The Blue Snowflake: A Warm Winter Tale is written by Nayra Suarez Guimera and illustrated by Zaida Montes. During a snowy December day, all the little snowflakes were preparing to float softly to the ground below. The other snowflakes noticed that one of them...

The Doctor’s Luck by Nancy Glenn Powell takes you back to 1934 when America was still recovering from the Great Depression and life was hard for the average American. Doctor Tom just bought a practice in a small town and hopes he will have good...

The Not So Secret Diary of a Pawnbroker by Elliot Stanton is a humorous, fictionalized tale based on a true story of a pawnbroker living in East London. A middle-aged family man, Pete Dawson is unaware that he could be going through what is commonly...

The Twilight Princess is a children’s picture book written by Joe Duncombe and illustrated by Cong Nguyen. The narrator remembers clearly the little girl who would appear outside his window at night when he was a little boy. She was so exuberant and would giggle...

In Luisa Elena Kolker’s The Tearing Apart we are introduced to a variety of subjects such as relationships, loss, dreams, and childhood nightmares. Set in Spain and New Mexico, we travel along with the poet as she tells us her story in perfect, almost lyrical...

The Empty Space is a work of fiction in the murder-mystery, suspense, and dramatic fiction sub-genres, and was penned by author Linda Watkins. Written as part of the Kate Pomeroy mystery series, we find ourselves deep in a new intrigue as the titular character has...

Whatever level of writing experience you have, if you wish to become a published author then you have to build a business strategy as well as focus on the creative side. Although many authors just want to concentrate on writing, if you want to see...

The Typishly Tales (Six Further Short Stories) by Jonathan Land Evans is a collection of short stories that examine human nature, focussing on the thoughts that define humanity as prisoners of the mind. In each story, there is a single narrator who confronts fear resulting...

The Places Left Unfilled, a memoir by M.C. Cauley is a refreshing change, both in how the memoir is written and in its almost surprising revelation of the details of a sexual relationship between a minor and a middle-aged adult. Let’s look at that second...

The Very Hungry Dragon is a children’s fairy tale picture book written by Nathan Miles (a six-year-old) and illustrated by Joe Shawcross. What is a trio of goats to do when their food is continually stolen by a lazy and hungry dragon with a propensity...

Nikki Lee Taylor says, “The Secrets We Keep is a confronting look at the complexities of a family and the lengths a mother will go to for her child.” While I agree with that statement, I hope very few families are as complex as those...

The River Jewel: A Letter Series Novella by Kathleen Shoop is a wonderful historical drama romance that takes place in Des Moines, Iowa in the mid-nineteenth century. Part of what is clearly a larger series of stories involving this family, The River Jewel focuses on...

The Sting of Death by M.A.N. is an urban fantasy with interesting characters and a good plot, a great story for readers who enjoy books featuring vigilante heroes and characters. Najeer Rankins is a man with a vision. He wants peace for the world, and...

The Syndrome: One Bug, One Bite Will Change Your Life As You Know It by Mark Adkins is a fictional short story that revolves around the seemingly sudden change of child to teenager. Adkins narrates this story from the first-person point of view of a...

The Dashingly Deceitful Dragon is a children’s picture book that highlights fake news and the issues surrounding misinformation. Author Brandon Tullos takes us on a journey to a quiet town with very nice people who are tricked by a dragon. They believe the dragon’s lies....

The plans of a white supremacist group to re-establish segregation and slavery in the United States are jeopardized by the ghost of a young woman and her psychic friend in the electrifying thriller, The Society (Elizabeth Grant Thrillers Book 1) by C.G. Abbot. Seven years...

The Unsub by Owen Parr is Book 7 of the Joey Mancuso, Father O’Brian Crime Mysteries series. Joey Mancuso is in Miami Beach but not for a vacation. Miami Beach police have shown no interest in the death of Gene Wells, a hedge fund employee...

“The funny thing about firemen is, night and day, they are always firemen.” - Gregory Widen. The Cookbook & Guide For Your Probationary Firefighters & First Responders: Become a Great Cook and an Even Greater Firefighter or First Responder is written by Michael Fields. Rookie...

The Keepers by Aaron N. Knight is a dystopian fiction novel wherein secrets are revealed in the most shocking ways. Stephen Phillips (a journalist) and Alex Jamison (an archaeology professor) were researching OOPART when they made the most astonishing discovery. They found that the artifacts...

The Dorks by Timothy Imhoff is a light-hearted look at coming-of-age. Jason Davis has spent the bulk of his young life living with his grandparents in Sarasota, Florida after his mother was tragically killed in a car accident when he was eight. Unable to cope...