In the Beginning: The Early Days of Religious Beliefs is a fascinating work of fiction in the historical sub-genre and was penned by author Jaime Reyes. As the title suggests, we return to very early times of the human race, when Neanderthals are first learning...

Do you like playing with your pets? Do you think they are amusing? I absolutely agree with you, so I invite you to add a new furry friend to those you already have and have fun with him. Meet Frankie, the adorable protagonist of Frankie...

Tales from the Texas Timberlands, Volume 2 by J. Andrew Rice features five interconnected stories set in East Texas. It shows ordinary folks whose character, persistence, and everyday values end up shaping the next generation. The first tale, “Sawmill,” follows the dauntless Berry brothers who...

A spy is caught in a dangerous web of secrets in Into the Shadows by R.M. Jerome. The novel is set just before WWII starts, during the rise of Nazi Germany. It begins with Ella Vogel, a young Swiss teacher, being recruited for a mission...

In One Chance by James Chamberlain, Charlie Baker is a Chicago gambler running from a loan shark after a fixed fight goes wrong. When a stopped moment opens a doorway, Charlie steps into Wisteria and becomes Chance Arizona, a younger version of himself in a...

In He Restores by Denise C Herndon Harvey, widowed matriarch Myra James invites her long-divided family to a lake house for Thanksgiving weekend. She believes that faith, good food, and honesty can finally heal decades of bitterness, secrets, and unforgiveness. She is joined by her...

In The Byzantine Pineapple, Bill Poje takes a hard look at how complex and unfair our social, economic, legal, and political (SELP) systems have become. It actually offers a solution. Poje argues that the endless stream of new laws, tax changes, and welfare programs makes...

In Dan Tron’s Zerodopulos Saga opener, The Indigo Mage, John Sullivan is a centuries-old Indigo Mage training Karen Smith in the supernatural world hidden in ordinary life. On Karen’s first field day, John borrows her camera to record their assignments and show viewers how energy...

Karol Windsor’s Hypothermia follows Cassidy Blackburn, a Milwaukee travel writer whose life as an adventurer changes after a hunting accident leaves shrapnel lodged near his heart. A year after the accident, Cass writes close to home as anxiety over another cardiac emergency governs how far...

Every child must learn that not everything will go the way they want. Fearless Growth Mindset Short Stories for Boys by Toby Sparrow is a collection of short stories introducing readers to boys who face all kinds of challenges. It begins with Leo, who believes...

My Best Pal: The Awesome Ethan is a children’s adventure picture book written by Karlene Stewart and Jason Stewart, and illustrated by Safia Sharif. Jason’s best friend is his teddy bear, Ethan. The two of them go just about everywhere -- except to school. Jason’s...

In Sedona by J.F. McCarney, the two main characters are Randall Jenkins III, known as Colt, and Meredith Slayton. Colt used to be a bronc rider, but after a riding accident, he started working with abused and feral horses. Meredith is the breadwinner in her...

Reckoning! by David Vincent begins when Jim Saunders, an Atlanta orthopedic surgeon, survives a Zimbabwe elephant hunt that should have ended with every witness dead. The animal that leaves him alive has a red mechanical eye, a detail that reaches Dr. Stephanie Wolff, the new...

An Aspiration to Lie Flat by Stanton Fenwick is a hilarious story of a man with one big ambition in life: to be left alone. But when he wins a corporate sweepstake and is thrust into stardom on the internet, all his plans are shot...

Above Neil Rock: Stories & Poems by James Ross Kelly is a memoir that captures the rugged beauty and harsh realities of life in the Pacific Northwest. Through a blend of stories and poems, Kelly reflects on the environmental devastation caused by corporate silviculture, the...

Jonathan Sears’s Legend of the Last Star Knight begins in Winnipeg with Alex, a shy high school senior who simply wants to slide under the radar and maybe talk to his crush, Ally. Instead, an ancient artifact and a bizarre cosmic storm rip him away...

Simon McCall’s Mac Versus Monsters: The Cumbria Chronicles combines eight atmospheric volumes into one captivating story that follows a former Royal Military Police investigator called Connor “Mac” McClymont. He now lives and works out of a converted black-and-white Land Rover ambulance he calls The Badger....

Finish Your Book by Lorraine Haataia, Ph.D., is a guide for anyone who has started a manuscript and stalled somewhere in the middle. The book opens by rejecting the usual advice about waking up early or hitting a daily word count, and instead builds its...

Contentment: How to Attain Lifelong Peace and Well-being by an anonymous author is a candid, personal account of a childhood and young adulthood of great unhappiness, which continued across several generations of the author's family. From there, the book widens into something closer to a...

Join the Flock and Other Poems by David Somerfleck is a very interesting poetry collection. I quickly found myself drawn into David Somerfleck's world. The poems move through memories, family stories, relationships, work experiences, and encounters with nature. There is no single storyline holding everything...