Softboiled Maria Sweeney Breutzman's rubbery realism reminds one

Breutzman's rubbery realism reminds one of characters from Daniel Clowes’ Eightball

he begins to question if it was really all worthwhile: despite the accolades and opportunities of a seemingly charmed career

The Hard tomorrow

As the pressure for self-improvement builds they all end up looking to the same therapist for answers

By Otava Heikkilä

Softboiled Maria Sweeney Breutzman's rubbery realism reminds oneBy Lisa Maas. Published by Black Rose Writing. Softcover, 238 pages, Colour, 2022. Calli Westbrook is a failure. Well, maybe she's not a failure, but her amazing private eye themed business certainly is. All she wants to do is tuck her fedora under her arm, retreat to suburbia, and lose herself in a cozy mystery. Instead, she comes home to find her girlfriend in the arms of another woman. Now sleeping on the couch in the office she can no longer