In the near-future world Emma Sloley brings to life in her second novel, "The Island of Last Things," San Francisco Bay pulses with jellyfish, the Marin hills have succumbed to perma-fires and the ...

Isle Dernière, a 19th-century luxury resort for Southern elites, thrived in the 1850s. The island earned the nickname “Newport of the South” for its hotels, ballrooms, and social events. In August ...

The Last Island is a hypnotic, dreamy, and sometimes violent tale of two boys stranded together on a remote island, where mysterious pieces of machinery wash ashore. The story’s told without words, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the 1800s, there was an island 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana that served as a fashionable vacation spot for the ...