Ten Seconds by Lucian Lupescu attempts to map a human life using a sequence of very short or ‘flash fiction’ vignettes. The ten stories open with a fetus-eye view of birth, followed by a childhood in a troubled home, and a longer piece describing a...

Mazie sits on the swing on the porch of her family home, she is alone but comfortable and happy to be there. Her senses are alive to her surroundings; the clanking of the chain holding the swing, the warm balmy weather, the earthy smells from...

The Green House by Dan Lawton is a bittersweet tale about a man who struggles to cope with his guilt in the wake of his wife’s death. The story begins with Girard in his greenhouse, a place he views as a safe haven. He notices...

Can dystopia lead to utopia? Earth finds out in the year 2036, when an asteroid strikes between Hawaii and the mainland United States, plunging the world back into the early twentieth century. The devastating impact of this natural disaster quickly reduces the superpowers of the...

Maryvonne Fent’s The 35₵ Dowry highlights the difficult childhood of Minouche, a young French girl whose early life was shrouded in violence, abuse, poverty and undying love for her mother. Minouche dreams of travel, education, and love, which all seemed just slightly out of reach...

Some authors possess a very subtle but potent knack for continuously compelling their reader’s attention, a talent for plotting and presence that makes the avid reader almost unwittingly keep turning pages. Most assuredly, author Ben Wyckoff Shore possesses this particular knack, and his desperately good...

When Winnie discovers her boyfriend's cheating ways, she decides to leave him and start anew. But how and why she doesn't know and she doesn't want to know. This time she is happy to let the uncertainty embrace her and bring her to new adventures....

The Witches of Riegersburg is a work of historical fiction set from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, as well as the modern-day, and it was penned by author Julie Anne Stratton. The novel is suitable for adult readers due to some scenes of...

Unhappy that a university friend whom she believed she could love has drifted away, Isa convinces herself that marriage to his roommate would be a good match and allows herself to drift into an unsuitable wedding. A few unhappy years later, and having recovered from...

Teddy Roosevelt, Millie and the Elegant Ride is a work of children’s fiction penned by author Jean M. Flahive which takes place in the historical setting of the 1910s. Written for a middle grade reading age of nine to twelve years, this historical work looks...