The Black: 6 books

For as long as I can remember I've had this diary, a little black book I'd keep hidden under my mattress. I'd run to this book after every encounter I'd have with a guy. Whether it was good or bad, my diary was who I shared my story with first. Although I shared most of my stories...

Ana is a Companion, one of the artificial people created at Head Box Industries. She is a gift to Roland, a college friend of Head Box Industries’ founder. Ana is beautiful. She’s designed based on her owner Roland’s fantasy of his perfect woman – his dream girl. From her soft, warm...

The Windy Day is a short children's book that talks about what happens on a windy day. It explores things likecold fingertips and umbrellas blown backwards. This book lets the reader experience the smaller things in life,like a windy day.

In the ancient epic, Grendel and his mother are monsters slain by the hero warrior Beowulf. In Sister of Grendel we learn a different truth, told by the lone witness to their brutal deaths. In this powerful and poignant reimagining, Grendel has a sister, Rehsotis. She and her brother are not monsters,...

Ending a tumultuous year in the world at large, the Winter issue of Witness is filled with stark dilemmas. Jennifer Doe chronicles a lifetime of #MeToo incidents triggered by the election of Donald Trump in the essay “Any Woman Can Write This.” In Alex Madison’s short story “Penguin Classic,”...

WARNINGThis novel is a black comedy and for adults only. It contains strong language, scenes of violence, and irreverent references, which may offend those of a delicate sensibility.SYNOPSISThe atmosphere charged and began to crackle with static electricity as her eyes quickened with white-hot rage....