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There's Only One Sin in Hollywood (2026)
Rasheed Newson
"Unabashedly erotic, irresistible, and heartbreaking, There's Only One Sin in Hollywood exposes the hidden gay world of the movies--the connections, dealings, and dramas of its Black figures--with panache and authority. Sparkling with real-life and invented Hollywood stars, and threaded with a complicated love of the movies, Rasheed Newson's second novel is an American tale of the first order. It will grip you until the last page."
Playing Wolf (2025)
Zuzana Říhová
"Playing Wolf is a fascinating combination of rural creepiness and gruesome fairy tale imagery. Zuzana Rihova's prose, beautifully translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker, swirls with thoughts, paranoia, dread, and disappointment. You will cringe at the body horror, the wrong turns, the failure of the characters to see the danger before them, to escape the fairy tale they've inevitably fallen into. Gripping as it is harrowing!"
The Butcher's Daughter (2025)
Corinne Leigh Clark and David Demchuk
"A wonderfully sophisticated horror. The Butcher's Daughter is a gloomy, disgusting, and suspenseful rollercoaster ride, brought to vivid life by two exceptionally talented writers. At its heart, it is a tale about bodies - especially women's bodies - about freedom and agency, and those who wish to control other human beings down to their guts. An historical novel, yes, but very much spun from this current bloody moment. Bleak, witty, and disturbing."
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