Newsletter #406

Bike is nervous for her first day as a rental bicycle. What if no one wants a ride? Her fears are soon put to rest as her busy day begins. She takes a baker to Pike Place Market, a dad and baby to the... (Haley)

A bizarre and beautiful take on the zombie story, where our narrator is the zombie. She is grieving her former life, including her own name and the love of her life; while her human memories have larg... (Anika)

“It’s strange to know that whenever I remember myself at fifteen, I’ll think of this.” Reading My Dark Vanessa felt like my skin was shrinking—like I was suddenly not enough to cover my body. There w... (Shane)

In a usual crime story, the consequences of a crime, if there are any, descend in a heap at the end, as justice is (or isn't) served. In this novel, an autobiographical debut from 1972, the consequenc... (Tom)