The Jodan Ju – The Upper Ten by Richard Smythe is an intriguing story that takes readers along with David Turner, a Vietnam veteran and a geologist, into the Australian outback. David Turner discovers that the Japanese company, Tanada Industries, is using strange Asians to...

Dysfunctional: A Matilda Schmidt, Paranormal Psychologist Trilogy is a combination of three of Cynthia St. Aubin’s books. This trilogy includes the stories Unlovable, Unlucky, and Unhappy. From dealing with an irritating diaper-wearing Cupid in Unlovable to trying to wrap her mind around a seemingly delusional...

In Temper the Winds, Wilma Hamill engages readers in the lives of people grappling with love on multiple levels. Readers encounter people whose existence is filled with the kind of stimulating realism that keeps a person invested in the story. In some cases, Hamill’s tale...

Carolina, the Contessina DeSimone, has a very demanding and overbearing father. Of noble birth, Carolina is expected to marry well. Carolina, however, wishes to follow her heart. She does so first to a childhood friend, Carlos, and then, disowned by her abusive father, to the...

At the beginning of Hawke’s Point by Mark Willen, Beacon Junction, Vermont, is a sleepy little town. Jonas Hawke, a retired lawyer and proprietor of a B&B, is one of the town’s most prominent citizens, and Harrison Medical Devices is its largest business. But several...

In Night of the Basking Iguana by Sandi Penniman, Alex is on a quest for perfection. Married to a man old enough to be her father, she gets an invitation through the post one day to attend a dinner at The Basking Iguana. Run by...

Twenty-two-year-old warrior Tara is on a quest to seek a great wizard, Duphrene duLac, who lives in a white tower in the far west. Her task is to give the wizard the knowledge that she inherited from the monks to save the world. It is...

The Murder of Jeffrey Dryden: The Grim Truth Surrounding Male Domestic Abuse by Troy Veenstra is an account of the circumstances surrounding the death of Jeffrey Dryden. In the early hours of July 18th in 2010, Jeffrey Dryden returned home after spending some time with...

If you're longing for some romancing, Sated by Charity Parkerson is just the thing to heat up these chilly winter nights. Arbor starts her night out in a goth club, looking to be completely sated, and denying anyone she doesn't think can do the job....

Wanted: Hexed or Alive is a short story by Charity Parkerson. When a mysterious woman appears in his shop, Randall knows that there can be only one explanation for his guest. Confronting his friends, he discovers she is Rowena, a Fate. Desperately seeking his help...

Sex and the American Male by Jay Williams has absolutely nothing to do with sex, but everything to do with advertising and the messages it sends you. As Williams states in his clever cliff-notes: "The author attempted to show how America has become saturated with...

In The Three Souls by Bill W. Thomas, John Chambers is just an ordinary guy, trying to earn an honest living. His girlfriend, Kitty, also works hard. Things start to unravel when first Kitty loses her job on false accusations, then John loses his job...

Confessions of a Bronx Bookie by Billy O'Connor takes you on a wild ride starting in the 1950s in the Bronx, and to Vietnam and back again. Follow Connor Kelly as he goes through life; he is a gambler, addict, alcoholic, misogynist and lover of...

8 Wealth Habits of Financially Successful People by Ron Malhotra deals with the steps necessary for creating wealth. Simple really, the author says, but not that easy; it needs discipline, planning, motivation, accountability and someone to watch over it, like a personal dietitian. The book...

Shattered by the Wars: But Sustained by Love by Hi-Dong Chai is the story a Korean boy tells in his own words of his childhood at the time of World War II, the Korean War, communism and associated turbulence. The disturbances in his life are...

The Solomon Twist by Dan Hammond begins with confusion regarding an about-to-be-born baby, whether the ‘exed out’ husband or the de facto-man deserve credit, and come delivery, it happens to be twins to further the unsettled differences. The story continues through the dimly lit alleys...

In Dangerous Magic by Jessica Lauryn, Jack Madera is a witch, trying to win Corinne Johnson’s love, but can he cast a spell to lure her in or will he fail to make her love him? Corinne Johnson lost her everything when she lost her children....

Fun, fun, fun! That’s the best description I have for New York Dolls, the new book by author Catherine L. Hensley. Following the story of assistant Denton Hodges as she works on her first major assignment for Glitter magazine, she has one crazy night and...

The Garden of Unfortunate Souls by Eddie Mark opens with the mayor's tearaway son Audwin crashing into the home of Bible-bashing single mother Loretta Ford and her unfortunate son Shadrack at three in the morning. While the boy's dad wants to keep the potential scandal...

Poor Advice and Other Stories is a fantastic book of short stories written by Lou Gaglia. I would call these stories "short shorts", as most of them are only a few pages long, making them very easy to read. The stories run the gamut from...