Sandy Waves is an enjoyable story about Tamara who sought greener pastures in the U.K. Tamara, or Tee as she was affectionately called, was a native of Nigeria. She was relocating to the U.K. to join her cousin Debbie. She naively believed that Debbie was...

Limestone Wall by Marlene Lee follows the return of Evelyn Grant to her hometown - Jefferson City - after forty years of absence. Recently widowed, Evelyn feels a pull to her childhood home, which is just across the street from the town’s prison with its...

Wildflower by Janine Carbone is a story about Faith, a young college student who is haunted by traumatic events in her past. Her way of dealing with her troubled past is to withdraw from society and shut herself away from those who would befriend her...

I'll Be Here All Week is contemporary fiction written by Ward Anderson. Spence is a stand-up comedian. It's what he does; what he's great at. He's been living his dream for more years than he wants to think about, but it's become more of a...

Watch is a horror story written by Cass J. McMain. Corky is not terribly thrilled to hear that her Uncle Moony is dying and has asked to see her. Uncle Moony had been a father figure for her as she was growing up, ever since...

I Truly Lament: Working Through the Holocaust by Mathias B. Freese is a unique compilation of short stories, taking the reader on a psychological journey through the emotions elicited by the Holocaust. Beginning with a man calling out to a golem, a Jewish monster from...

Finding My Way Back Home: The Patience of Jobe by J.I.M. Lord is an epic novel following the life of Jackie Jobe as he struggles to overcome a tragic event that occurred when he was eight years old. It was an event that will stay...

American Blues may be the saddest book I’ve ever read. It’s also damned poetic. The overwhelming sense of stark, but understandable, tragedy in Evan Guilford-Blake’s short stories produce real emotion in a way that even most books written to encompass a certain emotional state rarely...

For a thought-provoking read, try Jesus Jackson by James Daley. Readers will be immediately struck by the intensity of the issue: 14-year-old Jonathan is at the scene of his brother's death and he is angry, confused and totally unable to cope with the tragedy. Although...

Harm is the second book in The Outsider Chronicles by Kayti Nika Raet. Just after reuniting with her brother, Niko is forced to flee from Amaryllis City, taking along her brother and her dear friend, Ben. After walking for three days on dangerous acid scorched...