In Kiss the Doors by Lari Kathleen Quinn, Teddy O’Brien is off on a road trip, traveling with the man she loves and whom she thought loved her. Abandoned in a tiny town in South Dakota, Teddy has nothing to her name, and the locals...

Life is never what it seems. For young Bethan, it’s filled with uncertainty. Her father works with the pit ponies in the Welsh coal mines. When a pony is injured, he brings it home for Bethan to nurse back to health. It is during one...

Watch What She Can Do by Nicole Brooks delves into the life of Wilhelmina "Willie" Copeland, a sixty-three-year-old woman who reaches breaking point with her husband, Stan. Fed up with his laziness and lack of respect and appreciation, Willie finds herself longing for a change....

Daughter of a Promise is penned by author Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg in the literary, drama, and sociocultural genres. Readers are drawn into Betsabé Ruiz's journey, narrated retrospectively as a letter to her unborn son. Betsabé's post-graduation life in New York unfolds like a cinematic narrative,...

Bee Conspiracy by David Boito is a fantastic environmental thriller. Detective “Duke” Wayne has been put on admin leave, doing desk work for the LAPD. Desperate, he’ll do whatever it takes to get back to Robbery-Homicide, so when he’s asked to produce a report on...

When Banana Stains Fade by Frances-Marie Coke tells the story of the women in a Jamaican family across generations. When Zarah returns home to Kingston, Jamaica, from the United States, she is full of regret over the past three years. She feels she has fallen...

The foster care system is complicated and, at times, it doesn’t have the best interest at heart of those it’s supposed to protect. In Sheryl Recinos’s Crossover, Cuervo shares her story of life in the foster care system and how quickly a little mistake plunges...

Girl Under Glass by Ginny Rorby is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl living with her alcoholic mother and assuming adult responsibilities of caring for their home and managing the bills. From the get-go, the author depicts Kelsey as an outsider when she steals a...

The age-old adage about humor being the best medicine for difficult times is wonderfully showcased in this delightful collection of humor-filled poems and poetic stories. Penned during the pandemic, The Usefulness of Hippopotamus by Vincent J. Tomeo is a collection that offers insightful and entertaining...

Unreal by Jason Mandel is a collection of short stories that explore various themes such as family dynamics, moral conflicts, and the complexities of the human mind. The stories offer tense moments in courtrooms, treasure hunts that bring family members together, and sinister tales of...