Searching for Connection, Truth, and Trust in “Seeking Sasha” by Laura Frost
Review by Tori Bissonette “Sasha lives off the grid-new name, new town, same story. Haunted by a traumatic childhood and the mistakes that followed, she scrapes by with odd jobs. The only rule? Never go home. But when she runs into Cole, her childhood best friend turned cop, the persona she’s carefully crafted begins to…
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telling the story of digital evolution and human connection in all lowercase—Author interview and review of VOIDGAZING by mk zariel
Review by Tori Bissonette VOIDGAZING by mk zariel is a collection of nine poems, all lowercase, that examine our (dis)connection in today’s hyperfast, hyperdigital world. Contemporary life is disassembled into micromoments—memes, social media feeds, and group chats—and navigated with a wry humor and a relatable sensitivity. The speaker is fraught with contradictions, alone yet connected.…
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“A Town Called Purgatory”: Review & Interview Featuring Writer and Actor Dan DeLuca
When viewers think of films like From Dusk Till Dawn or the more recent Sinners, the draw of the horror Western genre is undeniable. There’s something that just fits—the lawless West, the isolation and barren landscapes, the constant danger that may be of this world or may… not. The blending inherent to the horror Western…
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Answering the Questions of Modern Living in “Answer Only” by John Michael Flynn
Review by Tori Bissonette Answer Only opens with a bang—a gunshot to be precise. Our narrator, Ennis Railsback, a man as pretentious as his name would suggest, is murdered on the first page, in the first sentence even. The rest of the novel unfolds from beyond the mortal plane as Ennis reflects on the people…
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