Author Apollo Villa-Real introduces us to a new world of magic, deception, and casinos in his novel, Henchman. This fast-paced tale follows H, who is a mob enforcer and magic wielder with a natural gift. During the annual convention of magic, a wielder is murdered....

Helen watches her former playmates from the window now. Not long ago she had mixed with the blond children outside, but now she is considered the enemy. Words like Nazis and dirty Jews were becoming more and more common, with little to no explanation from...

Amy Frost, the protagonist of the psychological thriller Frost by Sam Neumann, had to rethink the path her life was taking more than once. After her dream of being a stand-up comedian falls flat on its nose after a promising start, Amy finds herself back...

Dogs have feelings, too. Even stray dogs. They feel the cold, the loneliness, the sense of abandonment. They even feel the hunger and the fear. Some even have the privilege of knowing what it means to be loved. Adopted, then abandoned, loved by a homeless...

If you enjoy action, adventure, and three-dimensional characters, you will love Silk Road by Lynda Filler. Lynda Filler brings to life the international issue of human trafficking and leads us from Paris to the South Pacific, to Washington DC and Switzerland, Asia, Russia, China, and...

Ellis and his dreamer friend Charlie were spending a day at the beach, with Ellis relaxing on the sand, and Charlie collecting seashells. If he had a choice, Charlie declared he would like to be a dolphin, playful and carefree. They began walking home when...

An experimental ship crashes on Janus, a Saturn moon, but an alien ship is also there. James Hayden and his crew take out their new ship, ‘Gossamer Goose,’ to recover the wrecked ship and make contact with the aliens. When they get to Janus, there...

Uncommon Sense: A Theory of Human Purpose by J.R. Miller is not for the intellectually faint of heart. Self-purportedly a kind of academic dispatch from the margins of conventional humanistic understanding, because “through strong objectivity and the outsider-within phenomenon, marginalized individuals are placed in a...

Shortly after her loving Aunt Hilary’s funeral, Heather faced a challenge at her job. At the State Library in Victoria, Australia, she was assigned the task of assessing a one-hundred box collection donated by the late Professor Foyle. She was a professor of religious studies,...

Looper is a sports fiction novel written by Michael Conlon. Summer had always been magical, especially on that last day of school when the long vacation yawned wide and gleaming, full of promise and adventure, but this summer was particularly significant. Ford was graduating from...

Meet siblings Jake and Gracie in the story Jake and Gracie: A Night to Remember by Christina Hammons. Though Jake is three years older than Gracie, they are very close and have a lot of adventures together, but they always recollect them in a different...

This intriguing short story will interest any romantic soul who believes love is ageless. Remembering Skye by Denise Liebig will stretch the reader’s knowledge of Scotland and its largest island in the Inner Hebrides. The Isle of Skye is where this love story began, hundreds...

It was a perfect day, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the warm weather was wonderful. Everything was going perfectly for Judge Birdie and her seven-year-old grandson Milo as they were making their way downriver in a canoe. It was the end...

Why the Samurai Lost Japan: A Study in Miscalculation and Folly, co-authored by John D. Beatty and Lee A. Rochwerger, tells the history of the samurai class and fighting spirit from the 1100s to the end of the Second World War, with particular focus on...

In Intel: A Waypoint Prequel by Deborah Adams and Kimberley Perkins, Quinn Lehi is smart, ambitious, and desperately wants a job with the United Nations Investigation Department, a global FBI in 2062. There are two problems standing in her way: her mother is the agency’s...

Balsamic vinegar. Many of us use it without realizing what we’re using. But, then again, with all the modifications enforced on many products, including different types of vinegars like balsamic, it’s no wonder we’re not aware of what it is. In fact, given the wide...

Natural Relief for Anxiety and Stress: A Practical Guide is a nonfiction self-help health and wellness book written by Gustavo Kinrys, M.D. and Alexandra Gold, M.A. Anxiety and stress seem to be an integral part of living in modern society, but the fact remains that...

Life can be so cruel at times. When a person's self-image is slowly picked away piece by piece, certain emotions and events occur. In Dear Nobody by Robin Williams, this compilation of poems will take you on an emotional journey of self-discovery and will challenge...

The Little Hospital That Could: A Personal Recollection of the 24th Medical Group at the Crossroads of History by Terrence O'Neil is a military memoir that details Terrence’s experiences while managing the operations of the 24th Medical Group that served during the Panama Canal handover....

The Unexpected Visitor: A Retelling of a Scene from Pride and Prejudice is a Jane Austen fan fiction short story by Margaret Lynette Sharp, part of her extensive collection of works inspired by the classic novel which follows the relationships between Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet,...