Wildflowers and Train Whistles: Stories of a Coal Mining Family is a memoir written by Lillian Crone Frazer. Frazer grew up in Minden, West Virginia, a small coal mining camp town, during the 1950s and '60s. She was the youngest of a family with seven...

The God Scrolls is a Tale of Aliens, Egyptian Priests, and the New World Order. I found this novel by Michael J. Rhodes a real delight. I like this particular blend of archaeology, history, and conspiracy theory. Trust me, this kind of story, written well,...

It is early 1861 and Zeke Hampton is returning from the Mexican Civil War, where he has been fighting on the side of the rebels, back to his home in San Francisco, only to find his country on the verge of its own civil war....

In Larissa Self’s science fiction novel, An Inheritance of Hope, we are introduced to the inspiring story of a family that finds God in the direst of situations. A deadly virus is already claiming millions of lives, starting in China, and the best scientific minds...

Bella the Umbrella: The Chronicles of the Clothes Mind Series Book Two by Lia Brent is the delightful story of Bella the Umbrella who lives in a house down the street. She has shiny rainbow stripes and, like any other umbrella, likes the wet chill....

Twisted Deception: Love Can Be Dangerous by Isabella is a tale of romance that begins with a deceptively simple premise for a romance that suddenly develops complexities as the story gets involved with murder. Handled with great tonal balance, it’s a story that shimmers with...

A well-to-do Berlin family experiences the devastating effects of WWII in the thrilling historical novel, The German Half-Bloods (The Half-Blood Series Book 1) by Jana Petken. It is September 1939 in Germany. Hitler has risen to power, and the Third Reich is spreading terror throughout...

Larin was raised in a temple by his priest uncle, Akul, a former warrior who singlehandedly keeps the largest gang in the Wormpile District away from the four blocks surrounding the temple, making this the safest part of the poorest and most dangerous section of...

Karina by E.B. Mann is a brilliantly written novel that begins with Karina Morgan - after dropping off her younger brother Max at his school - being driven to Vista Verde Middle School along with her socially acceptable womb mate, Jonah. Karina, on the other...

Moonlight City Drive by Brian Paone is the story of Smith, a private eye who might not be any better than the people he is trying to investigate for his clients, but he has a conscience at least. There is darkness inside him that he...

Yours Truly, 2095 by Brian Paone is a time travel fiction story that any time travel romance junkie would be proud of. I enjoyed every single aspect of the novel, from the main characters to the story line to the way the narrative was written....

When I read the blurb of Welcome to Parkview by Brian Paone, I thought this would be just another horror novel based on It by Stephen King, but, boy, was I surprised! At first, I also thought that this was a collection of short stories...

Dreams Are Unfinished Thoughts by Brian Paone is a memoir of the author’s life that depicts his journey and friendship with the lead singer of God Lives Underwater, David Reilly. Our story begins when Brian attends a God Lives Underwater concert and meets David by...

With no limits on genres that the collection of short stories showcases, A Matter of Words by Brian Paone, Randy Blazak, Chuck Mosley, Kim Loraine, Leah Lederman, Douglas Esper, Travis West, Michelle Bailey, Richard Salgado, Stephanie Rogish and Jacob Prytherch explores different writing styles and...

A Journey of Words by Brian Paone, JM Ames, et al. invites the reader to explore another world of the unexplained and obscure in this second volume of short stories by a collection of talented authors. Discover if karma exists when a man’s family is...

A Haunting of Words by Brian Paone, DW Vogel, et al. is a diverse collection of short stories that will make you think about everyday events in a new light. Each story is thought provoking and has a dark side, with an ending you would...

It Was What It Was: My Memoir by Diane Haley Toney is a memoir of growing up in the idyllic post-war era of the American South during the 1950s. It Was What It Was begins without much of a preamble and jumps into the beginning...

Through Fire and Rain: Surviving the Impossible with Love, Music, and Precision Medicine by MaryAnn Anselmo and Joseph Anselmo with Lisa Cerasoli is an uplifting story of a family that went through many highs and lows, yet pulled themselves together and back into the race...

Kids will love Lucy and Chester’s Amazing Adventures! by G. Brian Benson. Told in rhyme and beautifully illustrated, each page holds delight for the young reader. Lucy is a Dora, the Explorer kind of girl. She and her stuffed bunny, Chester, go to sleep each...

Golden Sparkles: An Introduction to Mindfulness is an educational picture book for children written by Catarina R. Peterson and illustrated by Mateya Arkova. In her preface to this book, Peterson discusses what is known as mindfulness and how being mindful helps us learn “to pay...