Gayle Straun: 2 books

Every full moon, the folk who live under the ocean waves come together in the shallows to reenact their rituals of life and desire. But poor Umbriel stays always away, trapped in dreams of being human. In "Gravity," Gayle C. Straun re-imagines one of the world's favorite fairy tales as an...

It's a civilized planet for human beings. Ladies meet in the afternoon to take tea at the club. Their men have respectable pursuits, such as running plantations or serving in the military. And the Blues, those native to the planet, play their proper role serving these civilizing angels. For Eleanor,...