Winner of the 2023 Dzanc Short Story Collection, Christian Moody’s Lost in the Forest of Mechanical Birds is an imaginative collection comprised of four short stories and a novella. Moody’s eccentric characters find themselves in altered realities involving comical situations. His wonder tales question the peripheries of one’s imagination versus reality. And though the author’s […]
Books of Note: “Finding the Lost Country: The Life of William Gay” by J.M. White and “Francine” by Joe Taylor
February 7, 2026 by Leave a Comment
From the Introduction to Finding the Lost Country: The Life of William Gay “Some folks dwell in the shadow realms of the creative imagination, where synchronicity is as common as day and night, as sunlight and moonglow. William Gay and J.M. White are anomalies. There is no rational explaining of their lives, of their works. The self-educated […]
Dawn Major interviews Chelsea Ragan, author of “Last Days of Paper”
December 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
We were in the middle of a pop quiz in American History when we heard the announcement of “code black” on the intercom. This drill was the first of many to come. The teacher turned off the lights and barricaded the door and we all hid under our desks in silence. The quiet was deafening. […]
Dawn Major interviews Daniel Wallace, author of “Beneath The Moon And Long Dead Stars”
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Daniel Wallace probably doesn’t need an introduction; his novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions is widely known and celebrated and it was adapted to film and later to a Broadway musical. In addition to his six novels, he’s written a memoir This Isn’t Going to End Well and a children’s book, The Cat’s […]
Read of the Month: “The Summer We Ate Off the China” by Devin Jacobsen
October 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Introduction: When Devin Jacobsen, author of the novel, Breath Like the Wind at Dawn, reached out to me in the of Fall 2024 requesting a review of his short story collection, The Summer We Ate Off the China, it was the year-end— never a good time—so I read a sample of his work and added […]
