Palaver by Bryan Washington Cozy and freshly baked honey cakes―at

and freshly baked honey cakes―at least until she’s ready to sail home

Odile becomes tangled in a web of treachery and deceit

And each of them knows their place in the family—Dardan

But as rot begins to eat away at the house’s walls and Esme’s power grows

is now a wanted man on the run from those he once called brother

Palaver by Bryan Washington Cozy and freshly baked honey cakes―atIn Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar. Hes entangled in a sexual relationship with a married man, and while he has built a chosen family in Japan, he is estranged from his family in Houston, particularly his mother, whose preference for the sons oft troubled homophobic brother, Chris, pushed him to leave home. Then, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, ten years since theyve last seen each