The Second World is a brilliant satirical sci-fi fantasy by Jake Korell. The story takes us to Mars. It is the year 2117. Flip Buchanan is a 28-year-old native-born second-generation Martian of Earthlink descent. We follow Flip from age eight, when he made his lifelong...

Gerald Kumpf's The Letters She Burned follows James "Jimmy" Wiseman after he inherits a box hidden in his late mother Rosalie's cedar chest. The chest is filled with old love letters, a wartime journal, and a photo of her with a young Marine none of...

The Pilot and the Parrot by James Allan Krause is a remarkable work of literary fiction. The story offers us a sneak peek into the lives of the Foerster family. Of mixed French and German descent, the family prides itself on its remote genealogical connection...

The Gospels of Extinction is a collection of twenty-one short stories written over more than two decades by talented author Seth Augenstein. The stories transport us to different times, places, and events. We will walk down memory lane and sneak a peek into the future;...

The Everling and the Acid King is the first book in The Everling Series by J. Christie. As a baby, Chezzy was teleported by Winnifred Baker through dimension after dimension. Baker was desperately searching for a safe place for him. Chezzy was raised in a...

In The Divide by Ethan Gray, Julia’s father is an alcoholic, and her mother is an irresponsible drug addict. One day at a shopping mall, there is a mass shooting. Julia saves her brother, but she is not so lucky. When she wakes up later,...

Tree Pose by Susan Rogers and John Roosen is the third installment in the Yoga Mat Mysteries series and offers a wonderful blend of crime, thriller, and romance. Ric Peters and Elaina Williams are off to Tasmania for a holiday. Both feel torn by worries,...

The Four Myths by Robert Reisler is a best-selling and award-winning riveting fantasy apocalyptic thriller. It is January 2007. Jack Johanssen, an archaeologist, and Randy Haverstamp, a security guard, are working their night shift at the government archives when Jack discovers an ancient scroll in...

Sabden is a village that flourishes on treacle, and its citizens are called The Treacle People. They mine treacle, sell it, and use it to make amazing by-products like parkin cake and ginger beer. Unfortunately, the treacle mines have run out, and the people are...

The Very Last War, a political thriller bestseller by W.H. Hawthorne, is far from my usual reading genres. However, the superb narration by Nathan Moore drew me into the story with his first words about Jake O’Connor, a 13-year-old boy living in Alaska who would...