Beyond the Trial by Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha is a book of three stories which depict the discrimination and injustices which occur against women in Nigerian families. The stories are developed in everyday language, and describe the trials that the women go through, and the difficulties...

While set at the foot of the Rockies in the towns of Gunnison and Crested Butte, Colorado, the style, themes, and prose of James Zerndt’s Brailling For Wile places it alongside the work of other literary “Midwestern” writers such as Kent Haruf and Richard Russo....

In Day of Forgiveness by Paul Anthony, life altering moments come in all forms. For Tobias Sinclair, it was an almost fatal blow to the head that changed his life. Suddenly he was more aware and could see things more clearly, but did not like...

In The National Memorial, John Barth Jr pits a crusader for a better world against the societal undercurrents that aim only to drag all down to the lowest common denominator. Henry Beaugard is an ordinary man who works hard to realize his vision of empowering...

Bartender Tales by Amber Moore is wonderfully written story that begins with Wesley Lake looking for a full time bartending position. After checking out one bar called The Last Stop, which seems to be offering what he is looking for, Wes calls the owner. The...

In Maryam Tabibzadeh’s Danger of Love, Marjan lived her life according to other people. She is beautiful and educated, but she is also the daughter of a powerful man in Persia. At the age of nine, she got married to a much older man who...

In Eating Bull by Carrie Rubin, Jeremy, an obese fatherless teenager, is struggling emotionally as well as physically. The story is partly about his going through counseling to gain control of his overeating, and his mother’s attempts to help him, despite other negative influences in...

Although distressing, painful and despairing, Amita Trasi's writing portrays the resilient power of hope and the unbreakable bond of friendship in The Color of Our Sky: A Novel Set in India. Two young girls, with very different backgrounds and personalities, form an everlasting alliance. Mukta,...

Mustang Summer by Mr. Leif N. Gregersen II is a collection of short stories. He begins with his take on Hitler, an entirely new look at one of the most fearsome despots of all times. He examines the blow-cold, blow-hot attitude of a gentleman called...

The Miseducation of a Zombie by Timothe Davis is marvelously clever satire, centered around his main character - a human by the name of Jo V. Al, or Vic to his friends; a high ranking official known as a Serenity Ambassador, or keeper of the...