A Brief History of Wasting Time by Gary C McAuley follows Cyrus, a man who decides that doing as little as possible will govern his days after finishing a long-postponed physics book. He stays indoors, organizes his hours around television, minor contests, and talk, then...

Poinsettia Girl by Jennifer Wizbowski is a historical novel set in Venice in the early eighteenth century. Agata Farusi was a ten-year-old girl trying to come to terms with the untimely death of her mother. Cared for by her loving Nonna (grandmother), in their neighborhood...

Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes by David J. Mason is a historical novella that traces one young man’s path from enslavement in Southampton County, Virginia, to the uncertain promise of freedom during the Civil War’s final years. Parson Sykes begins as a skilled laborer on Jacob...

In the book In Jake's Shoes by Andrew C. Phillips, when Jake Gatlin is killed while serving overseas, his family gathers at their home in Oakton, North Carolina, as winter rain falls and Christmas approaches. During the hours following the funeral, his father, Marshall, slips...

Ideas People by Ward Lehmann is a campus novel set in the busy, often quirky ecosystem of an academic research library. The story follows Sidney Feldspar, an electronic resources librarian at Hill City University, as he navigates the daily pressures of budgets, journal subscriptions, and...

Double Shot of Living by Natasha Von Imhof is a thrilling read that will make you think. Lynn Roberts was 51 when she died in a car crash, but instead of heading to the afterlife, she found herself somewhere totally unexpected—inside the body of a...

Merry-Go-Round Broke Down by David Woo and Margalit Shinar is a fascinating collection of nine short stories that share a tenuous yet recognizable link in the exploration of greed and links brought about by globalization and the freeing up of the world economy that allows...

The Aspirants by J. Loretta takes a look at a near-future where politics and reality TV have merged with the concept of assisted dying. The story starts right in the middle of a livestream called “That’s EnterAttainment!”, where terminally ill people—dubbed "Aspirants"—turn their final moments...

In a world that was seemingly perfect, Etan Standish was a master architect called the “Finisher”, a nickname he earned through persistence. In this world, architects were interpreters of intention, and their tasks were endless. As the “Finisher”, he was capable of any task, but...

Ragnar Kroll has built a world, just over twenty-five years from now, where humans thrive in peace, and crime and anti-social behavior are a thing of the past. AI has proved invaluable in screening and correcting health issues in the populace through Directed Neuroplasticity Therapy....