The Magical Adventures of Folotjing – The Brave and Kindhearted is a fantastically whimsical picture book written for children, and it was penned and illustrated by author Rio N. Cortez. Focusing on plot themes such as the power of kindness, mind over matter, and the...

“I sense a powerful presence from you. I see your future is in the stars. You have a great destiny. But beware . . . many dark spirits follow you. Curses and hexes many cast upon you, for such beauty makes many jealous of you,...

The Secret of Four Notch by Tracy Sabin is a kids’ fantasy story. Danny is all set for his summer adventures with his friends until his parents uproot him and they move to Washington State, a town where they don’t know anyone. Danny can’t handle...

The Golden Bowl: A Book To Help Children Cope with Grief is a beautiful Christian children’s book by Linda Matesa with illustrations by Oksana Kindzer. This illuminating story sheds light on the difficult subject of grieving and loss gently and lovingly. A mother explains to...

The Dawn of AI is a work of fiction in the science fiction, dystopia adventure, and thriller subgenres, and forms the opening novel of the Paper War series. Penned by author Ryan LeKodak, the work is best suited to the general adult reading audience. In...

The Red Sandals by Jing Li is a moving memoir about a strong woman who overcomes tremendous odds to leave her home country, travels to America, and builds a life for herself, her husband, and her daughter. The story starts in China when the author...

Two Magisters pass through the town of Fallow and, soon after, everything Emelyn has known is changed. In The Thirteenth Tower by Sara C. Snider, unusual events force Emelyn to leave town after she is attacked by creatures that were only known to people as...

"Dreams and Expectations" by Wendi Sotis is a new take on Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice". We have the same characters and much of the same action in the Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwiliam Darcy love affair, but we see it in much more detail. We...

Children often wonder where they came from, or if they existed before they were babies. The children’s book, The Day I Lost My Wings, written by Litzi Y. Umana, answers those questions in a most delightful way. Mochie was a beautiful angel with wings who...

Dreams of Tamar: A Tale of Rejection, Redemption, Restoration, and Faith Volume 1 by Darlene Pryor is listed as Christian fiction, a story that will appeal to women who have suffered a lot because of love, one with a promise of hope. A woman with...

Lily Scott is a widow living in Salem, Massachusetts. She was born a witch, can dream walk, and like the females in her family has a firefly birthmark. The ability to uncover injustice comes with the consequence of having to face and fight a dream...

Aislen Walker awakens in a landscape of rusty dirt and gray shrubs. She recalls her name and her father's words from years before, "I love your little butt-chin, Buttercup". Then, in this barren landscape, Aislen is shot by a soldier and evaporates. Suddenly, she is...

Dreaming My Animal Selves: Le Songe de mes Ames Animales (Bilingual Collection in French and English) by Helene Cardona is a bilingual collection, as the title suggests. Bilingual works always help in widening the reader audience. This collection will appeal not only to French...

Born in South Korea to a single mother who is abandoned by her American boyfriend, Lee Young Nam seems to be destined to lead the life of an outcast. Joel Peterson’s Dreams of My Mothers is a chronicle of his life from an obscure South...

Dream Take Flight: An Unconventional Journey is a work of memoir non-fiction penned by author Lisa Turner. Self-described as the story of ‘a shy girl’ who breaks the rules, this inspiring and heart-warming tale of triumph focuses on the author’s resilience against the standard career...

In “The Sixties Girl,” Victoria Staat tells a story of when life was quite a bit more innocent that it is today. With the setting in the 1960’s, readers can enjoy the signs of the times as it was back in those days. Brad Montgomery...

The Phantom Firefighter: First Responder is a middle-grade novel by J.W. Jarvis. Noah loves video games and spending time with his father. After eating out one night, Noah and his father stumble across a bookstore they hadn’t noticed previously. Noah selects a children’s book with...

The Phantom Enforcer is a young adult fantasy novel by J.W. Jarvis. The story follows the adventures of Dani and Noah, two teenagers who discover a magical bookstore run by a mysterious witch. In each adventure, the two are transported into the lives of everyday...

This is a poem about Halloween night, how eerie it feels with the moon shinning bright, casting shadows. The stillness in the pumpkin patch, the cornstalks and scarecrow, but wait, did that scarecrow lurch in the moonlight? Can that really happen? Another feeling is the chilly...

Robert Frost had Mountain Interval, Shakespeare had The Sonnets, Emily Dickinson had her Collection, and Joie Schmidt has her Dreams of the Heart, Volume One. Many of the poems tout similar vocabulary and style as the old masters, as seen in this excerpt, “You are...