The Lion in Your Heart, written by R.C. Chizhov and illustrated by Anil Yap, is a picture book for children aged 3 to 8. It addresses the fear young children experience when faced with unaccustomed places, unfamiliar things, and unexpected events. The text is divided...

The Core by Gloria Foster tells the intriguing story of Angela, her mother Miss Charlotte, and her daughter Allie. When Angela’s life becomes endangered, she takes Allie to Miss Charlotte to keep them both safe. When Allie grows up, she also struggles with turmoil and...

The Death and Resurrection of Baseball: Echoes From A Distant Past is a work of fiction in the sports and futuristic fiction subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author William R Douglas. We find ourselves in the year...

The Bolivian Incident is a work of fiction in the science fiction subgenre and serves as the second installment in the Hollis Whittaker series. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by CB Shanahan. The book follows young Hollis Whittaker who...

The Ansgar Treasury: A Windflower Saga Collection (color version) by Aleksandra Layland weaves together four different tales set in the same world with inspiring protagonists who aim to spread love, peace, and harmony among those around them. The first of these is Ansgar: The Struggle...

The Archivist by V S Nelson is a remarkable story about death. The Archivist is a human being like everyone else, but with a special ability to save someone’s essence before they are sucked into the Aether, the nothingness that consumes everyone in the end....

The Royal Matchmaking Competition: Princess Qloey by Zoiy G. Galloay introduces Princess Qloey as she contemplates choosing a husband according to the process specified by the treaty. The elven prince, Zazan, is compellingly attractive, while Abdulla is exotically charming, then again, Octavio is fun-loving and...

The Poetry Project: Genesis is a collection of narrative poems by Angela Williams. The poems are derived from the chapters of the Book of Genesis. From creation to the children of Israel in Egypt, the author discusses God’s faithfulness, unconditional love, and favor upon His...

In The Dance Between by Christopher Katalinas, Sevi's life is limited to the shadowy tunnels, where he lives with his closest companion, Lily, and forages for food while occasionally being threatened by a grumpy firedrake. When a flying ship shows up, they are compelled to...

A chess game within a chess game and metaphors within metaphors make up The Pawn Against The King, a short story by Giorgos Katsoulas. As a powerful despot searches for a game worthy of his supposed magnificence, he encounters a lowly commoner bearing a wooden...

"Night Of Many Lights" is the story of an Indian weather vane sitting high on top of a barn. It's a lonely job sitting there night after night, pointing out directions, with only birds for company. He longs to be free and be able to...

The Adventure’s of Angus the Mouse is a delightful children’s book written by Montice L. Harmon. Growing up in a large family, Angus did not fit into the family niche, and his siblings did not include him in play. On one bright, sunny day,...

The House in Windward Leaves by Katherine L. Holmes is a whimsical book written for children that even adults will enjoy reading. The story revolves around Sadie, seven of her friends and the upcoming Halloween night. Their main concern, besides their costumes, is the house...

It's nice to see diversity represented in a children's book, with illustrations of children in color and names that aren't your basic Mary and John. Good job, Donalisa Helsley (author). The story is presented so wonderfully as it describes a typical household of two sisters who...

"The Watchman's Rattle" takes its title from the centuries old story of every village's night watchman who would shake his wooden rattle to warn sleeping villagers of approaching trouble. And so, sociobiologist Rebecca Costa, having studied expertly the alarming trends in human evolution, current global...

In 1975, Darwin McClain finds an old Civil War era breastplate buried in the ground while he is readying the fields of his home in eastern Tennessee for planting. His wife Marty cleans it off and puts the breastplate in a drawer in their home...

When a discussion on the origin of the earth comes up most people will have one of these two opinions. There are those who will take the side of science; they believe in the big bang theory and evolution. The other popular belief is that...

"The King’s Challenge: A Quest for Eternal Life" by Lucas Zahn is a fantasy adventure for adults and young adults. Matthew has interesting dreams. He recounts those adventures about soldiers and orks to his fellow pupils at school. But now freshly graduated, he has a...

Thea isn’t quite your average girl. Sure she has the normal teenage girl problems like which clothes to wear and how to make her school uniform more unique and of course there is the fact that her parents just don’t understand her. But there is...

The Gross Gang written by Christine Larsen is about Larsen’s fascination with words that can be classified as "odd" or “extinct.” The book introduces us to many of these words (some of which I’ve never heard before) in the form of various poems. Her poems...