A Review of Happiness Ltd. by Melanie J. Cordova

Happiness Ltd. Author: Michael McGhee Laughing Fire Press, 2014 ISBN: 0967492246 $17.95   In the dystopian future world of Happiness Ltd., consumerism is king. People walk the streets of New York City with spending quotas to meet, and opportunities to purchase...

The Secret History of Las Vegas reviewed by Winnie Khaw

The Secret History of Las Vegas Author: Chris Abani ISBN: 978-0143124955 Penguin Books, 2014 $16.00   Chris Abani’s The Secret History of Las Vegas is part thriller/murder mystery, part indictment against the brutality and injustice of apartheid in South Africa,...

Mayakovsky’s Revolver reviewed by Jacob Collins-Wilson

Mayakovsy’s Revolver Author: Matthew Dickman W.W. Norton, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-393-34879-8 $15.95   Matthew Dickman’s Mayakovsky’s Revolver is the follow-up to his award-winning debut and is very much a continuation of his previous work. Many...

A Moody Fellow Finds Love and Then Dies reviewed by Melanie Cordova

A Moody Fellow Finds Love and Then Dies Author: Douglas Watson Outpost19, 2014 ISBN: 9781937402624 $16.00   Douglas Watson’s A Moody Fellow Finds Love and Then Dies follows the protagonist Moody Fellow so closely on his heels that when we finally seem to catch up...

When Kerosene’s Involved reviewed by Melanie J. Cordova

Melanie J. Cordova reviews When Kerosene’s Involved by Daniel Romo.   When Kerosene’s Involved Author: Daniel Romo Mojave River Press, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-63120-000-7 $14.95   Daniel Romo’s When Kerosene’s Involved is a collection of prose poems that...