Phoebe: The Flagstaff Reunion by Susan Wüthrich is an intriguing saga. Nearly 20 years ago, Phoebe O’Flannigan disappeared without a trace but Jess never forgot her. On the night of the Flagstaff Reunion, Phoebe walks in and promptly accuses three of her old class pupils...

Blood at the Root by Ciahnan Darrell is a slice-of-life exploration of the racial divisiveness that shaped America's history and its impact on its citizens in current times. When the son of a billionaire mogul, Christopher Fairchild, executes a shocking performance art where he is...

“Is time an illusion?” If so, can you slow it down? No, you can’t slow down an illusion. So, how does that define life itself, since life is woven within the fabric of time? Complex questions – but life is like that and we never...

Home Within a Landscape by Alexey L. Kovalev is a cautionary tale about what happens when the human connection goes awry, when the old days of rhyme and reason devolve into meaningless exuberance and desecration of values. A new craze overwhelms the world and humanity...

Zoo by Ann Hunter is a short, 63-page story about Ari, an eleven-year-old, nonverbal autistic girl who can understand the animals at Braveland Zoo, the zoo she’s lived at with her younger brother, older sister, and her father ever since the death of her mother....

China Grade: A novel about the Transcontinental Railroad by Wong Yue is a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of those involved in the construction of the Central Pacific Railway in the US in the 1860s. Yue has woven an engrossing story around real...

Mission: Repair is a work of fiction in the military genre and serves as the latest installment in the Rise Again Warriors series. It is aimed at the mature reading audience and was penned by author Stacy Eaton. The book follows Sergeant Brady Vanover as...

The year was 1918 and the body was not his. Famous baseball player Austin Evans, who had been raised by his racist grandfather, woke up in the past and in a black man's body after being hit in the head by a pitch in 2015....

If you’re a grandmother, a mother, or a daughter, and do not find a bit of yourself in the novel From Where I Stand by Caroline Goldberg Igra, I would be very surprised. I recognized myself in all those roles, and while I didn’t always...

Last Chance California by Brian Price is a realistic, biting tale of one millennial’s prism of reality. As the story opens, you find Wyatt Lewis lamenting that his California dreams are over. Governor Gavin Newsom issues the first-ever lockdown in response to the outbreak of...