A Midsummer Night’s Dream might be one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, with countless stage, film, and tv adaptations performed over the years. It is a brave task to readapt a story many people recognize, but Paul Leonard Murray has successfully pulled it off. While...

The action-driven play Pericles, the Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare, as rendered in rhyming couplets of modern English by Paul Leonard Murray, director of the Belgrade English Language Theater, with input from his students, is just as exciting as the original, but it is...

A Sporting Life by Robert E. Kearns is a touching short story about a young couple, Sarah and Thomas Woodford, who joined The Oregon Trail hoping to make a better life in the unfamiliar Midwest. The long, arduous journey took its toll on Thomas and...

Journey to Jumbalot by Ryan Wakefield takes readers on a gripping adventure with many wonderful creatures. Professor Wizoom is excited to build a doorway into another world, but his cat, Alby, is afraid to lose him since he had lived as a stray cat for...

Charlie Enzo is a very active sheepadoodle puppy. The first family to adopt Charlie Enzo didn’t have time for him and he was often left alone to entertain himself. Finally, a fur-ever family was found, but it was way across the country from his first...

Nicole Beverly’s abusive ex-husband offered fellow prisoners payment to murder her. Finding Nicole is a graphic memoir recording the author’s experiences as a victim, and survivor, of shocking domestic violence and her battle for justice and safety. It includes, at the end, a brief guidebook...

Steeped: My Search for Tea and Transformation in India by Bill Giebler is a non-fiction travel memoir that takes the reader on a journey of discovery at exactly the moment the author is certain that the whole thing is impossible. Ludicrous, even. He's the head...

God's Greatest Miracle: A Tale of Two Little Angels (A Teaching Tale for Everyone, Young or Old) by Jean-Michel Polyakov, Baron du Mont Saint Germain is the first codex in the Nouseum Sagas. This children’s tale is a story within a story. A traveler is...

First Date Stories: Women’s Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures by Jodi Klein is a non-fiction collection of experiences aimed at cementing solidarity and reinforcing sisterhood from within the ranks of the post-forty dating scene. All told, there are nearly a dozen moments that Klein puts...

Friendship's Gallop is a short story written by Ross Davis and his first work of fiction (he is already an established author of non-fiction books). Set in the 19th century, Friendship's Gallop tells the adventures of David Summit, the son of a farmer, and Painting...

Shapeless Summers is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Hayden Thompson. The book follows a middle-aged former sea captain, William Greenwood, as he leaves England behind and reinvents himself...

Nose Guy is a storybook of humorous black-and-white drawings that are meant to be colored in by readers. Author Ryan Langford describes it as a “mandala-like story,” meaning the drawings represent a deeper meaning. The book’s purpose is to allow readers to look at themselves...

From Savvy Saver to Smart Spender by Daniel W. McDonald is a non-fiction self-help finance book to guide readers on “How to Pick a Tax-Wise Retirement Withdrawal Strategy.” In layman's terms, it is the exact opposite of every retirement finance book you've ever read. It...

A Kind of Hush by JoDee Neathery is a tale about profound loss that is shrouded in mystery. One of the biggest heartaches that parents can experience is the tragic loss of a child. Matt and Summer married in 2002. They adopted Willa and they...

If you were the protagonist, Anna, in They Dream in Darkness, you would wonder if you had been born with a sign on your forehead that says “Abuse Me.” They Dream in Darkness by Robin Turner will have you shaking your head in disbelief, not...

An accomplished psychiatrist named Veronica Kwan Lewis was running from an unknown danger. Veronica found herself in Nevada, where a vehicle hit her, causing memory loss. She had retrograde amnesia that wiped out the last nine years of her life. Veronica only remembered being a...

God’s Greatest Miracle by Jean-Michel Polyakov is the story of a little boy named Tristan and a little girl named Morgana who are born as angels in heaven. In heaven, angels Michael, Gabriel, and Ariel teach the little angels about being born into earthly bodies...

Because Jack Higgins wants to avoid being recruited to fight in the Vietnam War and the career-oriented job his father recommends he interview for, he accepts an invitation from a college friend, Bill Markus. Bill had offered for Jack to live with him in his...

MK Lynn blends her faith journey with reassuring biblical teachings and offers practical wisdom for personal and business growth in her work Carpet Fit for a King. Growing up in a family business, Lynn learned the value of business ownership from her father. Later, she...

There is an increasing amount of focus on physical and mental health nowadays, and rightfully so. But what about our spiritual health? With our hectic lives, sometimes in the pursuit of success and a higher standard of living, we embroil ourselves in the messiness surrounding...