In this episode, we’re coming into spooky season. In Get Lit Chris Stevenson interviews Amber Sparks about her debut novel “Happy People Don’t Live Here” which is now in paperback. After that we’ll br...

I emerge from the forest to discover I died.

The Shitbird is the story of Colin McAllister, a seaman in the US Coast Guard, and a poor fit for the role at best. He’s an outsider, a stoner with a bad attitude and a smart mouth, a combo that often...

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

In which LJ Pemberton speaks with Joshua Trent Brown about his new novel, The Walls Are Closing in On Us , genealogy as inspiration, how to write a novel if you’ve only ever written short fiction, th...

Publishing in October 2026. Preorder for a signed copy. The Inaccessible Rail , a novel by Roger Vaillancourt, is a set of complete thoughts that aspires to render a pointillist portrait of this new...

Turmeric & Sugar, editing, the inevitable flood of ideas

This anthology is a collection of stories, poems, and essays, that showcases the immense literary talent in the Washington, DC area.