It can be hard to get little children to go to sleep. They hear about the Boogie Man, the Sandman and the Monster under the bed, so what is a child to do to drift off peacefully? Priscilla and the Sandman by Anders Roseberg is...

The Diorama and Other Stories by Sebastian Bendix is a collection of short stories with an irresistible appeal to fans of horror. Each story is imagined and written to give readers the chills. From the start of each story, the author introduces an unusual phenomenon,...

Brain Food for Thought: Not Quite 100...Zen and Other Spiritual Quotes and Proverbs to Enlighten Your Mind (Making Mindful Meditation) by Daniel Hilldrup is an inspiring book full of quotations from Zen Masters. If I understand it correctly, peace is not to be sought but...

My Beautiful Suicide by Atty Eve tells the story of Cosette Hugo. Cosette is unhappy; she has every reason to be. Her brother, Victor, has died, her parents are divorced, and she runs the gauntlet of the school bully each day. But she survives. Until...

Calvus by Darryl Greer is an amazing story spanning two thousand years and many miles. As a young legionary, Calvus experiences the crucifixion of Jesus in Jerusalem and is profoundly moved by the feelings of love and brotherhood he perceives as they join glances. Later...

Parker Hill is a twenty-year-old college student who is on the cusp of knowing what he wants to do with his life. His father, who is a judge, wants Parker to follow the family into law, but Parker has other ideas; he thinks he might...

In Adam Bender's Divided We Fall, we follow the story of Eve Parker and Jon Wyle. They are members of the Elite Guard: a special task force dedicated to finding and arresting those who resist the Church. After meeting during a stake-out, Eve and Jon...

Krill America by Ray Palla is a story of suspense and action. The Krill America is a krill research ship, made up of an old krill catcher fused with a refrigeration tanker. On their final journey, the crew is caught unaware when an undersea earthquake...

Simple Triple Standard pulls the curtains back on the 'glory days' of radio, the 1970s, and lets the reader experience life on the other side of the microphone. Simple Triple Standard opens at a small AM radio station, KNUT, and follows the newsman, Bryant Herman,...

Secret Hunger by Satin Russell is the story of Olivia and Mason. After her parents died, Olivia took on the responsibility of both her younger sisters. She raised them and put their futures first. Her dreams and aspirations took a back seat. Now both of...

H: Infidels of Oil is the latest offering from Ray Palla. And if you enjoy thrillers where the murderous band of antagonists gets their comeuppance from a gaggle of good ‘ole boy roughnecks, then Mr. Palla has a rollicking novel just for you. In a...

The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs is the personal story of Joseph Schupack. Joseph Schupack describes his life from when he was transported from Radzyn-Podaski to Treblinka and then on to other concentration camps, including Auschwitz in World War II. He tells a frank story of...

Ford was a grieving man. Ten years earlier, his wife, Roxanne, died in a deliberate jet ski accident. He lived to find her killer. He was steadfast in his mission when Mandy’s corpse washed up on the Island of Truson's shores. She was taken in...

Dead Tree Tales by Rush Leaming is about a lot more than a dead tree. It’s a mystery. It’s a crime story. It’s a thriller. It’s a powerful comment on today’s society and politics. But as a lover of nature, I loved how Leaming paid...

Adventures with Buckwheat: Saturday Mornings is a children's book written by Georgia Minns and illustrated by Jillian Dister. Early one Saturday morning, Buckwheat's mother wakes him. Buckwheat quickly arrives at the breakfast table dressed as a pirate. As he and his mother walk out the...

Point and Shoot for Your life by Robin Murphy is a tale of mystery and suspense. Hannah Mills, local photographer, is struggling for work and to pay her rent. Great-Aunt Dorothy comes to the rescue from beyond the grave after she leaves Hannah a First...

Protagonist William Marconi takes readers to a different world in Reverence: Volume 1 by Joshua A. Landeros. William Marconi is one of the 144,000 guardians of a new order, and people look at him with both awe and fear. He tries to uphold justice at...

With so much to do to get the soon-to-open Bed and Breakfast ready, Jess Connors tries to do too much too fast. In One Wrong Turn by Deanna Lynn Sletten, Jess swerves on the wet highway to avoid a dog and the SUV skids and...

White Plains by Rebecca Perkin is a good fantasy tale for young adult readers. I like stories where someone from our version of Earth is taken to another world. The connection to our place and time makes the protagonist’s actions and reactions understandable, but the...

The Starkhons, led by General Tai Kanow, invaded the bunji territory and planned to take over. He was fiercely loyal to the emperor and obeyed every command to the last letter. However, capturing the bunjis was an uphill task. The natives were as slippery as...