The original US edition of the masterpiece of war literature depicting the plight of German soldiers during World War I—now an Oscar-nominated Netflix film From the perspective of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier in World War I, comes an unsettling tale of the mundanity and misery of trench warfare on the Western Front. When […]

Once, I was feared by all who gazed upon me. For the past century I have served, defending my crops in solitude, baring my scythe as an omen. But when the crops aren’t seeded, I find myself standing over a field of dirt and weeds. It is her fault. The female who has inherited the […]

Daisy. Daisy. Daisy. From the moment her name is spoken, it is all I can hear. Her frightened tears bring me anger. I vow to wipe them off her face and banish her fear. To make her my queen. But I have to catch her first. I have to convince her to trust me. I […]

Falling in love wasn’t part of the deal. Laurent You know those deals you make when you’re young and dumb, promising to marry your best friend if you’re both not married by the time you’re a certain age? Apparently, Phoebe was serious about that. She waltzes into my small town after disappearing nearly twenty years […]