Gateway Reviews

COMPOUND FRACTURE Democrats think we're all Trump-drunk illiterate hillbillies, self-sabotaging, too stupid or too proud to accept the help we clearly need; Republicans point at our poverty and dying communities and remind us that liberals don't care about us, which is funny because neither do they. Miles Abernathy is a lot of things his neighbors don't like. He's an Abernathy, for one, and a socialist. And he's trans. But most of all, he's a proud West Virginian, and so he'll never leave. Even when things get tough. When Miles finds some evidence that could change the upcoming local elections--and the future of his town--he feels like he has to share. Sneaking out to a party with this evidence on his person, Miles puts himself in harms way... and he pays the price. Waking up in the hospital, Miles knows he is lucky to be alive. And he thinks, at first, that the ghost of the miner following him around is just the result of his h

A FAMILY OF KILLERS Warren Bullock doesn't trust himself. Not when a little voice in his head keeps insisting he do terrible, horrible things. So far, he's kept his hands clean, but who knows what will happen if he lets his guard down? He might hurt someone. He might kill someone. When some family friends goes missing, Warren's father sets out to find them. But then Warren's father disappears, too. Warren knows he's not the best choice to head a search party. Any of his brothers would be better, but his brothers all have farms and families of their own. It's up to Warren to head out and bring everyone home. So Warren sets out for Kansas, following his father's footsteps, and in Kansas, he runs into a roadside inn run by the Bender family. They claim his father never came through, and Warren fears the trail's gone cold. But the Bender family seem... strange. And they've been watching his every move. Sudden