Life is full of both challenges and blessings, and one can seem to overshadow the other at times. In Larry's case, he happens to be swimming in challenges. Larry's marital problems receive the proverbial final nail in the coffin when his wife asks to bring...

Magnolia Song: A Saga of the New South by J. Robert Towery is a monumental saga of love, loss, community, and familial relationships, set in Memphis, Tennessee, and elsewhere around the deep south of the United States. It tells of the interlocking relationships within a...

Song of Redemption is a moving account of a young slave girl who lived in the cruel environment of slavery. Shocking findings are made when the remains of Danielle, a young vocalist who was a slave, are discovered inside the Soileau estate wall, where she...

Relative Consequences by Jody Herpin is a sweeping novel about haunting secrets, redemption, racism, and forgiveness. It follows Jessy Tate as she struggles to cope with her husband's death, guilt, anxiety attacks, and nightmares. After a call with her psychiatrist, Jessy learns that her nightmares...

Between the Causeways by Jeremy Campbell is a slice of life from the Southern countryside that makes the reader forget, for a few hours, all the evil happening in the world. It is called "heart-warming" by the author, but it is much more than that:...

Rhoda Melendez's 911 Dauphin St. is a literary fiction novel inspired by the Protestant Orphanage Street in Mobile, Alabama, 911 Dauphin Street. Nell Cosby's world changed forever when her father left their home to help a fellow teacher set up a new school in Mobile...

On The Path with Preston Shank: A Great American Novelette (Featuring the bonus short story Shut Up and Pick Cotton) is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama and slice-of-life subgenres. It is best suited to the mature adult reading audience and was penned...

Perhaps things would have been different for Captain Dung Nguyen had he presented senior airman Rex Thompson to the base’s superiors after nabbing him for stealing dollar bills meant for the Vietnamese army. Having spared Thompson and secured the money - which Thompson steals again...

When asked his name, the frightened young boy who has just shot his mama replies: “Earl, honey.” The officer sniggers, except the response isn’t funny. Nor is Earl being sassy. He is simply slow after being brain-damaged by his abusive father years before. It’s episodes...

June Bug Gothic is a motley collection of eighteen Southern gothic tales from Robb Grindstaff, ranging from short stories to flash fiction. The first story narrates how the scent of the magnolia tree on summer nights can bring about sweet dreams. In another one, the...