“Because who wants to be known as some kind of ho-bag haunt.” Shannon Sanders’s debut novel The Great Wherever (Henry Holt 2026) might be my favorite ghost story of the year – it certainly has a couple of my favorite ghosts. The novel opens with Aubrey Lamb getting dumped. She was already floundering a bit,Continue reading “THE GREAT WHEREVER – Shannon Sanders”
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FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER – Angeline Boulley
“When someone dies, everything about them becomes past tense. Except for the grief. Grief stays in the present.” “Love is a promise. And promises you don’t keep are the worst lies of all.” “My nose twitches at a greasy sweetness. Familiar. Vanilla and mineral oil. WD-40. Someone used it to clean the gun. More scents:Continue reading “FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER – Angeline Boulley”
WANDERING SOULS – Cecile Pin
“I am trying to carve out a story between the macabre and the fairy tale, so that a glimmer of truth can appear.” “There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies – everything in between is speculation.” Following the end of the Vietnam War, over 1,000,000 refugees fled Vietnam seeking refugeContinue reading “WANDERING SOULS – Cecile Pin”
A Girl Named Tommi 