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How the Kidnapping of Miguel de Cervantes Shaped Don Quixote

The tragedy and comedy within and around one of the greatest novels of all time

Hunger and Thirst: Excerpt and Cover Reveal

Claire Fuller

"long after what happened that summer, and the consequences, which have lasted a lifetime, I have finally realized that some stories need to be told."

The Whisper Place

Mindy Mejia

"Charlie told me he’d woken up at his house a week ago—a farm south of Riverside—and his girlfriend wasn’t there."

The Understudy

Morgan Richter

"The first time my understudy tried to kill me was on the day we met."

Love and Death in the Desert

Peter Alson tells a story of glamour, betrayal, and murder in the glittering netherworld of Las Vegas

The Man Made of Smoke

Alex North

"It was dark, and it was cold."

Carnival of Atrocities

Natalia García Freire, translated by Victor Meadowcraft

"[I]nstead of words, I saw a language composed of animal heads which bled and left red trails in their wake. If I looked up at the sky, the sun was always mid-explosion."