The Seaboard Review of Books, December 22, 2025
Volume 2, Issue 57 of The Seaboard Review of Books, December 22, 2025
In this issue:
The Eclipse of a Victorian Heroine: Queen Esther by John Irving (Fiction)
Where He Left Me by Nicole Baart (Fiction)
the blades of grass are dreaming by Hollay Ghadery (Poetry, Chapbook)
David Blackwood, Myth and Legend, Ed. Alexa Greist (Non-Fiction)
Kate and the Composers by Joanne Culley and Author Interview (Fiction and Interview)
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James M. Fisher, editor-in-chief
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Interview
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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune.
Wallace is a lawyer and, if we’re being honest, a jerk. When he dies of a heart attack, and Mei reaps him at his sparsely attended funeral, he’s desperate to return to the corporate hamster wheel. He has work to do! Instead, he’s taken to the Charron’s Crossing Tea Shop, where Hugo, the owner and ferryman, promises to help him cross over. The ghosts of Nelson, Hugo’s grandfather, and Apollo, Hugo’s dog, provide no end of irritation to the newly deceased Wallace. Complicating Wallace’s journey of undead self-discovery are husks (remnants of ghosts who refuse to cross over and leave the tea shop), charlatan psychics, grieving mothers, and the most terrifying being of all, The Manager. Another lovely and loving novel from TJ Klune. (Contributed by Melanie Marttila)
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Great recommendations and I forwarded to a David Blackwood fan who collects his works and she bought the book! Keep up the great work!