Confessions of a Mad Inventor by Robert Gross is appropriately subtitled Surviving Failed Inventions. If Tom Sawyer had grown up to be an aerospace engineer, this is the kind of story he would have written. The marvelous inventiveness of "Little Robert's" youth is only surpassed...

Skyquakers by A.J. Conway is a very imaginative science fiction end-of-the-world thriller. It begins with 99% of the human population vanishing into thin air. Strange beams of light come from storm clouds above and suck up any living thing that they touch. The story follows...

I love books about the American Civil War, whether they are fact or fiction. Other wars have been bigger, but none have been more important to American history. I am an African-American so this war was particularly important to myself and my family. I am...

Lance and His Silly Pants by Jamie Sajewel is a charming picture book story about a boy who loves to always wear his favorite pair of pants - just that those pants look rather silly. But it does not matter to him: he loves...

Red Nexus is my kind of novel. I have missed the days when William Gibson and his cyber punk revolution burst onto the scene. I loved this sub-genre and I have eagerly searched for comparable works. But I want them to be quality works. I...

Mann Cakes tells the story of two brothers, Tanner and Garrett, and two sisters, Paige and Morgan. Tanner and Garrett had a PC business in the big city, but during their final deployment it burned to the ground with a good friend inside. So they...

The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness by Lolly Daskal is a book that every leader needs to read, one with the advice that many growing leaders never have the chance to hear. As I read this book, I thought about all...

At only ten years of age, Princess Adele of Iden loses the father she loves in The Spirit: Awakening by K.M. Riley. Her uncle, Lord Myson, lovingly takes the king’s place, but something drives Adele to search for more. Far off in the woods, Adele...

Paul Alfred’s gold-digging wife and her unscrupulous lawyer lover have fabricated a cast-iron divorce case and Paul must see his business, home and marriage slip away into history. The Girl from Tir-na-nOg by Gary Hope tells how Paul, unwilling to be beaten into the dust,...

Champions of the Dragon by Michael James Ploof is the first book in the Epic Fallacy trilogy. In every generation, five are chosen by the Most High Wizard Kazimir to be the Champions of the Dragon. The five chosen are unlikely companions: Murland is an...

A little boy and a folding circus tent is the focus of The Travelling Circus – a new children’s book by Mark Watson. As the little boy begins to have fun folding and unfolding his perfect gift of a circus tent, an imaginative story begins...

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (A Stone of Hope) by Joanne Mattern is an educational children's book that teaches young readers about the man who stood up for black people's rights. This book teaches about the important points of his life, like his famous...

From the language to the plot to character development, Catherine L. Avizinis' Calya Journey-Wise: Follow the Crystal Path had me completely engrossed, lost in contemplation of the world she’s created and the path the protagonist has to travel to retrieve the Seed Crystals that would...

As a teenager in high school, this should be the best time of your life. In high school there is so much to explore and experience, from parties and hanging out with your friends to discovering a new outlook on your future, but instead this...

Up To No Good by Marsha Cornelius is an engaging story that revolves around Rachel who is soon going to turn forty. Her husband, Brian, thinks she is inquisitive as she loves gossiping about her neighbors. Brian is a photographer and Rachel is a writer...

“You want me to do what?” Megan Malone would do anything for her sister, Molly, but she needed clarification on this rather bizarre request. Molly was the adventurous one. The athletic, social daredevil. Megan was thrilled when her sister’s desire to join the ranks of...

Cherry Pickers by Bonnie Milani is a short story set in the penal colony of Sisyphus. Nikki Sotolongo is 17 years old and, as far as she is concerned, she is no longer a child. She wants her gun license, but her mother isn’t giving...

Sky Blue Dragonfly is a children’s tale about bullying, written by Daralyn Brody and illustrated by Samantha Shasenaye Elliot. As a young girl walks home through the park, she delights in the magical sight of the clouds above and their unique shapes, as well as...

“There are doors to stride through with purpose, and doors to peek through with trepidation. But maybe once in a lifetime there is a door to another reality, a door that connects worlds within multiverses.” In Twin Time by Olga and Christopher Werby, nineteen-year-old Alex...

I hesitated before deciding to read Flies in the Fan. There are not that many things I am very afraid of, but one of them is certainly old age. I am more afraid of it than death itself, so it should work out for me....