Where the Memories Lie by Sibel Hodge is an undeniably thrilling story of family deception, secrets, and downright criminal acts. The lives of Olivia and her family will never be the same again, after a confession from the lips of her father-in-law, Tom. He suffers...

Broken Heart Apartments by Derek Vaughn is a short story of two weird couples with an impossible love story, but one that is hugely entertaining. Seth is a very jealous lover whose girlfriend breaks up with him in unusual circumstances. He is the epitome of...

Blue Dream is a contemporary fiction novel written by Xavier Neal. Ryder Collins and Presley Morrison were high school sweethearts, but they were much more than that. They were soulmates and destined, it seemed, to spend the rest of their lives together. Neither sought for...

Centered around the theme of homelessness, Losing it All by Marsha Cornelius tells the hard luck stories of two main characters. Frank hides a lifetime of pain and mostly bad memories behind the grimy disguise of a street person. Chloe's delicate veneer of domestic respectability...

Return to Me by Carolyn Menke is a historical romance taking place in America during World War II. On the way to basic training, James Pasko has an encounter that will forever change his life. Sadie Stark never expected to see the young boy who...

Waking Under Water by Christine H Bailey was a rare and poignant glimpse inside the daily life of a teen who is not only struggling through typical teen transitions, relationships, and high school drama but also misdiagnosis, bullying and depression. Mia, the main character, is...

Sheronda L. Barksdale’s He Made Me Laugh, Unlimited Love and Life: The Chronicles is a poignant love story and is a woman’s story as well. As a college student, Octavia Snow had a relationship with Bryce that resulted in pregnancy, but she had an abortion...

For those of us readers who enjoy short works of fiction, author and playwright Tom Hendricks has provided us with an intriguing new entry in the field. Ten Short and Short-Short Plays is exactly that, a compendium of ten finely worked plays that can each...

I really enjoyed reading I'll Always Be with You by Violetta Armour. While giving his son Teddy a driving lesson, Stan Kostoff is killed by a drunk driver. Mary, Stan’s wife, decides to move the family back to Stan’s boyhood home in Middleburg, Indiana, in...

When asked about his greatest fear, college student Alex hesitated before sharing with his lifelong friends the one element of life that bothered him most: “Eternal nothingness.” The philosophical one of the foursome, Alex’s words prompted a deep, thought provoking conversation on the eve of...