Courting the Sun is an apt name for this tale by Peggy Joque Williams, set in the court of Louis XIV of France, known as the Sun King. Sylvienne lives with her mother and two family retainers in the town of Amiens. One day, to...

Scaring the Stars into Submission by Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger is a collection of sixteen interrelated short stories for fans of the dystopia, horror, and drama genres. A retiring mortician witnesses puzzling posthumous changes in a young man's body. The red sky, which cannot contain clouds...

In Emily Pattullo’s psychological thriller, Silent as the Snow, Anna Griffin-Smith is the indulged only child of the wealthy owners of a large business that demands most of their attention. A rebellious nature and three teenage male friends her parents disapprove of lead Anna into...

Immerse yourself in an enthralling collection of loosely connected short stories with The Demise of Madam Ricketts and Other Short Stories. This collection, written by C.D. Hancock, contains interrelated stories set between 1878 and the mid-20th century. An organized fight between a brawler and ten...

In Saving Scarlett: Survivor & Savior Duet by C. A. Varian, Scarlett Prejean's life should have been the envy of many. She is beautiful, owns a coffee shop, and loves literature. But her marriage is in tatters, and her abusive husband wants her dead. When...

High Priestess and Empress is the second book in Susan Wands's Arcana Oracle Series and a perfect pick for paranormal fans. Artist and seer Pamela Colman Smith returns to London only to discover that her nemesis, Aleister Crowley, has returned and is after her. She...

Stone of Fear is a work of fiction in the paranormal romance, suspense, and historical adventure genres, and is the second novel in the Stones of Iona series. Penned by author Margaret Izard, the plot follows Marie Murray, an expert on spiritual buildings, as she...

Ken Saik's I Don’t Trust You highlights the lasting fears from childhood that we take with us as we are growing up. Jill’s father drinks to excess and becomes violent when drunk. He physically and verbally abuses his two daughters and his wife. The older...

Gitte Tamar’s novel Run, Run, Baby begins in a kindergarten classroom, where a young girl named Chloe wakes up from a terrifying daydream and soils herself with urine. Her mother arrives to pick her up from school after she has been embarrassed by her classmates...

Due to the One Child Only mandate, Fen, a Chinese woman, is forced to give her newborn second daughter Ning up for adoption. She does not know what will happen to the child and whether she will be treated well by the adoptive parents. In...