In “All Good People Here,” written by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester, a journalist comes back to her childhood town of Wakarusa and gets involved in a local mystery. In which state (the one that ...

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Years ago, while eating lunch and reading at his desk, Ron Rindo started thinking about giants. “I decided I wanted to write a novel about a contemporary American giant, and what that life might be ...

The Antidote opens on what seems like an ordinary Sunday in a fictional town in 1930s Nebraska. But by 3 p.m., apocalyptic clouds cover the sun and make the afternoon look like midnight. Karen Russell ...