Witch Bottle by Tom Fletcher is a very mundane story featuring ghosts, a giant, and a witch. And of course a milkman.
The Underground Village by Korean author Kang Kyeong-ae is a storybook giving insight into the lives of those that came before us. Placeless stories, sometimes timeless, showing the harsh reality of life.
The Fish Dress by Carol Parker features a magical dress stimulating braveness in the main character. A braveness much needed to overcome past traumas.
Invisible Ink by Patrick Modiano discusses the traces a person leaves behind and the impact their (non-)existence can have on someone else’s life.
Land-Water-Sky by Katłıà is a mythical story collection inspired by Dene (Canada) legends and myths. What if the otherworldly lived among us?
Snake Island by Australian author Ben Hobson is a solid and immersive story about flawed human beings. You can’t always choose your family, nor find a way out.
In Where the Wild Ladies Are, Japanese author Matsuda Aoko links the present to the past by incorporating Japanese ghost and yokai tales into a modern world.
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Clarissa Goenawan is a novel about people trying to find the strength to be who they are so they can stop pretending.
b, Book, and Me by Korean author Kim Sagwa discusses the reasons for bullying and being bullied. If only you could become an ocean, a fish, or a book to escape such fate.
