Genesis by Kipjo Ewers is the third entry in The First Series and the first I am reading from this author. It is an absorbing and surprising narrative, enriched by strong elements of science fiction and political intrigue, and driven by a phenomenal conflict that...

Do You Have a Catharsis Handy? Five-Minute Writing Tips is a nonfiction writing skills guide by Kathleen Kaska. Kaska is a blogger, author and the Marketing Director of Cave Art Press. She was also a middle-school science teacher for twenty-five years, and is an avid...

Houseboat: A Novel by Paul Shadinger is an engaging story steeped in mystery, with distinct, well-developed and enjoyable characters. Matt Preston is a guy addicted to the game of poker, a man who had once lost a 57 Chevrolet convertible in a card game. Then...

I have always longed for characters one can stick with like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and James Patterson’s Alex Cross and in Code Name: Crescent, A Matt Preston Novel by Paul Shadinger, I have found another interesting character to journey with, a man with an...

It’s not always the magnitude of the crisis that makes a novel great, but how it is handled and Paul Shadinger shows incredible skill in conflict development in this novel. The first book I read from this author was Code Name: Crescent and, seduced by...

Look For Me Under the Rainbow: A Novella by Bernard Jan is a beautiful story that speaks about the importance of protecting the treasures of planet Earth and thereby saving the environment. Danny, a harp seal pup, looked at the vast expanse of water stretching...

Stage Fright by Trisha B. Perez is the story of a little girl named Josie who wants to audition to sing at a school talent show. In the shower and all other private places, Josie thought she was a talented singer. In public, she would...

The Dream Virgin: A Ventures Nest Thriller by Don Quine is the story of 17-year-old Elfri Fleming, who is using her art to teach young children lucid dreaming. This is the story of a young girl who is fighting powers that might be too much...

William Mears is working towards his doctorate at the University of Southern California. But he doesn't want to take the easy road; he wants his thesis to matter, to impact the world, and be complete on presentation. He wants to take it beyond the lab...

Iron Dogs by Neil Chase is a western horror novel set in 1873 in the small town of Testament, New Mexico. The story opens in Testament with Father Ramon Bernal aiding a member of his parish and staying too long until the sun sets. The...

A man who has lost everything — his job, his wife and daughter — gets the one chance to redeem himself, to save a person’s life. In The Chosen Ones by Lisa Luciano, Brody gets fired from his job as a reporter and his wife...

Biography of an Everyday Couple: Turning Ordinary Into Inspirational by Lorrie Parise is a daughter’s testament to her parents. Alice and Fidel have been together for 64 years and it is time for one of them to leave. Lorrie and her family must cope with...

Thuy Rocco's The Last Surviving Child is a story of grief, survival and hardship. War ravages Vietnam and people are fleeing in droves. And as the Communists emerge victorious, Thuy's father, fearing certain death, leaves the country on a small boat with his three sons...

Rider Juliet Jermaine lost her Olympic horse, Gothic, and his rider, Isabella Levine, in a horrific unprovoked road rage attack. Isabella’s murder is investigated by psychic detective Rosetta Barrett, whose earlier warning about the attack was ignored by Juliet. She discovers that the murder is only...

Stained Sheets by Ahlia Demas is a compilation of contemporary poetry, the author's third publication, following Snow Fox and 20 Sunsets, which are also featured in excerpts. The subject matter has a heavy emphasis on a woman's outlook (but male and non-binary points of view...

In The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci by Belle Ami, Angela Renatus is an art historian plagued with dreams about Leonardo Da Vinci, Giuliano Medici and his mistress, Fioretta Gorini. When the dreams become more vivid, she starts to wonder if they are really...

Following a catastrophic event that wiped out much of the world's population, pockets of civilized society struggled to survive while the uncivilized, the criminal, the sadistic, the human-animal survivors raged across the country, committing every kind of immoral, senseless, and vicious act ever created by...

Gabi is a very talented ballerina. She could have a lead role in any big dance company in the world, but she’s chosen a small ballet company in Florida to follow her dream. Seems rather unusual and mysterious, but then just about everything about the...

A beautiful witch, Tressalayne, a member of a murderous coven led by the truly evil Morganna, escapes her medieval world unaware that a witch hunter has followed them into the new world of East Texas. Narrowly escaping the onslaught of the witch hunter, Tressalayne and...

Poignant and hypnotic, Following Shadows: A World War II Novel about Japanese Concentration Camps, the Impact on Families and Triumph of the Human Spirit by Janneke Jobsis Brown is a historical novel that explores the damaging effects of an experience of a Japanese concentration camp...