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Haley Tanner The Dial Press ($25) by Erik Wohlrabe The secret language between best friends is both universal and utterly idiosyncratic to each pair. For

Doug Nufer Les Figues Press ($15) by Greg Bem His mind would work as his work would mind: backwards. Rather than every man for himself,

Jan van Mersbergen translated by Laura Watkinson Peirene Press (£8.99) by Amy Henry The “fight or flight” response takes on a new dimension in Jan

Johan Harstad translated by Deborah Dawkin Seven Stories Press ($30) by Michelle Wallin With the second man on the moon as his idol, thirty-something Mattias