Horror aficionados, immerse yourself in a spine-tingling collection of 18 short horror stories with Alphonse Schaller's Zone Rouge. A man hiking in the mountains of northeast Vermont encounters a terrifying predator that hunts humans with aggressive mimicry. A stage actor recounts a cursed play set...

In Michael Coolwood's Is That An Aura of Wild Magic Engulfing You, Or Are You Just Pleased to See Me?, the lead character, Laceco, suffers emotional pain that manifests itself in strange ways and is highly contagious to others. Its origin remains a mystery as...

MotherLove by Hope Andersen is a compelling psychological thriller. It follows Rebecca Winslow as she not only grieves the loss of a stillborn child and other miscarriages but also tries to cope with a marriage on the verge of collapse and her younger sister's disappearance. Rebecca can't bounce back...

Pearly Gates by Bonnie D. Solomon follows the titular protagonist, a deceased drag performer named Pearly Gates, who works in waste management in a segmented afterlife where souls seek enlightenment. After a breakup with her soulmate Thunder, Pearly accepts a temporary role as a spirit...

Through Hell With You by Anne J. Franklin is a suspenseful small-town romance. Guilt and pain torment Adrian. He can't move past the loss of his fiancée. He wants to heal, so he decides to go somewhere far away from his mistakes. Isabella is also in...

Tokyo Tangents by Robin S. Hasuki is an inventive and unusually structured novel that threads together small, carefully drawn character moments into a larger, unexpected narrative. Framed through short, interconnected chapters, the book paints Tokyo as both familiar and strange, a place where routine hides...

High Hopes by Anne Abel is a memoir that captures the author's transformative journey through music, self-discovery, and overcoming personal challenges. The book begins with Abel's decision to travel to Australia to attend Bruce Springsteen concerts, a leap of faith that becomes a pivotal moment...

Breakaway by J.A. McNally explores a fractured world where the remnants of a divided nation struggle with the results of their decisions. Set during a second American civil war, the novel follows John Emmett, a medic turned reluctant hero, as he begins a dangerous mission...

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” In Sincerely, Mildred by Ashley Rea, Mildred is a dreamer. So much so that the 19-year-old sometimes gets into trouble with her wandering mind at the cannery job...

The death of a loved one is difficult to overcome. But the murder of a family member and being left with more questions than answers, even after the murderer has been found and sentenced, is impossible to express. For Stacey Andrade King and her family,...

Frayed Edges by Kahlani B. Steele is a poetry collection that traces emotional, environmental, and relational moments through observation and quiet reflection. Many poems center on small, telling moments, such as a visit to a grandparent’s home, a solitary walk, or the stillness after rain,...

A nurse searches for answers in an unexpected death in the thrilling historical mystery, One Remembers Yet by Raymie Martin. Winnie Watling is a volunteer in the Voluntary Aid Detachment caring for the soldiers in France. After suffering from pneumonia, Winnie is still too weak...

“Professionals don’t have feelings, don’t have thoughts. They don’t have an autonomous life outside their function.” Perhaps some don't, but the professional in Fabio Amabili's novel, There's A Young Man Dressed In Blue, is a human being first and foremost. The protagonist is Avvocato Floriani,...

Moondust by Kahlani B. Steele is an evocative collection of poems that explores the delicate spaces of nature, memory, and the human psyche. The book is arranged in thematic chapters, and it begins with the section called “Nature,” where the author gives human qualities to...

Escape from Perihelion by Diego Tovar takes place in a scorched, climate-ravaged future, with Earth as a wasteland. The situation is worsened by environmental injustice and extractive capitalism. The people are divided into two classes: the privileged “insiders” of the domed Los Angeles and the...

Nick Donovan was out of money, out of a job and out of his marriage. He came home early from work and found her in bed with his best friend. His ex wife was pregnant and he wondered if he was the father. He lost...

The mother of three small girls committed suicide leaving their father to raise them. More than anything he wanted to keep them together. In haste he remarries and tells his children his new wife is their mother. For a while the girls live with their...

Delani Bleu returned to the profession of teaching after a cushy job. While her major was educational journalism this is the first time she’d had the opportunity to teach it. To prepare for the year she took a graduate class to learn the computer programs;...

Shawna Savage, author of Psycho Girl, shares her story of abuse. Her grandmother told her she did not need a man. Her advice was to get a job and support herself. Her mother lived in an abusive marriage and blamed herself. She labels herself as...

Holding On To Somewhere by W. Kay Shabazz is a very emotional book. It is the story of one woman’s courage and strength, along with her faith, to finally get herself and her children out of an abusive relationship. But all of this came with...