The strength of Black Stoicism by Morris Junior is in its simplicity of structure. The majority of poems in the collection have no rhyme and are written in blank or free verse. This technique helps Black Stoicism to feel very intimate, almost confessional: Junior tackles...

Can You Hear Me, Daddy? by Y.Y. Chan is a poignant and heartrending story of death, loss, and grief. Renee's Daddy told them one morning that the doctors found cancer in his body. He told them that cancer would spread and he would become weak....

Solar Warden by Peter Fuller is a science fiction story featuring Colonel Steve Richardson, a USAF combat pilot. When his F-35 goes down in the northern Afghanistan mountains, he suffers a bad head injury, and with help a long way off, he fears his life...

A young girl discovers the hidden blessings in her father's illness in the inspiring children's book, Can You Hear Me? (Finding Hope After Loss) by Y. Y. Chan. Twelve-year-old Renee comes home from school to find Daddy home from work several hours earlier than usual....

In Deceit of the Soul by Henry Cox, Li Huiweu, a colonel in The People's Republic of China, has been an asset to her government since childhood. Removed from her parents and trained to become a fighting machine with extraordinary brilliance, Colonel Li is devoted...

The Voice of Reason by Kat Clark tells the story of a rich girl, Amy, who falls pregnant and marries a poor boy, Josh, who never graduated and has a prison record. So far, it’s the same as so many other stories, but then this...

Save the Hero: Hannah's Story by R. H. Krämer is the story of Hanna, legal aid for the state of Wyoming as she navigates life and overcomes challenges. Hannah was a selfless woman. She found pleasure in giving back and helping people. She was happy...

Alexander X, written by Edward Savio and narrated by Wil Wheaton, is a story that explores the possibility of genetic mutation. And by this, I don’t mean something that causes a disease or somehow weakens the human body. It is a gene that slows aging...

After Veronica found herself pregnant as a teenage dancer, she decided to give up the baby girl, Isabel. Working at a perfume counter in a department store with twin boys and separated from her husband, Veronica is desperate for fulfillment. Now in her forties, she...

Brandon is a classic bad boy who just happens to be the illegitimate son of a royal family. Girls, parties, and drinking are his favorite pastimes. When Brandon and his best friends decide to take on an ambitious business project, he is reunited with one...

Berwick Augustin's 1803 - Black Freedom is a bilingual story that tells the story of Haiti's culture and history. Black Freedom is about Pouchon, a middle school student of Haitian descent, who is trying out for his school's soccer team. After seeing the others who...

The Lord's Prayer by Berwick Augustin is an uplifting book that will guide children on how to pray to the Lord and revolves around the themes of worship, forgiveness, and repentance. This bilingual book is a good tool for parents and tutors to teach their...

Get ready for a 'ribbiting' story! Daniel Georges has another book in his My Crazy Stories Series. The Good For Nothing Frogs not only has lots of frogs but a grouchy king and a crocodile chef. It starts with a very lazy King Grouchel who...

Rancid Mahoney works for Gunther Ostrander, Head Prospector of New Canterton, a mining settlement in what was once, a long time ago before civilization ended, “the heart of American Northwest”. Mahoney’s task is to find the Blackheart Mountain which is the source of “Blackvein”, a...

In Molly Waits Her Turn: The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws, we are introduced to an adorable little dog who goes to her human, telling him that it’s time for her treat. Her papa tells her that she must wait her turn because...

A dramatic supernatural tale of death and rebirth, Janet Rebhan’s Rachael’s Return tells the story of Caroline Martin, a successful middle-aged woman who undergoes a hysterectomy at the opening of the novel. With two teenage sons, she had hoped of having another child—a daughter this...

Iceapelago by Peter Brennan is a dystopian environmental fiction thriller and the first book in the author's Iceapelago series. The book lays its foundation with a chilling look at a future where climate change has altered the world as we know it, taking the landscape...

Death is a Grizzly by J.C. Graves is an engaging story, featuring interesting characters, including a Kodiak grizzly bear. The bear is wounded by a Cheyenne who shoots an arrow that penetrates the skull of the animal, but not enough to kill it. The animal...

Schneider the Spider sat looking at the beauty of the lake and the other spiders playing web-spit and catching flies. He really wished he had friends to play with him and he decided to approach a group of friendly spiders to ask if he could...

Saving Grace by D.M. Barr is an intriguing, deftly written psychological thriller that follows one woman’s struggle with the fear of being murdered for her inheritance. The only child of a billionaire, Grace Pierrepoint Rendell knows that her life is in danger from the moment...