An Occasional Damage of Roses is a collection of poems by James Victor Anderson. The work aims to help readers realize the reality that has always been in front of their eyes and break the binding walls formed by the thoughts and suggestions of other...

River to the Multiverse by David Gittlin revolves around Jacob Cassel, an author, his spouse Amy, an astronomer, and an advanced AI, Arcon, that team up with Silenna, an alien scientist from Aneleya, a civilization lost to war. Amidst global attention, the four journey through...

In the Tree's Shadow is a collection of 27 short stories by D.L. Finn. Having been dealt a bad hand in life until now, a divorced woman sets off to start anew when she comes across a gift from her late grandmother. During a playdate...

A teenage boy named Ben falls in love with haiku, a Japanese form of poetry. He can bestow the gift of creating haiku on anyone he chooses. Muriel is a researcher from a distant future. During an archeological excavation, she finds a leather pouch full...

As a black boy living in Atlanta, Georgia, with a wonderful family and a promising basketball career, loved by his teachers and classmates alike, Royal thought that life couldn’t be more perfect. He based his view on material things and didn’t stop to appreciate that...

Tired of reading how-to-write manuals? Meet Ruby and Kurt, two wannabes and almost good enough writers in a writing group who connect and share ideas, mostly about writing. In a clever, comic romp, these two, a 70-plus-year-old white male and a 40-ish black female (ex-military),...

A drug syndicate lieutenant named Jason gets lost in the Virginia countryside. On his way, Jason sees an abandoned church, and unpleasant memories about the South overtake him. An uneasy feeling urges Jason to escape, but he misses a turn. A skeptical newspaper editor named...

From closed schools, canceled work deals, spikes in depression and suicides, crumbling economies, and broken family ties and relationships, the devastation caused by COVID-19 attacked societies around the world at their core. Stories Written Along COVID Walls, an anthology by Melissa R. Mendelson, offers a...

Shoot the Horses First by Leah Angstman is a well-written and engaging collection of short stories. The stories vary in length and the subjects covered, but each is filled with rich imagination, and it was wonderful to read about characters so vividly portrayed, emotionally, mentally,...

The Dog Stays And Other Stories is a collection of tales by Marjan Sierhuis about animals, relationships, the pandemic, hospitals, and more. The book contains stories of farm animals bothering their owners and wild animals hunting and gathering; a dragon trying to succeed in the...