Did you see that Van Gogh? What about the Andy Warhol collection? Share your thoughts about what artist Alfred Conteh reflects in his pieces. Now use these same visual concepts when you read Nest of Stars, Nicole Verrone's collection of poetry. This book of poems...

When readers decide to tackle a lengthier action novel, the author had better know what he/she is doing. Well, that’s one thing fans of award-winning novelist Chuck Morgan never have to worry about. Here’s an author whose action-filled plots leave you breathless, ever wondering what...

Voices of the Grieving Heart by Mike Bernhardt is a compilation of work that allows a reader to meditate through the words of others during a time that is often the most difficult of our short lives. This is, of course, the grieving process following...

Riley Madison Discovers the Superpower of Time by June Akers is a fun and educational book for children. A girl named Riley attends her first day at summer camp and is excited to take part in all of the fun activities. Riley and her friends...

The Blood of the Spear by Mark Timmony is a high fantasy fiction novel and the first book in the ambitious epic series, The Eye of Eternity. Timmony builds an entirely new world from scratch, providing the fractured continent of Athmay with a wealth of...

Polish Dragon P.I. (The Good Book) by Steve Zimcosky builds a story around a secret society sworn to protect the integrity of the Russian Orthodox Church at any cost. An acquaintance contacts Detective Suzie Mandrake about a stolen family heirloom, a Bible. This case...

When opportunity comes knocking at your door, do you jump with both feet or do you settle for another boring summer? Joseph receives an invitation from Professor Benjamin Thessit to test out a new video game on an all-expenses-paid trip to the Murean Islands. Thinking...

Do you know a young thespian looking for monologues to show off their talent or to practice being somebody else? Monologues for Kids and Tweens II: 100 New Comedy and Drama Monologues for Young Actors by Mike Kimmel has plenty of variety. All of them...

It’s Hard to Sleep When You’re an Artist is a work of children's fiction by Heather Gutierrez. Lily is an artist. She’s lots of other things, too, including being a five-year-old girl. But what she loves most is to paint pictures – bright, bold, beautiful...

An effective work of suspense fiction has the power to trap you in a nightmare in which formidable forces elude your comprehension and stand in your way with seemingly no escape. This is the kind of fate that Kaitlin Maverick faces in The Catalyst by...

Write Out Your Drops, by Selin Senol-Akin, will dazzle you with poems about finding the strength to live your authentic self. The themes are wide and varied, from struggling with hard times to finding happiness in unexpected ways. Almost anyone can relate to these emotional...

Daughter of Hades by Mack Little is a 17th-century story set in France, Jamaica, and Barbados. In Barbados, the Admiral’s son, Owen Craig, raped Geraldine Obosi, a slave. She escaped with her twin brother, Jimmie, to a pirate ship (Hades), where she met Lei. The...

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...

Jake has a fast life of alcohol, drugs, and random overnight stands since he lost his family to a drunk driver. The Road Home opens with Jake waking up to an emergency phone call from his best friend Greg. Greg states that Arianna has been...

Take it from me, an ex-pat Aussie living in Canada: Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia by Erika Bud is “bonza”! What? Oh, forgive me. I just got carried away thinking about the reactions of youngsters reading this delightful book and hearing some Aussie “lingo” (words)...

Ninja School Rules, by Kim Ann, is a 41-page-long children’s picture book about Lucas and his new ninja school. Several other children his age also begin their first day in ninja class. But Lucas is especially nervous about, well, everything. He wants to succeed and...

In the Last Danann by Victoria Saccenti, we meet an eons-old Tuatha Dé Warrior, Kailen. We see short memories starting in Thebes, Southern Egypt, 1000BC, when he visits Khnurn, a wizard charged with keeping the universe's balance. Kailen cannot join his people as they leave...

Small Talk with Myself by L.B. Lewis is a short non-fiction memoir that brings us into the world of one woman living on her own in isolation during the pandemic. Lewis transports the reader into the San Francisco Bay area, showing us the corner of...

Soulstealer by Shane Boulware is a supernatural urban fantasy. Nythan has his future planned out, determined to make a life for himself in the military. Everything changes when he is assaulted and a strange mist leaves his assailant and enters Nythan. From that point forward,...

Imagine the pantheon of Greek gods living on earth, trying to blend in with humanity, keeping up with social media, texting, and tweeting. Imagine for a moment that the great Zeus, wielder of firebolts, was a garbage disposal man in Toronto. Then there is Dionysus,...