The Moon Behind the Clouds is a work of fiction in the cultural issues, interpersonal drama, and literary subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers owing to some explicit scenes that include violence, sexual violence, and other kinds of abuse. Penned by author Vasilis...

Night Train to Odessa by Mary L. Grow is a historical account of life in the city of Odessa during the Russian Civilian War, told through the eyes of a refugee from the countryside searching for her lost children. As civil war approached her tiny...

In The Clear by Frederick K. Van Patten begins with Cressida's funeral. Cressida's devastated cousin Melody embarks on a mission to find Simon, who has disappeared and is suspected of illegal activities. With clues suggesting Simon is hiding in the Olympic Rain Forest, Melody, alongside...

Boys Like Me by R.L. Clements opens with Roy, a 12-year-old boy learning about life and its many challenges, of which hate seems to be at the forefront. He also discovers true love and friendship for the first time in Gary, a boy his age...

Shoot the Horses First by Leah Angstman is a well-written and engaging collection of short stories. The stories vary in length and the subjects covered, but each is filled with rich imagination, and it was wonderful to read about characters so vividly portrayed, emotionally, mentally,...

Reflections on the Boulevard is a slice-of-life drama. A sequel to LJ Ambrosio's A Reservoir Man, the book follows the story of Michael, a sixty-five-year-old former talent agency owner who takes a year of sabbatical from the university to pursue other interests. When Michael comes...

Jake Doyle, a once-famous columnist syndicated in 200 newspapers, was busted for an illicit affair that produced a biracial son. Jake’s life is further complicated as his son, training for a Golden Gloves boxing tournament, falls foul of a notorious and deadly dangerous gang member....

Where Butterflies Go to Die by Michael Ringering tells a story of transformation and redemption. It all begins when the protagonist, Bobby Lee Darrow, is arrested and charged with drinking while driving. Ringering fills in the details of the backstory, of Bobby Lee’s history of...

Storyteller's Market by Om Soni introduces us to Hari and his wife, Maya. Hari was a good-hearted man who had to leave his family at home in Peshawar during the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan. He settled in the quaint Himalayan town of Rampur...

Mick and Brady share a fellowship akin to that of blood brothers which comes from three years of participating in everything as a unit. Brady has reservations about Alex, another member of the group whose disturbing background and dark habits do little to endear him...