Xenon Phobia is a dark urban fantasy novella written by Sterling Emmal. Xenon was probably the only medical student who had braved the rigors of medical school and internship in order to take lives instead of saving them. She was coming from a very dark...

Candidates, Cartel, and Chaos by Sterling Emmal features elements of crime and political thriller. Set against the backdrop of a future USA in 2020, we are introduced to a very compelling set of characters, a cartel, and an unusual run for the presidency of the...

"Down Memory Lane with Marguerite and Family" is a well-written tale of the Caribbean islands of Montserrat and Martinique and their long and varied history always threatened by active volcanoes on both. It should be shelved with travel books featuring the Caribbean. Why? This easy...

Victor Bradshaw is Dead by Ryan Davis is a thriller mystery. A serial killer named Serenity Slayer strikes the town of Oakville, Massachusetts. His targets are already decided: a lawyer, a police detective, and a bartender. They are all from different walks of life and...

It’s Just One of Those Days by Melissa Burke is a well written story that pulled me in immediately. The opening pages are about the main character Liz and she is talking directly to me, sharing her every thought. Liz is having 'one of those...

Poetry and Short Stories by a Bipolar Girl by Melissa Burke is at times beautiful and at times frightening in the vivid descriptions of the deep melancholy and self-destructive feelings of a teenager living with bipolar disease. The pain that she is feeling comes through...

46 by Melissa Burke is a collection of poems written over a period of several years. Melissa is a young woman battling several mental illnesses including bipolar disorder, eating disorder, OCD, and depression. As may be imagined, her poems have a raw power and quality...

In today's world, everyone at some point in their lives believes that they would be happy if they were different. Well, Chicken is no different. Chicken Does Not Want to be a Chicken by Elsa Takaoka is a part of the J-Tech Creations’ Learn to...

House of Hoops, the fourth book in the Hillary Broome Novel series, by June Gillam is a brilliant and glorious tale about the dynamics of societal change and its impact on two opposing sides of redevelopment. Hillary Broome Kiffin is promoting a soon-to-open community center...

"Ward 2 South" is Terri M. Mitchell's first attempt at fiction. Drawing on her professional credentials and experience as a psychiatric social worker, Ms Mitchell draws eloquent word pictures of the mentally ill patients and staff in a place she calls Warren Psychiatric Hospital. Each...

In Loving Logan by Katie Bryan, Logan returns to his hometown after eight years. He soon makes it his goal to get Bailey to fall in love with him. Having grown up together and having had that one night together eight years ago on Christmas...

Dueling Moons: A Pat Wyatt Novel, Volume 2 is a contemporary paranormal fantasy written by Laura Del. While this is the second book in the series, the author gives enough background material for it to be read as a stand-alone novel. Pat and her werewolf...

A father slowly loses his mind in Emergence by R.H. Dixon - or at least he thinks he does. He is used to his daughter talking to her imaginary friend, but what he did not expect was that there was more than just a creative...

Till Death and Beyond is the first book in the Witch World Series by Lyn C. Johanson, a fantasy with forces poised against each other to determine the destiny of the world. Now readers watch as the most powerful witch to ever walk the earth...

Ciaran is determined to simply survive his trials and tribulations in the Underworld, believing it a just trade for saving the lives of his new nephews. But he knows nothing of the horror that awaits him or just what he may be capable of as...

Before her death, Claire was on the verge of making one of the greatest discoveries in archaeology, one that could verify the claim about the existence of a place known as Heaven’s Oasis, a discovery that would render biblical facts indisputable. Now, after her death,...

Jeff W. Horton, author of Future Schism, is a prolific writer: in the past six years, since retiring as an information technology expert, he has published ten books! It is his vast experience with IT that he incorporates into this intriguing, dystopian future world of...

A page-turner, One Bad Thing by Jenny Hilborne is the third entry in the Doucette Mystery Series, a wonderful blend of crime and mystery. When a body is discovered at the shoreline in San Francisco Bay, floating face down, John Doucette is intrigued with the...

Pushback by John E. Stith is a riveting, gripping thriller. Dave Barlow, a financial advisor, suffers from PTSD after surviving a painful blowout that took away Allison, his fiancée. It has been a year, and he has found new love in Cathy and is looking...

Kathy is frequently rescuing stray animals. But when she finds a little kitten, lost and alone, full of fleas and no purrs, she knows that she has to get it to the vet quickly. She begs her mom to drive quickly but carefully just to...