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In The September House, Margaret knows her house is haunted. But she’s staying. It Takes …
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Murder is a family business in Not Forever But For Now. Burgeoning Opioid Addiction, Debaucherous …
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Where Peace Is Lost, a riotous space adventure novel. Where Peace is Lost, Adventure is …
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LitStack Reviews
The Fact in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Fictional “The Great Gatsby”
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Great Gatsby is in ways an unlikely fixture of canonical literature. The Great Gatsby …
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The lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together. The …
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When you Capture the Sun, yes, the sex turns to steam! Hitting All The Right …
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Desertion is a brilliant dramatization of the personal and political legacies of colonialism. The Consequences …
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LitStack Reviews
Perfect Distraction with “The Witch and the Tsar” by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Witch and the Tsar, Baba Yaga is a champion and savior to her people …
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The book that was on everyone’s TBR list! We’re revisiting Matt Haig’s bestseller The Midnight …
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Litstack NowLitStack Reviews
“The Exorcist Legacy – 50 Years of Fear” by Nat Segaloff
by J.S. Hoodby J.S. HoodJust in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the film The …
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In The Librarianist, from bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt, you learn the story of …
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In Harlem After Midnight, a body falls from a townhouse window, and it looks just …
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Author InterviewsCreative Writing
Garth Nix, Author of “Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz” – A LitStack Interview
by Tee Tateby Tee TateGarth Nix, the New York Times bestselling author, ventures into the adult genre with the …
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LitStack Reviews
2 Hero Mercenaries Rule “Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz” by Garth Nix
by Tee Tateby Tee TateDont’ miss Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet …
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Creative WritingLitStack ToolkitPodcasts
8 Essential Podcasts for Writers
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanEssential podcasts for writers to get you started with fascinating conversations, writing advice, sources of …
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LitStack ReviewsGuest PostLitstack NowLitStack Picks
“Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway” by Robin Black is Personal
by Nan Cubaby Nan CubaLitStack is proud to give you this review written by guest contributor, Nan Cuba, who …
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A vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved …
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Elsewhere, a story collection humming with wit and style A Shimmering English-Language Debut From multi-award-winning …
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LitStack Recs
All Stories are Ghost Stories – Revisiting “Life Drawing” by Robin Black
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanNobody outside a marriage can understand it. Life Drawing, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a …
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A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. About …
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LitStack Recs
Reading—and Watching—Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanJane Austen’s 1813 novel “Pride and Prejudice” is a classic of literature with fans across …
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LitStack ReviewsLitstack NowLitStack PicksPoetry
Kathy Nelson’s “The Ledger of Mistakes” – a LitStack Poetry Review
“…and my edges began to dissolve into the rising dark” The Ledger of Mistakes In …
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About Western Alliances From the New York Times-bestselling author of Lookaway, Lookaway, Wilton Barnhardt’s Western …
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An Oath Tested in The Weaver and the Witch Queen In this subversive feminist myth …
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LitStack Recsnovella
3 Outstanding Titles From Alcove Chapbooks – Is Short The New Long?
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Alcove Chapbook Series Prize released its first chapbooks from WTAW Press The Rise Of …
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Creative WritingLitStack Toolkit
5 Great Screenwriting Books For Improved Dramatic Storytelling (plus 3 bonus books)
by Tee Tateby Tee TateUse screenwriting books to learn how to bring extra dimensions to your fiction. Think Outside …
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Why remember the dead? About The Ledger of Mistakes “Why remember the dead?” poet Kathy …
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely …
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LitStack Recs
The Language of a Painter’s Vocabulary in “Pictures,” by David Hockney
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanPictures by David Hockney, published in 1979, was intended as a catalog of Hockney’s work …
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Brisk, witty, and always surprising. Expect the unexpected. In their Substack columns, these acclaimed authors …
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LitStack ReviewsLitstack Now
Beautiful Complexity in “Bearded Lady” by Allison Landa
by Rylie Fongby Rylie FongA debut LitStack Review of Bearded Lady, by Allison Landa. A Rift In Consciousness Philosopher …
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The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson is a “furiously funny” novel (Sunday Express, UK) about a …
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Find The Perfect Summer Reading! Cozy Up To Your Summer Reading Summer is a great …
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Tubby & Coos is doing great! But 12 years ago, booksellers scrambled to maintain their …
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A Life And Love Found And Forgotten About How To Be Remembered With the speculative …
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Will Seven Years Sever A Timeless Love? About The Seven Year Slip The Flatshare meets …
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An ex-cop sets out to find her missing sister and discovers the horrifying truth about …
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What it means to be haunted by the past. About I Am Homeless If This …
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We’re counting down 5 LGBTQ books (plus a bonus title) for your reading pleasure. LGBTQ …
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LitStack ReviewsPodcasts
426 Episodes of “The Big Gay Fiction Podcast” Will Help You Survive
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Big Gay Fiction Podcast saves the world! A Surge of Diversity in Publishing Readers …
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In Above the Fold, it is In the 1980s New York City, and a crime …
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Be Mine—From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank …
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About Small Pieces Small Pieces is a collaboration between novelist Micheline Aharonian Marcom and writer …
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A return to the Hollows in Demons of Good and Evil, where Rachel Morgan learns …
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LitStack RecsMemoir
A Testament to Darkness and Light: And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, a memoir by Mike Smith
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this week’s Litstack Rec, we’re revisiting And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, …
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SPOILER ALERT! WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Somebody’s Gotta …
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Book LoveRomance Novels
Romance-Always Please! The Ripped Bodice, A Romantic Bookstore
by Tee Tateby Tee TateSoon to span the U.S. from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, the romance-only bookstore, The Ripped …
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All the Sinners Bleed when faith and violence meet. About All the Sinners Bleed A …
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LitStack Recs
Unpacking the Hidden Parts – “Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative”
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this LitStack Rec of “Body Work,” we unpack the hidden parts of memoir. Lauren …