I must have been about 8 at the time: a close childhood friend suddenly disappeared from my life. I learned later that he died of leukemia, but I never understood why or where he’d gone. I was sad and missed him, but in the 1960s,...

Jonah Priour’s Praying the Word of Grace recounts his reliance on Scripture during the illness and death of his son, Judah, who lived for 20 months despite a grim prognosis. Priour, finding comfort in the song “Goodness of God” and Scripture, explores grace as a...

Enigma of the Missionary is a murder mystery in the Inspector Nardi series by Jacques Oscar Lufuluabo. Teresa Graziani was a wife, mother, and police inspector before her life broke down due to an incident. After Angela, Teresa's daughter, left the house twelve years ago,...

Letter to a Dandelion: Earth Verse for Gardeners & Nature Lovers by Jeffry Glover is a wonderful collection of poems dedicated to the earth, to our flora and fauna. It is also dedicated to gardeners and keen observers of nature. It is comprehensive and includes...

Of Constellations and Clockwork by Alexandra Wendt introduces readers to a mesmerizing clockpunk world inspired by the Italian Renaissance, where moral complexity and personal redemption take center stage. Clemenza Giudice, a disgraced noble who has reinvented herself as a clockmaker, navigates a society fractured by...

New Star by Lana Christian tells the story of Akilah, a well-renowned astronomer and Persian Magus priest who discovers a star connected to a pivotal Jewish prophecy. In the wake of political tension in Persia, the sudden arrival of this unique star prompts Akilah to...

Galileo's Points of Light in the Night Sky is a children's picture book written by Dr. Katherine E.A. Korkidis with illustrations by Emilie B. Nuñez. The story follows Jennifer, a curious young girl who learns about the famous scientist Galileo from her grandfather. She wishes...

The Shadowless by R.J. Garcia follows Mae Dawson as she tries to make sense of the mysterious and eerie things happening around her. After her sisters’ disappearance, Mae returns to her family’s secluded cabin and slips from the safety of her bed into a nightmare...

We Are Legion by J.A. Kampton is set over one day in Thacker Pass, where reports from a lithium mine herald an exposed passage and missing miners as a solar eclipse nears. Wiley's work at McDonald’s shifts when two figures tied to the mine appear...

Fraud, Gluttony & Greed in the second book of We Are Legion - One Supernatural Day in Thacker Pass by J.A. Kampton. Wiley Gomez is wandering about in a lithium mine with his father, his girlfriend Rebecca, and a tight little group, as unexplained explosions...

After a confrontation with Lucia, Lucifer’s daughter, inside a spaceship in the Thacker Pass Lithium mine in Nevada, Wiley, a human and celestial hybrid, falls down an elevator shaft almost sixty feet high. Lucia wastes no time in delivering the news of his death to...

J.A. Kampton’s We Are Legion: One Supernatural Day in Thacker Pass brings the long-running series to an ambitious close, blending science fiction, fantasy, satire, and pop culture into a single narrative. As the concluding volume, it assumes familiarity with the characters yet still maintains momentum....

. Shiny red bikes, tea parties, camp-outs, and birthdays! Come join the animal youth of Fern Valley as they learn from the situations in their lives. Mildred and Roberta Cornstalk are chickens who love to entertain guests. Will their tea party be a success? Betsy Woolrich...

Life purpose needs to be understood from three dimensions: 3D, 4D and 5D. 111 Inspirational Life Purpose Quotes and Exercises to Find Your Purpose in Life by Suzanne Strisower teaches us just that. Through lovely quotes and exercises, one can discover the right way to...

Maggie's beloved dog Kona is not acting right, so Maggie takes him to the veterinarian. An operation on Kona's stomach reveals that he has eaten a pair of scanty silk panties, nothing that Maggie owns or wears. Whoops! When Maggie confronts her longtime husband, Dave,...

"DJ's Lullaby: A Mother's Love Song" is a children's book about a mom who was waiting and praying for a child for her to love. There are pictures, drawn by M.A. Moisa, that accompany Lucy Rivas Enriquez's text about the mom's mommy parts that are...

Someone is intent on finishing what he started, and none of it good. Embryo 2: Crosshairs by J.A. Schneider is a medical thriller with a very current day twist involving in vitro fertilization and other medical miracles. OB resident David Levine and intern Jill Raney...

After Darkness Falls: Volume 1 by Matt Drabble is yet another fine collection of bizarre and spine-tingling short horror stories. This is at least the third short story collection of Matt’s that I have read, and his talent and genius for composing good, solid horror...

Haee's Quest for the Greater Prairie (Haee and the other middlings, #3) by R.S. Vern is the third book in this trilogy. In this story, Haee leaves Whie and by doing so, he bids adieu to his life at Green Alley. He has nowhere...

In the prologue of Daemon Persuasion by S.K. Gregory, we are introduced to Mackenzie Murphy, a terrified eleven-year-old who is listening as her mother is being abused again by her stepfather, Ray. As the abuse escalates, Mackenzie covers her ears and pleads for someone to...