Assumptions and Other Stories is the latest offering from award-winning novelist James Mulhern. Five of the seven short stories revolve around Molly Bonamici and her travails through her formative years and into adulthood. Two additional stories book-end Molly’s adventures, yet all contain that sly, quirky...

When Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Shawn Shaw visits his favorite haunt, looking for sustenance and creative inspiration, the owner shoves the day’s headline at him. “French Professors Raise Gifted Children in Dungeon.” Enough to elicit conversation between the two friends, but not enough to animate...

Pigeon-Blood Red by Ed Duncan is a suspenseful and thrilling story of a hit man, Richard Sanders, who receives a simple assignment from his gangster boss to retrieve a necklace of rubies and bring it back to him. It’s a simple job for the likes...

The Bucktown Babies: Father Gunter, Demon Hunter, Book 1 is a paranormal thriller novel written by Janine R. Pestel. Johann Gunter had been in a resting pattern between “gigs” when he watched a news broadcast about the strangely high incidence of sudden infant deaths that...

Evan’s life seemed to be on a great path, but one spur of the moment decision changed everything and led to an entirely new path. Now he finds himself in St. Paul, under the guise of a vacation from art school, but his real path...

Geoff Boxer, a professional tracker, could have been content with his simple and laid back lifestyle, tracking criminals and lost persons with his dog and “constant companion for the past six years,” Gator, in the Punta Gorda, Florida area. Geoff seems to know every creek...

The Falcon's Revenge: An Aviation-Based Thriller by James Horling is a hypnotic thriller that features the quest for revenge, terrorism, and political intrigue, a page-turner that will be hard to put down. “A 10-year-old boy named Raquir just saw his father, mother, and one of...

Run to You by Lynne King is a breathless thriller that is as absorbing as it is entertaining. Yes, it is the quintessence of a real thriller. Moving to Manhattan from London has seemed the best way for Liz to leave her past behind. Just...

No Pit So Deep: The Cody Musket Story is a fast paced historical fiction novel, but with real events that inspired James N. Miller. The story begins with Cody, while on his way to an awards dinner, being pulled over by a police officer, who...

I must admit that these days my mind is very preoccupied with China. I live here and I teach here and I think it is good for everyone when America and China get along. We need to understand each other. America is the largest economy...