The Between
Literary Fiction
Between one heartbeat and the next, a dying engineer wakes on a beach where a night's sleep buys him a hundred days. What would you do with infinite time, if the universe were watching how you used it?
Literary Fiction Books
11 Literary Fiction books from HG Publishing, by Henry Galio. Newest: The Between.
The Last Taste
Literary Fiction
The richest man alive has the finest palate on earth. At the greatest feast ever assembled — fish carried across the sea in mountain snow, a wine saved ten years — he lifts the glass, drinks, and tastes nothing at all.
Blue Plate
Literary Fiction
Mae takes the long way home, past a bakery that has been shut for years. Every day she smells fresh bread coming out of it. Nobody else does.
The Man Who Painted Sunsets
Literary Fiction
Six easy stops, then the hill — sixty-one fence posts Owen counts every time without meaning to. At the top is an old man who is always already outside, painting the west while it does something enormous.
The Paper Boat
Literary Fiction
Every boat his grandfather folded had one corner pushed crooked on purpose. After the funeral, Eli sends his own down the river — and the river starts sending things back.
Don't Leave Me
Literary Fiction
At twelve he was hit by a drunk driver. At forty-two, he is one. The surgeon's whole life sits between those two sentences.
Someone Stayed
Literary Fiction
A retired professor. A young librarian. A friendship neither of them saw coming — and the book that made them brave.
Something is Wrong with the Sky
Literary Fiction
Etta invented the village of Everwick when she was seven. Now her mother is sick, and Everwick's sky is turning real.
The Last Chapter
Literary Fiction
A dying father secretly writes six books — one for each person he's leaving behind. This is the story of what happens when they find out.
The Library — Between Heart Beats
Literary Fiction
Between one heartbeat and the next, there is a library. Everyone visits eventually. Almost no one remembers.
Helen's Song
Literary Fiction
Her best friend is older than the Earth and lives in a silver bracelet only she can hear. This is the story of what their love was allowed to cost.