In some ways, magical realism is an easy genre to define: it incorporates fantastical elements into otherwise realistic fiction. That seems simple enough. But look a little closer, and you'll find ...

"May the force be with you." "Now, you're in the sunken place." Even if you haven’t read and watched the books, TV shows or movies those phrases come from, you’ve likely heard most of them. That, in ...

Most crime fiction focuses on criminals and the investigators who pursue them. In his ninth novel, Michael Koryta takes an unusual tack: The Prophet tells a compelling story about what happens to the ...