Obituaries & Other Lies by Ron Cooke is a thought-provoking collection of short stories. There are seventeen stories in this collection with titles like Conversations, Baseball Bum, Mississippi ’61, K2, Beebee, Soul Man, Enhanced Interrogation, and Ghost Stories. This absorbing collection brings together intriguing characters...

A Very Smelfy Christmas by Edward Hargreaves follows the whimsical adventures of Smelfy, a smelly elf who is full of good cheer, and her friend Bob, a grumpy reindeer who is a loyal friend. Smelfy and Bob live in Santa’s village and spend their days...

The Music Therapy Studio: Empowering the Soul's Truth is a work of non-fiction in the philosophy and alternative medicine subgenres. It is intended for the general reading audience and was penned by author Rick Soshensky to offer his expert conceptual help in utilizing music for...

Carole P. Roman’s wonderful children’s story, Mrs. Rabbit's Friendsgiving Dinner, tenderly reminds us of the essence of holidays. With all her bunnies unable to attend her annual holiday dinner, Mrs. Rabbit feels lonely and unhappy. She prepares a hearty stew but has no one to...

Judgment: The Suffering Innocent 2nd Edition is a Christian thriller by Ronald A Fahrenholz II. John Williams enters a period during and after the Christian rapture. Unsure about the demands of the new world, and scared about his prospects, John takes “the mark of the...

Bryan Cassiday's Cutthroat Express: Zombie Apocalypse depicts an apocalyptic world in which millions of ghouls roam the earth after the former president of the U.S.A. nuked himself, transforming the surroundings into a radioactive nightmare. The survivors and the new president, Mims, residing in an underground...

The Third Eye by Mahtab Narsimhan is the first book in the Tara Trilogy. Since their mother left, Tara and Suraj have dealt with the cruel actions of their father’s new wife. They thought that was the worst of their problems until people started vanishing...

Escaping Promises, a novel by S.M. Grady, is a part of The Barrington Collection. This book highlights the story of Brandi and Emery, two characters who made appearances in previous books. Nevertheless, this novel serves as a standalone. Brandi has gotten used to a quiet...

It’s that special time of the year, only it doesn’t feel like it. At least not for Emilie. Her family is leaving her in charge of their thoroughbred horse farm over the holidays on her own. In Merry Little Things: Good Things Come Book 5...

Interstellar Sex Wars and the Blind Detective is another engrossing sci-fi adventure novel by Shawn Adair Johnston. The inhabitants of Octopodia have just attained gender equality when a fertility crisis forces them to send a diplomatic mission to planet Earth. However, a planned misinformation campaign...

I Am Germany is a historical novel by Michael Witt. Henry Schultz is an old man grieving the loss of his wife. In a bid to find closure, he travels to Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, where he meets his first...

A wonderfully odd world shows its true colors in Chronicles of the Drakyn War by Dap Dahlstrom. Wren was content with her simple life when an injured man appeared in front of her humble abode. Only Kodo is no man; he is one of the...

Do Over by Audrey Beth Stein is a story for everyone who has ever asked “where do stories come from?” Audrey sees a string coming down from the sky. She pulls it, and the adventure begins. As in dreams, the adventure is unexpected, illogical, and...

Surviving Poverty by Philip van Heusen is a Christian book that deals with the subject of poverty. The author defines the term and conveys stories and anecdotes to illustrate the label and steps a reader may take to rise out of the designation. Free resources...

Let me first say that I’m not a Christian. A Quick Look at the Foundations of Our Faith by Philip van Heusen is a Christian book. When I reviewed A Quick Look at the Foundations of Our Faith, I did my best to put aside...

The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Famous and Infamous Criminals is the latest in a series edited by Mitzi Szereto and is a collection of stories about various actual crimes. The accounts span a lengthy period, including some that were perpetrated more recently....

Mango Blood by Maryvonne Fent is the historical fiction sequel to Fent's novel, The 35-cent Dowry, and picks up where the previous book left off. For those who have not read the first book, the main protagonist is Minouche, a young Frenchwoman, who married her...

The Sea Princess is a children's adventure picture book written by Kristi Shimada with illustrations by Eko Setiawan. The fourth installment in The Lilia Series, it follows Princess Avalon, an eight-year-old mermaid living with her parents in Bellus Castle, in the Sea of Antares. Her...

The Samurai’s Gift Among the Forest is the second installment in The Samurai’s Gift series by Kristi Shimada. It is the story of a young girl hiding in The Lost Forest because she is deeply saddened and traumatized. Yoshi, a young boy of the same...

Uni the Unicorn. written by K. A. Mulenga and illustrated by Boutique Books, is a bright and engaging children’s fable with a positive message for young and adult readers alike. Mulenga has crafted a whimsical world in which Uni the Unicorn learns kindness by example...