In Out of Context, poet Thom Kudla offers a series of sardonic, heartbreaking and often inexplicably poignant observations on the futility and joy of being fundamentally human. The human condition has existed for as long as there have been poets to muse upon it, and...

Courageous Gilbert the Groundhog by Regina E. McCarthy is an adorable storybook for children. Gilbert had many interests. He was a great collector of toy cars, action figures, and lots of rocks, and he also enjoyed listening to music. There were many things Gilbert didn't...

Sean Mitchell obtained his degree from Ohio State University in aerospace engineering, sponsored by the Air Force. Everything was paid for him, but when he got his degree, he had to complete a 90-day officer training course and serve five years in the Air Force....

We most certainly realize how much we love someone when we think that person may not come back, but the experience can be heartbreaking when we know we have wasted every chance of loving and sharing the best moments with that person. Conversations We Never...

Easy 8: The Big Event is an action book for children by Carrolyn Foster. Bull riding season is almost over and competition is fierce among the contestants. Every bull is determined to achieve the best score to win the Bull of the Year award. Winter...

It’s both amazing and rather sad how easily a family can get wrapped up in each of their own little worlds. Christmas is the worst. Everyone wants everything to be perfect: the tree, the decorations, the baked goodies, the parties, the presents. It is too...

Jenna's Truth by Nadia L King is a well-crafted story centered on a girl’s struggle to reach out, the hurt that results from it, and her journey towards self-awareness, self-acceptance, and redemption. All Jenna ever wanted was to “be noticed at school” and “to be...

Born of the Night is Volume 1 of a murder mystery series by Matt Wanicur. Ethan Lewis is well-loved by his parents and everyone expects him to have a great and promising future. Tragedy turns his life around and sends him off in a direction...

Gratitude, intuition and surrender can bring us the completion that we need to be. Be: Become Your True Self, and Inspire Those Around You by Bahriye Goren-Gulek is a book of leadership and inspiration. Who we are and everything joined together creates what we were...

Relentless: A Journey of Forgiveness by Kellie Springer is the author's memoir, a detailed account of her own childhood trauma, its aftermath, and her journey to finding self-redemption and forgiveness. Springer begins her autobiography with a raw telling of a multitude of physical and sexual...

Fresh Bread: Finding Your Daily Portion in the Lord's Prayer by Michael B. French is a wonderful devotional in which the author breaks down the modern prayer when Jesus' disciples said, 'Teach us how to pray.' The author takes his time to go step by...

“The soul has no face, no gender or color, no sexuality, or even a nationality to call its own. Regardless of how many lives it lives, it just simply is.” Bender by Alexander Rigby explores the transcendence of reincarnation, where two people - botanist Riley...

A unique and refreshing love story is chronicled in Looking Glass Friends: A Novel Inspired by Real Love Letters by E.L. Neve. The relationship that grows between Neil and Ellie begins with her gift to him of a book, Atlas Shrugged. Neil worked in the...

Every once in a while, a book surprises me. I mean really surprises me. It’s difficult to do because I grew up in my mother’s library and I read a lot of books. In The Night the Sky Fell by Stephen G. Levy, I was...

Timothy's world of participating in any form of sports came to a sudden end after an ill-fated practice session of soccer. He could've given up right then and there, but his competitive spirit brought him back to the world of sports in no time at...

JK Battaglia’s A Hope of Life features great characters, a great plot and powerful themes, including end-times, political intrigue, and a woman’s struggle to reconnect with the only thing that could give purpose to her life. Ashton Deveraux Forte has suffered so much in a...

Cold Hollow: Cold Hollow Mysteries, Book One is a thriller novel written by Emilie J. Howard. The Barner family was moving, bag and baggage, up to the Green Mountains of Vermont. Angus had been offered a promotion that was just too good an opportunity to...

Chipo and the Mermaid by Grace Ashley is subtitled An African Fairytale and it is certainly also a mermaid story with a difference. Chipo and her father, Mukoko, lived in a little village in the savanna plains of Africa. Chipo’s mother died in childbirth and...

Cries of Grace by Angela Beach Silverthorne is a contemporary romance fiction with a powerful inspirational message, a story of faith, hope and love, but a story that equally explores the depths of human weakness, deceit, and corruption. After five years, Bren is returning home...

Put on your mental shoes and get ready for an adventure of a lifetime through the eyes of a little boy and his dog in Zach Lieberman’s latest work: Max & Charlie. Whirl through New York, meet various characters and hear their perspectives on life,...