Special District: Harbin: Drawing the Tiger’s Bones by Tim Stickel is a fascinating story about a turbulent time in China when the Russian presence felt smothering and the undertones of resistance ran strong. The year is 1929 and young Borya, part Russian and part Chinese,...

Still, the Sky by Tom Pearson is his latest collection of poetry that delves into popular mythological classics, notably the tales of Icarus and the Minotaur. In the poet’s own words, he has endeavored to complicate the otherwise rigid and often minimal representations of the...

Ranya was a British-Bangladeshi who endured hell with her parents. She moved to her brother’s home in London, and life wasn’t any better. Ranya lived each day by rules that would break the strongest person. She had just started the first year of her academic...

Relationships can be complicated, but sometimes people make them complicated. When Betty rescues an abandoned puppy off the busy streets of London, she hopes her partner will understand, but he’s gone through some difficult relationships and the thought of a little puppy coming between them...

Good Tales For Bad Dreams, a series of re-imagined fairy tales, presents the fourth standalone installment in the series with Setsuko & the Seven Samurai by V.M. Sawh. Set in 16th-century Japan, Setsuko is the daughter of the daimyo who controls the surrounding lands, and...

Singing Woods is a visual experience with the purpose of exciting the senses through deep descriptions and detailed images. The narrative is very precise, describing the land, the air, the scents, the colors, the sounds... everything that makes up a quality realistic setting. The story...

Searching for Grace by Jackie Jordan is the story of a woman who struggles to find a place to belong. Neema Washington had no place to call her own, even though she tried hard. An accomplished woman with a fantastic career and equally stunning looks,...

Sacred Mounds by Jim Metzner reads like a magical mystery tour thanks to a clever plot involving spiritual time travel and body switching. The story starts innocently enough with the main character, Salvador Lewis Samuels, trying to save a young woman from drowning in the...

Sunflowers Beneath the Snow by Teri M. Brown is a touchingly poignant novel about the devastating effect on one Ukrainian family, of one man’s small battle against the might of the Soviet Union, and in support of the struggle for Ukrainian independence. Lyaksandro Hedeon Rosomakha,...

Shadow Path: A High Plains Warrior Novel by Michael O. Gibbs is an absorbing historical novel about friendship and redemption. The plot centers on a slave on the run named Lince and the friendship that develops when he saves a native woman from captivity. A...