Dickie Erman’s historical fiction novel, The Adventures of Sunny Washington, wastes no words and spares no feelings regarding the attitudes and treatment of black people by whites. So many times, I shook my head in disbelief, beginning with the heartbreak of Sunny’s mother when she...

Homeless Bear by Claire Carey follows an army veteran's struggles to navigate civilian life. After his mother abandoned him at a tender age, Sean grew up raised by his adoptive mother, Aunt Josephine, and his older siblings, Khan, Vy, May, and Jon. An army veteran...

What Time Is It There? by Glenice Whitting is the story of an unlikely friendship between two women that lasted a lifetime. On a trip to Australia's Outback, American poet Maggie Jackson and her husband Hank met Diane Simpson, an Aussie woman who had recently...

When Jamie Lord got the assignment to interview Terry Walker, a convicted serial killer, her initial impression was it would be a straightforward two-way chat yielding just enough material for the next edition of her Inside Crime series. Despite subtle warnings to the contrary, when...

Coupling is a work of fiction in the short story anthology, interpersonal drama, and slice-of-life subgenres. Self-described as “a novelistic portrait of a couple united by love, pain, intimacy, anger, and transcendence,” the work is best suited to the general adult reading audience for some...

The Price of Worthlessness by Gloria Eveleigh tells the harrowing story of Petra Lamont, a fourteen-year-old girl. It begins when Petra joins the netball club to make friends and stop her parents from worrying. Petra has fragile self-esteem and never feels special. Petra feels flattered...

Meet Clay Brown by Christina Milliner relates the story of Clay Brown, a nineteen-year-old teenager who contracted HIV at birth from her mother. After her mother's death from the same disease, Clay is left alone to take care of her drug-addled and abusive father Jimmy,...

Four solitary people sit in a restaurant in Annapolis. It's Midnight Madness, and soon they will head toward the stores. They all have stories and these stories are sad. Eva Levoni's boyfriend, Kyle, left her for another woman. Reid Jones is devastated because his parents...

After facing a traumatic assault and a considerably favorable court case, Lori finds herself briefly free from Kelvon, her chaotic ex-husband. However, this is not to last. Desi, her lovely daughter, finds the arrival of a new child and younger sibling upsetting. Remembering the wonderful...

Jennifer Collins has taken a subject that is dear to any mother’s heart. Wonders in the Waves catches the reader's attention from the first page and holds their attention to the very last. The topic of adoption is a very sensitive subject, especially when there...