Wavy's dad cooks meth in the trailers down the road from their house. Her mother stays home and alternates between swallowing pills, sleeping and threatening her daughter to keep her mouth closed,...

The "Little Egypt" region of southern Illinois is among the state's most diverse - with rich farmland near fallow soil, abandoned coal mines and beautiful parks, economically depressed rural areas...

The domestic thriller genre is based on a simple theme - sometimes the worst terror comes not from strangers but from those closest to us. That premise receives a gripping workout in B.A. Paris'...

Memoirs of a Rainy Day is a short story by Mary Anne Zammit on the theme of self harm and  has been published in the latest edition of Literature Today Volume 5  which is an international...

It is customary for academics to review the work of their peers with a critical eye. They do this in the spirit of debate, a cornerstone of Western academia. When, on the other hand, their aim is not...

The National Book Council's Independent Adjudication Board has selected the shortlisted finalists for the National Book Prize and the Terramaxka Prize 2016. As is customary, the National Book...

Last year, Fundacio Mapfre, the cultural arm of the insurance multinational Mapfre (which is present also in Malta) held an exhibition at its headquarters in Madrid about the American photographer...

Mark Novak, seen previously in Michael Koryta's "Last Words," is still seeking answers regarding the murder of his wife in "Rise the Dark." Garland Webb, the man responsible for killing Lauren...

"Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales" (Simon & Schuster), by Penn Jillette Penn Jillette of the comedy-magic duo Penn and Teller holds nothing back in...

In a book that will rank with Rebecca Skloot's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" in the realm of outstanding medical ethics narratives, Luke Dittrich uncovers the story of his grandfather, a...