Seattle detectives Nick Winston and Pat Strom are not prepared for the devastating murder scene to which they have been assigned. Not only is the victim dead, she has been butchered beyond any conceivable definition of the word. Beautiful young party girl Kylee Harris is...

“Sometimes, as I drift idly on Walden Pond, I cease to live and begin to be.” When Henry David Thoreau wrote these words in the mid 1800s, he was lamenting American materialism that was becoming ever more apparent in the wake of the Industrial Age....

The Golden Rule is a children’s book of acceptance, written by Jessica Marie Baumgartner and illustrated by Laura Winship-Fanaei. A young child, Pagan by faith, has many friends. Her friends come from different countries, races, religions and backgrounds. One thing that binds them is known...

Lies, the first poem in the first section of verse entitled “Perceived,” is a poem for every woman who has faced the disillusionment of a precarious love, confirming the fact that if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Poet Shauna Cesar...

Flash fiction is a work of extreme brevity which, believe it or not, goes back a long way in history, all the way back to prehistory and the telling of the great fables that were passed on from one generation to the next. Flash fiction...

Beneath Strange Stars is the second book in Rebecca Bryn’s trilogy For Their Country’s Good. It continues the saga of the star-crossed lovers, Ella and Jem, with just enough backstory to be read as a standalone novel without boring readers who have already enjoyed On...

A work that combines fantasy and sci-fi in an exhilarating ride, Terence Simmons’ The Lone Planet features a planet that runs the risk of becoming extinct. Aquant sits comfortably at the outer edge of the Andromeda galaxy and it is experiencing a lot of turmoil...

Puffy and the Formidable Foe by Ann M. Hannon, Marie G. Lepkowski, and Margaret B. Hannon is the cute story of Puffy the cat who goes hunting for a rat. He pokes his head into a hole and finds a mole instead. He decides to...

For fans of well-crafted paranormal tales, Stuttering Back: Fast Forward by Daudi Anyumba is a gorgeous treat. The stutterer, Dave, the man fondly called “Stut” by friends, suddenly discovers that his curse could be a blessing after a traumatic incident. He has a passion for...

Teenage Degenerate: A Memoir that Explores the Depths of Methamphetamine and Drug Addiction by S.C. Sterling is an eye opening experience in the life of a drug addict. In the book, Sterling tells about his experiences using different drugs and how meth took control of...

Piercing the Veil by Eric J Wentz is an intense political thriller that features very compelling characters. In a story set against the historical background of World War II, the reader will encounter coalitions between intelligence bodies—like the OSS, the CIA, the SAS, and the...

Stalker, My Love is a romantic tale of suspense and mystery, written by Zack Scott. As the well-known admirer and stalker of Rosalyn Ray, Rhett Calloway seems to be the likeliest of suspects when Rosalyn disappears, after she storms out of a bar where her...

It’s tough being a teenager. Period. I am middle aged now, but I remember this like it was yesterday. In my writing, I have often advocated having a course on life to teach young people about some of the difficult choices they will have to...

Snap, Book One is an exciting children’s adventure from the Bannister’s Muster series by Barbara Gaskell Denvil. Nathan Bannister is snatched from his bedroom one night by a strange man called Brewster Hazlett. He’s transported to medieval London where Brewster literally dumps him on a...

Bringing up a child can be challenging and it can be worrisome too, especially when it is a child with emotional outbursts and big reactions to minute things. In Being Happy Raising Happy: The Empowered Mom’s Guide to Helping Her Spirited Child Bloom, author Maureen...

Esme’s Wish is a captivating, excellently-written novel. Author Elizabeth Foster did a great job of keeping me reading as I followed Esme’s journey to investigate the disappearance of her mother, a brilliant painter. A messenger bird and a trail of clues in her mother’s art...

Mayur Ramgir's Evolve like a Butterfly: A Metamorphic Approach to Leadership is a groundbreaking work on leadership with powerful lessons inspired by the life cycle of a butterfly. A butterfly! The title of the book got me intrigued and I was wondering “Why a butterfly”...

The Memory of Loss by Dana K. Haffar blends family drama with historical elements into an intriguing, character-driven story that will have readers mesmerized. Nadine Hall has suffered a devastating loss and still blames herself for everything. Having completed her training in caregiving, she seizes...

You pretty much have to live in the bush or the desert these days not to hear of yet another mass murder or killing spree, sadly, and increasingly, committed by teenagers. What is going on here and why does it happen? What is going on...

Marigold is a romantic suspense short story written by A.L. Wright. Lyle’s Marine training had held him in good stead throughout his long years of solitude and captivity. He had filled his days with calisthenics, yoga and body-weight training for his body and mind, and...