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 ...

The following is an excerpt from Don’t Leave Her Alone by Desirée de Fez, translated by Lizzie Davis. One of Europe’s ...

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, ...

Charlotte, the debut novel by Elizabeth Ferris, is a historical reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s life during the turbulent ...

What makes a great short story collection? In Debutiful’s latest Q&A series, Inside the Collection, short story writers will ...

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 ...

Work Lunch by Lee Bains is a captivating debut book of poetry that centers food as much more than sustenance – it is ...

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 ...

Wardzala’s Another Name for Red has some of the most harrowing fiction I’ve ever read. The hyper-sexualization of Native ...

The Best Podcasts About Books, The Mary Sue, May 3, 2023 – “If you want to know what’s happening in the debut side of publishing, look no further than Debutiful.” The Best Book Podcasts for Literary ...

When I sit down to make this list, I start with a blank Word document and start listing the books I’ve read that just pop into my head. These are the ones I can’t stop thinking about. The writers who ...

My students often have difficulty with the idea of a prose poem. How do we define it? How is it a poem and not just prose? And in truth, I rarely have satisfying answers for them. Part of what I love ...