The Golden Hourglass, volume one of Tales of Cubonia by Ben Mariner, is a fantastical story that starts with a man scaling the massive Ka’li’Na Rock on his way to the Temple of Ma’on’Al. To get to the top, a traveler pilgrim had to be...

Surreal and hypnotic, Randall DeVallace's Memoir of a Doomsday Prophet takes the reader through the journey of a man named Edwin Block as he searches for his purpose in life. After failing his final exam, Edwin Block ponders his future when an eccentric man named...

Black Poodle Over Seven Hills by Victoria Bastedo is set in the Queen Anne area of Seattle, Washington. It is a fun novel that is part mystery, part romance, and part suspense. It certainly did not take long for me to get completely caught up...

When I think of the plot, characters, and even the writing style of Nothing Personal by Larry Temple, the word “creepy” springs to mind. That’s not a negative comment. Let me explain: In all the psychological thrillers I’ve read, never have I come across a...

Dead Tree Tales by Rush Leaming is about a lot more than a dead tree. It’s a mystery. It’s a crime story. It’s a thriller. It’s a powerful comment on today’s society and politics. But as a lover of nature, I loved how Leaming paid...

Belladonna’s Kiss by Sylvia Prince is a historical novel that follows the life of Serena and her adventures with the Belladonna. Hidden within a section of the convent was the Belladonna, a group of elite female assassins, whom Serena called family. Headed by Bertha, their...

After the death of her mother, a young woman returns to her girlhood home and discovers secrets from her family's past that have a life-changing impact on her present in the spectacular romantic suspense novel, The Aviculturist (Atmospheric and Compelling, a Fast Paced Cornish Thriller)...

R. Lawson Gamble's novel Lost Oasis (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 8) is a murder mystery. The principal character is FBI Agent Zack Tolliver, Special Cases Branch. Zack has an impressive record of solving challenging crimes that seem impossible and irrational. Eagle Feather, a Navajo and...

Ancient Sumerians living among us? Maybe a possibility in The Agency: Tablet of Destinies by Lynn Yvonne Moon. A whole nation with a rich and ancient culture living beneath the sandy deserts of Iran with ancient alien technology – impossible? For a long time,...

War informs the 56 stories of Theodore Jerome Cohen's Flash Fiction Stories of the Warrior, ranging from flash fiction to long-form short stories, inviting readers to delve into the lives of the military personnel, family, lovers, including pets that they left behind and the ones...