A staple in the literary scene for over forty years, Jonathan Baumbach's latest novel, Dreams of Molly, is a wonderful addition to his oeuvre. A love story as only Baumbach can write, it is filled wit
Roy Kesey has been hailed as one of our best young writers, and All Over presents 19 of his most original and latest stories. George Saunders called Kesey's writing, "beautiful and powerful... mythic
A spare and lyrical novel, Peter Markus writes of a family saga, obsessions, and the poignant relationships between fathers and sons. An unforgettable debut novel.
Set in World War II Africa, Polynesia, and Hollywood, the three novellas that make up Based On A True Story reveal the roots of contemporary life in a world at war with itself. These novellas are rem
A collection of stories and novellas about the choices we face and where those decisions lead us, including "A Day Meant to Do Less," a Best American Mystery Stories 2008 selection.A schoolteacher esc
"Jeff Parker's stories are mysterious, heartfelt, and utterly captivating. In the Taste of Penny he casually flexes a Voltron-like combo of writerly gifts: Ron Carlson's mastery of voice, Elmore Leon
"There's an astonishing amount of great writing on the web right now. How to even begin choosing the best? For me, I can say that the deciding factor was always the following: Did this writing open my
The brothers in Peter Markus's We Make Mud can't understand why cars drive through their dirty river town without stopping, why the people in those cars don't stop and stay. After all, there is a mudd
On a night no one will ever forget, Della Black and three of her seven children are killed in a horrific fire in their trailer. As the surviving children are caught in the middle of a custody battle b
In light of her impending death, thirteen-year-old Beatrice Danzig has changed her name to Christmas. She’s at the center of Christmas in July, a novel in ten stories told by ten residents of suburban
The Survivors, their members known only by the order in which they joined, live alone in a rural Colorado mansion. They believe that sickness bears honesty, and that honesty bears change. Fueled by th
"Geminder’s book showcases an acute sensitivity to worlds both inside and out. There’s real delicacy to the craft but underneath all the skill is a shaking sense of purpose, and a great love of the br
In The One You Get: Portrait of a Family Organism, Jason Tougaw marries neuroscience and family lore to tell his story of growing up gay in 1970s Southern California, raised by hippies who had “droppe
Béatrice, a solitary young jazz singer from a genteel Parisian suburb, meets a mysterious woman named Polina, who visits her at night and whispers in her ear: "There are people who leave their bodies
Award-winning author and master of the craft Lee Martin presents his first short story collection since his acclaimed debut The Least You Need to Know. Each story focuses on the secrets we all keep a
"It’s not romantic," Torrey says. "It’s physics. For every letter there is an equal and opposite, you know…letter."Sheila’s life is built of little thievings. Adrift in her mid-thirties, she sleeps i
Ten years after it was first announced, Dzanc is proud to deliver the lost novel from a master of the Southern Gothic—the work William Gay fans have anticipated for a decade.Billy Edgewater is a harbi
Utilizing an innovative mashup of genres, ranging from pulp fiction, dark comedy, and metafiction, This Book Is Not for You charts the actions of nineteen-year-old Neptune, a misfit and punk haunted b
Jamestown is the story of Aaron Jennings, a bestselling novelist bored by his life of suburban monotony and increasingly disturbed by violence heralded in his newspaper, who wakes one morning to find
