Nebraska Avenue by Vincent Rubino is a coming-of-age novel set during the summer of 1976 in North Bay Shore on Long Island. The story centers on Artie Mooney, Wally Tazowski, and Vinny Perino, three boys navigating adolescence in a neighborhood called “The States,” where streets...

Former FBI profiler Sam Wright balances domestic life with her daughter, Katie, and husband, Will Little Bear, and another pregnancy when devastating news reaches them in Theresa Janson's Longer Than a New York Minute. Their friend Tad Collins is dead, and the death is ruled...

The Silent Takeover: Artificial Intelligence in Politics by L. Hanson is an innovative political thriller interlaced with satire, historical fiction, and sci-fi. In 2018, unbeknownst to the U.S. electorate, Hammond Trekker, an AI and the first non-human Democratic progressive candidate, entered the U.S. political scene....

Beyond Grimm by Alan S. Kessler is a collection of 25 short stories inspired by the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales. After coming across a scary wolf in the woods, a young girl tried to offer her grandmother as bait. A Berkshire pig betrays others of...

The Golden Age by Alexander Exelmans is a thought-provoking philosophical play set in a future where artificial intelligence has transformed human civilization into a work-optional society. The story follows Zachary, a former Mars colonist who returns to Earth after years away only to discover that...

Wisteria Winter by Ann Swann is the compelling story of two sisters who lose everything they love on Christmas Eve. Woken by a premonition, Sasha Everly wakes up her older sister Linzy, only to find that it’s too late to save their parents from the...

Bunny, The Hidden Record by Her Majesty of Ink and Exit Wounds is set in Velinwood Court, where the Queen has withdrawn from the throne. Bunny shows us the strange world that's been formed, walking us through preserved hidden chambers and others in strange use....

Orange and White by Richard J. Reese is a short story about the Holocaust. In 1943, Reinhardt Schroeder was member of the SS, someone who took great pleasure in killing Jews for the Nazi regime. Schroeder was tasked by his superiors to dismantle "Chamber II"...

Thoughts Etched in Words by V. Koushika is a collection of poetry, personal observations, affirmations, and hand-drawn storytelling by a young writer who began composing and illustrating her ideas at just eleven years old. The book is organized into several themed sections that focus on...

This is a story of belonging as lifelong friendships continue to mature. In The Gray New Deal by Miriam Kuznets, Barry owns West House, where he and his family reunite. Doris, Ellen, Jane, Pearl, Tomas, Vihaan, and Barry have been friends since college, and now,...

Have you ever wondered what Jesus was up to between the time of Creation and the time of being born in Bethlehem? Who was Jesus before he came to be known as the Savior of humanity? According to Gerald D. Robison, there's plenty of evidence...

My Scar is Beautiful by Caryn Shender encourages young readers to see their scars as symbols of courage, healing, and individuality rather than something to hide. Through simple affirmations and colorful animal illustrations, the story guides children through the feelings that may arise after surgery,...

Carissa Carmichael owns an apothecary/aromatherapy business in a small town. Today, at the Oak Creek Valley Playwright Conference and Festival, she is manning her booth as well as helping at Jasper’s booth, because he is ill. Unfortunately, his staff member, Lacie, is also working Jasper’s...

The Worst School Book in the Whole Entire World by Joey Acker is part of the Worst World Works™ series, a humorous picture book that shows kids how school might not be as bad as they think it is. Nameless the Rock is on a...

Human Sounds Thesaurus by KJ Walt is a wide-ranging reference guide for writers, students, bloggers, and anyone seeking stronger, more colorful language. The book gathers hundreds of descriptive terms, expressions, sound effects, and conversational alternatives into an organized collection that moves alphabetically from A to...

In Beauty and Pain-Relieving Tips from a Massage Therapist, K.J. Walt tells us that people lose physical well-being gradually when they stop paying attention to the connection between daily behavior and bodily condition. Drawing from personal illness alongside years spent working in massage therapy, Walt...

A high-stakes corporate thriller, Thomas Vincent Papa’s Black and White Smoke brings us to VASPI, a predictive analytics firm in turmoil. The company has been on a meteoric rise, and recent regulatory changes are shaking up the industry. Right in the middle of all this,...

The Things I Agreed To by Jacob Anthony Rose follows Susan, a novelist whose life spirals out of control the moment her latest thriller is published. Instead of celebrating her success, she watches in pure horror as the internet twists her words into something they...

Mortimer & Lily: Moose in Training by Kathie McMahon is a middle-grade novel that follows the cheerful and imaginative Lily Robertson as she begins third grade in Peabody, Wisconsin. Lily narrates the story with humor, curiosity, and nonstop energy, introducing readers to her family, her...

In Curing Christianity, D. L. Webster uses his own life story to take an honest look at the invisible walls that get built up inside modern church culture. Having lived through it firsthand, he shares his gradual realization that his entire spiritual path was being...