Justine Avery’s short story, It Gets Easier: A Short Tale of Comical Catastrophe, is a fascinating fictional work. The story begins with Jake repeating his newly-conceived mantra, “It Gets Easier.” He is driving his girlfriend Samantha to an outlying reservoir, in her mother’s borrowed car....

Alan Kirby’s In the Shadow of the Water Tower is a nostalgic narrative depicting the bond of brotherhood. Joe and Darren Kelly receive an unexpected conference call from an attorney in their hometown. Joe and Darren were asked to return to Glenville, IN, to hear...

Watch out Duluth, here come the sisters in It's Not My Favorite by Rue. Gwenn Hutchinson has her own business. She organizes people and their stuff and rarely has time to organize herself and all her messes. Her sister, Rachel, is known as the best...

I Probably Shouldn't Poison My Mother by Randi Tyler is a true to life collection of short stories. It is told from a child's perspective of how she perceived her childhood growing up in a lower-middle class family in Schenectady, NY. The collection of stories...

In I Ain't 'Aving That! British author Martin Rogers offers a tongue-in-cheek rendition of what to do when you feel you have gotten a raw deal in life. With a wonderful sense of humor, Rogers attacks irritating problems such as what to do when you've...

It’s Just a Little Crush is an absolute joy to read. Caroline Fardig’s first novel is narrated by Lizzie Hart: 26 years old, reluctant cat owner, and Copy Editor extraordinaire at the local paper in the small, Midwestern town of Liberty. Lizzie works alongside the...

Meet Ella Boudreaux, a self-confessed nag. By no means –- as Ella herself insisted –- is she a negative person. Persistent might be a better word; she is the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or provides you with a...

"I Want a New Life" by Michele Poydence is a fantastic and highly entertaining fast-paced book that grips the reader from the first page. Not only did the book entertain and amuse, but it offered hope, inspiration, and faith through each of its main characters....

Winnie uses her past experiences to develop a theory concerning men: 1. They enjoy sports, especially sports that include a ball. 2. A ball is elusive, they have to chase it. 3. A ball is unpredictable. While this book is written as humor it contains some very wise insight...

Ladies man and thief, Craig Connery was finally released from incarceration after two years. He was an innocent man being punished for a crime he did not commit. He was looking forward to finding a woman for the evening. Fate had other plans for Craig....