Favorite New Fiction
from Small and Micro Publishers

Coping with trauma or loss

Lord of Order

Lord of Order

In this riveting pressure cooker of a novel, a man of faith and the city he loves face a force of destruction cloaked in religious righteousness. Through vivid scenes of battle and quiet moments of reflection, the book brings us to the heart of these internal and external struggles and, ultimately, suggests a way toward redemption.

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Hold Still Fast

Hold Still Fast

Described as “prose snapshots,” each of the stories in this evocative, wide-ranging collection captures significant or telling moments, encounters, or observations in 50 words or fewer. Together, they add up to something far greater than the sum of their parts, creating a rich, layered portrait of the human experience.

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The Through

The Through

In this inventive and affecting novel, the barriers between the real world and the worlds of the imagination, magic, and folklore become porous at best and sometimes dissolve altogether. As disorienting as these breaks with reality are for the couple at the center of the story, Adrian Dussett and Ben Hughes, they ultimately prove revelatory, pushing Adrian and Ben to confront personal difficulties that have troubled them for years and created a divide in their relationship.

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K: A Novel

K: A Novel

K: A Novel offers a gripping, nuanced exploration of how imprisonment tests a writer–mentally, physically, and morally. Just as compelling is how the novel conveys the writer’s need for self-expression, which never diminishes, even under the most trying circumstances.

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Ghosts of You

Ghosts of You

In so many stories of women’s murders, both fictional and nonfictional, the emphasis is on the crime and killer, with the women portrayed as little more than victims. Often, we get little sense of who they were and how their loss affects their friends, loved ones, or the wider community. Cathy Ulrich’s arresting new story collection, Ghosts of You, turns this narrative frame on its head, resulting in fiction that is, by turns, haunting, thought-provoking, and deeply moving.

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Degrees of Difficulty

Degrees of Difficulty

In her absorbing début novel, Degrees of Difficulty, Julie E. Justicz offers a powerful, nuanced, and multidimensional portrayal of the struggles of caring for a profoundly disabled family member, and of the lasting consequences for everyone involved.

At the center of the novel is Ben Novotny, born with a chromosomal disorder that results in severe mental disability and a susceptibility to frequent, life-endangering seizures. Over the years, the demands of his care exact a steep toll on both of his parents, Caroline and Perry, but they react to the stress in markedly different ways.

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