. While fictional, as Kidd discovered in her research, entirely plausible. There is no record of Jesus from the age of twelve until his 30th year and in 1st century Galilee, it was a man’s civic, familial, and sacred duty…
The Library of Legends
Author: Janie ChangRelease Date: April 2020Genre: Historical Fiction China 1937, when the Japanese were invading and the Communist and Nationalist parties were at odds, the students of Minghua University evacuate to the safety of the western provinces. A journey across 1,000s of miles, 19 year old Hu Lian and her classmates are entrusted with one…
Villanelle
I found this old villanelle poem from college recently. Poetry was never my forte, and I remember struggling in this class. I really liked the alternating rhyming pattern, however, and remember sitting in my room with a pen and paper trying to find a set of words that would fit. That had to be the…
My First Garden
“When you see a bit of earth you want, take it, child, and make it come alive.” – Francs Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden Today I planted the beginnings of my garden. This will be my first proper garden, in my first proper yard. I bought this house last summer and have been eagerly awaiting…
A View From My Window
I read recently that we have the tendency to look, but the quality of our attention is minimal. It brought my mind back to earlier this week, sitting at this same desk staring at the woods outside my window. How often do I sit here and look with attention? Do I notice the seasons, the…
Attic Fragments 