Sentient Rising is a work of fiction in the science fiction, adventure, and sociocultural issues subgenres, and it forms the second novel in the Sentient Trilogy. Penned by author Jay VanLandingham, it is intended for young adult readers but can be thoroughly enjoyed by adults...

When it was her time to give birth, Lottie found out it was difficult but doable. Being pregnant at an early age is not what Zane imagined for his little sister, but he was determined to give her a better life than he had...

Kathleen Janz-Anderson continues Emily’s story in September Wind Book II: Passage to Emancipation. Emily waited for Shayne to appear, but he never showed up. When she entered The Palace, Ms. Bea told her that Shayne was no longer allowed there and was married with children....

Street Corner Dreams by Florence Reiss Kraut follows the story of an immigrant Jewish-American family from their arrival in America before World War I to the early 1940s. After her pregnant sister Esther dies giving birth while sailing across the Atlantic, Golda Daneshev finds herself...

Scribbles from the Middling Cat is a collection of prose and poems by R.S. Vern. Inspired by the scribbles of Haee, a meddling cat, the author has written a thought-provoking book with captivating art. The book covers insecurities about having a crooked tail, ways to...

Rachel is pregnant. Her boyfriend, Chris, would be thrilled if he knew. But, instead of telling him, she runs away to have the baby and gives it up for adoption. Anna wants nothing more than to be a mother, but she has been unable to...

A sequel to Meryl Ain's award-winning historical fiction novel The Takeaway Men, Shadows We Carry follows the life of the daughters of Holocaust survivors Aron and Judy Lubinski, who migrated to the United States after the war. Fraternal twins Bronka and JoJo Lubinski chase their...

From closed schools, canceled work deals, spikes in depression and suicides, crumbling economies, and broken family ties and relationships, the devastation caused by COVID-19 attacked societies around the world at their core. Stories Written Along COVID Walls, an anthology by Melissa R. Mendelson, offers a...

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,...

Sara's Rising by Coffey Agnello is a heart-wrenching yet ultimately triumphant story of abuse. Sara was born to an emotionally unstable, party-addict mother and a jealous father. She was the "save the marriage" baby, but her parents divorced when she was three. Sara loved reading...