Book Review: Capers and Switcheroos
Chip Cater’s short stories shine with compassion, wisdom, wit, and warmth. CAPERS AND SWITCHEROOS reviewed by Eric Mayrhofer.
Chip Cater’s short stories shine with compassion, wisdom, wit, and warmth. CAPERS AND SWITCHEROOS reviewed by Eric Mayrhofer.
At times surreal and strange, Current Disasters by Jen McConnell deftly traces the contours of loneliness and explores how connection can help shape a life.
GREENWICH CONNECTION by Richard Natale is an expertly woven story collection about love and identity in a fully fleshed Greenwich Village. Reviewed by Addison Ciuchta.
Sharp and witty, Hey You Assholes by Kyle Seibel is a collection that details the mundanities of working class life and the ways we fight to transcend the drudgery.
MY FATHER’S NAME IS WAR by Bauder is an urgent collection of short fiction dealing with the U.S.’s military culture. Reviewed by Nikolas Mavreas.
TERMINAL JIVE by James Hippie is a gritty collection that casts its net over the downtrodden, addled, and alcohol-infused world of masculinity. Reviewed by Warren Maxwell.
Eccentric, funny, and real—explore Massapequa in this wide-ranging collection of linked short stories. The Greater Massapequas by Richard Daub reviewed by Erin Britton.
I BLAME MYSELF BUT ALSO YOU by Spencer Fleury (Malarkey Books) is a sharp exposition of humanity’s need to belong in eleven surreal tales. Reviewed by John M. Murray.
A gritty reality, a dark future, an immersive world—But They Will Remain by Ross Deaton is as action-packed as it is fascinating. Reviewed by JB Leddington.
Hauntingly tragic—RESOLUTION by David Ellis is a story collection that depicts the human experience as an amorphous beast. Reviewed by Samantha Hui.