When we first meet Sheila, the main character in Sheryn MacMunn's contemporary fiction novel, Finding Out, she's enduring the public humiliation of being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, in front of her neighbors, on the street outside their co-op building. Sheila is shocked to find...

Petty Cash by Kimberly Vargas gives us a glimpse of what goes on in the corporate world. On her 5th anniversary as an assistant at Blue Chip Financial, Rebecca Blake thinks that she will be promoted to Project Manager. However, Dr. Albert Noble, her boss,...

I thoroughly enjoyed this British story although it brought many deep issues to the surface. In Holding On, Mel Morton writes about the village of Heatherton, with a woman named Beth who is holding on to a secret. I wanted to know what happened next...

Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series, Book 1: Bound Spirits by Karen Wiesner is an eerie, ghostly story. Bloodmoon Cove Park is known for its history of ghosts. The sheriff shut down the park after the death of Dave Kotter there last year. Troy and his three...

It's All In Your Mind (Books We Love Fall Sale Series) by Ann Herrick is a love triangle between Vija, Nolan, and Joel. Vija finds herself attracted to and falling in love with Nolan, a folksinger whom she meets in a coffee shop. His cool...

A tropical paradise becomes a fatal nightmare in The Collector by Eva Devane. The year is 2023 and psychological self-absorption and state-sanctioned drug use are commonplace. There is a new Ecstasy drug Super X which heightens personal experience. The government has made the air cleaner...

Drinking the Poison and Waiting on Your Neighbor to Die by Dominique Wilkins is about how attitudes can change lives. Savannah hates everything about Kaleena. She tries to make Kaleena's life miserable with her scheming ways and hatred. But Kaleena's attitude of not being bothered...

Pen or Discipline by Dominique Wilkins is the story about a mother raising two daughters very strictly and how both of them grow up to have totally different characters. Dorothy and Danielle, both raised by the same mother, bring up their sons in a contrasting...

Behind the Hospital by Phindiwe C. Nkosi is a heart rending confessional journey of the author in the direction of healing. It's a theme that resonates with many of us. Hope and healing are two powerful emotions that can break a lot of negativity within...

Invasion of Privacy and Other Short Stories is a collection of Jim Liston's tales and vignettes. The title story, Invasion of Privacy, is about Jim Gotweb, a computer geek who has a little computer store which he runs with his wife until she's stabbed and...