A mother's reticence and secrets haunt a young woman throughout her life in the extraordinary literary novel, Alice Black by J. Schlenker. When Alice is six years old, her father and brother disappear on the same night. From the moment they vanish, Alice's mother withdraws...

News of the Day: Adventures of a Wildly Cantankerous Veteran Newsroom Saving Dying Newspapers by Peter Kelton is a satirical and perceptive look at the state of media today, especially the printed word, through the daily newspapers. When it is announced that yet another hedge...

Out of Crisis is a political thriller set against the backdrop of an unmitigated natural disaster. Written by author Richard Caldwell, it follows the events leading up to the formation of a Centrist Party in response to the outdated two-party system in the United States....

Daniel V Meier’s Bloodroot is set at the beginning of the 17th century and tells the tale of the early days of the settlement by the British in Jamestown, Virginia. Men volunteered to sail to the new world for a variety of reasons. Matthew had...

Moonstruck at Midnight by Alejandra Andrade is about Billie Murphy, an American diplomat’s daughter who is on the cusp of a new life. She has never had much freedom, thanks to her bodyguards, Aaron and Caleb. It is high time she has an...

Slender Notions by Nicholas Antonopoulos is a unique, emotionally intense narrative. The protagonist is Leo, an indifferent and bored twenty-three-year-old man stuck in a small town in Massachusetts. He is a victim of opioid addiction, which brings his life to a standstill. His addiction numbs...

Marigold is Heather Mitchell Manheim's first novel and it makes an impressive beginning to her vision, writing skills, and ambition. Davis is the poster child of the firstborn child to receive the Marigold inoculation and survive. Shortly afterward her mother dies and she is reared...

Watch Over My Life is a work of fiction in the contemporary romance, interpersonal drama, and emotive fiction sub-genres, and was penned by author Laura Ashley Gallagher. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and contains mild use of explicit language and...

In the thought-provoking and enjoyably engaging Collection of Short Stories and Essays: “Of Humans and Animals” by Peggy Hinaekian, you will meet an amazing array of characters from a variety of locales and points of view. Direct, guileless, with ironic humor, Peggy Hinaekian demonstrates her...

Whole Lot of Hullabaloo by Christopher Fried is A Twenty-First Century Campus Phantasmagoria. Troy Thomas has no idea what he wants to do with his life but lives a normal college life – attending class, watching the women, and going to parties. He and his...