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Jonathan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jonathan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Gabriel’s Dream
This passage is excerpted from my short-story, “Gabriel’s Dream,” (Assure Press), available to read in full by purchasing this issue of Iris Literary Journal.
The house’s back gate whines like a cat. Gabriel’s toes slip out his sandals, cool on a stone step. He grins—uncertain if God has a voice, or if simply motion in any direction, in every direction—like the wind. Like the wind, he decides.
A woo
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Below Torrential Hill
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Palm Lines
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| Where to begin with Arenas’ undefinable masterpiece, Farewell to the Sea? The third in his god-tier Pentagonia series which covers “the secret history of Cuba,” and like the previous two (and perhaps even more so) this is not meant for timid readers. ...more | |
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"In "Farwell to the Sea," Arenas continues his Pentagonia series by departing from the hallucinatory violence presented in the first two books ("Singing from the Well" and "Palace of the White Skunks") and entering the minds of a young married couple "
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Beta Reader Group
— 29907 members
— last activity Mar 07, 2026 04:35PM
A place to connect writers with beta readers. Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees. Hang on a sec'--th ...more
Review Group
— 5670 members
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Reviews are very important for Self-Published (SP), and Indie authors, just as they are for others. Unfortunately, though, many SP/Indie books don't g ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
