Alexandra Ranieri's novella _The Lighthouse_ continues in The Rialto Books Review vol.023. You can find earlier installments of _The Lighthouse_ in previous volumes of The Rialto Books Review or on our Substack [The Ha'Penny Papers](https://bapublications.substack.com).

# The Lighthouse Part VI ## by Alexandra Ranieri

# Moonlight Blues ## by Adam Kozak Adam Kodak's story about a pianist wrestling with a promising past, old age, injury, and senescence is a compelling study of terminal ingratitude.

# Necessary Christmas ## by Nick Story Nick Story's first ever contribution to The Rialto Books Review presents a compelling scene and characters that are intuitive to the reader, despite the work's brevity.