Seven titles featuring power duos

Drew Buxton is a writer and social worker from Texas.

His debut story collection So Much Heart is now available from With an X Books.

His script Bassy Gets Loose won Best Short Script at both the Independent Horror Movie Awards and the Peephole Filmfest.

Buxton's work has been featured in The Drift, Joyland, Electric Literature, Ninth Letter, and Vice among other publications.

At Electric Lit he tagged seven "great books about duos—odd couple books; buddy books, if you will." One title on the list:

Brother & Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella

Growing up, Willa always looked after her brother, Justin, while they endured their difficult childhood. As an adult, she’s created a steady life for herself as a nurse, but Justin is lost after his toxic boyfriend commits an unspeakable act. When he suddenly shows up at her doorstep, she is torn between wanting to help and not wanting to disrupt the peace she’s worked so hard to build for herself. In Justin, Mirabella has rendered a fully dimensional character. Justin has suffered, but he is not a perfect victim—flawed, human. Mirabella precisely captures the complex feeling of loving someone but struggling to deal with some of their traits, the loss felt when a loved one no longer resembles your memory of them from childhood.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue