In Andrew Fortin’s moving novella, The Gracious Gift, a man struggling with alcoholism finds an abandoned baby at a dumpster at a desperate time in his life. His find changes the baby’s life and his own in ways he could never have imagined. After closing...

There was so much going on with Dale’s health in My Disappearing Act: Into the Abyss of Dementia by Todie West that he and his wife Patsy were not concerned about her forgetting things as they had both written it off as stress. During her...

Boy Who Watches/ Brother Devil by Michael Naliborski contains two short stories with some beautifully drawn illustrations by Robin Adams. Boy Who Watches follows a young boy with the responsibility of being a scout on the lookout for the enemies of his tribe. When an...

A delightful paranormal tale with a pinch of New Age, Obscure Felicity by Charlotte Woodland will plant inspiration in your head. Brenda is a local artist—a bit weird for some but quite talented. Vincent is an engineer—the type who doesn’t stop at something once he...

COVID-19 decimated the entertainment and hospitality sectors and with regard to the human body and enterprises that can only function if they are up and running, nobody and nothing was immune. In Automatic Stay by Mark Shaiken, a reader is shown the aftermath of the...

Seeing Glory: A Novel of Family Strife, Faith, and the American Civil War by Bruce Gardner is the towering story of a family caught up in the clash between two vastly different ideologies, concerning the role of slaves in American society before the American Civil...

Lilith Mary Brown grew up in Plainsville, Pennsylvania. As the daughter of an affluent business owner, they expected her to follow the rules of etiquette. Lilith, a wild spirit refusing to conform, narrates Jeanne K. Johnson’s novel, My Search For Air. Lilith often disappointed her...

Powerballs by Jimmy Clifton tells the kind of story you are likely to read in the papers or see in the news. Henry Ball is close to being overwhelmed by his personal problems. The opening chapter tells you that he wants his boss dead, and...

Fiona: Book Two of the Viking Treasure Huntress Series by Ann Boelter is the continuation of the stories of the creator and the captains of the remarkable Viking vessel, the Treasure Huntress. Originally built by Sigurd as a tribute to his dying wife, for Jarl,...

In How to Spot a Psychopath by M.Q. Webb, reporter Jessica Green is being held on suspicion of possibly having murdered a missing 4-year-old. When psychiatrist Dr. Oscar de la Nuit asks her why she has been researching psychopaths, she replies, “People are interested in...