Stories By Marla Wick

Short Stories
Book Review: This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
March 19, 2026Perhaps it’s fair to say that the big accomplishment of Diaz’s new book is that it...

Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Astray by Emma Donoghue
February 11, 2026Though some stories in Astray are more poignant than others, Donoghue once again shows herself to...

Fiction Reviews
Book Review: See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
January 25, 2026Through the invocation of epic prose forms and literary allusion, Kincaid elevates the nuclear family drama...

Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
January 1, 2026Like its monsters, Red Moon is an impressive hybrid—a speculative novel about fairy tale horrors, a...

Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
December 31, 2025An enterprising Japanese capitalist, presumably in conjunction with the state, recruits women from all over the...

Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott
November 10, 2025Sketching the parameters of Baggott’s palimpsestic narrative is tricky. Briefly put, the backstory of the novel...

Books
Book Review: Odditorium: Stories
November 1, 2025While the collection of eight stories has its highs and lows, Pritchard’s newest book offers an...

Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Ragnarok: The End of the Gods
October 25, 2025Obsessed with the idea of apocalypse, the child whose world is on the verge of unwinding...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Mule: A Novel of Moving Weight by Tony D’Souza
September 23, 2025After a happy, if lean, year spent in a tiny mountain cabin, struggling to get their...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist
September 16, 2025The family takes a trip over the frozen sea to a lighthouse. While there, the 6...












