Piyali Syam

Love doesn’t break all at once. Nine standalone stories catch it in the moment of fracture, from a bedroom argument to cross-border espionage, from quiet grief to genre worlds, and in the long, stubborn work of finding our way back.

Nature joins adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan on a year-long motorcycle odyssey deep into Alaska's bear country to explore the amazing resiliency and adaptability of these majestic animals as they struggle to make a living in five dramatically diverse Alaskan ecosystems: coastal, urban, mountain, tundra, and pack ice.

Heather's happy life is interrupted by the news her long ago ex-girlfriend, Catalonia has passed away. She is asked to travel to Bishop's Cove, the small upstate New York town Cat grew up in to deliver the ashes to Cat's mother, father, and sister. While there, Heather will be confronted by demons both personal and, in the form of The Nameless. Now, more than Heather's perfect life is in danger. Her soul is too.

Two Indian-American group therapy members check into a hotel room to carry out a suicide pact.