Locals, Jared Jackson‘s debut short story collection, explores friendship, family, belonging, and the complexities of growing up in working-class Hartford, Connecticut. Across eight interconnected ...

I wrote the first draft of my debut hardcover, The Seventh Ribbon, during 2020’s quarantine, when we all wished we had a ...

Instruction Manual for Future Lover, Madeline Garfinkle‘s debut novel, is a sharp, funny exploration of modern dating, ...

Brenda LaTorre’s debut novel, Bruja’s Nest, follows Yolanda, a teenager growing up in a household of abuse and disorder. When her mother sends her to work as a servant at the Fernández De la Rosa ...

Horror is having a moment. Maybe it always has been, but now it’s creeping into the literary mainstream. Genres have bled into one another, and writers are doing incredibly exciting things. Horror isn ...

Below are 24 short stories from some of Debutiful founder Adam Vitcavage’s favorite debut short story collections, all published since the website’s launch in 2019. Each book cover is linked to an ...

The following is an excerpt from Don’t Leave Her Alone by Desirée de Fez, translated by Lizzie Davis. One of Europe’s foremost experts in fantasy and horror literature and film, de Fez has spent more ...

All Good Men, the debut short story collection by Libby Flores, is an unflinching exploration of masculinity, vulnerability, and the consequences of the choices men make. Across stories of love, ...

What makes a great short story collection? In Debutiful’s latest Q&A series, Inside the Collection, short story writers will take readers through their writing, editing, and sequencing of their debut ...

Work Lunch by Lee Bains is a captivating debut book of poetry that centers food as much more than sustenance – it is communication between worlds. A palimpsest of experiences and history, these poems ...

Minton Manor, the debut novel by Mollie Hawkins, explores complicated family dynamics, manufactured realities, and the unraveling of a seemingly perfect world. Centered on a family and their grand ...

Minton Manor, the debut novel by Mollie Hawkins, explores complicated family dynamics, manufactured realities, and the unraveling of a seemingly perfect world. Centered on a family and their grand ...