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Awakened (2025)A E Osworth"Pay attention! Awakened might change your life. This novel is at once a fantastical queer romp through magic and technology as well as a deep and unforgettable meditation on existence. As with the zany, caring, often hilarious coven of trans witches that populate this story, A.E. Osworth's new novel defies classification: their work is in a league of their own."Beta Vulgaris (2025)Margie Sarsfield"Beta Vulgaris announces the arrival of a singular talent: Margie Sarsfield's debut novel will burrow into your very soul. I couldn't put it down." Lighthouse Burning (2023)(Harlan Winter, book 1)Jordan Farmer"Jordan Farmer's novel is both a gripping page-turner and a stunning meditation on body and place. The Poison Flood will punch you right in the throat with its honesty and its heart. Farmer is a singular talent, with a voice I won't soon forget." Homestead (2023)Melinda Moustakis"Moustakis's evocation of place is breathtaking: reader, I doubt you will be able to finish this novel without falling in love with her Alaska, too. With Annie Proulx's precision of detail and Ron Rash's nuanced characterization, Moustakis's debut marks a major literary achievement." Let's Get Back to the Party (2021)Zak Salih"A miracle of a book. A love letter to queer friendship and queer love . . . that also, in its sparkling prose and exquisite storytelling, announces the arrival of a major talent." You Would Have Told Me Not To (2020)Christopher Coake"With the craft of Cheever and the heart of Chekov, Christopher Coake's You Would Have Told Me Not To deftly explores and deconstructs masculinity, and reminds us why he is a master of the form. A rare feat: a book of the moment, and for the ages." I Know You Know Who I Am (2020)Peter Kispert"Sometimes you read a collection and you wonder how a mere mortal wrote it because the language is so pure, the depth of emotion so profound—Peter Kispert is a wizard, creating a collection of liars and lies that will ring true in the heart of any reader. A tour de force: read this book." The Girl From Blind River (2018)Gale Massey"A pitch-perfect page turner...Combining the beautiful prose of Daniel Woodrell with Sarah Waters’ keen eye for dramatic tension, Massey has delivered a debut novel that will leave you breathless, exhausted, and, as with any great writer, hungry for more."
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