Someone has stolen the gem of the werewolves and the gem of the vampires. They know there is a war brewing and so some werewolves and vampires form an alliance to get the gems back. In the middle is Faith, a human who learns she...

Stanislas Cassel in the French justice department has been persuaded by thugs with German accent to give a certain witness, Louis Boucher, an easy time when he is interviewed about a murder case. That makes him investigate further although it first scares him. So he...

"Alexander's Lighthouse" is a story set in Alexandria during the Imperium of Domitian. The setting is historical, but it creates major events that did not happen, so it is not entirely a historical novel. The story is generally well-written and produced, and the writing flows...

In the future society presented in this story, the world has been nearly destroyed and the survivors have to spend all their lives in cramped silos only getting to go outside to do the brutal work of cleansing the earth. What better way to make...

Fifteen year old Collie lives in Middletown and understands that to live in Middletown is better than living below in Ganty where people drink, fornicate, and do all sorts of unacceptable things. In Middletown, most residents are craftsmen and Collie's father is one of them,...

It’s February of 1970 and in South Orange, New Jersey, Seven year old Flynn O'Shea likes living in her parents' apartment which is located above the bar they own and manage. Flynn is the youngest of the three O'Shea children Maeve being the oldest and...

The book is set in the once sleepy town of Gonzalez, where a mystery is soon to jolt the community in a way it has never known. Dirt poor farmers have become suddenly rich from oil deposits on their property. Greed rears its very ugly...

The collection of poems "Responsorials" by Rich Follett and Constance Stadler demonstrates a very strong sense of poetic maturity in both poets involved. The combined effort of the poets try to trace the subtle shades of diversified complexities related to human existence. The topic itself...

"Silence, Inhabited" by Rich Follett contains poems which are like aching nerves, exposed to the reader. The poems are highly autobiographical and deal with a common but less controversial theme: childhood sexual abuse. Having been a pathetic victim of abuse in his childhood, Follett is...

The words of "Dialect of Dahlias" by poet Gloria J Wimberley danced around in my mind as I read them. Wimberley is one of the few that speak much with few words. Her style is minimalistic and yet so expressive. Wimberley has kept her lines...

"Pumpkin Day" by Grigory Ryzhakov is a short story/novelette about Agie's adventures in the tunnels underneath the city of Slowne as recorded in her notebook. Jake, an art dealer who lives a lonely life in a large mansion, finds Agie's notebook on a park bench...

Just how bad can one kid’s life get? When 13-year-old Erik Burks discovers a black lace bra in the glove compartment of his dad’s car his life falls apart. Totally! His mom leaves his father and drags Erik from being king of the hill in...

"Killing Sharks: De Profundis" by Eric Wentz is in some ways a typical modern political thriller in that it has the elements we have come to associate with such literature – a strong military figure who is something of a maverick, fuzzy ineffectual politicians, a...

Moses Samuels has a shady past. One night he got shot in the head by a druggie and he was left to die in an alley. It so happened that Elijah, a pastor, was walking his dog for the night in that area. When he...

“One Day for Me” is a book of short stories by award-winning author Sally Jenkins. With eight short stories, this collection runs the gamut from a very surprising and unexpected murderer, to the stressful disclosure to her sister that a woman’s boyfriend doesn’t really exist....

“Old Friends” by Sally Jenkins is this author’s second anthology, with 13 award-winning short stories, following closely on the heels of the successful publication of “One Day for Me”, her collection of 8 award-winning shorts. “Old Friends” is another very pleasurable read, sure to invoke...

It was over 40 years ago when the unimaginable occurred: Bessie Day Hardy -- a smart, beautiful teenage girl with curly black hair and a striking figure -- was raped in Chaanakya. But that was exactly what happened in the book “Lies a River Deep”...

Robby, Ricky , Benny and their flock decide to fly out of Arizona to avoid the sweltering summer. Ruby the new bird in the flock suggests they migrate further to the West. She tempts them with the beautiful view of the ocean, the cool weather,...

When I chose this book to read, I knew it would bring out feelings I thought were gone from a corner of my mind. I was right. So many things resonated with me as I read the author’s experience of losing a baby. I know...

Billy and Ray work as cowhands on the Silver C Ranch in Texas. They both live in small trailers on the land and enjoy the quiet times after a hard day's work with a beer and some good conversation. Billy is badly injured when a...