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The Impossible Thing

Belinda Bauer

"The little fake family were only a couple of hundred yards from the trees now."


On Submission: Excerpt and Cover Reveal

Michael J. Seidlinger

"An agent finds reason in every conversation, even if it means not getting the best deal."


Read an Excerpt from Patrick Hoffman’s New Novel Friends Helping Friends

Patrick Hoffman

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Allegro

Ariel Dorfman

"Johann Christian Bach would bear no excuses, accept no remonstrance."


The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura

Tierno Monénembo, tr. by Ryan Chamberlain

"When she came home Friday, she found the house in a grave silence, with no fetching aroma to delight her nose. She found me slumped on the couch, my face in my hands."


Blood Rival: Excerpt and Cover Reveal

Jake Arnott

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Looking for Something to Do? Become a Bookie.

Peter Alson on the time he joined a bookmaking operation, as a 33-year-old Harvard grad.


Five Minute Mystery: The Case of the Mysterious Dr. Crowley (or, Fuck This World Indeed)

Sara Gran

"In her yellow handbag was a Saturday night special, a deck of tarot cards, and a cyanide pill for worst-case scenarios. But today, she wouldn’t need any of them."


Anoxia

Miguel Ángel Hernández, translated by Adrian Nathan West

"The contrast between the limpid surroundings and the vagueness of the body in the bed turns her stomach, sends a bitter aftertaste up into her throat."


The Harvard Murders

Robert Mrazek

"I slowly raised the pistol and fully extended my arm toward the balloon, trying to keep my hand steady as the Hindenburg filled the gun sights. I closed my eyes and pulled the trigger."



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