In Kenneth Bliss’ The Prodigy and the Telepath, we meet a young psionic named Eric D’Tra’val who’s overwhelmed by personal grief while also dealing with unpredictable, painful bursts caused by his psychic powers. His path intersects with Sarah, a newly awakened telepath who is similarly...

In Jim Sano’s The Fighter, Danny Nolan has built his life around his daughter Jenny, funding their Boston home through underground boxing before collecting illicit money for Michael Quigley. As Jenny prepares for college, her questions about the mother she has never known begin pushing...

The Mount Revival Missionary by J L Stone brings us the story of Martin Saddlebrook, an eighteen-year-old runaway working a regular job at a used car lot. His life takes a dark turn the day his boss, Sam Chadwick, asks him to wash and drive...

Rich Petrelli’s The Black Chalice explodes from the very first page. Dr. Konstantin Volkov releases a bioweapon into a subway in Manhattan, creating a Piston Effect: each arriving train becomes a piston, driving the aerosolized mist through crowded platforms and into the lungs of thousands....

The Baggers by James Hale is a story about the gangs in Saint Albans, Kanawha County. The streets of Saint Albans are ruled by the Baggers, most of whose members are young adults who commit theft and other petty crimes. An older generation of scavengers...

The Death Keeper Chronicles: A Light in the Darkness by Daniel Hersch is a fun, thought-provoking, thrilling read. This story has several beginnings, according to its narrator. The first beginning provides a brief introduction to vampires before we are introduced to Yiyao of Huaxia. About...

The Preachers in the Land of Uz: The Dorothy and Pete Story by Keith Peten centers on Dorothy Peal, a bright high‑school senior whose life is abruptly upended after a traumatic event. Her parents send her to stay with her aunt and uncle, hoping distance...

In Matt Aynes’ The Novian, Charles Ferguson is a university professor still recovering from imprisonment inside a secret technological experiment. He learns that the Magnus Foundation has established a hidden island in the Pacific where artificial intelligence now directs a plan capable of reshaping civilization....

The Inheritance by Paul Peters is a moving look at how a person can rebuild their life after hitting absolute rock bottom. The story follows Jacob Steele, a young man who comes home from military service as a very broken person. But instead of finding...

In The Library: Victorian Virtues Book 3 by Edwina Kiernan, Irene uses books to escape the fear she experiences at home. It’s the 1850s in England, and news spreads across the village of Lindenfell that they may soon get their own public library. Irene clings...