Gloria Weinberg’s Child of Sorrow is a fictional account of a true story. In 1959, in Clewiston, Florida, seventeen-year-old “Vicki Bayle,” attractive, smart, and dreaming of doing something remarkable with her life, becomes pregnant. By the time her parents learn of her pregnancy, it’s too...

The prologue to The Money Tree by Helen Yeomans is set in the future “a few years from now” and describes how the Juniperus lucre tree, or the money tree, has become established world-wide. The rest of The Money Tree tells the story about how...

The world of Richard Pacheco’s Perspectives is dark and compelling, much like a thriller movie where we squint to dim our vision rather than expose ourselves to the full impact of the scenes we know will come. The 20 poems in this collection are lean,...

The Summoning by Mark Lukens one of those stories it’s easy to lose yourself in. Ryan Freeman awoke in a strange motel room, with absolutely no memory of anything that had happened in his life up until the point at which he awoke. His sole...

From the opening poem of this collection (‘Geography’) you know you are in the hands of a cultured, knowledgeable and thoughtful poet. Richard Pacheco knows art is about ‘vanishing points.’ Artists, like poets, direct their audience, as Auden might say, even to the quiet corners...

In Annie's Stories by Cindy Thomson, Annie Gallagher only has the stories her father told her when they were together. Now he is gone and she is at the mercy of her uncle. She does not like the way he looks at her, it gives...

For me, as a reader, there's nothing more satisfying than picking up a book that I just can't put down. That usually only happens if the book is a thriller or a mystery written by a very skilled writer. It rarely happens when I read...

In Jacqueline, author Jackie Minniti tells a story she grew up hearing about the real life Jacqueline Falna, a young girl in war-torn France following the Nazi invasion of her country. Jacqueline’s father is missing in action and believed to be dead. Struggling with her...

One-Two is a psychological drama written by Igor Eliseev. They were born as conjoined twins; there had been talk of letting them die at birth, words whispered in the delivery room and its environs. The two infant females survived; however, the difficulty of the delivery...

Beyond the Blood by Gaetano Brown is an exceptionally well written novel with an ingenious plot line, and will appeal to those who enjoy works on the concept of immortality. Lucius Freeman is an author who desires success so that he can please both his...

Moon Kissed Musings by Tracy Seiden is a beautiful collection of poetry. Using the ever flexible form of free verse, Seiden conveys feelings of love and loss, leaving readers feeling as though they’ve been hollowed out and passed through a magnifying lens before being deposited...

I often wonder if we can keep civilization going along the bumpy road we are currently on. The threat and possibility that war, or something equally as devastating, will throw us into a primitive setback seems stronger than ever before. We have avoided this fate...

The Last Motley by D.J. Edwardson is the first book of The Null Stone trilogy. Roderick has heard the stories of candy colored beings called motleys that are rumored to drain souls, but he's never believed them. Then he catches a little boy with colorful...

Young Jake has no known relatives and he is heartbroken at the death of his grandmother in Glass Dreams by Helen Laycock. Jake knows it is time for him to grow up. Grandma leaves a box for him without telling him where the key is....

Salt by Helen Laycock is an intriguing and mysterious story which begins with Toby receiving a pink envelope addressed to him. His brother starts making fun of him, saying he has a girlfriend. The letter is from Great-Aunt Winifred and she invites Toby to...

Imagine discovering a tiny little man living under your bed. One you can talk to and play with. That’s exactly what Sam found one morning. The two become friends and Sam even buys a doll house for his friend, Charlie, to live in. Charlie and...

What can I say? Twelve by Kindra M. Austin is the most powerful thing I have read in recent memory. It may be the most powerful collection of poetry on the planet. It is real. It is honest and devoid of the pretentiousness of most...

Little Amelie likes to keep busy, especially at the village farm where she can help care for the animals and tend the gardens. She greets all the animals with enthusiasm, starting with the chicks, roosters, and pigs. But, when the babies come charging at her...

The Land of Nod is a 29-page children’s picture book written by Alicia Antonio and illustrated by Manqing Jin. The story centers around a mother putting her daughter to bed and telling her about a whimsical land called Nod that resides across a rainbow arch...

The Little Lamp written by Dave Dellecese and illustrated by Ada Konewki is an adorable picture book told in rhyme about being wanted even when it seems you are past your time for being loved. The story begins with a little lamp glowing brightly on...