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Laura Morrison wins the IBR Book of the Month Contest with her thrilling, spine-tingling, and wonderfully weird novella Come Back to the Swamp!
Enjoy our interview with the author below.
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Flaming blue swords. Sleeping inside trees. A dense and vibrant world. The Assembly of Thirteen: The First Two Companions is a wonderfully entertaining, dangerously fun new fantasy novel from debut author Omayra Velez.
Independent Book Review honors the best book they’ve reviewed over the last thirty days as the IBR Book of the Month. For April, Annie Hartnett takes the cake–rabbit style. You can read our original review of Rabbit Cake (Tin House Books, 2017) here or enjoy our interview with Annie Hartnett below.
Christopher DiCicco, flash fiction author of So My Mother, She Lives in the Clouds, has written a compelling, truly original, and hilarious blog post about mixing poetry with flash fiction.
Continue reading How My Poetry Became My Flash Fiction…and Then Back Again Until It Didn’t Matter
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Come Back to the Swamp (Black Spot Books, 2018) is a perfectly paced, masterfully creepy novella that doesn’t care if you have something to do today. Laura Morrison sabotages any reader’s daily plans with her electrifying plotline and hours and hours of mystical, blood-pumping entertainment.
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This powerful new memoir from Marc Hoberman doesn’t let up. Adversity Defeated, like its author, is a certified success. From the very first page, it enthralls, entertains, and keeps readers guessing for the next inopportune time his epilepsy will throw him to the floor, drive him through a toll booth, or rush him to the emergency room.
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Neil and Other Stories (WhiskeyTit, 2018) is the sharp edge of a bed frame, jutting out in the dark. It jabs into your shin, and the feeling bruises, lingers. But this time, strangely enough, you’re kind of glad it happened.
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Nick Gregorio blends fiction with incredible in this powerful new novel about grief, pain, and learning to get over it.
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