The Escapement – Lavie Tidhar

"The boy was very still in the small white bed." The Stranger is a gunslinger on a quest, riding through the dreamlike lands of the Escapement. Dangers abound, from symbol storms and wild clowns, to giant stone Colossi walking the lands, and everywhere 'magic' swirling in the aether. In a parallel world, a man sits …

The Glass Hotel – Emily St John Mandel

"Begin at the end: plummeting down the side of the ship in the storm's wild darkness, breath gone with the shock of falling, my camera flying away through the rain-" Vincent is the child of her father's infidelity, leaving her with a strange relationship with her half-brother, Paul. The pair's lives take very different turns, …

All Their Minds in Tandem – David Sanger

"Veterans: Are you fixing to forget?" A mysterious man appears in a small town in West Virginia. Both seem haunted by the (American Civil) war, not so long over. As the stranger's life mingles with those of the townsfolk - three sisters hiding their varying griefs, families torn apart by violence, the town bully and more - …