"I wasn't just Solly's brother; I was his protector. Over the years, I had done a pretty good job of it, considering what I was up against. Nick was my stepfather, Solly's real father. He was our main adversary. Everyone else, I could handle."Two brothers. One impossible choice. How far would you go to protect the person you love most?Sixteen-year-old Jonah Thelen's life in small-town Wisconsin should be normal—school, part-time job, and the confus...

Allison Whittenberg’s characters have a lot of soul. They’re riled up, outspoken, and sometimes even silent, in which case, they’re still saying a lot. They’re convincingly alive and they come at you from the page. In this brilliant mid-career collection, Whittenberg’s Carnival of Reality investigates the complexities in human relationships from a decidedly black woman’s perspective. In the first engaging story, “Ride the Peter Pan” touches on gender and elements of racial bias. You will r...

The Secret Lives is a collection of short stories that are all about secrets. The 15 writers provide fascinating views of what may be happening behind closed curtains (or deep in the woods... or inside that mirror that never seems to stay covered...), ranging from the fantastical and mysterious to the little hidden truths of our every day life.With collaborations by Philip Berry, Georgia Dodsworth, Issy Flower, Srijani Ganguly, Anita Goveas, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Camila Loricchio, ...

WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry is a new quarterly anthology that features the work of today's most talented artists and poets. Each issue is carefully curated to accrue a fine selection of international works.