As the third entry in the Elemental Witch League trilogy, The Fog raises the stakes to biblical proportions, opening with Satan and the Nephilim unleashing a supernatural “end-of-days” weapon meant to drown the world in terror and death. From there, the novel widens fast—into a globe-spanning, good-versus-evil conflict where a young “Fundamental Witch,” Susan, and her …
Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
The Jesus Trail: Following in the Footsteps of Christ by Pierce Kelley is a deeply moving and contemplative novel that follows sixteen-year-old Mekhaeil Zacharias, a Coptic Christian, as he undertakes a pilgrimage from Nazareth through the Galilee to Jerusalem. Still reeling from the horrific murder of his two older brothers and nineteen other Coptic Christians …
On the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Anna Featherstone explores with author Lande Jewels the many decisions that surround and extend beyond writing a book. They discuss form, illustration, publishing models, and the broader impact of how a work is produced and shared. The conversation covers writing in verse, working with illustrations, choosing a pen name, …
The world of Terra is populated by five human clans, known as the Tigers, Birds, Raccoons, Shadows, and Foxes. Long ago, the godlike Patrons gave each clan different magical powers, called “cannys.” Over time, the cannys disappeared—at least for most people. After Jasper, a 15-year-old Fox boy, secretly sets a dangerous shape-shifter free, it takes …
Mama and Papa Duck celebrate the hatching of their eggs, only to find that one is gone. Papa stays with their nine new ducklings, while Mama sets off to find the missing tenth. Along the way, she discovers four eggs hidden in nests, but instead of ducklings, they hatch a baby alligator, a python, a …
After Adam Barnett of Defiance, Arizona, is struck by lightning, he awakens with a gap in his memory and an unfamiliar dog licking his face, whom he calls Mop. Shortly afterward, he’s attacked by “something out of a nightmare” that he’s unable to identify. He manages a narrow escape with Mop, who turns out to …
Henig, an industrious author of books on Black history, chronicles the remarkable life of Ron LeFlore, who was in prison before starring with the Detroit Tigers. Drawing on his interviews with LeFlore, the player’s 1978 memoir, and other sources, Henig evokes his subject’s tough boyhood in Detroit, a city hindered by discriminatory housing and job …
In the mid-1970s, Gary Stewart seemed destined to burn up the charts, with a string of drinking and cheating songs from a singularly possessed talent. He sang “Your Place or Mine,” “Out of Hand,” “She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles),” and other hits with an unearthly quaver that made damnation sound awfully tempting. By 1980, …
I think I reported on the Sora app when it launched back in October. The app, which enables users to access OpenAI’s Sora generative AI platform on their phones to create short video clips, hit the headlines back then for two reasons. In one of the starkest “there’s good news and bad news” stories yet …
This illustrated feast frames Fire Island not simply as a queer sanctuary, but as an incubator of queer style across the 20th century. Dempsey, president of the Fire Island Pines Historical Society, is an engaging guide to a vibrant history: Readers learn that Oscar Wilde is said to have visited in Cherry Grove in 1882; …
When 12-year-old Julia Pemberton vanishes from a classmate’s birthday party on a sweltering August day in 1985, the citizens of the small town of Chatham, North Carolina, band together to find her. Julia’s athletic best friend, Dell Jenkins, becomes haunted by how little she remembers about the day that Julia vanished, while Julia’s father, Tommy, …
“The authors of these articles all have day jobs,” writes Doti in his preface. “Somehow, some way, they carved out enough time to experience and then record their adventures, pushing against the boundaries that often constrain the range of life’s offerings.” The contributors—Scott Chapman, Ryan Dahlem, Adam Doti, Lynne Doti, Daniele Struppa, and Dan Temianka—recount …