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...

Books
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...

Fiction Reviews
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...












