Rosie the Silkie Hen is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Marian Gardner. It follows Rosie, a black-feathered Silkie hen who wishes to wear clothes. She knows this has never been done before. Chickens did not wear clothes, but she was about to...

Sloths and Their Moths by Katie Lee Reinert is a fascinating and charming children’s book about the real-life symbiotic relationship that exists between sloths and several species of moths found living in the fur of sloths. When the sloths of the tropical rainforests of Central...

Chats with a Charlatan by Chris Wilkensen follows Kevin Davis, a therapist in Chicago whose life, both at work and at home, is falling apart. Kevin uses unorthodox methods in his sessions, sometimes giving his patients alcohol and marijuana in an attempt to break down...

The Aspirants by J. Loretta takes a look at a near-future where politics and reality TV have merged with the concept of assisted dying. The story starts right in the middle of a livestream called “That’s EnterAttainment!”, where terminally ill people—dubbed "Aspirants"—turn their final moments...

The complexity and the different personalities of human beings show that not everybody takes the same route. Not everyone has the same level of ambition or zeal to change the world. Others are comfortable being the silent heroes. That is the image Kate Benson tries...

The Rubicon Leader presents leadership change as a permanent shift in identity produced through action over time. Vahab Hasiri explains that people change when they stop treating behavior as something to negotiate and instead act in ways that force the brain to update who it...

Stories of the Holocaust: Art for Healing and Renewal, Volume I, edited by Karen Berman and Gail Humphries, brings together an international group of artists, scholars, educators, and witnesses to explore how theater, music, and dance have sustained Holocaust memory. The book is organized around...

Stories of the Holocaust: Art for Healing and Renewal, Volume II, edited by Karen Berman and Gail Humphries, is a wide-ranging collection that examines how film, visual art, museum work, and performance sustain Holocaust memory. Rather than offering a single narrative, the book gathers many...

“The stronger your faith is, the stronger your soul will be to reach the other world. Your faith is one of your greatest weapons on earth.” Those were the wise words of Umba, Kenny’s godmother. In Joseph K Adou’s Kenny and the Heiresses of Surith,...

Dividing Down the Sunlight by Jason Shearer is a Western in the best tradition of the brutal, hard-living existence of the Nebraskan Panhandle. Set in 1878, it follows the exploits of Charlie Aintree, a manhunter, considered the best in the business. Operating out of Fort...

After losing his position at a major automotive design firm, Miles Walker retreats from his family and from himself in I Want To Go To Yellow by D.T. Liburd. When a childhood sketch titled A Road Map to Yellow suddenly ignites in his loft, he...

Fragments of Self: A Constellation of Being by Susan A. Knight is a collection of poems, short stories, and essays that explore identity and human connection. The book is divided into three main parts called Existence, Fractures, and Beautiful Encounters. In the first part, the...

The Ugly Underneath by Carlos Rodriguez is a memoir that traces the author’s path from a restless childhood to a career with the Washington State Patrol investigating crimes against children. The book opens with his formative memories, including the sudden loss of his grandmother and...

H.S. Toshack’s The Smile of the Tiger is set during catastrophic flooding in Bangkok, where a house cat named Sheena becomes trapped alone in the Allen family apartment after the building is abandoned. With no access to food or water, she escapes through a garbage...

Mission: The Figueroa Cipher is a thrilling spy novel by C.W. James. When the codes for nuclear missiles are stolen, James Vagus and Dakota Walker are sent to retrieve them before another world war begins. James and Dakota are American MIS-X teen operatives who trust...

A young woman returns home and inadvertently captures the attention of an arsonist in the exciting mystery novel, Burning Vengeance by Tricia T. LaRochelle. After her mother, Rose, becomes seriously ill, Natalie quits her professional job, moves back home, and sets up a housecleaning service....

In Red Mist, the second book in Thomas S. Brown's Echelon series, Cassian Stroud has grown up in the underground Martian colony of Redrise Sector and trains as a spacecraft pilot for the Mars Mining Consortium. When he joins Hera Solance’s long-range mission aboard the...

Death and All That Follows by Javier Piñol Serra follows twins Sara and Nico as they return to their hometown of Santa Magdalena after their mother’s sudden death. Sara is all business. She is a lawyer who is always moving toward the next goal, while...

Tracy Borgmeyer wraps up the action-packed middle-grade Science Girl Extraordinaire series with Halley Harper: Race to Outer Space. At just thirteen, Halley Harper has proven herself to be an extraordinary inventor, her latest invention being the communication laser booster. However, when testing the laser booster...

Anya’s Song by Laura Mills is a beautifully sweet historical romance set in a small Californian town in the 1880s. When Anya and Robert Redding’s parents were gunned down in a bank robbery, the siblings were determined to continue their parents’ legacy and ensure their...