Novel

The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gazdanov Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Pushkin Press, 2013 192 pages – Pushkin / Amazon   The genesis moment of stories has long interested me. A…

The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel St Martin’s Press, 2016 320 pages – Amazon   John Gardner said that there are only two main structures in novels: one in…

Underground Voices started as an online literary magazine showcasing writing that was hard-hitting and raw. I didn’t see any magazine that embraced that style of fiction and poetry so I wanted to fill the gap and offer a platform to those kinds of writers: a space where their work could be seen and read. I love books, though, so I slowly moved Underground Voices in the direction of a small press: first publishing annual short story collections and finally publishing novels, which is where it’s at now.

The mission is embodied in our tagline: “Publishing the Best Literature of the American Jewish Experience.” We’ve attempted to take the best practices observed throughout the book-publishing business and adapt them to our particular style. We only publish a small number of books so we’re highly selective in our acquisitions. We’re looking for manuscripts that tell a story (whether via fiction or non-fiction) in a compelling, unique way that all readers will learn from and enjoy.

Patricide by D. Foy Stalking Horse Press, 2016 398 pages – Stalking Horse / Amazon   D. Foy’s second novel, Patricide, is about fate, not in the sense of cosmic…

This past spring I came across Megan Kruse’s novel, Call Me Home (published last year by Hawthorne Books). I read its description online and thought it might be something I’d…

The Place That Didn’t Exist by Mark Watson Picador, 2016 400 pages – Picador / Amazon   Dubai. The name itself conjures up images of awe-inspiring skyscrapers, dazzling malls and all-around…

The Babysitter at Rest by Jen George Dorothy, October 2016 168 pages – Dorothy / Amazon   Reading the stories of Jen George’s debut collection The Babysitter at Rest was akin to…

The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam Flatiron Books (Macmillan), 2016 208 pages – Flatiron / Amazon   In his debut novel, The Story of a Brief Marriage,…

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball Pantheon Books, 2016 308 pages – Pantheon Books / Amazon   Lucia Stanton is a teenage girl who would like nothing more than to…

Academy Gothic by James Tate Hill Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2015 248 pages – Southeast Missouri State / Amazon   James Tate Hill’s Academy Gothic is a contemporary murder mystery laden with…

Wanted: Elevator Man by Joseph G. Peterson Northern Illinois University Press (Switchgrass Books), 2012 188 pages – NIU / Amazon   Is a young man in our society a slacker if…

Between You and Me by Scott Nadelson Engine Books, 2016 256 pages – Engine / Amazon   In reading Scott Nadelson’s new novel of linked stories, Between You and Me, I had…

Square Wave by Mark de Silva Two Dollar Radio, 2016 376 pages – TDR / Amazon   I teach composition to college freshmen who uniformly hate it. Sometimes it’s fun, but…