East Toward Dawn

Nan Watkins Seal Press ($14.95) by Carrie Mercer Nan Watkins was hardly a novice explorer when she decided to go on a trip around the

Burning the Sea

Sarah Pemberton Strong Alyson Publications ($13.95) by Rebecca Weaver Sarah Pemberton Strong's debut novel Burning the Sea explores the idea that all politics originate in

False Positive

Harold Jaffe FC2 ($12.95) by Mark Tursi In False Positive, "doing violence to a text" takes on new meaning. Each "story" in the collection is

Ghost of a Flea

James Sallis Walker Books ($23.95) by Kris Lawson There's a painting hanging in the Tate Gallery in London: "Ghost of a Flea" by William Blake