Lunch Tales: Teagan by Lucille Guarino is the second in a projected four-book series on sisters in a small-town suburb of New York City. The setting is contemporary, and the story covers a dramatic one-year-or-so period in Teagan’s life. She is an educated woman in...

In Ponytail by Caitlin K. Murphy, Amanda Greene is the newest and only female detective in the Oakville Police Department. An assault incident in a local park prompts Amanda to investigate. The nature of the attack appears to be personal, as the victim’s ponytail was...

The Belly of the Anaconda by C. Arthur Ellis, Jr. blends history and fiction, offering a vivid portrait of New Orleans during the Civil War. The story focuses on Rachel Durand, a widow whose life has been shattered by war. As Union troops take control...

Wayward: The Valley War by Antonio Journie is book one in the Wayward Series. Journie holds readers’ attention with great one-liners, equally dark and compelling characters, and heavy moments that add depth and symmetry to the story. I finished reading Wayward in a few days...

Prayers on the Shower Door by Phyllis McNaughton follows Therese, a woman determined to recover her lost childhood memories. On the surface, she has built a beautiful life for herself. She has a secure marriage to Paul, a great job as a social worker, and...

Small Worlds by Gail Vida Hamburg is a collection of microfiction that captures the vastness of human experience within brief, tightly woven narratives. Each story offers glimpses into lives marked by longing, humor, and the quiet complexities of existence. The collection covers a diverse range...

When Sophie decided to open her pet therapy business, she never envisioned the unique challenges it would present. Being a pet therapist entailed deciphering and analyzing the connection between a pet and its human, something Sophie believed would be easily solvable with the help of...

Garden Quartz and Paper Flowers by T.L. Garrett is a collection of stories centered around Calla, a girl who endures pain and abuse but ultimately learns to find healing. A home is meant to be a safe place for a child to grow up and...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Little Amish Girl by Viola Estrella shares a similar thought process. It centers on Ivy, an Amish girl who must endure going from one foster home to another...

What Is Unseen: Texas Porch Stories by J. Andrew Rice tells the story of Kyle Luman, a corporate lawyer who loses his wife, Victoria, to cancer. Lost in depression and alcoholism, he decides to go back to his hometown, Three Oaks, Texas, with his two...