Stehekin Wilderness Ranch brings together several older and younger adults one summer. As they each go about their duties providing pleasurable adventures and food for visitors, readers are treated to descriptions of arduous hiking trails and forest surrounds. One can almost feel the silence and...

In Tangles, Kay Smith-Blum takes readers into the heart of America's Cold War secrecy with the same poignant clarity reminiscent of E. Annie Proulx. Set against the backdrop of the Hanford plant, Smith-Blum weaves a dual narrative that resonates with individuals’ history and enduring courage....

The Road to Moresco by Mark Jamilkowski begins in 1910 when Francesca and Giuseppe Carnabuci survived an earthquake and tsunami in Messina, Sicily, resettling in Santa Teresa di Riva. Their son Marcello, influenced by his father's wartime death and nationalist sentiments, embraced Fascism and moved...

Karin Ciholas' gripping historical novel, The Lighthouse, is the story of Simon of Cyrene and is set in the Roman Empire in the 1st century CE. The novel was inspired by the historical figure of Simon of Cyrene, a Jew and physician. In the Gospels of...

Toquuxla by James N. Brenna is a captivating narrative that transports readers to the dawn of human exploration in North America, particularly Montana. At the heart of the story is Toquuxla, or Toq, a young man who ventures into a world different from the one...

Being lonely is harsh; it can happen to the young and old alike. Often, though, it is a choice. Scott Semegran's novel, The Codger And The Sparrow, indicates that loneliness is self-inflicted at times. For Hank O'Sullivan, life has been reduced to killing time in...

The Heron Legacy by Leona Francombe revolves around Charles Fontaine, who is deeply connected to his past in the Belgian Ardennes, cherishes his uncle Theodore's teachings about their ancestral lands, including Blancheron Castle and its folklore, and has always been fascinated by the legend of...

This Is My Worst Nightmare: Please Be Nice To Me is a work of fiction in the literary and slice-of-life genres penned by author Sofia Pires Baquedano. The plot follows Sunny, a high school teacher in her late twenties, as she copes with her best...

The Harvesting of Haystacks Kane by Steve Schlam is the profound story of Haystacks Kane, a 607-pound professional wrestler. Haystacks was a big guy with a kind heart who liked the more delicate things in life. An avid butterfly collector, he was used and preyed...

In The Secret Gift: A Story of Enhancing the Future of Humanity by Joseph Tristan, Dr. Landon Rief, a gifted cardiothoracic surgeon, retires after thirty years from his medical practice. Landon revisited countries he and his late wife explored during their forty-five years of marriage....