When Salvator Slocum gets a message from his boss requesting to see him immediately, he expects to get chewed out for once again managing to show up late at the office. What he is not expecting from Burt Leathers is to be made the new...

After a failed start-up, Daniel moves into a new apartment with diverse neighbors and works mediocre online jobs. He hopes this is the beginning of a new life. Unfortunately, his neighborhood is too noisy, and he starts to spin out of control. Sofi, a new...

Battle Creek: The 500 Song Rock and Roll Daydream by August Wanderlust follows the ambitious Hal, who dreams of creating a successful rock and roll band. Despite the eclectic mix of punk, metal, and classical influences from his current members, the band isn't complete until...

Rachel is pregnant. Her boyfriend, Chris, would be thrilled if he knew. But, instead of telling him, she runs away to have the baby and gives it up for adoption. Anna wants nothing more than to be a mother, but she has been unable to...

In Chronicle of the Lake by Roderick Saxey, two contemporary scientists, an ecologist, and an archaeologist, discuss the history of both nature and mankind on the shores of a large lake where they both live. The conversation takes place as the two friends play chess...

Tired of reading how-to-write manuals? Meet Ruby and Kurt, two wannabes and almost good enough writers in a writing group who connect and share ideas, mostly about writing. In a clever, comic romp, these two, a 70-plus-year-old white male and a 40-ish black female (ex-military),...

Spin by Michael Fidler is a lighthearted look at the world of big business and more specifically the IT Industry. Geoff Stradling works for the marketing division of an Australian computer security company called Heatseeker. Unlike a hated colleague, Geoff likes to think he is...

A Little Vice in Paradise: Very Vero Book Two by Gretchen Rose is an intriguing drama. The main storyline features Andrea, a down-on-her-luck realtor, desperate to secure Daniel’s purchase of a home for his mystery client. Unfortunately, the only property he seems interested in is...

Michael Shanahan is having a bad day. It doesn’t matter which day; they’re all the same, and they’re all bad. Tripping With Geoffrey Odell Donaldson by David Bruce Buffum tells us about Michael Shanahan from his daily routine to the road trip he goes on...

A challenging walk for a shoe company from Los Angeles to Denver might just be the solution for a grieving Roger McAllister, who lost his wife of over 20 years to a plane crash three months before in 1984. On this spontaneously undertaken journey, Roger...