The Naked President by Jabulani Nzilane is the story of several people who have their lives affected by an ancient evil known as the Asasabonsam, an African vampire. This evil has been called upon by Rose, an assistant to the President of Africa to help...

The Beadmaker is generally a fast paced novel cataloging the effect of incest in Georgie’s life. Georgie, or Georgina, returns to the UK after many years. She is reunited with her dysfunctional family when she attends her grandfather’s funeral. According to Ms. Hemingway, she is...

In The Alien Mind by Virginia Jennings, a group of aliens, the Aruk, abduct Rivinaig and some children. Another group of aliens, the Aunantet, abduct another group of children. They raise these children as their own and teach them how to develop their brains and...

Jewish and Protestant girls faced the various aspects of life with different perspectives, during the Nazi regime. Anna Mendel joins the resistance and Ingrid Brecht becomes a guard at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz. After fifty years of being an American rabbi's wife, Ingrid reaches out to...

"The Illusion of Secondhand Smoke" by Janice M. Van Dyck is about Maria DeLuca, a successful motivational speaker, whose personal life is anything but happy. She is into drugs and is having an affair with a married man. She is not without her reasons for...

"Taliban Escape! One Woman’s Journey out of Hell" begins with these words: "It would be too dangerous to use my real name so I will call myself Adeela. Nor can I tell you in what country I was born, or in what country I am...

Elderly Bobby Valentine has his daughter drive him back into the Spanish section of Queens. They park and eat lunch at a cafe which features Italian food and Bobby remembers when a long ago time this cafe was the Starlight Club where Mafia "made" Yip...

Many in the over fifty crowd will delight in The Route.   Carol’s children are grown and no longer need her.  She finds herself pondering the meaning of her life.  After seeing a sign requesting volunteers she signs up to deliver meals to the elderly.  She...