Chyina Powell

I feel like everyone has been there at one time in their life or another…you feel stuck. Life has turned you every way but loose and the dominoes keep falling on top of your head to the point where you just know you have a concussion and need rest. But then, you try to take a break and the guilt starts eating at you. Like you can’t relax because there is too much work to be done. You can catch up on emails or start that DIY project you’ve been meaning to start. There may be a cause and a...

We’d all gathered there in that two-bedroom apartment. My uncle was lying in bed, scarf on his head to hide the balding. His hair had been a source of pride for him for my entire life, and probably much longer than that. But now, it had thinned andclumped and so, he hid behind a bandana, covers pulled up. He was so skinny lying there, face and hands bloated from steroids, nailed curved and dark. He was him, but he wasn’t. He still had that great smile, even though his sweet tooth had cost him...

I love a good suspense. Bonus points if there’s a bookish main character. Even more bonus points if it feels reminiscent of Gothic literature. Atlas of Unknowable Things gets all the bonus points because it features a young woman, hoping to finish her doctoral thesis and ends up getting caught up in the supernatural. The fact that she is a skeptic and refuses to accept it at first adds a bit of levity to the narrative. This novel also has quite a cozy feel. I received an ARC of Atlas of...