Turn The Page – Episode 396D – Georgia McVeigh

Iris is wrapped up in the grief of her fiance’s death until she meets. Jack, a gorgeous young widower who has joined her grief counseling group. In SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, Georgia McVeigh presents us with two very unreliable narrators who use the vulnerability of grief in very unexpected ways.

Turn The Page – Episode 396C – Amber Husain

Amber Husain shares TELL ME HOW YOU EAT: FOOD, POWER, AND THE WILL TO LIVE, an insightful and affecting collection about the political, cultural, and personal dimensions of eating, moving beyond the individual to see food as a tool for power and resistance. Content note for discussion of disordered eating.

Turn The Page – Episode 396B – Kayla Hardy

Author Kayla Hardy draws a rich tale of politics and magic in THE QUARTER QUEEN, a historical fantasy centering on New Orleans’ Voodoo Queen Marie LaVeau and her daughter Ree (or Marie LaVeau II).

Turn The Page – Episode 396A – Emily Carpenter

Ingrid, a down on her luck witch, gets a chance of a lifetime when she does a reading for an affluent bride to be whose family is well known in society of Savannah,Georgia. Unfortunately, what began as a magical opportunity for Ingrid turns into a nightmare when she weaves a spell that causes ruin for the mother of the bride.

Turn the Page – SPECIAL EPISODE 36 – Jack Brewster and Newsreel

After having launched a successful journalism career, writing for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and many other respected outlets, Jack Brewster found himself concerned by the prevelence of misinformation and how it spread based on the changing nature of the way we engage with our news.

Jack joined Turn the Page to chat about how he used his experience and passion for promoting democracy through a well informed populace to found Newsreel, an app that is designed to adapt the traditional news article, to how the landscape has changed the field.

Turn The Page – Episode 395F – Vincent Tirado

Vincent Tirado returns with their fabulous blend of horror and dark humor in YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO MY MOM, a story about Xiomara and her wealthy family who sharpen their knives when their patriarch passes away – leaving not a will, but an actual demon to contend with.

Turn The Page – Episode 395E – Mark Peres

Mark Peres shares THE ACCORD, a speculative literary novel about a grieving professor of moral philosophy, begins using an AI assistant to help prepare for her classes, and eventually, to heal. Find more info here. 

Turn The Page – Episode 395D – Corinne Sullivan

Talia can’t believe her luck when she re-meets her ex-boyfriend Townsend, newly single and ready to take their relationship seriously this time. Unfortunately, Townsend is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his ex, and Talia might be too in her own fantasy to heed the red flags.

Turn The Page – Episode 395C – Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

Gilmore returns with another historic gothic horror, set (mostly) in 1920’s Paris, and dazzles with stories of disgraced royals, the folk art of fortune telling and the allure of an intergenerational murder mystery.

Turn The Page – Episode 395B – Rebecca Lehmann

Rebecca Lehmann shares THE BEHEADING GAME, a sharp-as-knives work of speculative historical fiction that imagines Anne Boleyn mysterious resurrection after her execution, and her efforts to protect her daughter Elizabeth and exact bloody revenge.