"Crimson & Cream", book one of "The Oxbow Kingdom Trilogy" is a rollicking ride through a land where magic is outlawed. C.M. Skiera's novel tells the story of Jetsam, a young orphan whose life is as bleak as they come. With their parents murdered, Jetsam...

"Respot the Pin" by Timothy Sawyer gets its title from a bowling term. When the pinsetter might accidentally knock over a pin, the bowling center must return or "respot" the pins to their original position. Keeping this in mind, the story begins with Kirill "Nick"...

“Why She Left Us” by David Dennis is comprised of the diary pages of five people and five different accounts of the times leading to September 1985. The characters’ memories provide the basis for this romantic fiction. Monica, an 18-year old self-described psychopath, alone with...

Martin Roy Hill's anthology, "Duty", is a compilation of short stories with the common theme of duty to one's country. The cover story 'Duty' is a tale about the mythical red button that starts the atomic war, and the soldiers who are assigned the fatal...

"Misguided Sensitivity" is the story of Philip Nork. Born in Chicago, he moves to Nevada where his job brings him often on the road. Having time on his hands, he starts writing his memoirs. What comes out is a story that centers around divorce...

Becca Mills’s "Nolander" has enchanted me by daring to be a unique concept in the paranormal genre! Beth Ryder, our heroine, comes from a small town where nothing is private, and everyone knows she suffers from debilitating panic attacks. Part of her coping mechanism is...

John Avery has a hit on his hands with “Black Cobra” for sure! Aaron Quinn is fifteen, mature beyond his years, an orphan living quietly on his own in a tropical paradise until fate introduces him to a couple that will end up putting his...

"The Kindling Muse" serves up some real action from the paranormal and fantasy with its roots in Greek mythology. This story is a teen girl’s dream! Imagine an ordinary teenage girl who leads a simple life in a foster home but is haunted with strange...

"Mooseclumps" by Ryan T. Bliss is a poetry book. Mooseclumps, the title character, is a cat with a big ego. The rest of this book has poems about monsters named Mangor and The Grumble, Scotland, ladders, the seasons, body parts and the senses, pillows, cooking,...

In a sleepy Canadian town, the heat is taking its toll on the residents and so is a serial killer that the media dubs “The Kidney Slasher”. He likes young, healthy brunettes with blue eyes, but the seeming randomness of his kills leaves the entire...

"It’s Your Way, Or the HI Way" by Brian Kagan is a book for business leaders about how to lead businesses more effectively, by, as he says, “getting out of their own way.” This book goes over business presence and how to effectively listen, how...

"Dead Medium" revolves around seventy-five year old May Elizabeth Trump’s life after death. A hermit who doesn't really want to do anything with everybody else during her lifetime, she reluctantly agrees to help Penny Saunders, a woman who dies a few days before her, to...

“Surfing on a Banana Peel” opens with an account of how the author, Brona Fanelle, spent the better part of her early life desperately searching for spiritual meaning and balance. That is until her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Through her mother’s battle and recovery...

"Aversion" the first book in the 'Mentalist Series' is a superb young adult book! This is the story of Gemma Green who is an “Averter” coming of age and into her powers. On her first mission, which should be easy, she just needs to get...

Who knew that wildfires have personalities or that they like to play "Russian Roulette?" Who can imagine the power of an updraft, twenty thousand feet high or a heat generated in excess of thirteen hundred degrees? In the riveting read "One Foot in the Black",...

“How to Make Compost” written by Renee Benzaim is a good introductory guide into the world of compost. This mini-guide explains many different methods that can be employed to create compost in both indoor and outdoor settings. The many benefits of composting are the first...

Z.E. Frey's "Open: Candid Haikus about Everyday Life" is an interesting take on the standard haiku format. The book is divided into seven sections, each devoted to a different theme, including sections on love, work, faith, racism and friendship. Don't expect the old conventions --...

The poems in this book are all inspiring. They speak of life, love and lore. The poems also are categorized under these three sections. A lot of poems are written in different forms. Form poetry had taken a backseat with the advent of contemporary poetry....

“Dead Burn” by Jennifer Chase is at least the fourth Emily Stone thriller skillfully woven by the author. In this episode Emily is trying to figure out a serial killer arsonist, whose method of trapping his victims in some situation from which they cannot escape...

“The premise of 'The Broken Gift' is: The rigorous approach of science and a careful and equally rigorous analysis of Genesis produce the same events and timelines for the appearance and early history of humanity.” Author, Daniel Friedmann begins his book by defining Science and...