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As an author, I tend (naturally) to read the types of books I like to write. For me, that means thrillers and poetry. Amazingly, Ryan Kovacs has combined the two.

Create Destruction is a thrilling apocalyptic story that is written in verse. And no, it is not traditional poetry—it is in free verse, but in verse nonetheless. And to answer the question some might have about whether this form of writing detracts from the pace or the flow, the answer is a resounding NO. It is the tale of a boy with parapsychic powers who is held captive…

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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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