The More Beyond by Jill Thomas follows the story of a young girl trying to navigate life while growing up in a dysfunctional family. Fed up with the whims of her neglectful parents, Morton Guthrie ends up trying to commit suicide twice in four days,...

The Round Prairie Wars by Aden Ross is a mid-century historical fiction novel set in Nebraska, where siblings Jeb and Sam Wilder navigate a frequently nomadic existence through imaginative play. The Wilders park their trailer in Round Prairie, a rural community of staunch religion and...

The Salt Line by Youval Shimoni, translated into English from Hebrew by Michael Sharp, is a work of literary fiction that, after a political assassination, has Russian Jewish rebel Poliakov running from the law and ending up in Leh, India. A British doctor, McKenzie, provides...

In The Letter Pen's Garden Secrets: Short Interwoven Magical Stories Inspired by Vintage Garden Art by Phyllis Smith, we see the summer season calling upon Mother Nature and her two lovers Father Sky and Father Time to look kindly upon all those who will be...

The Garden Plot Diaries by Endy Wright is a fascinating anthology. Although readers never become privy to the name of the diary owner, we are all captivated by him due to his wit and fun-loving personality. A retired old war vet and avid gardener living...

An old, handmade clock for a school project challenges the bonds between a mother and her daughter. A sixteen-year-old named Leon has lost his mother and can't get along with his grieving father, but someone is watching over him. A satnav has its own opinion...

These Things Happen by Michael Eon revolves around the life of Daniel Zimmer and the challenges he faces, centered on family dynamics, addiction, and personal growth. After a devastating opening scene, the story shifts between periods of Daniel's life, from tense family memories to Daniel's...

Narrated by a deceased family dog, Molly, The Lede to our Undoing by Donald Mengay, provides insight into the lives of Jake and Wren, twins in 1970s rust-belt America. Molly's observations reveal their experiences as they navigate a changing society against a backdrop of civil,...

The literary fiction novel Those People Behind Us by Mary Camarillo is set in a suburban neighborhood in Wellington Beach, where a compilation of residents contend with personal strife and intersecting lives. Keith Nelson, having clashed with his father, lives in his car; Ray Murdoch...

The Silent Hen by Helen Montague Foster is a thrilling spy story set in World War II in Egypt and Yugoslavia. Written as a tribute to the author’s parents, the story focuses on the operatives of America’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner to...