In 1991,author Brian Snow had just received his doctorate in Education from Georgetown university. He decided to move from his parents' comfortable home on Cape Cod to Los Angeles as he loved working with special education students and wanted to live his life on his...

Five trekkers and their guide set off on a 200-kilometer trek through the mountains of Tuva in Russia near the Mongolian border. Riding in an open truck through a coal-mining town, they arrive at their starting point covered in coal dust. After washing themselves with...

The realm of Faery is in trouble and Fiona Silverthorne, Fairy Godmother Superior, thinks she might have a plan to save it. The thing is that she is the only Fairy Godmother still working, all the others have disappeared into their own stories. So she...

"Reichold Street" is an extremely moving account of a group of boys who come of age during the turbulent 1960's. It begins as a place where young boys played ball in the street but in its later years it was riddled with suicide, thugs and...

Unison by Eleni Papanou is a well-written science fiction book. It is told by Damon, the leading character of the story, in great detail. The time is after the Great Cataclysm and the city is Unity. Home is a very large dome offering protection from...

"Zebulon and Other Short Stories" is a collection of stories ranging from science fiction to ghosts to the very devil himself. One depicts a small town where an unusual arcade game allows a strange little man to claim to be transforming into a god. In...

James Josue is a poet by choice and a musician by profession. In "Love is Alive", he has bared his soul and spoken to readers about the common and the non-so-common elements of love. He invites his readers to find their places in the sun,...

"Love Calls and Roundelays" is a colorful assortment of poetry by Wyn. From the stars and the ocean to the universe itself, this collection reaches a broad expanse of feeling and depth while providing a peep into the writer’s soul. The gift of summer is...

Our story began in Australia in the year 1984. Adam Henderson was a sophomore in high school. Roxley was a bully and Adam was his target. The abuse went from verbal, to a push, to a beating where he was stripped naked and left tied...

“God’s Love” by Calvert Tynes is a book of one man’s poetry, written over a period of 10 years. The tenor of the poetry clearly reflects Calvert’s mood and mental/spiritual attitude at the time when he wrote each particular poem. Some of his poetry will...

"Mooseclumps" by Ryan T. Bliss is a poetry book. Mooseclumps, the title character, is a cat with a big ego. The rest of this book has poems about monsters named Mangor and The Grumble, Scotland, ladders, the seasons, body parts and the senses, pillows, cooking,...

"The Absent Woman" is the story of a woman's journey to find herself. Virginia Johnstone seems to have it all: a beautiful family, a job and a comfortable life in Seattle. She is, however, bored with her life and the urge to give it a...

“False Shadows” by B V Lawson is a fine collection of eight short stories, three of which have been published previously. A common thread running through each of the stories is the main character, Private Investigator Scott Drayco. Drayco is unusual in that his...

“Freckles is Scared of School,” is book 1 in Vickianne Caswell’s 'Freckles the Bunny Series', and is an adorable start to a series that children will enjoy reading. Freckles loves playing and spending time at home with her mom; however, Freckles is suddenly told that...

"Benevolent" is a story about the parallel lives of fraternal twins, Gaby and Annie, and their friends Melodie and Mikhail. There is great mystery and magic surrounding them as they grow into adulthood hearing wonderful, fantastical tales of The Queen, The Angel, and Jaden the...

“Inner Reflections” by Chrissy Hampton, as the title suggests, is a soul-searching journey of the poet. The poems in the book are motivational and inspiring and semi-confessional. The very fact that the poet is taking you into her world itself makes this collection heart-wrenching and...

Who is Harry? That is the question. Is Harry the unfortunate second son who is always trying to find his identity and win the affection of his mother? Can he replace his older brother, Buddy, who was born with a defective heart and died very...

Markos Adams, a well-known Jazz musician, has just committed yet another suicide attempt and it is all over the news. A year later, he is back on stage while struggling to shape up, trying to straighten out his life. Through his ordeals to keep his...

“The Speed of Dark” is a horror anthology of short stories written by an assortment of authors, and published by Chase Enterprises Publishing. Editor Clayton Clifford Bye states in his Introduction that “horror” means many things to different people. It can mean an intense feeling...

"Vignettes & Postcards" edited by Erin Byrne and Anna Pook contains a collection of humorous, lyrical, and philosophical short stories that I found utterly engaging. The editors demonstrate keen literary instincts in anthologizing these fine pieces of short fiction. Anna Pook has led writer's workshops...