Valley High, Mountain Low by Ann Crawford tells the story of Mariella, who, after being married to her handsome, non-monogamous husband for more than a dozen years, decides she has had enough. During COVID-19 in 2020, she sneaks out of their lavish house in the...

Vesper by Evan Marks follows the titular Vesper, who lives in New York and works as a senior consultant. After a chance meeting overseas leads to a second encounter in the city, Vesper begins seeing Caspian, a man whose life operates on a scale far...

Vanilla Hour by Neer Ya follows Nandini and Anoop, two former college lovers whose lives drift apart but keep crossing over the years. The story begins with Nandini as a young mother in Delhi, struggling with postpartum psychosis, past trauma, and the pressure of raising...

When sixteen-year-old Joan Andersen realized she was pregnant, she could not face her parents or her handsome boyfriend, Jack Smithfield, her high school’s mean football team captain in East Elm, their hometown. She turned to a friend for help, who connected her to a quack...

Visions of Johanna is a romance drama by Peter Sarno. When free-spirited Johanna Beaumont, an artist from Wisconsin, meets young music critic Matt Dominic at a Bob Dylan concert, the two immediately hit it off, and soon a burgeoning relationship blooms. As the couple spends...

“This framework of bone protruded against his olive complexion like a demon attempting to escape its elastic cage.” This impeccably written simile demonstrates the incredible level of creative intelligence and literary skill one finds in the superb collection of short stories authored by James Musgrave...

Valiance by Vanessa Caraveo is a young adult story that will inspire and educate people of all ages and creeds. Diego Herrera was born deaf and mute and his parents are illegal immigrants from Mexico. All these things mean that life is not easy for...

Visions of Light: Inspirational Poetry, Stunning Photography by Raymond J Klein is a collection of poems and photographs that will bring a different kind of serenity. Unique and astonishingly rich, the author uses these poems to set the tone for his pictures and give his...

Vices/Virtues by Beatrice DeSoprontu is an interesting piece of contemporary literature that attempts to go inside the minds of its characters and determine what motivates them in their decision-making and why they made those choices. It is very much a novel of “manners” in the...

Veil of Walls by Patricia Panahi is a compelling story that plunges the reader into the heart of Persian culture and norms, exploring social issues and powerful themes like family, the rights of women, and marriage. A ten-year-old girl goes on a one-month vacation to...